Metropolia Minno 1 (2 cr)

Objective

Learning outcomes
After completing the course unit, the student is able to:
- define the concept of innovation
- name the key stages of the design process
- explain the concept of teamwork and the key themes related to its success
- describe the inner development goals (IDGs) related to thinking that promotes sustainable
development (SDGs)
- experiment with foresight methods in planning the development of their skills
- write key reflections in textual form
- develop their skills in identifying and acknowledging their own competences.

Content

- Concept of innovation
- Basics of teamwork
- Concepts of sustainable development and sustainable development change skills and their
reflection tasks
- Stages of the design process and how to test them
- Identifying and recognising own competences
- Future-oriented development of own competences

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The students successfully complete the course when they are able to
- apply the key stages of the design process in problem-solving
- clearly describe the key themes essential for successful teamwork
- examine inner development goals in relation to their own competences and understand their
connection to thinking that promotes sustainable development goals
- apply foresight methods in a practical task and demonstrate an understanding of their use in
developing personal competences
- write clear, structured reflections that adhere to the task requirements
- identify and acknowledge their own competences.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The course is assessed on a pass/fail scale.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The course is assessed on a pass/fail scale.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

The students successfully complete the course when they are able to
- apply the key stages of the design process in problem-solving
- clearly describe the key themes essential for successful teamwork
- examine inner development goals in relation to their own competences and understand their
connection to thinking that promotes sustainable development goals
- apply foresight methods in a practical task and demonstrate an understanding of their use in
developing personal competences
- write clear, structured reflections that adhere to the task requirements
- identify and acknowledge their own competencies.

The course is failed when the students are unable to:
- apply the key steps of the design process in problem solving
- adequately explain the key themes of successful teamwork
- describe sustainable development change skills in relation to their own competences or
understand their link to sustainable development
- use foresight methods or they are significantly lacking in their application
- reflect in a clear, structured manner corresponding to the task
- review competence development or their examination is one-sided
- identify and recognise their own competences.

Qualifications

Ability to learn in Finnish or in English.