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Innovation project studies 10 ECTS (2 orientation + 8 project)

 

What is a multidisciplinary Innovation Project ? 

The aim of the innovation project is to create value from culture and wellbeing  in our surrounding society in new ways and manners. The student knows how to apply project- and networking skills. He/ she can apply his/ her professional skills and can bring those skills to multidiciplinary work. He can create negotiation culture and he can use problem solving, co-operation and communication skills in a development project and decision making.

After th project you can develop new practical, creative and innovative solutions and services that meet the need of the surrounding society. Innovation project aims at creating new value in the work life.

Every undergraduate takes part in a 10 credit point innovation project

  • The subject matters arise from labour market needs
  • Students, lecturers and tutors from various fields of study cooperate with businesses to create new solutions
  • The outcome will not be determined in advance: during the process new solutions will be found for the benefit of businesses and customers
  • Project team work independently most of the time, reporting to tutors and the customers 

Background 

  • When Metropolia University of Applied Sciences was established in 2007, it was decided that each student’s study program would include innovation project studies worth 10 credits.
  • Innovation projects play a significant part in Metropolia’s curriculum and have a central role in the cooperation between students and employers.
  • Up to 1000 innovation projects are carried out every year.
  • This way Metropolia is able to offer an important input in developing the working life of the surrounding areas as well as provide better possibilites for integrating students into working life.
  • Another aim of the innovation projects is to support Metropolia’s RDI strategy, and student resources can be directed at implementing the RDI strategy
Learning outcomes of the course unit
After the course the student can: - Adapt project- and social networking basics and skills in local,,and national collaboration projects - Work in multidisciplinary teams and evaluate his/her skills and abilities - Know the communication and team work challenges and use the basic conflict presentation and solving methods
Course contents
Innovation?
Multidiciplinary work
Project management
Find, use and developed methods for innovating, working in a team and especially generate new solutions to the  challenges that the projects are about - Use and integrate lean development methods to different fields (e.g., mobile phone application development, game development etc.) taking into account the user centered design approaches.
 
Assessment criteria
Satisfactory 1-2
The student knows principles of project and network-based work. The student recognizes his/her own project- and network-based work competences. The student uses co-operation and communication skills in cooperative development process´and decision making. The student can develop together with other actors solutions and modes of operation to meet the multi-faceted needs of the residents of the Helsinki metropolitan area.
Good 3
The student uses principles of project and network-based work in regional, national or international development oriented work. The student can use co-operation and communication skills in cooperative development process and decision making. The student generates cooperative negotiation culture with other actors in the field.
Excellent 4-5
The student's ability to use principles of project and network-based work in regional, national or international development oriented work is on a high level. The student is able to analyze and develop his/her co-operation and communication skills in cooperative development process and decision making. The student understands cooperative negotiation culture and generates it with other actors in the field. The student is able to analyze and develop his/her professional competence and puts it in service of multi-professional work. The student develops together with other actors practical, creative and innovative solution, modes of operation or services to meet the multi-faceted needs of the residents of the Helsinki metropolitan area.
 
Learning outcomes of the course unit
After the course the student can: - Adapt project- and social networking basics and skills in local and national collaboration projects - Work in multidisciplinary teams and evaluate his/her skills and abilities - Know the communication and team work challenges and use the basic conflict presentation and solving methods
Recommended optional programme components
The student advisor will recommend optional programme components for each student based on their individual study plan.
 

Teachers:

 

  • Laura-Maija Hero, Cultural management (1530 case)
  • Marja Amgwerd and Leena Juntunen, Fashion and clothing (Fashion house case)
  • Marja Amgwerd and Annu Markkula (question), Fashion and clothing (Taito case)
  • Teija Voudinmäki Radio&TV and Juha Järvinen, (ABB case)

email: name.lastname@metropolia.fi

 

 

Orientation Phase 2 ECTS:

Fri 16.1. at 9-12 Innovation seminar. Metropolia, Vanha maantie 6 Leppävaara, room ETYB124 Harju.You can take a train from Helsinki main railway station (s, U, L, or E train to Leppävaara and walk with google maps).

9 - 10 Christina Forsgard, Netprofile Finland: Innovation and Social media           

10 - 11  Laura-Maija Hero, Metropolia: Innovation Process and Competencies

12 -15.30 (Room: Paradise) Innovation in different fields of culture:

12 Welcome to Innovation project. What, where, how? Essay brief. LM Hero

12.30 Innovation in Music. Marko Puro

Break

13.15 Innovation in Media, TV, Radio. Teija Voudinmäki

13.45 Innovation in Fashion and design. Marja Amgwerd, Annu Markkula, Leena Juntunen.

14.15 - 16  Let's try to invent! Marja & Annu.

 

 

Fri 23.1. at 9-12 Innovation seminar. Metropolia, Vanha maantie 6 Leppävaara, room ETYB124 Harju.You can take a train from Helsinki main railway station (s, U, L, or E train to Leppävaara and walk with google maps).
9 -10 Andre Noel Chaker: The Finnish Miracle
10 - 11 Vesa-Matti Paananen, Microsoft: Entre- and Intrapreneurship
11-12 -16 Discussion about the seminar and lecture: Lunch

12-15 Metropolia, Vanha maantie 6 Leppävaara, room   xx

12.00 How can I tell if I have made an innovation? Juha Järvinen

12.45 What is an agreement and how to make one? Juha Järvinen and Laura-Maija Hero

14.00 Planning a project and project team. Annu Markkula, Marja Amgwed

 

30.1.  xx-xx TBC!!!  Innovation seminar. Bulevardi 31: Companies and other work life comes to give you challenges. English + Finnish Culure and wellbeing students meet!!

Agenda:

 TBC

xx-xx 16 Idea phase begins. Project teams are formed.  (fasilitator Laura-Maija Hero)

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Essay

 

= 2 ects (3 seminars and essay)

Project Phase 8 ECTS = 216 hours of work (draft plan, depending on techer):

6.2. Project groups start with their named teachers. Ideaphase.

13.2. Ideaphase - 5 ideas to concepts. Pitching to the customer. Essay deadline

20.2. Project plan and contract. Development work.

27.2. Development work. How to concretize an invention? Service blueprinting and productization, product development, process descriptions

6.3. Prototype testing, development work.

13.3. Development work. How to take the invention to the marketplace or part of the society together with the customer?

20.3. Development work.

10.4. Development work.

17.4. Final report, self assessment, team assessment. Innovation ready and handed over to the customer.

24.4. Final seminar

 
 
 
 

 

 

 
Deliverables
 
Essay (Innovation studies)
Tasks in Project:
  1. Meeting memos in your groups platform shared with your teacher
  2. Project plan (find a template!)
  3. Agreement (use this template)
  4. Your innovation
    1. Your innovation and reasoning
    2. Parts of the package
    3. target group
    4. marketing, communications materials (question)
    5. Other
  5. Project final report presentation (powerpoint template)
  6. Learning diary and self assessment (template)
  7. Poster (template)

 

 

Deliverables here

 

Final project reports (powerpoint template):

Team x

Team x

Posters:

 

Team x

Team X

 Essay: Write and essay based on these articles:

Reading (English):

 

 

 Challenges from worklife

30.1.  Companies and other work life comes to give you challenges. Project teams are formed.  (fasilitator Laura-Maija Hero)

 


 

 

 

 Groups (5-6 in each)

 

Group 1: xxx

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5