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
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VV2019-2020
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GDKV19SPGame 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