Syllabus

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The student has a high-level understanding of the scale, scope, and speed of the disruption and destruction that digitalization is having on firms, industries and societies, and technological enablers that are driving the change. Further, the student can describe the changes that digitalization brings at the level of industry structures and power, market dynamics and value chains. The student is also able to describe the main characteristics of (multisided) platforms and platform economy, why platform economy is different to traditional business, and the significance on platforms for the economy at large.

Credits: 2

Schedule: 01.11.2021 - 17.12.2021

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Kari Hiekkanen, Mikko Heiskala

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

Contact Mikko Heiskala by email in personal matters related to the course.

General course related questions should be posted in the course Discussion forum in MyCourses.

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:

  Enablers of digitalization, convergence, commoditization, consumerization (of IT), democratization, disaggregation, disintermediation, power of digital aggregators and intermediators, specialization, lowering entry barriers, servitization, datafication, mobility, social media. Platforms, platform economy, network effects, boundary resources and how they are used, governance of platforms, digital boost to platforms.

Assessment Methods and Criteria

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Online assignments

• applies in this implementation

  • Assessment is based on online quizzes and workshops that are evaluated using peer-review. Workshop peer-reviews are also assessed.
    
  • Final grade (0-5) is based on total points with the following weighting:
  • Quizzes: 20%
  • Workshop 2: 20%
  • Workshop 3: 20%
  • Workshop 4: 20%
  • Peer-reviews for workshops 2, 3, and 4: 20% 
  • In order to pass the course, student has to complete all quizzes, workshops, and peer-reviews in due time (please refer to course schedule below)
  • Additionally, Workshop 1 & Feedback survey are compulsory for passing the course

  
  
  

Workload

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Independent self-study and online assignments: 55h

• applies in this implementation

  Study activity	Workload
  Pre-reading articles	5 * 3h
  Videos + quizzes	7 * 1h
  Workshops 1 & 4	3h
  Workshops 2 & 3	9h
  Total	34h
  +self-reflection	21h
  Course workload	55h

  
  
  
  

DETAILS

Study Material

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Online material available via MyCourses

Substitutes for Courses

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Substitutes for Courses

Prerequisites

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Prerequisites

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Cannot be taken with CS-E5310 ICT Enabled Service Business and Innovation.

  Teaching Period:

  2020-2021 Autumn II-II

  2021-2022 Autumn II-II

  Course Homepage: https://mycourses.aalto.fi/course/search.php?search=CS-EJ5311

  Registration for Courses: In the academic year 2021-2022, registration for courses will take place on Sisu (sisu.aalto.fi) instead of WebOodi.

Details on the schedule

• applies in this implementation

  See schedule below:

  M1: Introduction to digitalization			M2: Introduction to platform economy
  What	Open	DL	What	Open	DL
  Workshop 1	Thu 28.10. 10:00	Sun 7.11. 23:00
  M1: Online learning materials	Mon 1.11. 10:00	-	M2: Online learning materials	Mon 1.11. 10:00	-
  Quizzes 1-4	Mon 1.11. 10:00	Tue 16.11. 23:00
  Workshop 2	Mon 1.11. 10:00	Tue 16.11. 23:00
  Workshop 2: peer-review	Wed 17.11. 10:00	Tue 23.11. 23:00	Quizzes 5-7	Mon 1.11. 10:00	Mon 6.12. 23:00
  			Workshop 3	Mon 1.11. 10:00	Mon 6.12. 23:00
  			Workshop 4	Mon 1.11. 10:00	Mon 6.12. 23:00
  			Workshop 3: peer-review	Tue 7.12. 10:00	Sun 12.12. 23:00

  
  

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