Transformative Technologies for Future (5op)

Osaamistavoitteet

You will increase your knowledge of digital transformation trends and future game-changing technologies that enable innovative solutions for organizational digitalization, as well as digital business solutions and processes. You will learn about novel technologies and be able to assess their application possibilities in innovation and digital transformation. You will recognize the value that novel technologies can create and be able to innovate value-creating solutions. You will be able to identify and analyze the ethical and sustainability issues related to the use of these technologies. You will learn to assess technologies and their impacts, and evaluate their potential.

Sisältö

- Digital transformation and digitalisation - Novel technologies for future development - Opportunities and assessment of technology and digitalisation in development and management - Value creation and impacts of digitalisation and technology-based solutions - Ethics and sustainability in the adoption and application of future technologies - Technologies to be addressed are chosen based on students' interests and future technology trends, including e.g., robotics, IoT, automation, AI and big data analytics, block chain, cloud, mobile, AR/MR/VR, wearable technologies, crowdsourcing etc and their application in student’s field of work

Esitietovaatimukset

The course has no prerequisites.

Arviointikriteerit, tyydyttävä (1)

The student - has carried out the assignments, participated to learning activities and disseminated the results. - understands the key concepts related to digital transformation and novel technologies for future development. - is able to search information and report and disseminate the findings. - understands the importance of considering the value, impacts, ethical and sustainability issues related to use of novel technologies in student’s field of work and can disseminate existing knowledge on the topics. Knowledge of technologies and their potential and application is general.

Arviointikriteerit, hyvä (3)

The student - has carried out the assignments, participated to learning activities and disseminated the results. - understands very well subject matter. - is able to analyze and apply relevant current information, including recent scientific publications. - can apply the concepts and information, and can disseminate and analyze the findings, and applications of novel technologies and digitalisation. - can analyze the role of technologies in digital transformation and assess technologies and enabled solutions. - can analyze value creation and compare the impacts, as well as ethical and sustainability issues of technology-based solutions. - is able to give useful development recommendations utilizing his/her knowledge and skills on the subject.

Arviointikriteerit, kiitettävä (5)

The student - has carried out the assignments, participated to learning activities, disseminated the results, and actively contributed to communal learning. - can evaluate the subject matter concepts and technologies. - can synthesize and apply most recent scientific and other information in development activities. - is able to analyse critically different factors in the planning and implementation of transformative technologies for future, including student’s own field or organization. - is able to create development recommendations with proper argumentation in different situations.