Curricula

Objectives

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

Teaching methods

All English students completing FF project studies 10 ECTS in spring 2024 are enrolled for this course implementation.

1. The student starts his studies on 30.1. by selecting the assignment you want to work on in Moodle. There are assignments in both Finnish and English, from which the student can freely choose the assignment that interests him.
2. After selecting an assignment, the student joins the assignment-specific Moodle workspace by self-registration (course key: project23) and joins the project group.

Schedule:
- Independent study 30.1.-12.2 (A and B)
- KickOff event on 13 February 2023 from 13:00 to 16:00 (the location will be announced separately in the assignment-specific Moodle workspace)
- C-phase start info 6 March 2023 from 13:00 to 16:00 (the location will be announced separately in the assignment-specific Moodle workspace)
- Final seminar of project studies 15 May 2023 from 12 to 16 (the location will be announced separately in the assignment-specific Moodle workspace)

Between joint meetings, the student groups work under student leadership and meet with coaches according to the assigned schedule.

The FF project planning 3 cr part is an independently implemented online course.
Implementation of the FF project, 5 cr is a project implemented in a group.
Sustainable development 2 cr

3 cr FF Project planning:

The course is implemented flexibly as online studies. Studies include independent study and teamwork. The course utilizes digital and interactive tools. The student group agrees on how to implement teamwork. Group guidance supports task performance.
During the course, you plan a small-scale project related to the development needs of working life in the student team. Project planning proceeds in stages. During the stages, you will independently study the theory related to project activities, share your sectoral expertise and your sustainable development expertise in the student team. You use design support tools at different stages of the design work. As a result of the phased work, a project plan is created, which you present together with your student team.

5 cr Project implementation:

Competence assessment is based on reflection (incl. Reflection on one's own activities, peer feedback, possible working life and feedback from the supervisor)
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)
The client will be provided with the usable output (s) of the project as group work.

Exam dates and retake possibilities

To be announced at the beginning of the course.

Alternative completion methods

Accreditation (replacement and inclusion)
Recognition of prior or informal learning
Studification
More detailed instructions can be found in the degree regulations and the study guide:
https://www.jamk.fi/en/for-students/degree-student/recognition-of-prior-learning-and-experience

Student workload

Project Planning 3 cr
Sustainable Development 2 cr
Project Implementation 5 cr

Further information for students

Project Planning 3 cr:
• Online exam (50%) assessment 1-5 (individual task)
• Presentation of the preliminary project plan (50%) Pass/Fail (group task)

Sustainable Development 2 cr + Project implementation 5 cr:
• Online exam of sustainable development. Pass/Fail (individual task)
• reflection (incl. Reflection on one's own activities and in a group, peer feedback, possible working life and supervisor's feedback) Pass/Fail
• Project plan Pass/Fail (group task)
• Project report Pass/Fail (group task)

Evaluation scale

Pass/Fail

Evaluation criteria, pass/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.

Prerequisites

Innoflash 2 cr, Entrepreneurship 3 cr or equivalent competences

Further information

Implementation parts of the course:
Project planning competence 3 cr (Moodle online course)
Sustainable development 2 cr (Moodle online course)
Implementation of a project in a diverse student group 5 cr

You will choose the part of Project planning competence instead of TTC2070 Project Management and Practices 4 cr if you want to act in projects in which you develop digital solutions for working life.

Instead of the part of Implementation of a project in a diverse student group (7 cr), you can complete the courses Concept Lab (5 cr) or FF Ticorporate Demolab 1 (5 cr).