University of Tampere, School of Information Sciences SISYA200 Innovation Project 2011 Timo Poranen (UTA/SIS, responsible teacher) Mika Sihvonen (UTA/SIS) Ville Kairamo (Demola) Bernard Garvey (Demola) Jarmo Tuominiemi (Demola) and other project supervisors from UTA/SIS

University of Tampere, School of Information Sciences Initial lecture Video: Experimental Mobile Haptic Game: Commander Course information: –Curriculum –Credits and grading –Schedule –Demola profile, project applications –Moodle and learning diary –Project blog Demola (Ville Kairamo) –Sample projects –Demola info Questions and answers

University of Tampere, School of Information Sciences Curriculum New course for all SIS students. Intermediate studies in Computer Science, Information Studies and Interactive Media, and Interactive Technology. Students work in a project team to produce a demo or an interactive demonstration. Project topics are related to new technology and services (new mobile phones, innovative www/mobile applications, games, etc.). The course is organised with Demola and teams work daily in the Demola premises.

University of Tampere, School of Information Sciences Course’s suitability I have already studied course TKOPA12 (Project Work). Can I still take Innovation project? –Yes. Your credits can be used in other studies -category. I'm majoring in Interactive technology. Can I study Innovation Project (SISYA200) instead of Project Work (TKOPA12)? –Yes. I’m majoring in Software Development / Information systems. Can I study Innovation Project (SISYA200) instead of Project Work (TKOPA12)? –No (SPM and ToSPM requires still TKOPA12). I'm majoring in Information studies and interactive media. Can I study Innovation Project (SISYA200) instead of Interactive Media Project (ITIMA25) as my compulsory course? –Yes.

University of Tampere, School of Information Sciences Credits and grading Credits are based on amount of (productive) work in your project. 1 ECTS corresponds to 20 hours of work in your project (5 ECTS equals to working hours, 10 ECTS equals to >200 hours). All students should work at least 100 hours for their project. Working hours are reported weekly in the learning diary. Grading is based on the process, outcome and personal activity in the project.

University of Tampere, School of Information Sciences Schedule – main deadlines dule.htmlhttp:// dule.html Join Moodle forum of the course no later than Create Demola profile and apply for projects Project plan – review after that. Reviews: October, November, December. Project report Final meeting in January. Training sessions, group work, and other project activities.

University of Tampere, School of Information Sciences Demola profile, project applications Create a Demola profile and apply for interesting projects no later than You may apply to different projects but you’ll be selected to one project. In your profile/application tell your experiences, wishes, language (if you can’t participate in an English language project), etc. Course and Demola staff will inform you on your project in the end of week 37.

University of Tampere, School of Information Sciences Moodle All UTA/SIS students must join course’s Moodle forum. Forum name: SISYA200 Innovatioproject Key: SIS_inno2011 All important course messages will be sent to the “News” forum. Discussion forum can be used by everyone. Learning Diary is in the Moodle.

University of Tampere, School of Information Sciences Learning diary Team member can follow the project development and personal learning process. Teachers are able to see the challenges and progress of students and projects. Only teachers have access. Writing learning diary is a compulsory course task. –In Finnish or in English –Write an entry weekly (1-5 paragraphs) –Report working hours (+cumulative) and what you have done. –Tell your experiences, problems, project challenges,… –Weekly questions - Week 37: Describe your hopes and expectations concerning the project. –Last entry after team’s final meeting.

University of Tampere, School of Information Sciences Project blog Project blog is a public web-based diary, where project team publishes the current status of the project. Blog uses Demola’s platform for project’s. Regularity: Weekly – biweekly. It is important to bring out some key issues and challenges concerning the current stage of the project. Team should divide the blogging so that each team member will write the project blog at some point. Teams should report their working hours (total, not individual) monthly in the blog (like: So far we have done work about 300 hours…). The project blog explains how the project is progressing in general, while the learning diary is dealing with the each team member's personal work.

University of Tampere, School of Information Sciences Problems in your project? It is normal that when a group of people work together in a technical project, there might be problems with –Team members –Client –Technical devices –Etc. All teams should be able to solve “small problems” together, but in case of serious problems, contact project supervisor and Demola staff (by , learning diary is not necessarily very fast contact method). Tell about your project obstacles in review meetings and in the project blog.

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