Study Guide

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- plan, implement and evaluate a practical project in multidisciplinary cooperation
- work in an appropriate way in multicultural organisations and networks
- acquire and use information to support development, and use ICT tools
- communicate appropriately and in a goal-oriented way in the communication and documenting situations required by the project

Teaching methods

This course is a low-threshold, learning by development project (LbD)
The project is integrated with the course V1475-3002
The main contents include:
•Basics of LbD and project-working
•Project planning, implementation, management, documentation and evaluation
•Co-operation with the project partner
•Meaning of evidence based social services in LbD, information retrieval
•Communication and groupworking in a project
• Multidisciplinary, intercultural teamwork
•Utilization of ICT tools for project management and documentation

Location and time

All information in Canvas and Pakki.

Learning materials and recommended literature

All material in Canvas.

Co-operation with working life and/or RDI

Fully integrated LbD-project.

Forms of internationality

This is a multcultural group, there may be some exchange students participating as well.

Grading scale

Approved/Failed

Evaluation methods and criteria

Active participation in teams required.
85 % participation requirement for contact lessons.
Orientation sesson mandatory.
Language evaluation criteria are available in Canvas.

Evaluation criteria, approved/failed

The student has participated in the group, implementation, report writing and final presentation actively.
He/she has attended the required amount of contact lessons
Language and communication criteria have been met.

Evaluation criteria, fail (0)

The student has not participated in the group, implementation, report writing and final presentation actively.
He/she has not attended the required amount of contact lessons
Language and communication criteria have not been met.