Topic outline

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    IDBM Challenge is the introductory course for the IDBM programme. The students acquire the skills to conceptualize, develop, and introduce ethically and commercially sustainable approaches to complex societal challenges. The course involves rigorous reflections from individual, team, and collective perspectives.

    Intended learning outcomes:
    • identify and analyze the dynamics between the individual, the team, and the community in the context of interdisciplinary, creative problem solving
    • identify and analyze the reasoning and practice of design-driven ways to solving ill-defined problems
    • as a team, apply the problem-solving methods to real-life societal and business challenges
    • as a team, create a solution to the challenge
    • individually and collectively reflect the design outcomes and the learning progress


    Attendance policy for the course: This is a teamwork program and teamwork course, and teamwork is not possible without team members. Each session gives attendance points (0,5pt / half day) that are altogether worth 9% of the course grade. We will allow absence from four half day sessions (20% of all). However, certain sessions are mandatory: 1) introduction, 2) event planning, 3) event rehearsal and 4) event (see the schedule). Please contact course administration (Ville) immediately if there are issues with attendance.

    The course will be taught in-person! However, if negotiated in advance, certain mentored team sessions (but not all!) can be organized in virtual format for your team (e.g., if your team wants to work virtually during some session).


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    19.11.2022

    • Evaluation is done and grades uploaded to sisu!

    10.10.2022

    • Draft pitch points added

    27.9.2022

    23.9.2022

    • Draft pitch scheduler opened (check "week 5")

    16.9.2022

    • Essay evaluations are in mycourses; friday materials updated

    12.9.2022

    • Monday materials updated

    9.9.2022

    • Industry Project slides updated

    7.9.2022

    • Wednesday materials added

    5.9.2022

    • Monday materials added

    19.8.2022

    • Schedule published! See the subpages of individual weeks for more details.

    6.8.2022

    • Mycourses site opened. Please visit this page often as we will constantly add more material. Major updates are also announced through emails to the ones who have enrolled to the course. So, please enroll!