Study Guide

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- describe differences between virtual world and physical world
- identify business opportunities in the internet and networks
- apply an understanding of the internet society to build new markets
- combine business and information technology knowledge
- utilize opportunities of digitalization for business

Teaching methods

The course consists of 8 chapters. Each chapter contains a quiz. To achieve grade two, university students need to be active on the discussion forums. To achieve grade three there is a specific task and to achieve grade four to five, university students will also need to return an essay. The essay can be wrtten in English or Finnish.

Location and time

The course is a hop on hop off course. In the beginning all registered are encouraged and prompted to visit the online learning platform. After this the students can study in their own pace. Towards the end, the teacher will encourage students to get everything done in time.

This course will start on c. 1.10 and will end 15.12. In practice students will join an earlier course and board a course which has started earlier in the season, i.e., in mid August.

A student who is new to Laurea will receive a laurea email, studentnumber@laurea.fi and instructions how to board the canvas platform.

Forms of internationality

The course instructor is seeking for opportunities to teach the course either online or in a classroom setting in campuses around the world.

The course has been taught in a classroom setting for example in New Delhi India at IILM in November 2017 (https://www.iilm.edu/) at the WSG University of Economy in Poland in 2012-2015 (http://www.cwz.wsg.byd.pl/en/homepage.1.html)

In 2021 the course will be taught and available in co-operation with campusonline.fi to students in all the universities of applied sciences in Finland. The course will also be promoted at different international venues and interested parties are encouraged to enroll and familiarize themselves with the content.

Students workload

The course has been designed to be time and place independent.
Within the start and end times, the student can choose when to start and when to finish and when to study. Please make a plan to ensure that you allocate enough time for your studies.

Content and scheduling

I have uploaded the content of the course on to my web page villesaarikoski.com. Note that the actual course will be conducted on the online learning platform canvas and will contain additional elements (quizzes, places to return your assignments etc)