Innovation Project (5 cr)

Objective

On completion of the course the student can
- responsibly develop innovative practical and concrete solutions, practices, products or services with multidisciplinary partners to meet the diverse future needs and current challenges in the Helsinki Metropolitan area.
- define the concept of innovation and take development methods into use.
- apply project and network-based work, creativity and competence in regional, national or international development work.
- use his or her personal skills and abilities to work in multidisciplinary collaboration and working environment.
- create a culture of cooperation and negotiation for successful teamwork.
- use his or her skills in problem solving, collaboration, technical and communication skills to support the collaborative development processes and joint decision making of the team.

Content

The concept of innovation, development work management and building a development team.
Collaborative project and innovation work and assessment: brainstorming, future-oriented concepting and planning, customer and user understanding, contracts and copyrights, communicating, publishing, productization, marketing and implementation planning.
Multidisciplinary teamwork, stakeholder activities and networking.
Innovation development tools and methods.

Location and time

According to schedule.

Materials

Lectures
Literature which are needed in a project

Teaching methods

Learning by developing
Innovation pedagogy
Project-based learning
Cooperative learning pedagogy
Seminars
Lessons and literature

Employer connections

Open challenge/ problem from work life.

International connections

Cooperation with exchange students and teachers
COIL, Collaborative online international learning (Some projects)

Student workload

5ECTS, Research project in a team

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

- The student can develop innovative practical and concrete solutions, practices, products or services with multidisciplinary partners to meet the diverse future needs and current challenges in the Helsinki Metropolitan area.
- The student recognizes the concept of innovation, development and productization processes and methods.
- The student recognizes his or her creativity and competence that is needed in project and network-based work in regional, national or international development work.
- The student recognizes his or her role in multidisciplinary collaboration and working environment.
- The student promotes a culture of cooperation and negotiation and works constructively as part of a team.
- The student uses his or her skills in problem solving, collaboration, technical and communication skills to support the collaborative development processes and joint decision making of the team.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

- The student can develop innovative practical and concrete solutions, practices, products or services with multidisciplinary partners to meet the diverse future needs and current challenges in the Helsinki Metropolitan area.
- The student can define the concept of innovation, development and productization processes and methods that are needed in developing an implementable outcome.
- The student applies his or her creativity and competence that is needed in project and network-based work in regional, national or international development work.
- The student takes an active role in multidisciplinary collaboration.
- The student helps to create a culture of cooperation and negotiation for successful teamwork.
- The student can apply in many ways his or her skills in problem solving, collaboration, technical and communication skills to support the collaborative development processes and joint decision making of the team.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

- The student can develop innovative practical and concrete solutions, practices, products or services with multidisciplinary partners to meet the diverse future needs and current challenges in the Helsinki Metropolitan area is on high level.
- The student is able to define and apply the concept of innovation, development and production processes and is able to facilitate the development work with versatile range of methods to accomplish an implementable outcome.
- The student is able to develop successful project- and network-based teamwork and his or her own creativity and competence that is needed in project and network-based work in regional, national or international development work.
- The student takes an active role and analytically assesses his or her competence and learning in multidisciplinary collaboration.
- The student develops actively a culture of cooperation and negotiation and helps the team to succeed.
- The student can apply in many ways and efficiently develop his or her skills in problem solving, collaboration, technical and communication skills to support the collaborative development processes and joint decision making of the team.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

- The student can develop innovative practical and concrete solutions, practices, products or services with multidisciplinary partners to meet the diverse future needs and current challenges in the Helsinki Metropolitan area.
- The student recognizes the concept of innovation, development and productization processes and methods.
- The student recognizes his or her creativity and competence that is needed in project and network-based work in regional, national or international development work.
- The student recognizes his or her role in multidisciplinary collaboration and working environment.
- The student promotes a culture of cooperation and negotiation and works constructively as part of a team.
- The student uses his or her skills in problem solving, collaboration, technical and communication skills to support the collaborative development processes and joint decision making of the team.

Assessment methods and criteria

Project plan
Project contract- only for customer projects
Project report
Learning assignments in languages (Finnish and English)
Participation in seminars
Active participation in the project work
Project communication
Implementation of the project according to the time plan
Self and peer-evaluation
Individual working hours report

Further information

Assessment is focused on the work carried out during the course, the gained competence and knowledge upon the completion of the course, the outcomes of the project and meeting the project goals and creating innovative concrete and implementable solutions.

The course is available only for the incoming exchange students accepted in the Degree Programme in Laboratory Sciences