UWAS-C0051 - Designing Services with Emerging Technologies, Lecture, 21.9.2021-14.10.2021

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LEARNING OUTCOMES

Work in multidisciplinary project teams

Combine the technology, human and business perspectives

Apply service design methods into a transdisciplinary brief

Analyse service ecosystems

Evaluate design opportunities based on stakeholder value.

Credits: 3

Schedule: 21.09.2021 - 14.10.2021

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Paulo Nicoletti Dziobczenski, Jane Vita Costa, Verna Kuusniemi

Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):

CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):

Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):

Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English

CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD

Content

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    This is a learning by doing course. Students will be given a challenge to solve by using the service design approach and methods. The challenge will focus on finding a new application of technology in a specific moment in people's lives.

    Students will work in multidisciplinary teams, mixing students from different schools, skills, demographics, degrees and interests. Every week we will use different perspectives:

    Week 1. Human perspective

    Week 2. Technology perspective

    Week 3. Business perspective

    Week 4. Final presentation

Assessment Methods and Criteria

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    80% Attendance mandatory
    Individual participation in contact teaching sessions and contribution to group work
    Group assignments and in-class exercises 
    Group final presentation

Workload

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    4 weeks.

    Workshops, lectures and tutorials ( contact teaching) = 24h
    Assignments and group work = 57h
    Total amount of hours = 81h / 3ECT

DETAILS

Study Material

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    To be detailed later.

Substitutes for Courses
Prerequisites
SDG: Sustainable Development Goals

    9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

    17 Partnerships for the Goals

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information

  • valid for whole curriculum period:

    UWAS course selection criteria: Registration order is not the primary selection criteria for this course. In order to ensure that students from different programs and schools of Aalto University may take UWAS courses, the selection is also based on the variety of students' disciplines. Master's students are also welcome.

    Minimum amount of students:7

    Teaching Period:

    2020-2021 Autumn I

    2021-2022 Autumn I

    Course Homepage: https://mycourses.aalto.fi/course/search.php?search=UWAS-C0051

    Registration for Courses: Sisu replaces Oodi on 9 August, 2021. Priority order to courses is according to the order of priority decided by the Academic committee for School of Arts, Design and Architecture: https://www.aalto.fi/en/services/registering-to-courses-and-the-order-of-priority-in-aalto-arts

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