Project Management and Communication (5 cr)

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

Location and time

All information in Canvas and Pakki.

Materials

All material in Canvas.

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

Employer connections

Fully integrated LbD-project.

International connections

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

Assessment 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 scale

Approved/Failed