Kursens undervisningsperiod

4 (2021-03-22 till 2021-07-31)

Nivå/kategori

Breddstudier

Undervisningsspråk

Engelska

Kurstyp

Valfri

Cykel/nivå

Yrkeshögskoleexamen

Omfattning

5 sp

Kompetensmål

By the end of the course the student will be
able to:

Develop knowledge of the fundamental concepts
within problem validation, value proposition,
lean development process, design thinking and
demo creation.

By actively reflecting during the course the
student finds possibilities to utilize her/his
know how in real challenges and to utilize
multiple development approaches, to put the
knowledge the student acquires in school into
practice.

Develop their working skills as well in
multidisciplinary and international teams as
industry collaboration.

Läranderesultat

At the end of the course you are expected to be
able...
1) to develop your skills in problem validation
and in developing meaningful value propositions
2) to learn teamwork and team building skills in
a multidisciplinary and international teams
3) to understand the characteristics of lean
development processes
4) to learn how to utilize design thinking
5) to learn to build concrete demos or a prototype
for validation
6) to learn industry collaboration when working
with partner organisations domain experts

Innehåll

We as humankind recognize the need for solutions
towards the global challenges we are facing. But
what are the opportunities and innovations that we
could see and take further? Who are the ones who
will grab on to these opportunities?

Demola is internationally awarded strategic
foresight platform for businesses and university
students. Demola invites you to create visions of
the future you think the humanity needs. We have
now launched our One for Humanity program for the
second time. The program is built around six bold
themes:

Planetary Emergency
Multipolarization in our Societies
New Drivers of Wealth
Human Beings in the Modern World and
Time After Data
Difference-making technologies

Under each of these themes you will find multiple
interesting online projects. The accepted students
will work in global multidisciplinary teams
together with our foresight experts for 8 weeks.
Our student teams own the intellectual property
rights of their creations.

This course contributes to learning work-life
skills and offeres students networking
possibilities

Förkunskaper

Please note that you need to SEPARATELY apply
and GET ACCEPTED by Demola in order to be able
to participate in this course.

Hop on board and bring your imagination. Check for
more information and apply here:
https://www.demola.net/apply/university Extern länk

Interest in problem based learning with the help
of work-life oriented studies in
multidisciplinary and international teams

Mer information

This course is totally online.

Please note that you need to SEPARATELY apply
and GET ACCEPTED by Demola in order to be able
to participate in this course.

Application portal:
https://www.demola.net/apply/university Extern länk

Participants will be granted 5 ECTS and a
certificate from Demola Global.

Students participating in this course will get
Pass/Fail grades.

When writing your motivational letter please
choose those projects that interest you and find
arguments why Demola should choose you to those
projects, try to focus e.g. on these topics:

MOTIVATION: what is your own motivation to the
different projects that Demola offeres, choose
the most motivating ones and argument for your
motivation to be a part of the team

SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE: what can you bring to the
project, both professional and outside studying.
How could your skills be utilized in the project.

TEAM WORK: your strengths in working with
multiprofessional and international teams

CURIOSITY: what is your level of interest in new
things, finding answers, do you always need to get
answers
GENERAL OPTIMISM: willingness in finding potential
and new solutions, seeing optimism in the future

HOW CAN YOU DEAL WITH UNCERTAINTY

PERSEVERANCE, Finnish Sisu: how to handle fail,
what to do if you are struggling?

Litteratur

Will be given by Demola

Studieaktiviteter

Nätbaserade - 135 timmar

Arbetsbelastning

  • Kursens totala antal arbetstimmar: 135 timmar
  • Varav självstyrda studieformer: 135 timmar
  • Varav schemalagda studier: 0 timmar

Undervisningsform

Närundervisning

Examinationsformer

Essä, rapporter, produktioner och portfolio

Examinationskrav

To pass the course the student should pass the
following examinations:
- Participation in project work hosted by Demola
- Reflection diary according to instructions (to
be uploaded to Itslearning)

Students participating in this course will get
Pass/Fail grades.

Examinator

Hernberg Mervi

Antal kursplatser

Ingen begränsning (3 studenter anmälda)

Delprestation i kraft till

Till datum 2021-07-30

Kursens tidtabell

Timeline for the projects:
11 June ? 06 August (Apply before 30 May)
22 July ? 16 September (Apply before 11 July) Cases
will be published later for late summer batch.

Kursanmälningstid

2021-03-27 till 2021-07-31

Examinationsformer

Datum meddelas senare - Rapporter och produktioner

Kurs och studieplanssökning