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Innovation project studies 10 ECTS (2 orientation and theory + 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. Student can apply his/ her professional skills and can bring those skills to multidiciplinary work. Student can create negotiation culture and he/she can use problem solving, co-operation and communication skills in a development project and decision making.

After the 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 Metropolia University of Appliesd Sciences student 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

 

On completion of the course the student can

  • Develop practical, creative and innovative solutions, practices and services with multidisciplinary partners to meet the diverse needs in the Helsinki Metropolitan area.
  • The student participates in project or network-based work and applies his or her expertise in regional, national or international development work.
  • Use his or her personal skills and abilities to work and collaborate in multidisciplinary teams.
  • Create a culture of cooperation and negotiation with the team members and other actors.
  • Use his or her skills in problem solving, collaboration and communication to support the social development and joint decision making of the team.

Course contents

  •  Project and innovation work: brainstorming, planning, implementing, assessing, communicating, publishing, product development and marketing.
  •  Cooperative skills, interest group activities and networking.  
  •  Innovative work methods.
  •  Areas of communal development skills: development processes, coordinating and managing development, reforming the development concepts.  

 
Assessment criteria

Assessment 1-5
  
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 3-4

The student uses the principles of project and network-based work in regional, national or international development oriented work.  The student uses his or her co-operation and communication skills well in cooperative development processes and decision making. The student helps to set-up a cooperative negotiation culture with other actors in the field. The student uses his/her personal skills and abilities to contribute to the work of a multidisciplinary team. The student develops together with the other actors practical, creative and innovative solutions, modes of operation or services to meet the multi-faceted needs of the residents of the Helsinki metropolitan area.

Excellent 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 analyse and develop his/her co-operation and communication skills in cooperative development processes and decision making. The student understands cooperative negotiation culture and helps to build it with the other actors. The student is able to analyse and develop his/her professional competence and put it in the service of a multidisciplinary team. The student develops together with the other actors practical, creative and innovative solutions, modes of operation or services to meet the multi-faceted needs of the residents of the Helsinki metropolitan area.

The course is intensive and presence is required throughout the whole course (theory classes and project work).  Assessment is focused on the work carried out during the course, the gained knowledge upon the completion of the course, meeting the course goals and creating innovative solutions.

 

Teachers:

 

  • Lauri Narinen, Social services
  • Marja Amgwerd and Leena Juntunen, Fashion and clothing
  • Marja Amgwerd and Marja-Liisa Kauppinen , Fashion and clothing
  • Mai Salmenkangas, Social services
  • Janett Halonen, Occupational therapy

email: name.lastname@metropolia.fi

 

Orientation and Theory 2 ECTS:

Wednesday  1.2.2017 at 10.00 - 12.00 Orientation and innovation theory, teacher Lauri Narinen,  place Bulevardi 31, classroom P116.

Wednesday 1.2.2017 at 13 - 13.30 Project presentation in English, Bulevardi 31, Engel-hall

Companies and other working life partners comes to give you challenges. First two projects are in English, rest are in Finnish. You will meet all the Finnish students at the same place.

Projects presentation in English:

  1. at 13.10 100 Years of Finnishness, Virpi Martikainen, Helsinki-Uusimaa Regional Council Presentation

    Project teachers: Marja Amgwerd and Marja-Liisa Kauppinen 

  2.  at 13.20 Game on! How to promote the participation of adults through games and playfulness? Tytti Hytti and Pekka Kähkönen, Socca. Presentation

    Project teachers: Mai Salmenkangas and Janett Halonen 

  3. After this there are project presentation in Finnish. If you are interested also projects in Finnish, please stay the hole afternoon 13 - 15.30 so you can here all the presentation.

 

ENNROLLING IN PROJECTS

After this session, you should start enrolling to projects. Choose the project which interests you most and fill the enrollment form.

E-forms open 1.2. at 15.30 PM and ends 5.2.2017 at 23.59 PM. You will get an invitation to the project by email on Wednesday 8th of February.

Link to e-form enrolling: Enrollment form

Please notice: you have to fill three projects in the enrollment form. For exchange students there are only two projects in English, butthe but the enrollment form wants you to choose three projects.. You can choose two times the same project.


Theory classes 2 ECTS Lauri Narinen

Friday 3.2. at 9 - 11.30, place Vanha viertotie 23, classroom 248
Monday 13.2. at 9 - 12, place Sofianlehdonkatu 5 B, classroom 107
Monday 20.2. at 9 - 15, place Sofianlehdonkatu 5 B, classroom 107
Monday 27.2. at 9 - 15, place Sofianlehdonkatu 5 B, classroom 107
Monday 13.3. at 9 - 15, place Sofianlehdonkatu 5 B, classroom 107

 

Project Phase 8 ECTS = 216 hours of work 

Starts on Thursday 9th of February. You will get an invitation to the project by email on Wednesday 8th of February.

The students will work in small project groups. Project groups will meet the coaches/project teachers every Thursday and also on Friday 10.2. The student group will work together Tuesday-Friday every week.

Draft plan for meetings with the projects teachers, depending on teacher and the project:

  • 9.2.  Project groups start with their named teachers. Ideaphase.
  • 10.2. Ideaphase
  • 16.2. Project plan and contract. Development work.
  • 23.2. Development work. How to concretize an invention?
  • 2.3. Prototype testing
  • 9.3. Development work.
  • 13.3. Development work. How to take the invention to the marketplace or part of the society together with the customer?
  • 16.3. Final seminar (pitching, poster presentation)
  • 17.3. Feedback and assessment, end of the course

Final seminar 16.3.2017

more information will come here

 

Deliverables

Tasks in Project:

  1. Poster and video (video is voluntary) Poster template.  
  2. Pitch your innovation in Final Seminar 16.3.
  3. Project plan
  4. Agreement with the partner organization (use this template).
  5. Your innovation for worklife partner. A report (you may choose the form of the report) in which you describe your innovation to the working life partner. The report may  include pictures, the description of your innovation (product, service, a new process, a new way of doing things…), description of the process, implementation of  the innovation, material for marketing and so on. You may choose to write your project final report presentation for example in this powerpoint template.
  6. Learning diary and self assessment (template)

 Assessment criteria for teacher, peer of selfassessment (Table)