Multidisciplinary Innovation Project (Music) (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

Location and time

Contact Information Course Instructor: Jukka Väisänen
Email: jukka.vaisanen@metropolia.fi
Phone: 040 3340351

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This is an online course for music degree students, but you can invite students from outside the music field to bring diverse expertise to your team. The course consists of six task modules, each addressing a specific phase of the innovation process. It is a comprehensive 10-credit project (approx. 270 hours), including project work, task descriptions, and a final assignment. The project must be suitable and sufficiently challenging.

REGISTRATION: When registering, complete and submit the e-form: https://elomake.metropolia.fi/lomakkeet/45251/lomake.html
In the form, you will describe the project's objectives, implementation method, industry partner, and your team's contact information.

PROJECT APPROVAL: The course instructor, Jukka Väisänen, will review the plan and either approve, provide additional instructions, or reject the project proposal.

INDUSTRY PARTNER: Participation in the course requires having your own industry client for whom you will carry out the project. The industry partner can be, for example, a company, municipality, cooperative, association, theater, band, publisher, recording studio, filmmaker, educational institution, or similar. The industry partner must be secured before being accepted into the course. The school does not arrange clients for summer studies.

INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE: If you are taking the course during an international exchange, the tasks will be adapted for the exchange. Discuss this in advance with the course instructor. Those going abroad will also create a Pecha Kucha video report (1 credit) and a 2-credit Minno theory. Complete the aforementioned project planning form and reflect on what innovative aspects emerged during your international studies (consider different aspects, practices, and "collisions" of the foreign culture from the perspective of your own culture).

PROJECT EXAMPLE: You can carry out the innovation project related to your work or other activities. The project must include various phases and methods of the innovation process. The project can involve product or service development, designing a new concept or method, or practical tasks such as building, testing, composing, piloting, prototyping, or creating an artistic output. The project can also include new skills to be learned, such as 3D printing, using DAW, programming, game music design, AI, podcasting, digital development, or film music.

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Further information

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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.

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

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.