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Research, innovate, report (5 cr)

Code: MO00DB99-3036

General information


Enrollment

16.12.2019 - 10.01.2020

Timing

13.01.2020 - 26.04.2020

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

3 op

RDI portion

5 op

Mode of delivery

40 % Contact teaching, 60 % Distance learning

Unit

Yhteisten opintojen koulutusyksikkö

Campus

Kouvola Campus

Teaching languages

  • English

Seats

20 - 60

Teachers

  • Leena Muotio
  • Marko Raitanen
  • Hanna Aronen

Teacher in charge

Marko Raitanen

Groups

  • VV2019-2020
  • GDKV19SP
    Game design, full-time studies

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)

Location and time

It is possible to enter in the course in accelerated timetable. Must agreed with teacher.

Materials

In the Moodle.

Teaching methods

Scheduled track:
Instructions are in the Moodle. Lectures and rehearsals
Report 1 cr, 27 h
Research a. qualitative, 1 cr, 27 h
Research b. quantitative, 1 cr, 27 h
Develop a. processual, 1 cr, 27 h
Develop b. RDI-report, 1 cr,, 27 h

Blended track:
It is possible to enter in the course in accelerated timetable. Must agreed with teacher.

Exam schedules

Teacher may ask you to do some course tasks agoin or correct the RDI-report.

Student workload

In the Moodle.

Evaluation scale

Approved/Failed