Co-design (5 op)

Arviointiasteikko

H-5

Sisällön jaksotus

Spring 2023:
The course starts with a pre-assignment by 18.1.2023 and ends when a process portfolio is returned 26.3.2023.
The course will be described in detail on Itslearning platform.

Contact study days:
Friday 27.1.2023 at 13 - 16.15
Saturday 28.1.2023 at 13 - 16.15
Friday 3.3.2023 at 8.30 - 12
Saturday 4.3.2023 at 8.30 - 12

Tavoitteet

After completing the course, the student is able to:
- Lead a service design project and involve different stakeholders in order to create opportunities for service development
- Deepen hers/his insights in co-design in order to facilitate and manage service design processes
- Work in different communicative and interactive situations in multidisciplinary teams

Sisältö

- Analysing an organisation’s services with a commissioner to find out areas in need of development
- Co-design with users, staff members and other stakeholders
- Workshop facilitating methods and tools
- Leading groups
- Service design project - adapting theory to a real working life project with a commissioner.

Oppimateriaalit

Masters theses:

Aromaa, S. 2018. Group Workshops as a Tool in Development of a New, Digital Service – Case Neighbour Food.
https://www.theseus.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/151516/Aromaa_Sanni.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

Lähteenmäki, S. 2019. Designing a New Generation Online Community for Telia Finland.
https://www.theseus.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/172443/Susanna-Lahteenmaki-Service-Design-Online-Community-Telia-2019.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y

Rainio, I. 2014. Co-created Corporate Story - Creating a Concept for Engaging Staff into Change Implementation. Laurea UAS.
https://www.theseus.fi/handle/10024/82186

Raitanen, N. 2020. Service Designing Co-working Possibilities. Internal Communication in Virtual Expert Teams. Novia UAS.
https://www.theseus.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/339791/Raitanen_Noora.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y

Salmelin, A. 2014. Successful Service Development in the Public Sector: a Case study of a Service Design Project Carried out in Short-Term Care Services in the Town of Turku. Laurea UAS.
https://www.theseus.fi/handle/10024/78590

Course literature and materials:

Bevan Jones, R. Stallard, P., Agha, S.S., Rice, S., Werner-Seidler, A., Stasiak, K., Kahn, J. Simpson, S.A., Alvarez-Jimenez, M., Rice, F., Evans, R. & Merry, S.
Practitioner review: Co-design of digital mental healthtechnologies with children and young people.
https://acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jcpp.13258

Curedale, R. 2013. Service Design. 250 Essential Methods. Design Community College Inc.

Holmlid, S., Mattelmäki, T., Visser, F.S & Vaajakallio, K. 2015. Co-creative Practises in Service Innovation. In The Handbook of Service Innovation. (Eds. Agarwal, R., Selen, W., Roos, G. & Green, R). Springer. 545-574.

Innovationtool.fi

Kantojärvi, P. 2012, Fasilitointi luo uutta. Menesty ryhmän vetäjänä. Talentum.

Martin, B. & Hanington, B. 2012. Universal Methods of Design. Rockport.

Naranjo-Bock, C. 2012. Creativity-based Research: The Process of Co-Designing with Users.
https://uxmag.com/articles/creativity-based-research-the-process-of-co-designing-with-users

Stickdorn, M. & Schneider, J. 2011. This is Service Design Thinking. Basics - Tools - Cases. John Wiley & Sons Inc.

Trischler, J., Dietrich T. & Rundle-Thiele, S. 2020. Co-design: from expert- to user-driven ideas in public service design.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14719037.2019.1619810

Opetusmenetelmät

- The course will be carried out as a service development project. The objective of the project is to concentrate on co-design with stakeholders.
- The project can be executed as a group work for commissions offered by universities.
- Working with an own commissioner is also possible - as a group work.

Learning methods:
- pre-assignment
- contact and distance learning
- lectures
- workshops and exercises in groups
- service development project work for a commissioner (including facilitating a workshop for a commissioner)
- presentations
- peer feedback
- active participation and interaction in group work.

Tenttien ajankohdat ja uusintamahdollisuudet

Process portfolio is returned 26.3.2023.
Overdue assignments shall be returned by 23.4.2023 or 31.5.2023 at the latest.

Pedagogiset toimintatavat ja kestävä kehitys

The whole course is based on innovation pedagogy. The service development project is done in collaboration with a commissioner. Peer learning and collaboration with other students are essential to the learning process. The international and interdisciplinary student group enable interaction and knowledge sharing.

Toteutuksen valinnaiset suoritustavat

According the principles for credit transfer.

Opiskelijan ajankäyttö ja kuormitus

Work load approximately:
- contact sessions: ca 16 h
- distance studies: ca 120 h

Dimensioning of the student work:
Pre-assignment 8 h
Essay 16 h
Planning of workshop exercises and presentations 8 h
Co-design project 70 h
Process portfolio 14 h
Peer feedbacks 4 h

Arviointimenetelmät ja arvioinnin perusteet

Objects for assessment:

1) Analysis of a master’s thesis

2) Essay of different workshop methods

3) Process and reporting of the project. A description of the process of the service design project including planning and conducting the workshop(s) in order to develop the service for the commissioner. It includes an analysis of the results and suggestions for further development of the service. It consists of text and visualized perception material and other documents necessary for the reader to be able to understand the process.

4) Active participation and interaction in group work

5) All the required tasks returned in time


Assessment is based on:
- Depth of theoretical and analytical discussion
- Applying of co-design methods for innovative problem solving
- Engagement of stakeholders in the development process
- Informativeness and visualisation of the process portfolio

Lecturers', self and peer evaluation. Scale 0-5.

Hylätty (0)

Quantity: the work is not completed and or,
Quality: the minimum content requirements are not met.

Arviointikriteerit, tyydyttävä (1-2)

Sufficient 1
Theory and methodology are poorly understood and implemented in real life project.
Co-design, analysis, communication and documentation are hardly acceptable.
Active participation.

Satisfactory 2
Appear to grasp theory and have made a start in showing its applicability in real life project.
Co-design, analysis, communication and documentation are acceptable.
Active participation.

Arviointikriteerit, hyvä (3-4)

Good 3
Understanding of theory and applicability of methods in real life project, but work could be stronger.
Co-design, analysis, communication and documentation are good.
Active participation.

Very Good 4
General understanding of theory and methods, very good implementation in real life project.
Innovative co-design process, and analysis, communication and documentation on good level.
Very active participation.

Arviointikriteerit, kiitettävä (5)

Excellent 5
Mastery of theory and methods, proficiency of implementation of them in real-life project.
Innovative co-design process, excellent analysis, and outstanding communication and documentation.
Very active participation.

Esitietovaatimukset

-Service Design Methods and Tools course, or corresponding competences.

Lisätiedot

The course is implemented in co-operation with TUAS and Novia UAS.

The contact lessons are at Novia UAS campus at Henrikinkatu 7, Turku.

Prerequisities: Competense objectives for Service Design Methods and Tools course (5ects) or corresponding competences obtained.