Survey on Higher Education Workload Determination Practices in Finland

Finnish universities provided the context for a survey on workload determination practices in higher education. The dataset contains survey responses from teachers and students at two universities, exploring their views on how course workload is estimated. The data was authored by Jarkko Impola and last updated in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing differences between teacher and student confidence in workload estimates based on survey responses.
• Studying the factors influencing workload determination, such as teacher experience and student feedback, as described in the study.
• Investigating the relationship between students' perceptions of workload appropriateness and their study time or learning outcomes.
• Comparing workload estimation practices across different higher education institutions or national contexts.

Strengths

• Data is based on a survey from two Finnish universities, providing a specific geographic and institutional context.
• The dataset is licensed under CC-BY-4.0, allowing for open sharing and adaptation.
• The description provides a detailed summary of the study's findings and implications.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The data files are in PDF and DOCX formats, which are not machine-readable without preprocessing.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Survey of teachers and students from two Finnish universities.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-20 09:37:29; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Finland