Digitalisation in education and early childhood education

The eVaka Tampere online service replaced three applications used in early childhood education in April 2022. Now, tasks such as administration, billing, work time planning, communication, and attendance bookings in daycare centres are all managed within a single system. However, eVaka is still being developed through a collaborative effort between the cities of Tampere, Espoo, Turku, and Oulu, in two-week development cycles known as sprints.

Each city collects user feedback and suggests new functionalities based on that feedback. The cities then evaluate the proposals using shared criteria and prioritise the most important development areas. Residents of Tampere can provide feedback through the city's feedback channel.

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During 2024, eVaka will be implemented in the surrounding municipalities of Tampere (Nokia, Ylöjärvi, Kangasala, Pirkkala, Lempäälä, Vesilahti, Orivesi, and Hämeenkyrö).

eVaka Tampere online service
 

Tampere’s secondary education institutions aim to be pioneers in the adoption and utilisation of new technology.

Virtual learning environments have already been established, and in the coming years, immersive technologies will be further developed.

At Tredu, preparations include:

• Virtual Smart Homes: Tredu already has physical smart homes, learning environments resembling the homes of elderly people, where social and health care students and professionals can practice using wellness and health technologies. Tredu is creating a similar learning environment for remote learning using 3D modelling
• Immersive Learning Environment for Hazardous Work Training: For example, maintaining a nuclear power plant chimney could be practiced in a realistic yet safe setting.
• Showroom: Students can test VR glasses and augmented reality HoloLens smart glasses. Tredu already has learning games for the warehousing and printing sectors that can be played with these glasses. 

Digital study office

Tredu is increasing time- and location-independent guidance, support, and counselling for students. Processes such as applying for studies, registration, and other study-related activities will also be streamlined online.

Tredu is exploring:

• Whether students could easily track their study progress and see which course requirements are missing using their mobile phones?
• How artificial intelligence can be used to identify students’ skills?
• Whether a chatbot could support studies and inquire about study progress.