Satu Järvinen

Summary

The title of my research is: ”Using digital micro certificates in the recognition and validation of skills of the informal sector in Africa”

The key research questions are:
-What is the digital learning capacity of people in the informal sector?
-How do we design digital platforms and present learning content so that it fits the learning styles and abilities of the informal sector?
-What value do people in Africa give to (informal) micro-certificates compared to traditional formal certificates?
-How can new technologies (AI, Machine learning...) support development of automated and varied skills validation?

My research aims to give insight to servicing a new segment of people that has traditionally been neglected by development activities. The informal sector people are not the poorest of the poor in Africa and fall outside many development aid programmes. At the same time it consists of most people taking part in the labor force. Formalising the informal sector people to tax-paying citizens is key to the economic development of most African countries.

Profile

Satu Järvinen is recognized as a key expert in developing and implementing innovative digital learning solutions for K12 education, especially in the field of skills development and teacher professional development. Her special area of interest is in the deployment of Open Badges as a scalable solution for skills validation and a new paradigm for learning.
 

Researcher info

Institution

University of Eastern Finland

Department/faculty

Doctoral Programme in Science, Technology and Computing

Contact information

sajarvin@student.uef.fi
041459787+358

Keywords
ict integration informal sector open badges skills development skills validation tvet