Innovation Project (10 ECTS)

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course the student can
- Develop practical, creative and innovative solutions, practices and services with multidisciplinary partners to meet the diverse needs in the Helsinki Metropolitan area.
The student participates in project or network-based work and applies his or her expertise in regional, national or international development work.
- Use his or her personal skills and abilities to work and collaborate in multidisciplinary teams.
- Create a culture of cooperation and negotiation with the team members and other actors.
- Use his or her skills in problem solving, collaboration and communication to support the social development and joint decision making of the team.

Content

Project and innovation work: brainstorming, planning, implementing, assessing, communicating, publishing, product development and marketing.
Cooperative skills, interest group activities and networking.
Innovative work methods.
Areas of communal development skills: development processes, coordinating and managing development, reforming the development concepts.

Teaching methods

Participation in the course requires active participation throughout the course 30.8-14.10.2021
Pre assignment
Interactive lectures
Group work, work shop
Quided assignments
Project work

Location and time

N/A

Learning materials and recommended literature

1. Ulla Vehkaperä, Kaarina Pirilä ja Marianne Roivas ( toim.) 2013. Innostu ja Innovoi. Käsikirja innovaatiopintoihin. Metropolia Ammattikorkeakoulu julkaisusarja. Saatavilla sähköisesti http://www.metropolia.fi/fileadmin/user_upload/Julkaisutoiminta/Julkaisusarjat/OIVA/Innostu_ja_innovoi.pdf
2. Oivallus loppuraportti: http://ek.fi/wp-content/uploads/Oivallus_loppuraportti.pdf
3. MINNO työkalupakki

Alternative completion methods of implementation

N/A

Internship and working life connections

Project topics are working life oriented.

Exam dates and retake possibilities

N/A

International connections

International exchange students will participate in the implementation.

Student workload

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

Content scheduling

INTENSIVE STUDY COURSE; Attendance is required throughout the course
Duration 7 weeks

Preliminary assingnment, instructions from news letter from OMA before the begining of the cource
Registration for projects by e-form xx 2021 and ends xx 2021.
Preliminary assignment (instructions from the OMA "Well come letter" before the start of the course. Return of the assignment by 31 August 2021 to each project's own OMA workspace, which you will receive from the teacher at the first meeting.)

Orientation, theory and group work 31.8.
Project work from mondays to thursdays
Meeting of the customer on first week
Weekly meeting of the supervisor.
13.10. MINNO Fest. End of projects
14.10.Feed back with superviser
Other days project work in your on project group

Further information for students

Registration for project blanks is done with an e-form
Project blanks will appear on Google sites for a site that will be published later
Studentswill be informed of their placement in project groups before the first project meeting.
First project meeting: The exact place and time are indicated in the project blank form
Joint closing ceremony of the project Minnofest 13.10.
The time of the feedback / evaluation discussion will be agreed with the supervisor. 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.

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.

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 of your school.
(e-mail name@metropolia.fi)

School of Health care; Hannele Hokkanen and Teija Rautiola
School of rehabilitation and examination: Jenny West, Ulla Marjosola
School of wellbeing:

Assessment methods and criteria

Continuous evaluation
Active participation for intensive course
theory+projectwork= innovationproject 10 op
Project is evaluated numeric

Evaluation scale

0-5

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student knows the principles of project and network-based work.
The student recognizes his/her own project- and network-based work competences.
The student uses co-operation and communication skills in cooperative development processes and decision making.
The student can develop together with the other actors solutions and modes of operation to meet the multi-faceted needs of the residents of the Helsinki metropolitan area.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student uses the principles of project and network-based work in regional, national or international development oriented work.
The student uses his or her co-operation and communication skills well in cooperative development processes and decision making.
The student helps to set-up a cooperative negotiation culture with other actors in the field. The student uses his/her personal skills and abilities to contribute to the work of a multidisciplinary team.
The student develops together with the other actors practical, creative and innovative solutions, modes of operation or services to meet the multi-faceted needs of the residents of the Helsinki metropolitan area.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student's ability to use principles of project and network-based work in regional, national or international development oriented work is on a high level.
The student is able to analyse and develop his/her co-operation and communication skills in cooperative development processes and decision making.
The student understands cooperative negotiation culture and helps to build it with the other actors.
The student is able to analyse and develop his/her professional competence and put it in the service of a multidisciplinary team.
The student develops together with the other actors practical, creative and innovative solutions, modes of operation or services to meet the multi-faceted needs of the residents of the Helsinki metropolitan area.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

The student knows the principles of project and network-based work.
The student recognizes his/her own project- and network-based work competences.
The student uses co-operation and communication skills in cooperative development processes and decision making.
The student can develop together with the other actors solutions and modes of operation to meet the multi-faceted needs of the residents of the Helsinki metropolitan area.