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Research-based development (7 cr)

Code: WM00DJ99-3002

General information


Enrollment

14.12.2020 - 14.01.2021

Timing

11.01.2021 - 31.07.2021

Number of ECTS credits allocated

7 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Campus

Mikkeli Campus

Teaching languages

  • English

Seats

0 - 30

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Wellbeing Management

Teachers

  • Miia Liukkonen
  • Pia Jääskeläinen
  • Tommi Salmela
  • Elina Halonen

Teacher in charge

Miia Liukkonen

Groups

  • WMMI20KP
    Wellbeing management, full-time studies

Objective

You are able to identify developmental needs and draw up a plan for a development process
You are able to apply a research-based approach and justified methods in development and data gathering
You are able to evaluate the effectiveness of development work, and report and present the results.

You are capable of designing and implementing high-quality products either for print or digital distribution.
In addition to principles of graphic design and content production, you are able to use the software needed for the graphic and page layout publication production

Content

How can you identify developmental needs and define objectives for development work?
What are the stages of a development process and how to draw up a plan?
How to implement a research-based approach?
What are the essential quantitative, qualitative and practice-based methods?
How to report and present results?
How to evaluate the effectiveness of development work?

How to design and implement high-quality content and technically appropriate products?
How to implement publications using graphics, image processing and page layout software?

Materials

Tracy, S. J. 2013. Qualitative research methods: Collecting evidence, crafting analysis, communicating impact. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell. Available also as a eBook.

Evaluation scale

1-5