Communication Skills for Working Life (ZWPC0420)

Communication Skills for Working Life (ZWPC0420-3041), 28.08.2023 – 19.12.2023,
3 cr — Face-to-face + -

Language of instruction

English

Timing

28.08.2023 - 19.12.2023

Lecturer(s)

Jason Stevens

Planned learning activities, teaching methods and guidance

This course will include approximately 3 webinars (Zoom meetings) of 2.5 hrs each. The meeting URL can be found on the homepage of the Moodle workspace, and the schedule for the webinars in the timetable engine (http://lukkarit.peppi.jamk.fi/). Instructions for using the timetable engine can be found at https://oppimateriaalit.jamk.fi/peppi/en/calendar/timetable-engine/ .

Project-based learning, online pedagogy

Webinars, exercises/learning assignments, various methods of online pedagogy

Exam dates and re-exam possibilities

This is not an exam-based course.

Internationality

The students in this course come from diverse backgrounds and cultures, which means that their unique styles of communication will have a profound influence on how the various learning assignments are carried out as well as on the interpersonal aspects of the course.

Learning assignments and student workload

The estimated/approximate student workload in this course is as follows:

- Online lessons/meetings: 9–15 hrs
- Familiarization with online course environment: 6 hrs
- Self-study, homework assignments: 50 hrs
- Peer review activities: 10 hrs

Alternative learning methods

This course cannot be completed via skills demonstration.

Mode of delivery

Face-to-face

Share of R&D studies

0.00 cr

Share of virtual studies

0.00 cr

Unit

TA94 - Kielikeskus

By the end of the course, you should be able to
- articulate working definitions of communication;
- identify the key elements of modern communication models;
- correctly apply the standards and conventions of JAMK’s Project Reporting Instructions to a written report on an assigned topic; and
- deliver a stand-up presentation on an assigned topic.

The principal contents of the course relate directly to the required assignments, which deal with
- the definition of communication,
- the conception and realization of a communication model,
- managing interpersonal relations and communication,
- the writing of a report conforming to the standards and conventions of JAMK’s Project Reporting Instructions, and
- development, rehearsal, and delivery of a stand-up presentation.

Other contents include supporting activities and smaller preparatory tasks designed to help you perform your best on the assignments listed above.

Classroom teaching or distance learning, or a combination of these.

If you have completed your school education in Swedish, you must complete the Työelämän viestintä course (in Finnish) instead of Communication Skills for Working Life. This will be effective from 1 January 2022.

Common Reference Level B2 (on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages scale) English skills in both writing and speaking, as well as sufficient ICT skills for working with basic video recording and editing tools and participating in online meetings (in the case of online implementations of this course).

0-5

1. You complete all required assignments. Your actual performance in these assignments, however, is such that your understanding and learning are not demonstrated beyond the most basic requirements.

2. You complete all required assignments. In some instances, your performance is above the minimum expectations, but in others, it is not.

3. You complete all required assignments and, in most instances, your performance is consistently above the minimum expectations.

4. You complete all required assignments and your performance consistently meets or exceeds the stated expectations.

5. You complete all your assignments and they consistently demonstrate and advanced-level ability to internalize the given instruction and translate it into tangible results.

Communication Skills for Working Life, 3 cr - ZWPC0420

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