Project Hatchery (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Content scheduling

Course includes project working in practice and theory about project management. Each project hatchery has their own real-life project, that group will do independently throughout the course. Course also includes theory part about project management, which includes independent studying and social and cooperative learning in reading groups. These reading groups will be implemented three times during the autumn. Date of the reading groups will be agreed in the group.

Objective

The aim of the Project Hatchery is that a new student will learn what is studying at Turku University of Applied Sciences and what kind of skills that requires from students. The aim of the Project Hatchery is also to support student’s active and responsible role as a learner not only in the individual level but also as part of a project team involving many students in different fields.

In this study unit a student gets to know students from other disciplines and starts to build networks needed in working life. Moreover, the aim of the Project Hatchery is to provide basic skills for the project working and to support succeeding in the more demanding project study units or modules following years.

Content

- introduction to the higher educational studying at TUAS and project working
- working in multidisciplinary project hatcheries and implementing the project
- interaction and communication in project work, presenting the results of the project
- finishing the project, assessment and feedback

Materials

Will be delivered in the ItsLearning. Student tutor helps.

Teaching methods

Learning Methods vary according to the team but tasks common for all include project-learning and contact meetings. Study Unit may also have some online studies/session.

Exam schedules

No exam, see learning tasks described above.

International connections

Course based on innovation pedagogy, where studying emphasizes working-life oriented and project-based learning methods. In the course student can increase his or her project work skills and become adept at collaborative learning and work. In the course student has an active role and his or her is responsible for his own learning and project implementation. Course is about group working where student tutors' role is to support and direct students working but not participate in the project.

Completion alternatives

AHOT

Student workload

Each project team works in its own project finalize the related outcomes. Individual and group tasks support the project work.

Orientation phase includes a personal and a joined orientation task together with the team. Other team tasks are Project Plan, Poster, Presentation and the Final Report. At the end of this study unit, every student summarizes a personal final reflection on his/her work.

Project hatchery-course includes 133 hours working. About 80 hours is project hatchery working and about 53 hours is project management and reading groups.

Further information

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