Learning Lab Summer 2020 (12cr)

Objectives (course unit)

• the student is able to recognize and describe the problem, and is able to define objectives for a project, including the value added, in collaboration with other team members
• the student is able to plan a project as a team member, and capable of utilizing agile project working methods as a member of a interdisciplinary project team
• the student is able to utilize user and customer centered methods to design and create the desired outcome
• the student is able to apply, utilize and acquire new knowledge and methods from their study field to achieve the desired project outcomes
• the student is capable of taking responsibility of the improvement and development of their operational environment, and is able to recognize and articulate the relevance of their competence and work in context
• the student is able to communicate about the project status and outcomes to the customer and stakeholders in a clear and precise manner

Content (course unit)

At Learning Lab students and staff from various fields collaboratively carry out development projects that benefit the Tampere higher education community on a wide scale.

Location and time

22.6.-31.7. 2020

Assessment methods and criteria

The evaluation is based on four dimensions
- achieving your own learning goals
- supporting your team members
- value created to the customer
- developing general work-life and project work skills (eg. schedule, activity, enthusiasm, proactive attitude)

Assessment scale

Pass/Fail

Teaching methods

Learning Lab Summer 2020 is a 6-week intensive practical and team-learning experience. During the six weeks you will get to work in interdisciplinary team with a development project done for a real customer. Team learning requires active participation during regular working hours Monday-Friday 9am-3pm. English (and Finnish) will be used as a working language.
Students in the interdisciplinary project teams are the experts who bring their own knowledge, experience and energy together to innovate and create solutions, and to deliver valuable end product for the client.
Learning Lab projects are open to students from all fields of study and all level of experience and expertise. The projects are student-driven, meaning the student teams plan and carry out their projects utilizing user-oriented design and project working methods. The teams are supported by clients, mentors and Learning Lab project coaches.
Every team gets its own challenge or development task to work with. General theme for the Summer2020 is Sustainability. These projects will be truly interesting for participants from different fields! During the summer, the team will produce fully finished products or services, or products for further development.

During Learning Lab Summer you will get to strengthen important working-life skills, such as:
- problem solving skills
- Organisation and coordination skills
- Communication and negotiation skills
- Initiative and self-direction
- Multiprofessional teamwork
- Independent working and time management
- Ability to learn and adopt new things
- Development skills
- Networking skills
- Information and communication technology skills
- Analytical skills
- Acting in multicultural environment
- Information retrieval skills
- Practical knowledge and skills
- Entrepreneurial attitude
- Stress tolerance and adaption to new situations

Learning materials

Ash Maurya, 2012. Running Lean. O'Reilly Media.
John Kotter, 2014. Our Iceberg Is Melting. Macmillan.
Osterwalder, Pigneur (et al): Value Proposition Design: How to Create Products and Services Customers Want. John Wiley & Sons.
Steven Pinker. 2015. The Sense of Style. Penguin Books.
And search information about team-learning; reflect the different meanings and perspectives.

Student workload

Team learning requires active participation during regular working hours Monday-Friday 9am-3pm.

Completion alternatives

n/a

Practical training and working life cooperation

The summer can be part of your practical training, a project work course, or part of free choice studies. However, it is good to verify from your own study programme that the implementations can be included in your studies. Credit units will be earned according to the hours worked. The working hours will be transferred to credit units.

Further information

Learning Lab Summer 2020 is a 6-week intensive practical team-learning experience. During the six weeks you will get to work in an interdisciplinary team with a development project done for a real customer. Team learning requires active participation during regular working hours Monday-Friday 9am-3pm. English (and Finnish) will be used as a working language.

Assessment criteria - pass/fail (Not in use, Look at the Assessment criteria above)

Four dimensions of the evaluation:
- Student: Reflecting and evaluating one's own learning (the actual working hours are connected with the final credit units)
- Team: Reflecting and evaluating the support given to each team member
- Coach: Reflecting and evaluating the development of one's project work and general work life skills
- Client: Gives an overall evaluation of the quality of the work
Final evaluation is based on the reflection given by the client. Student's own evaluation, team evaluation and evaluation given by the coach can influence the final evaluation and the amount of earned credit units.
Course is failed if active participation in the team learning process and the criteria mentioned above will not be fulfilled.