Digital transformation is fundamentally reshaping teaching and learning at the University of Bern. Digital and hybrid teaching formats open up new opportunities for flexible and location-independent learning. At the same time, they create new challenges for students, including increased self-regulation demands, information overload, reduced social interaction, and lower levels of physical activity.
Against this background, the SWELL project investigates how digitally supported higher education affects student well-being. The project is a collaboration between the Institute of Sport Science and Educational Science at the University of Bern. Its central aim is to better understand which conditions support or hinder well-being in an increasingly digital learning environment. In doing so, the project considers both study-related demands and personal as well as social resources.
SWELL follows a mixed-methods approach, combining quantitative surveys, qualitative interviews, and pilot interventions in teaching. Based on these findings, the project will develop evidence-based and practice-oriented recommendations for the design of digitally supported higher education.
In this way, SWELL contributes to the ongoing development of teaching at the University of Bern and promotes an approach to higher education that is not only digitally innovative, but also supportive of student well-being.
