Saija Heinonen
Project Manager, Creative Industry Team
Saija Heinonen
Project Manager, Creative Industry Team
Saija Heinonen works as a project manager in Metropolia’s Creative Industries team. She has been piloting projects at Metropolia for over a decade and is currently leading the European Gamebadges project. Saija holds a Master’s degree in educational sciences and is passionate about psychology, behavioral sciences, sports, photography, and lifelong learning.
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Saija Heinonen
From classroom to game studio – The role of badges in game industry competence mapping
As the game industry evolves, the ability to demonstrate concrete competences is becoming more important than traditional qualifications alone. The Gamebadges project introduces a competence-based open badge ecosystem that helps connect education and game industry by recognising skills in a structured, transparent, and flexible way.