PedFU: A network for Educational Research and Development

We aim to:

  • create an arena for educational innovation processes to ensure high quality education and good student learning processes
  • stimulate research and development locally on each campus, motivate and assist colleagues in working towards first-rate competence
  • exchange hands-on learning experiences in addition to motivate and test new learning methods
  • collaborate between the campuses in HVL and with municipalities, health services, other colleges and universities, as well as internationally.

Ongoing research and development projects

Across campus:

  • Collaboration and synergy? Quality development of teaching in documentation of nursing in the bachelor's program on four campuses at HVL.
  • Implementation of medical scientific knowledge in nursing. An educational research project in collaboration between the nursing education programs in Førde and Haugesund.

Campus Haugesund and campus Stord:

  • Knowledge development in palliation through simulation and clinical practice
  • Project student-active learning methods using theme-based teaching
  • Active learning using SimPAD
  • Sim Arena as a learning arena (SysLA)
  • Online Interprofessional Collaborative Learning - Opportunities and Challenges in Learning and Facilitation
  • Simulation as a learning activity in the bachelor's program in nursing. The project consists of four sub-projects where we want to evaluate existing simulation activities related to cross-professional collaboration and simulation together with colleagues. In addition, simulation with Norwegian and international students together to transfere experiences into clinical practice.
  • "Promoting learning practice cultures" a collaboration between HVL and municipal health service.
  • Final Clinical competence. A compulsory assignment during the last period of practice, where the students will complete a task loop where they will solve various professional challenges. The purpose is to achieve professional security and experience of mastery of the student before leaving as a newly trained nurse.

Campus Sogndal:

  • Pilot project on college guidance. A group from the University College in Western Norway and a group from the Østfold University College are working on a project to develop college guidance to adapt to higher education.
  • Development of digital learning in the classroom.

Campus Førde:

  • Quality of health services, work environment and job satisfaction in a health enterprise

Research group leaders

Campus Haugesund and campus Stord:

bilde av Hellen Dahl

Hellen Dahl

Associate Professor

Campus Sogndal:

bilde av Jon Arne Løkke

Jon Arne Løkke

Professor II

Campus Førde:

bilde av Lars Kyte

Lars Kyte

Associate Professor