LearnWell – Well-being Services in Teaching and Learning

What is LearnWell?

The research-based LearnWell process supports high-quality learning, smooth progress in studies, and the well-being of higher education communities – tailored to the needs of your organization.

Researchers and experts from HAMK’s Unit for Research and Development of Higher Education Pedagogy (HEPeda) support you in implementing and utilizing LearnWell at all levels of your organization, ensuring the integration of a research-based approach with practical development.

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What is LearnWell?

LearnWell offers a unique opportunity to understand students’ learning.

The survey measures students’ learning processes, experiences of the learning environment, career readiness, and study well-being – in a comprehensive and research-based way.

LearnWell provides versatile summaries at individual, group, and institutional levels. The results are reflected upon in guided discussions with the respondent group, enhancing dialogue between students and the higher education institution.

Why LearnWell?

Supports students’ self-reflection and increases awareness of their own learning
Enhances the entire higher education community’s understanding of pedagogical well-being, and how the learning environment can support both learning and well-being
Produces research-based data that can be used to develop teaching and education

LearnWell ensures that learning, well-being, and high-quality teaching go hand in hand – grounded in research and applied in practice.

LearnWell is a research-based and contextually tailored learning experience survey.

HAMK has further developed the survey specifically for the context of higher education, drawing on validated measures from previous research. This ensures that the survey is both reliable and relevant to the everyday reality and learning environments of higher education students.

LearnWell partly utilizes the same indicators as the University of Helsinki’s HowULearn survey and is also based on the Finnish Student Health Service’s (FSHS) Study Ability Model.

Publications

Alatalo, S., Rönkkönen, S., Kosenkranius, M. & Hailikari, T. (2024). LearnWell-oppimiskokemuskyselyn hyödyntämisestä korkeakouluopiskelijoiden ohjauksessa. HAMK Unlimited Professional, 29.11.2024. https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2024112195978

Hailikari, T., Kosenkranius, M., Rönkkönen, S., & Virtanen, V. (2025). Self-criticism unveiled: Its interplay with burnout and self-compassion in higher education students’ study achievement. Learning and Individual Differences, 120, 102692. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2025.102692

Kosenkranius, M., Rönkkönen, S. & Hailikari, T. (2024). Positive trends in HAMK first-year students’ wellbeing and learning experiences. HAMK Unlimited Journal, 21.5.2024. https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2024050827795

Rönkkönen, S., Kosenkranius, M., Laine, A. (2025). Opiskeluhyvinvoinnin tutkimusperustainen tukeminen ammattikorkeakoulussa: reflektion merkityksestä. UAS Journal 2/2025. https://uasjournal.fi/2-2025/opiskeluhyvinvoinnin-tutkimusperustainen-tukeminen-ammattikorkeakoulussa-reflektion-merkityksesta/

Rönkkönen, S., Kosenkranius, M., Hailikari, T. & Virtanen, V. (2024). Korkeakouluoppimisen ja opiskeluhyvinvoinnin yhteydestä. HAMK Unlimited Journal, 29.1.2024. https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe202401234031

The pilot version of the student’s LearnWell summary was designed during Autumn 2023 by IT students Catarina Kaucher, Heidi Nuust, Heidi Peltola, Edem Quashigah, Linnea Laukkanen, Elsayed Mahmoud, Soroush Sohrabian, and Maija Nevalainen as a Design Factory project.

LearnWell services

We tailor our services to meet your specific needs. Get in touch with our experts!

Introductory session and tailored consultations and trainings: LearnWell experts present the key themes of the survey (learning, learning environment, well-being) and its benefits for higher education institutions. LearnWell experts also train facilitators for the reflection sessions.
Support for survey platform implementation: Expert assistance in building the survey environment using the Power BI system.
Real-time LearnWell summaries and facilitation materials: A summary is automatically available immediately after completion. It includes quantitative results as well as descriptive texts explaining key phenomena along with reflection questions. The facilitation materials provide an information package and guidelines for utilizing the survey and summaries to develop learning and well-being.
Summary for the student: Each student receives a personalized summary that supports awareness of their own learning and well-being.

Our higher education pedagogical training equips teachers with practical skills to support students’ learning, smooth progression in their studies, and well-being.

The training focuses on how teachers can influence the quality of the learning environment and the student experience, while also taking into account the teachers’ own well-being.

The training is delivered collaboratively and with a research-based approach. It can be offered flexibly in face-to-face, remote, or hybrid formats, in Finnish or English.

A course or workshop based on LearnWell themes helps students strengthen their study skills and promote high-quality learning and student well-being.

In the course, students reflect on their own learning and share experiences together with their peers.

The course can be tailored to the needs of your institution and delivered in face-to-face, remote, or hybrid formats, in Finnish or English. It also serves as an excellent supplementary resource alongside existing study skills courses.

We offer customizable services for developing the well-being of higher education communities. The service can include, if needed, renewing feedback practices and development discussions, data-driven measurement of well-being, evaluation of collaboration and strategy, competence development, as well as functional and innovative well-being solutions.

The package is flexibly built according to the needs of the organization – aiming for long-term, impactful, and inclusive well-being work.

Support for Quality Work in Degree Programs

Annual and long-term review of degree program-specific LearnWell results
Assistance in analyzing degree program-specific results (target groups include, for example, program directors and study advisors)
Identification of pedagogical development recommendations and actions for degree programs

Support for Well-being Leadership

Institution-wide summary of LearnWell results
Coaching for higher education leadership: guidance and support for utilizing survey results in management, strategy work, and quality assurance
Well-being leadership support: recommendations for promoting student well-being at various organizational levels

Experiences with our services

I enjoyed the atmosphere of both the in-person and online sessions, as well as the collaborative group work. There was good synergy between the group and the instructors, which created a light and cheerful atmosphere for our interactions. My motivation to actively participate in the training grew throughout the course.

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I think it’s wonderful that we have a process like LearnWell available to us—and especially that the students have access to it. From the perspective of my guidance work, it’s great to have a tool like this along with the background support it provides. It’s really fantastic!

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I think it’s really great that initiatives like this are being carried out. Especially in a way that allows students to respond over multiple years and includes follow-up — that’s something I find extremely valuable.

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