Applied Educational Science
Welcome to the Department of Applied Educational Science
The Department of Applied Educational Science was formed as a result of a merger between the former departments of Child and Youth education, Special Education and Counseling (BUSV), Interactive Media and Learning (IML), Applied Educational Science/ Department of Educational Measurement (BVM) and Umeå Centre for Evaluation Research (UCER).
Within the Department of Applied Educational Science studies are being conducted on conditions for learning in social, cultural and institutional settings, the contribution to and effects of digital technology on learning as well as measurement, assessment and evaluation.
The department has three strong research areas: Interactive Media and Learning, Measurement and Evaluation and Youth education, career development and welfare.
