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Research and Development (5 cr)

Code: TI00BI05-3003

General information


Enrollment

02.01.2019 - 14.01.2019

Timing

10.01.2019 - 26.04.2019

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

3 op

RDI portion

3 op

Mode of delivery

40 % Contact teaching, 60 % Distance learning

Campus

Kotka Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

20 - 60

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Information Technology

Teachers

  • Osku Kiri
  • Jyri Mulari

Teacher in charge

Jyri Mulari

Groups

  • TIKT17SPPELI
  • TIKT17SPTIVE

Objective

After completing the course, studentsadopt an analytical, critical, research-oriented and reflective approach in R&Dcan carry out the different parts of an R&D project:choice of topic, planning, information retrieval and constructing a conceptual basis, appropriate use of sources, implementation, written and oral reporting, evaluation, publishingare familiar with different R&D methods in qualitative, quantitative and processual research and can choose and implement one of these in their own studypractices evaluating the reliability and ethicality of a study

Content

Bachelor’s Thesis process and its parts, writing and citing sources, research ethics and the reliability of an R&D process.Statistical concepts and introduction to statistical IT-tools. Data acquisition and analysis.Qualitative approach and introduction to the most common field-specific qualitative methods (e.g. some of the following: case study, observation, content analysis, theme interview, picture analysis, future research)Processual approach and introduction to the most common field-specific processual methods (e.g. some of the following: cycle model of action research and other user-oriented/participatory methods)