•   Project Management and Communication R0238-3031 01.08.2022-31.12.2022  5 credits  (SWV222SN) +-
    Learning outcomes of the course
    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
    Teacher in charge

    Lloyd Bethell

    Mode of delivery

    60% Face-to-face, 40% Distance learning

    Learning materials and recommended literature

    All material in Canvas.

    Teaching methods

    This course is a low-threshold, learning by development project (LbD)
    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 group working in a project
    • Intercultural teamwork
    •Utilization of ICT tools for project management and documentation

    Evaluation methods and criteria

    Active participation in teams required.
    70% participation requirement for contact lessons. Attendance is required as the contact lessons are interactive: information is acquired through discussion and activities in the classroom.
    The orientation session is mandatory.

    This is a team project and all assignments require active participation from all team members. All assignments need to be returned as a team . Self and peer feedback evaluation forms are compulsory and completed by all team members in the mid-seminar and final seminar.

    The pass/fail evaluation will be based on the completion of the assignments and the evaluation from the peer feedback.

    Personal feedback will be given on the written assignments and the oral demonstration. Deadlines have been stipulated in the assignments. No feedback will be given for assignments returned late.

    All reports will be checked for plagiarism. If plagiarism is detected, the report will be failed and will need to be resubmitted. The requirements for assignment returns can be found in the degree regulations.

    Language of instruction
    • English
    Timing

    01.08.2022 - 31.12.2022

    Enrollment period

    23.05.2022 - 29.05.2022

    Group(s)
    • SWV222SN
    Seats

    10 - 30

    Unit

    Laurea Tikkurila, sote

    Teacher(s)

    Lloyd Bethell, Jyrki Innanen

    Programme(s)

    Degree Programme in Social Services (SWV2), Laurea Tikkurila

    Campus

    Laurea Tikkurila

    RDI portion

    5 credits

    Virtual portion

    2 credits

    Evaluation scale

    Approved/Failed

    Co-operation with working life and/or RDI

    Fully integrated LbD-project.

    Location and time

    All information in Canvas and Pakki.