Welfare work community (5 ECTS)

Location and time

Webinars with Zoom and/or Teams connection. Students' independently organized work in small groups.

Employer connections

Your student group forms a working life-oriented peer learning network. During the study period, you will also work in a multidisciplinary small group of 3-5 students.

Exam schedules

The course has one exam. The opportunity to retake the exam is organized in accordance with JAMK's degree regulations.

International connections

In the course, you will use international research literature.

Completion alternatives

You can familiarize yourself with Section 17 of Jamk's degree regulations when considering identifying and recognizing (crediting) the skills of a study course based on the skills you have previously acquired and the goals of the study course.

Student workload

Indicative use of your time is 135 working hours, which is divided as follows: Online lectures, webinars and group presentations 19 hours Getting to know the study material 70 hours Community learning 40 hours Peer and self-assessment 6 hours

Content scheduling

2 credits Research and legislation on well-being at work and ability to work Managing well-being and work ability in practice 3 credits Responsible action and sustainable development of the work community; Models of managing well-being at work and work ability; Preparation of the organization's work well-being management plan in a multidisciplinary group

Teaching methods

A flourishing working community is an online study course. You study in the Moodle learning environment, where you can find course instructions, timetables, assignments and study materials. You also participate in webinars, where you reflect and share what you have learned using community learning and dialogic methods. You do independent information acquisition and apply what you have learned in exams and small group assignments as well as in various dialogic discussions. You evaluate your own and your small group's work and learning, you get feedback, peer evaluations, and you can develop your skills with the help of the peer evaluation you receive. Guidance: Guidance takes place in webinars and in the question and answer section of the Moodle learning environment.

Further information

The course as a whole is evaluated on a scale of 0-5 in relation to the evaluation criteria of the course. The course has three evaluated entities: 1. Exam (on a scale of 0-5, weight in the evaluation 40%) 2. Work ability management practices (assessment passed/failed) 3. Work well-being management plan (on a scale of 0-5, weight in the evaluation 60%) You get feedback from the teacher in the webinars, as a student you do a self-evaluation of your work and you also get feedback in the form of a peer evaluation.

Evaluation scale

0-5