Multidisciplinary Innovation Project (10 ECTS)

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

Location and time

The course runs during the first study period in the fall, from Monday 25 August to 10 October. Please reserve the following times for joint sessions.

WEEKLY SCHEDULE
The first project team meeting will be announced in the challenge brief and during the orientation session.

Mondays: usually between 12:00–16:00.
INSTRUCTOR-LED WORKING SESSIONS – schedule varies by instructor. Includes both online and on-campus teaching. In the afternoons, students work with their assigned instructor and team. The detailed schedule for each challenge will be provided by the responsible instructor.

Tuesdays 9:00–12:00:
STUDENT TEAM WORKING TIME (no teacher-led instruction).
Reserve this time in your calendar for 7 weeks – the entire first period.

Wednesdays 9:00–12:00:
STUDENT TEAM WORKING TIME (no teacher-led instruction).
Reserve this time in your calendar for 7 weeks – the entire first period.

Thursdays 9:00–16:00:
INSTRUCTOR-LED WORKING SESSIONS
(Note: Music pedagogy students may have overlapping classes with MOPPI 7 in the afternoon – this will be synchronized later.)

Fridays:
No instruction.

COURSE START AND END
Complete the pre-assignment before the course begins!
On the first day, teachers will inform you where to submit the task.

ORIENTATION AND INTRODUCTORY SESSION
Monday 25 August, 9:00–10:00
Orientation lecture by Juha Järvinen (online).
Zoom link:
https://metropolia.zoom.us/j/67129505770?pwd=aWsxV1gvblp1RnZKdUlmYThIYTZZQT09
Password: 3414

Continuation 10:15–11:45 in the culture field’s own Zoom room:
https://metropolia.zoom.us/j/5178243099
Teachers: Jukka Väisänen (music), Tytti Huhtaniska and Anu Kantola (cultural management), Kimmo Salonen (music), (Film & TV)

In the afternoon: team-specific small group meetings. Each instructor will inform their group of the exact time and location.

COURSE ENDING
MinnoFest: Wednesday 8 October, 9:00–12:00.
Reserve the full time in your calendar NOW.

Feedback session: Thursday 9 October, approx. 9:00–12:00 (or as scheduled by your instructor).

Materials

http://www.metropolia.fi/fileadmin/user_upload/Julkaisutoiminta/Julkaisusarjat/OIVA/Innostu_ja_innovoi.pdf
Vehkaperä, Pirilä, Roivas 2013: Innosta ja innovoi.

Teaching methods

Course Description (First Period of Autumn Semester)
The course is implemented in collaboration between three degree programmes at the Arabia campus. Participants include:

Film and Television students

Cultural Management student group

Fourth-year Music students (instrumental pedagogy, performers, and creative producers)

In addition, all other students whose schedules allow participation are welcome to join the course. The course runs throughout the first study period of the autumn semester. Students are expected to commit to the scheduled teaching times listed below.

Course Content and Objectives
The course focuses on developing new solutions for real-life commission projects based on actual working life needs. Students will work in multidisciplinary teams of approximately 5–6 members, formed at the beginning of the course. Each team will include students from different fields.

At the start of the course, students will be divided into four larger groups of 15–30 students. Each group will have a dedicated instructor (a total of four instructors from film, cultural management, and music fields). These larger groups will then be split into smaller working teams.

At the beginning of the course, each student selects 2–3 preferred project challenges, and efforts will be made to assign them to one of their chosen topics. Projects may relate to areas such as visual content, scriptwriting, music, production, or marketing – covering the entire creative production chain.

DURING THE COURSE
You will complete a pre-assignment worth 2 ECTS credits.

You will participate in multidisciplinary innovation teams, collaborating closely with students from other fields.

You will co-develop a project, combining the client’s needs with your own creative ideas.

Employer connections

A challenge from a company or other work organization.

Exam schedules

Will be informed in the beginning of the course.

International connections

One group in English

Completion alternatives

Ahot

Student workload

2 x 27 h theory lectures and literature
8 x 27 h project work

Content scheduling

7 weeks project rounds and week assignments: Orientation, idea phase, concepting, prototyping, testing, productization, launch and go to market phase, assessment.

Further information

Multidisciplinary innovation project is a joint endeavor of a working team. Distant work in teams can be conducted in locations chosen by the team and its teacher. Project challenge can be chosen by the student (2 choises by the student, will be nominated to one project challenge).

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.

Assessment methods and criteria

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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.

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.