Future Factory Project (10 cr)

Evaluation scale

Pass/Fail

Objective

Course competences
Learning and information management competence
Entrepreneurship, innovation and working community competence
Internationalisation and communications competence

The object of the course
During the course, you will acquire the skills to plan and implement work life development projects. Together with the student team, you apply the knowledge of your professional field, incl. Sustainable development skills and the competence acquired through InnoFlash and Entrepreneurship courses (customer-oriented innovation, design and solution methods, entrepreneurial approach) to diverse development processes in working life.

The learning objectives
After completing the course, you will be able to project work life development challenges and work on a project. You operate responsibly and customer-oriented in a diverse project team and networks. Through your interaction and the sharing of your own expertise, you promote the solution of working life development projects (including RDI projects). You apply sustainable development skills as well as innovation and project methods as part of development work.

Content

Stages and tools of project planning and preparation of a project plan
Transforming the development challenge of working life into a project and implementing the project
Application of professional competence and sustainable development skills in project work
Working in a diverse team and working on the customer interface

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

The criteria for acceptable performance are:
Learning and information management competence
- You can acquire and apply knowledge and methods of sustainable development and your field in a working life development project.
- You can evaluate and develop your own skills and share your skills in the project team.
Entrepreneurship, innovation and working community competence
- You will be able to draw up a project plan for the implementation of a given development project, using project planning tools and applying your innovation and entrepreneurship skills and methods.
- You can implement and evaluate a working life development project and act as a member of a project team.
Internationalisation and communications competence
- You will be able to act responsibly as a member of a diverse project team.
- You can engage in a constructive dialogue with the project team and project stakeholder representatives.
- You can communicate in work-life interaction and communication situations and make appropriate use of different communication forms, channels and environments.

The assessment of the course consists of two parts
1) Project planning skills 3 cr (Moodle online course)
2) Implementation of a project in a diverse student group 7 cr

Demonstration of competence
1) Project planning skills 3 cr (online course)
- online exam
- an approved project plan produced by the team

2) Implementation of a project in a diverse student group 7 cr
Competence based assessment is based on:
a) To the portfolio and reflection (incl. reflection on one's own activities, peer feedback, possible working life and supervisor feedback)
In the portfolio, you will be able to justify the stages of project implementation and evaluate the tools and methods you use in the project and their suitability for solving the development challenge of working life.
You will be able to critically reflect on your project work, your own activities, your own role and define the next steps in developing your project skills. (self-assessment and feedback discussion, peer feedback, feedback from potential working life and mentor)
b) The usable output (s) of the project arising as a group work for the Client

NOTE! These evaluation criteria are valid until 31.5.2022. The new evaluation criteria will be in use from 1.8.2022. See the evaluation criteria in the implementation description.

Qualifications

Innoflash 2 cr, Entrepreneurship 3 cr or equivalent competences