The beta phase of the Opin.fi service has begun – first learners now able to try the service!

Opin.fi is a joint continuous learning service for Finnish higher education institutions that brings together the open study offerings of universities and universities of applied sciences in one place. This autumn, the beta version of the Opin.fi service will be open to the first users. The service is still under development, and the user experiences being collected now will help in its further development. The service is scheduled to launch in late spring 2025.

Opin.fi is intended for anyone interested in studies at an Open University

More extensive competence will be needed in future working life. Opin.fi responds to this need by making the opportunities for continuous learning available at every stage of life, working and otherwise.

Opin.fi makes finding and comparing open higher education studies easy. The service is specifically designed for continuous learners with varying goals, backgrounds and needs. Opin.fi helps them find the most suitable studies for their situation in the open offerings of Finnish higher education institutions.

The Digivisio 2030 project has been developing the Opin.fi service together with 37 Finnish higher education institutions since 2022. Higher education institutions will introduce the service in phases, with the first eight higher education institutions participating in the beta phase.

The Digivisio 2030 project is responsible for building the service, and HigherEd Hub Finland Oy is responsible for its operation.

Lessons on user experiences will be learned during the beta phase

The Opin.fi service is still incomplete in the beta phase, which will be launched in October 2024. Not all of the planned functionalities are in place yet and not everything is working perfectly at this time. So far, there are also a limited amount of educational offerings available in the service from the first eight higher education institutions.

The purpose of the beta phase is to collect the first real user experiences, based on which the service can be further developed. The beta phase will last at least until the end of 2024.

The educational offering of the Opin.fi service will expand when all higher education institutions involved in its development join the service in 2025. The aim is for the service to include the open educational offerings of a total of 37 Finnish higher education institutions.

Try the service and influence its further development!

You can try the Opin.fi service at www.beta.opin.fi by entering the password opinbeta.

Try out the service, search for content that interests you, familiarise yourself with the educational offering and provide your feedback to influence further development of the service! The lessons learned during the beta phase will help us improve the service for its actual launch.

Feedback from staff at higher education institutions is requested through a separate feedback form. You can find the form in the intranet news at your own higher education institution.

Higher education institutions will phase in the Opin.fi service. Eight higher education institutions are participating in the first phase: Aalto University, Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences, Häme University of Applied Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Lapland University of Applied Sciences, University of Lapland, Laurea University of Applied Sciences and Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences. Next spring, use of the service will be expanded to include almost all other Finnish higher education institutions, and the Opin.fi service will include open educational offerings from a total of 37 Finnish higher education institutions by the autumn of 2025 at the latest. The service is implemented by the joint higher education institution Digivisio 2030 project.

Opin.fi – Open for learning