Future Foresight (5 cr)
Code: C-02631-YTE04-3009
General information
- Enrollment
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02.04.2024 - 09.09.2024
Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
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13.09.2024 - 29.12.2024
Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Institution
- HUMAK University of Applied Sciences, Paikkaan sitomaton
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Seats
- 0 - 100
- Course
- C-02631-YTE04
Evaluation scale
0-5
Objective
Future Foresight is a field of information linked to development activities that provides information about the future, for example to support decision-making in the workplace. The course provides information and tools for perceiving change and alternative futures, analyzing them and realizing the desired futures. The course introduces methods for anticipating future from the point of view of practical applications. During the course, the student reflects on and learns to identify the mega-trends, trends and weak signals of society. The main focus of the course is on the future of community educators and cultural managers and on the change in working life. After completion of the course, the student: - understands the unique research value of future knowledge - knows what future thinking, proactive attitude and other key concepts of future research are - is aware of and able to react to the pressures of change in his / her work community, profession and society as a whole - knows the methods used for forecasting the future (scenario and future frequency work, Delfoi and various future workshops) - is able to apply some of the foresight methods discussed in the course
Content
Contents: - key concepts of foresight: foresight, megatrends, trends and weak signals - key methods of future research and forecasting - practical exercises related to future thinking and methods
Location and time
Webinaarit ovat 18.9 ja 25.9 klo 14-17 sekä 2.10 ja 9.10 klo 14-18. Viimeinen tehtävä tulee palauttaa 30.11.2024. mennessä. Tehtävät arvioidaan ja Peppi-järjestelmä päivitetään jokaisen kuun 15. päivä. Viimeinen päivitys suoritetaan 15.12.2024, jonka jälkeen kurssi suljetaan ja arkistoidaan.
Materials
Hanna-Kaisa Aalto ym. (toim.) Tulevaisuuden tutkimus tutuksi. https://tututopi.files.wordpress.com/2022/03/tva-1-2022.pdf . Hiltunen, Elina 2012. Matkaopas tulevaisuuteen. LUVUT 1 (s. 21-43) ja 4 (s. 74-216). Helsinki: Talentum. Hiltunen, E. 2019. Tulossa huomenna: miten megatrendit muokkaavat tulevaisuuttamme. Jyväskylä: Docendo.
Teaching methods
Opintojaksolla on neljä webinaaria. Webinaareihin osallistuminen on pakollista, mutta niiden tietoperustaosat tallennetaan. Webinaareissa on usein vierailevia luennoitsijoita. Lisäksi kurssiin kuuluu itsenäisiä tehtäviä ja ryhmätöitä.
Completion alternatives
Opintojaksoa ei voi suorittaa vaihtoehtoisilla tavoilla.