The course takes place in period

1 (2018-08-01 to 2018-10-21)

Level/category

General studies

Teaching language

Swedish

Type of course

Compulsory

Cycle/level of course

First

Recommended year of study

1

Total number of ECTS

5 cr

Competency aims

To support the student to purposefully,
responsibly and successfully be able to study
at Arcada and get a foundation for his/hers
career building.
Following generic competences are emphasized in
the course:
- Learning competence
- Digital literacy
- Global competence
- Ethical competence
- Communicative and social competence

Learning outcomes

Learning competence
- To have a realistic understanding of the own
higher education learning and the importance of
lifelong learning
- To know about different tools, methods and
study activities that supports a target-
oriented learning
- To understand the importance of collaboration
for better learning
- To be familiar with your studies and reflect
upon the objectives of your studies
- To be familiar with your profession and get
an insight in the knowledge, skills and
attitudes needed in your professional life

Digital literacy
- To understand the importance of developing
your digital competence and information
competence
- To get the skills to independently solve
issues concerning digital information,
communication and content creation
- To master the most basic digital tools and
function so that you can be able to study,
communicate and create digital content

Global competence
- To be open minded and see the strength of
cultural diversity

Ethical competence
- To integrate ethical principles of good
scientific practice in the studies at Arcada

Communicative and social competence
- To be able to share insights with others and
argue for their opinions
- To use the writing guide in written work

Course contents

Part 1 (2 ECTS) University studies of today

Group tutorials with tutoring teacher
Orientation in studies with Study Counselor
Language support and mapping of language
qualifications
Contents and goal with studies

Part 2 (3 ECTS) Digital literacies (online
course in
itslearning)
1. Digital literacies
2. Content creation
3. Information literacy
4. Communication and collaboration

Prerequisites and co-requisites

None

Additional information

Participating in a preparation seminar prior to
the examination seminar is mandatory.
Both course parts - University studies of today
and ICT Driving License - must be passed during
the academic year. The course parts are
registered in one single grade.
There are separate course areas for the course
parts on itslearning.

Part 2:
Digital literacies is an online course. Every
week new tasks
will appear. We also offer dropin if needed.
More
information in itslearning.

Note the dates for Introduction days at Arcada:
24-25.8.2017

Recommended or required reading

Part 1 (2 ECTS) University studies of today
Writing Guide
Study Guide

Part 2 (3 ECTS) Digital literacies
ict.arcada.fi and itslearning

Study activities

  • Lectures - 20 hours
  • Individual- and group instruction - 10 hours
  • Small-group work - 12 hours
  • Project- and production work/artistic activities - 10 hours
  • Individual studies - 30 hours
  • Internet-based studies - 53 hours

Workload

  • Total workload of the course: 135 hours
  • Of which autonomous studies: 135 hours
  • Of which scheduled studies: 0 hours

Mode of Delivery

Multiform education

Assessment methods

  • Exams (written-, oral-, home-)
  • Essays, reports, productions and portfolio

Assessment requirements

Part 1 (2 ECTS) University studies of today
Active participation in lessons and tutorials,
the
participation is shown in a learning diary.

Part 2 (3 ECTS) Digital literacies
Pass all mandatory tasks in itslearning

Teacher

  • Arell-Sundberg Marina
  • Arola Annikki
  • Levälahti Filip
  • Peri Heidi

Examiner

Peri Heidi

Group size

No limit (20 students enrolled)

Assignments valid until

Until date 2016-12-31

The timetable of the course

Introduktion till problembaserat lärande (PBL)
ges 27.8.2018.

Tutorlärare Heidi Peri handleder kring
studierna med gruppträffar i smågrupper samt
håller ett resurstillfälle kring
studieorientering tillsammans med
studievägledare Mia Ekström.

Under kursens gång ger lektor Kaj Eklund
introduktion till skrivguiden och till hur man
skriver essäsvar. Lektor Marja Herva ger
information om studierna i finska vid Arcada. Amanuens Maria
Enoksson ger information om studierna på instutionen för hälsa och välfärd.
Kàtia Torres Airava ger info om internationellt utbyte och reprecentater från studerandekåren ASK informerar om ASK.

Annikki Arola håller ett resurstillfälle om granskning av forskningsartikel och de aktivitetsvetenskapliga grundbegreppen.

Under kursens gång kommer studerande att vid
ett tillfälle den 29.10. träffa yrkesverksammma
ergoterapeuter i syfte att stärka yrkesrollen
bland första årets studenter och även för att
synliggöra alumnerna från början av
studietiden. Det handlar ur studentens
synvinkel om att växa till alumn och att
erbjudas kontakt med alumner.

Deadline för inlämning av reflektionsrapport är den
22.10.2018, se itslearning för mer info.

Course enrolment period

2018-08-13 to 2018-09-09

Assessment methods

  • Date of examination will be announced later - Exams
  • 2017-10-22 - Reports and productions
Room reservations
Date Time Room Title Description Organizer
2018-08-27 10:15 - 11:30 F365 Introduktion till högskolestudier Studerandetutorer handleder i Asta, Arbs och Its L. Peri Heidi
2018-08-27 12:30 - 14:00 F249 Introduktion till högskolestudier PBL-introduktion (Problembaserat lärande) Arell-Sundberg Marina
Brantberg Bettina
Sigfrids Ingmar
2018-09-04 09:30 - 11:30 B516 Introduktion till högskolestudier Enoksson Maria
Peri Heidi
2018-09-17 13:15 - 16:00 B327 Introduktion till högskolestudier Aktivitetsvetenskapens grunder Arola Annikki
2018-09-24 08:00 - 16:00 Introduktion till högskolestudier Läsning och granskning av artikel inför föreläsningserbjudandet den 8.10. Arola Annikki
Peri Heidi
2018-10-08 13:15 - 16:00 B327 Introduktion till högskolestudier Granskning av forskningsartikel Arola Annikki

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