Co-funded by the EU Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment

JoDi

Flexible skill paths for digitization

The project responded to the growing needs for skills in companies, municipalities, the well-being services of counties, public administration and in the GLAM (galleries, libraries, archives, and museums) sector.

Digitization continuous learning

The project aims

The project aimed to promote employment and offer novel competence by developing a working life based education solution in digitization for two educational levels.

The project advanced continuous learning and employment matches various tasks in digitization. The project enhanced the participants’ digital skills, helped to solidify the education offering, enabled the extension of the mass digitization mission in the Southern Savonia region and strenghted the activities on the development platform of Memory Campus.

The project outcomes

Two separate but connected courses are planned together with the working life partners. The study language was Finnish.

The outcomes:

36 educated Digitization professionals (Samiedu and National Archives Finland), offered three times during the project.

38 educated Digitization developers (Xamk and National Archives Finland, offered twice during the project.

    The project included the developed study and work life paths, novel open badge in digitization and openly licensed training materials for conducting.

    The project also builded a new Digitization Expert Network, a unique base of digitization-related knowledge and expertise, advancing continuous learning in the field on national level developing digitization and continuous learning. The network operates in Finnish Digitoinnin osaamisverkosto – Memory Campus and has already 230 members in May 2025.

    The open online publication “Digitally better – Develop digitization Responsibly” for digitization developers provides a view into sustainable digitization, provided by JoDi project in 2025. Note: full-text available in Finnish only. Digisti parempi. Kehitä digitointia vastuullisesti – Theseus

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    Facts

    Phone
    +358406630546
    Email
    Kiti.Venalainen@xamk.fi
    Department
    Digitaalisen tiedonhallinnan tutkimuskeskus Digita
    Kiti Venäläinen
    Project Manager
    +358406630546
    Kiti.Venalainen@xamk.fi
    Phone
    +358505664485
    Email
    Kirsi.Hanninen@xamk.fi
    Department
    Hallintopalvelut
    Kirsi Hänninen
    Information Management Coordin
    +358505664485
    Kirsi.Hanninen@xamk.fi
    Phone
    +358406720694
    Email
    Miia.Kosonen@xamk.fi
    Social media
    Department
    Digitaalisen tiedonhallinnan tutkimuskeskus Digita
    • Knowledge management
    • Online communities & networks
    • Digital ethics and AI
    • Project funding
    • ORCID
    • Tiedejatutkimus.fi
    Miia Kosonen
    Research Manager
    +358406720694
    Miia.Kosonen@xamk.fi
    Social media

    Project partners