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  • Course Overview

    Welcome to Design Impact III!

    The teaching team, Namkyu Chun, Tarja Nieminen and Simo Puintila, warmly welcomes you to join this last Design Impact course of your bachelor's studies at Aalto ARTS! Please see the following to see practical information about the course. 

    IMPORTANT UPDATE: 
    THE COURSE RUNS 100% ONLINE IN PERIOD III.
    JOIN THE SESSION VIA ZOOM!

    Engagement / Participation / Communication  

    - MyCourses page plays the central role for communication throughout the period. In this MyCourses page, you can: 
    (1) find useful information about the course and materials from classes (slides, links, etc.); and
    (2) submit your assignments. 

    - Remote participation (if you can't join on-campus): https://aalto.zoom.us/j/68559032120 (Meeting ID: 685 5903 2120)

    - Course Presemo (used throughout the course): https://presemo.aalto.fi/DesignImpact3/

    - Responsible teachers' email addresses: namkyu.chun(a)aalto.fi, tarja.nieminen(a)aalto.fi, simo.puintinla(a)aalto.fi


    Course Schedule

    course schedule

    [Here you can download the schedule as an image file.]


    Assessment

    You must pass all following assignments:​

    • Project to Revise (Due: 16 January): Peer/teacher feedback. To collect the materials. Pass if you submit on time.​

    • Role Model Analysis (Due: 30 January): Peer/teacher feedback. To collect the reports. Pass if you submit on time.​

    • Workplace Analysis (Due: 21 April): Peer/teacher feedback. To collect the reports. Pass if you submit on time. ​


    Your course grade is mainly based on: ​

    • Internal Final Presentation (Due: 12 May): Score of a student is proposed by responsible teachers (Evaluation criteria: TBA).​


    Your attendance matters: ​

    • 80% of your attendance for contact teaching sessions is required to pass the course.​

    • Fair (3 June): Participation of the Final Fair and its preparation.​



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  • Assignments

  • Materials

    10 Jan: Course Introduction: Slides

    24 Jan: Professional Identity Intro
    - Slides
    - Optional reading: Morgenroth et al. (2015), The Motivational Theory of Role Modeling
    - SWOT Analysis (Link via Miro)

    29 Apr: Guest Lecture by Paulo Dziobczenski SLIDES

    6 May: Communicating Design Thinking SLIDES / Template