Christa Tigerstedt

• PhD
• Degree program director at Arcada University of Applied Sciences

Customer-facing technology provided by retailers is becoming increasingly common in retail stores. In this study the focus is on customer-facing social robots (i.e. embodied robots that interact with humans) in a grocery store. Based on workshops, learning via making and a customer survey (n=39) during a field trial, this study explores potential r...

Soft skills are essential for success in the modern workplace, encompassing interpersonal, problem-solving, and communication abilities necessary for effective collaboration. In the VAKEN project, we developed a process to train and assess soft skills within a real-life context, guided by coaches and in collaboration with companies. Our objective w...

This paper presents the findings of an exploratory, qualitative case study where dental professionals’ and care clients’ experiences of and expectations for robot accent are explored. Our research focuses on humanoid, social, co-located robots advising clients in standard Sweden-Swedish on preventive dental selfcare. As steps in a two-year co-creat...

Available here: https://zenodo.org/record/7495136#.Y9OJ53ZBw2w

This report presents a summary of the results obtained with the project TaFiDiAI: Taligenkänning för Finlandssvenska Dialekter genom Artificiell Intelligens (Automatic Speech Recognition of Finnish Swedish Dialects through Artificial Intelligence).

https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2022062348983 Hur kunde humanoida, det vill säga människolika, sociala svensktalande robotar hjälpa till i förebyggande tandvård? Kan vi med teknikens hjälp inspirera människor till en mer hälsosam livsstil och förbättrad munhälsa? Vi sökte svar på de här frågorna genom en process där projektteamet designade och samskapa...

Hur kunde humanoida, det vill säga människolika, sociala svensktalande robotar hjälpa till i förebyggande tandvård? Kan vi med teknikens hjälp inspirera människor till en mer hälsosam livsstil och förbättrad munhälsa? Vi sökte svar på de här frågorna genom en process där projektteamet designade och samskapade en robotapplikation, Flossa, till två r...

Tervetuloa tutustumaan työelämäpedagogiikan moninaisuuteen! Tämä kirja on toteutettu opetus- ja kulttuuriministeriön tukeman Työelämäpedagogiikka korkeakoulutuksessa (Työpeda) -hankkeen lopputuotoksena. Tarkoituksena on jakaa hankkeessa pilotoituja toimintatapoja, välineitä ja malleja kaikkien korkeakoulujen käyttöön. Työelämäpedagogiikka on määrit...

This study investigates processes of Bildung in the entanglements of space, time, and student collaboration in a Virtual Learning Environment, itslearning. It is a novel approach as the theoretical framework of posthumanist Bildung was introduced in 2017 by Carol Taylor. The data was read with theories on posthumanist Bildung during the diffractive...

Reflection is a key component of learning. However, getting students to reflect critically and in-depth can present a challenge. In this exploratory study we show how using reflective video clips can trigger and support reflection in entrepreneurship education. Data from 77 reflective video clips from a cohort of BA students in Denmark and Finland...

Toteemi publication: http://www.haaga-helia.fi/sites/default/files/Kuvat-ja-liitteet/Tutkimus-ja-kehittaminen/julkaisut/hh_toteemi_web.pdf?userLang=fi

This report introduces two cases stemming from the Toteemi initiative, which aim at developing new ways in which working life and university life can support professional development. The first case enhances collaboration using blogs and work placement pods to stimulate shared learning during internship training for business students. The second ca...

On the first Wednesday of November, members of faculty involved in the TOTEEMI project attended a seminar that was hosted by Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences. The main theme of this day was, "Kokeile ja kehitä", which when translated to English could mean, Development through Experimentation. There were three presenters during the morning...

This paper introduces a new way of assessing entrepreneurial learning in entrepreneurship education from the student perspective. We inductively study how self-assessment through a reflective task using video-clips can trigger and instill entrepreneurial thinking and learning about entrepreneurship among business and non-business students at higher...

This research details a pilot study of Finnish college students and their views on the academic ethics (cheating). Finland is an unexamined population on this issue. In the current project, we surveyed students (n = 119) in the spring of 2014. We found unethical behavior is common on projects but less common on exams. We also found students are unw...

Research has indicated that co-creative educational processes in entrepreneurship education (EE) foster the development of both entrepreneurial skills and skills needed in the studies as well as a broadened perspective among the students in general. We state that to succeed with this the self-reflectiveness is a necessary component. The purpose of...

Abstract The students of today acquire and anticipate flexible learning solutions which have been made possible through new and alternative technological solutions. Flexible learning solutions for lifelong learning opportunities are offered to students at a time and in a place convenient to them. However, learning is still a social activity and st...

The focus in this paper is on the leadership of higher education institutions (HEI) in Finland and more specifically on the rector’s leadership. The higher education sector is undergoing many changes and has been so for a long time. How, then, do the current changes become visible from a leadership perspective? The leadership discourse is here inve...

As demonstrated by previous empirical research (Tigerstedt, 2014, in press), educational issues do not appear as a foreground topic in international higher education (HE) leadership discourse. In order to contribute to educational leadership research in this field, this article articulates a theoretical position and reports empirical findings on HE...