Innovations and Development (2 cr)

Evaluation scale

Passed/failed

Objective

The student can:
- solve real working-life development tasks (companies, organisations, associations) in small groups, consisting of students of different fields
- conduct a customer survey and, based on it, develop and test different solutions to the commissioner’s problem
- consider the business aspects while choosing their solution
- present the solution, or concept, chosen by the group to the commissioner in a professional way
- apply design thinking and its process in future in development tasks in their own field

Content

In the daytime implementation, the course is implemented as a one-week intensive course during SeAMK Innovation Week. During that time, the students do not attend any other courses at SeAMK.
In the multimodal implementation, the course is implemented online, following a separate timetable.
- Preliminary assignment on the concepts and processes of the course (design thinking, service design, groupwork)
- Analysis of the problem of the development task
- Collection of customer information with different methods
- Brainstorming of solution options with different methods
- Testing of solution options and their development based on the testing
- Presentation of a solution, or concept
- Teamwork skills and daily reporting on one’s work

Location and time

SCHEDULED ONLINE STUDY

Materials

Course material is in the Moodle

Teaching methods

SCHEDULED ONLINE STUDY:

The study is conducted online in the Moodle learning environment.

The study requires participation in scheduled online teaching.

The recordings of the starting INFO is not available for later viewing in Moodle.

The study includes joint online meetings, group work.

The study also includes independent work online.

The student familiarizes themselves with the theoretical material, completes online group assignments / and exam according to the given instructions.

The study requires independent work, group work and scheduling.

Completion alternatives

There are no completion methods

Student workload

This course is 2 credits. That means 54 hours studying

The workload of the study is designed so that one credit corresponds to an average of 27 hours of student work to achieve the learning objectives. The actual time required varies individually, e.g., due to prior knowledge.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

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Assessment criteria, approved/failed

- By completing the preliminary assignment successfully, the student shows their command of the stages and concepts of the customer-focused development project
- The student shows their command of the customer-focused development process by actively participating in the solving of the development task in the group
- The student can collect customer information using different methods and apply information to solve the development task
- The student has participated in the presentation of the group’s results to the commissioner

Further information

- Opintojakso on 7 viikkoa kestävä verkkokurssi.
- Opintojakson tehtävät tehdään 4–5 hengen ryhmissä.
- Kirjaudu kurssin Moodleen heti, kun olet saanut opintojakson kuvauksen ilmoittautumisajan päättymisen jälkeen.
- Opettaja muodostaa ryhmät ennen opintojakson alkua vain Moodleen kirjautuneista opiskelijoista.
- Kurssin voi tehdä vain kurssin aikataulun mukaisesti, joten huolehdi, että olet mukana heti kurssin alusta lähtein
- Kurssin alkaessa on vapaaehtoinen kurssi-info TEAMSissä.