Multidisciplinary Innovation Project (10 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 metropolitan area
• is able to define the concept of innovation and take development methods into use
• is able to apply project and network-based work, creativity and competence in regional, national or international development work
• uses their personal skills and abilities to work in multidisciplinary collaboration and working environment
• creates a culture of cooperation and negotiation for successful teamwork
• uses their 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 conceptualisation and design, customer and user understanding, contracts and copyrights, communicating, publishing, productisation, marketing and implementation planning
• Multidisciplinary teamwork, stakeholder activities and networking
• Innovation development tools and methods

Materials

1. Ulla Vehkaperä, Kaarina Pirilä ja Marianne Roivas ( toim.) 2013. Innostu ja Innovoi. Käsikirja innovaatiopintoihin. Metropolia Ammattikorkeakoulu julkaisusarja. Available online (mostly in Finnish): http://www.metropolia.fi/fileadmin/user_upload/Julkaisutoiminta/Julkaisusarjat/OIVA/Innostu_ja_innovoi.pdf
Familiarize yourself with the service design
Additionally:
2. Oivallus final report: https://ek.fi/wp-content/uploads/Oivallus_loppuraportti_eng.pdf
3. MINNO Toolkit

Teaching methods

This is an intensive course that requires active participation throughout the course: 27.1.2025 - 14.3.2025.
Pre-assignment
Interactive lecture
Group work, work shops
Guided assignment
Project work

Student confirms his / her place on the implementation by being present at the orientation. If a student is unable to participate at the orientation due to illness, he / she confirms his / her participation on the course by sending an email to teacher in charge.

Some of the project challenges may be supervised online and participation in them requires the use of a camera in Team or Zoom.

Employer connections

Project challenges are work-life related.
Available projects will be published in OMA before the implementation begins.
Registration to projects is done with an eForm. Instructions how to register for the projects will be published before the implementation begins.
Project groups are formed multidisciplinary and according to the needs of the customers.
Students will be informed of their placement in project groups before the orientation.

Exam schedules

N/A

International connections

N/A

Completion alternatives

This course can be replaced by studying one of the following courses:
Turbiinin yrityshautomo -opintojakso 10 op (KM00FJ37-, SX00FJ17-)
10 Days 100 Challenges 10 op (XX00FE29-)

Student workload

1 ECTS = 27 hours of student work
10 ECTS = 270 hours

Content scheduling

Interactive and intensive course, duration 7 weeks. Study days mainly from Mon-Thu (whole day).
Pre-assignment (Instructions will be announced before the implementation begins)
Registration for the projects with an eForm (eLomake). Registration time and instructions will be announced in course announcements before the implementation begins.

Pre-assignment (Instructions will be announced before the implementation begins). Submission of the pre-assignment must be completed by 27.1.2025 to OMA workspace.

Joint orientation 27.1.2025
The first project-specific meeting will be announced in a project challenge description.
The first customer (=working life partner) meeting will take place on the first project week according to the project-specific timetable.
27.1.2025 - 14.3.2025: Project work on Mondays-Thursdays.
Weekly meetings with your project coach on Mon-Thu. Meetings with the working life partners as agreed within the project.
MINNOFest. Project presentation festival 12.3.2025. Participation at MINNOFest is mandatory. Absence from MINNOFest is replaced according to instructions given by the coach.
Feedback with the project coach 13.3.2025.

Further information

INTENSIVE STUDY COURSE; Attendance is required throughout the course
Duration 7 weeks
Registration for project is done with an e-form. Failure to register for the project may inhibit participation on the course.
Available projects will be published in OMA before the implementation begins.
Students will be informed of their placement in the project groups before the orientation.
First project meeting: Place and time are announced in the project challenge description.
MinnoFest, joint closing event of the project
The time of the feedback / evaluation discussion will be agreed with the project coach. A good grade of an innovation project may enable the project to be continued as a thesis in a project on the same topic according to a separate agreement.

NOTE: You must have at least 60 ECTS in order to participate on this course.

RPL: The application must be made and approved before registering for the course.

MATERIALS prepared by the teacher are works in accordance with the Copyright Act (404/61) for which the teacher has copyright. Assignments AND MATERIALS may not be used except in their own studies. Their public distribution is only allowed with the permission of the teacher.

Artificial intelligence can be utilized for brainstorming in written assignments, but it should not be used as a substitute for independent thinking and writing. Editing the language and style of self-produced text is permitted, but generating entire texts using AI is not allowed. If you use AI, its use must be transparently disclosed. Failure to disclose the use of AI will be considered misconduct. When using AI, please familiarize yourself with Metropolia's guidelines https://opiskelija.oma.metropolia.fi/delegate/desktop_web_content_attachment/attachment/9923680 for AI usage and take responsibility for adhering to these guidelines.

Some of the work in the course is distance learning. See here for more details on the processing of personal data related to the implementation of distance learning and the systems, software, IT applications and electronic tools used in the processing of personal data. Link to Metropolia's extensive student and study data register privacy statement https://www.metropolia.fi/fi/metropoliasta/tietosuoja-ja-gdpr/tietosuojaselosteet/metropolian-opiskelija-ja-opintotietorekisteri

Any additional questions to the MINNO coordinator in your school.
(e-mail name@metropolia.fi)
School of Health care: Merja Lahdenperä, Tiina Järvinen (Degree Programme in Nursing)
School of rehabilitation and examination: Jenny West, Ulla Marjosola
School of wellbeing: Anu-Riikka Eerola

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 metropolitan area
• recognises the concept of innovation, development and productisation processes and methods
• recognises their creativity and competence in project and network-based work in regional, national or international development work
• recognises their role in multidisciplinary collaboration and working environment
• promotes a culture of cooperation and negotiation and works constructively as part of a team
• uses their 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 metropolitan area
• can define the concept of innovation, development and productisation processes and methods that are needed in developing an implementable outcome
• applies their creativity and competence in project and network-based work in regional, national or international development work
• takes an active role in multidisciplinary collaboration
• helps to create a culture of cooperation and negotiation for successful teamwork
• can apply in many ways their 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 metropolitan area
• is able to define and apply the concept of innovation, development and productisation processes and is able to facilitate the development work with versatile range of methods to accomplish an implementable outcome
• is able to develop successful project- and network-based teamwork and their own creativity and competence in project and network-based work in regional, national or international development work
• takes an active role and analytically assesses their competence and learning in multidisciplinary collaboration
• develops actively a culture of cooperation and negotiation and helps the team to succeed
• can apply in many ways and efficiently develop their 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 metropolitan area
• recognises the concept of innovation, development and productisation processes and methods
• recognises their creativity and competence in project and network-based work in regional, national or international development work
• recognises their role in multidisciplinary collaboration and working environment
• promotes a culture of cooperation and negotiation and works constructively as part of a team
• uses their skills in problem solving, collaboration, technical and communication skills to support the collaborative development processes and joint decision making of the team.

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.