The HealthyMindEd project aims to promote wellbeing in digital learning environments among higher education educators and students by equipping them with innovative teaching approaches, best practices, and purposeful methods.
The project aims to impact academic, professional, and social aspects of the target group’s lives, alongside influencing the institutional and societal dimensions of European Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). Based on an international literature review and research, policy recommendations for universities will be derived and an interactive online platform with methods, pedagogical approaches, best practices and information material will be developed.
At its core, the project views wellbeing in Higher Education as a multi-dimensional construct that includes an individual’s ability to fully exercise their cognitive, emotional, physical, biological and social capacities, leading to flourishing and positive contributions to the academic community and society. Wellbeing is shaped by social, economic, environmental, and digital factors, with digital spaces playing a key role in engagement, mental health, and social interaction.
To address these challenges, HealthyMindEd provides educators and students with innovative teaching strategies, pedagogical methods and best practices to develop balanced and supportive digital teaching and learning environments. By integrating wellbeing into the digital experience, the project advances higher education as a space that promotes both academic excellence and holistic personal development.
Main Outcomes of the project:
(1) Comprehensive Research Report
- Synthesis of findings from a broad review of international research, focus groups and surveys conducted across all partner organisations.
- It aims to provide a sound comprehensive overview of the current state, needs, and existing approaches to mental, physical, and social wellbeing among both teaching staff and students in European higher education institutions.
(2) Policy Recommendations
- Creation of objective policy recommendations, based on the insights from the research findings, specifically for higher education decision- and policymakers, as well as for teaching staff and students.
(3) Interactive Online Platform & Community of Practice
- The platform will function as a lively hub where educators and learners can access purposefully selected methods, best practices and resources, share experiences, collaborate, and engage in discussions
- To ensure effective and easily integration into daily-practice, high-quality multimedia content will be developed, produced and integrated.
- Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nurnberg, Competence Center Education, Germany (coordinator)
- Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain
- The University of Warwick, UK
- Media & Learning Association, Belgium
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out. You can contact
Isabella Dobler (project coordinator) at Isabella.Dobler@ili.fau.de, Tanja Tillmanns (research) at tanja.tillmanns@ili.fau.de, Alfredo Salomão (research) at Alfredo.Salomao@ili.fau.de, or Dovile Dudenaite (dissemination manager) at dovile.dudenaite@media-and-learning.eu.
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Ongoing Survey: Teaching, Learning & Wellbeing in Digital Environments
HEalthyMinded has launched two surveys to explore how teaching and learning in digital environments affect wellbeing. We invite both students and academic staff to share their experiences.
- For Students: Take the survey.
- For Professors, Lecturers & Teaching Assistants: Take the survey.
We are inviting teachers in higher education to take part in HealthyMindEd project focus group exploring how digital teaching impacts the wellbeing of both teachers and students. Your insights will directly contribute to the development of a supportive online platform and policy recommendations for healthier digital learning in higher education.
In this focus group we’ll discuss:
✔ Challenges in digital teaching that affect wellbeing (yours and your students’)
✔ What kind of support teachers need to maintain wellbeing while teaching online
✔ What topics, formats, and features you would find useful on a wellbeing-focused platform
✔ How institutions can better support digital wellbeing through tools, training, and policies.
Interested in joining?
👉 Fill in the registration form here:
HealthyMinded Focus group
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are solely those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the DAAD National Agency. Neither the European Union nor the DAAD National Agency can be held responsible for them. Project Number: 2024-1-DE01-KA220-HED-000245442
