1. Course practicalities
Product sustainability
Course practicalities

2. Course agenda Date Session Agenda Assignments 15th Sep Studio Kick off
Opening: Sharing knowledge - sketching research
Team formation
Competitor screening & first ideas on own improvements (max 2 dia / 5 min presentation)
CES Edupack loading
22nd Sep Studio
1st session
Presentations for CEO (5 min / team)
Discussion
Material efficiency (Teppo Vienamo, Aalto)
Material analysis; Bill of materials & “traffic lights on present materials” d.l
”Poster” on material efficiency improvement ideas
13th Oct
2nd session
Gallery walk on material efficiency (10 min / team)
Life cycle assessment (Thomas Andersson, Ecobio Oyj)
LCA report d.l
Improvement idea based on LCA presentation + argumentation on opposing teams idea
3rd Nov
3rd session
LCA presentation + opposing (15 min / team)
Guidance towards sustainability (Elina Kähkönen)
Report on guidance d.l
24th Nov
4th session
Facilitated discussion on guidance (Elina Kähkönen)
User centred design (Pekka / Antti Seos Oyj)
Report d.l
8th Dec
5th session
Press conference on the new product launch (10 min / team)
Debate briefing (Maurice)
Preparing for the debate (d.l )
15th Dec
Debate
Debate (Maurice)

3. Course tasks Task theme Briefing Report review Presentation
Eco products
15th Sep -
22nd Sep: Max 2 slide / 5 min executive presentation on product improvement
RQ1: Material efficiency
22nd Sep
7th Oct: BOM, traffic lights
13th Oct: Poster on material efficiency improvement
RQ2: LCA
13th Oct
28th Oct: LCA on material efficiency improvement idea
3rd Nov: Presentation on improvement idea based on LCA + Opposing another team’s presentation
RQ3: Guidance for R&D
3rd Nov
18th Nov: Grouping of product specific guidance
RQ4:
24th Nov
To be defined
8th Dec: Press release on product launch
Debate
8th Dec
15th Dec
15th Dec: d.l. for final reports, self & peer evaluations

4. Out comes Criteria 5 Analysis
Analysis
RQs are answered clearly and the reasoning is strong
Conclusions are based on facts.
Own perspective on topic is visible.
Own figures / tables are used for clarification.
RQs is not answered
Conclusions are not made or they are not based on facts.
Information sources
Multiple information sources are sought and used.
Source criticism is applied.
References are clearly connected to facts presented.
The references and information sources are not used.
Opinions presented as facts.
Presentation
The audience is taken into account in the presentation.
The presentation is clear and easy to follow.
The key message is pointed out.
The presentation is not given or it is wrongly focused
Debate
gives clear and fact based reasoning
doesn’t participate in the debate in any way

5. Team work Criteria 5 Participation in the team’s assignments
Participation in the team’s assignments
Accomplishes own share and support others in their work.
participates actively in sharing the work evenly and efficiently.
Builds up the positive working atmosphere
presents own ideas
builds on others ideas
doesn’t accomplish tasks. Others need to do his/her share.
lowers the motivation in team.
doesn’t bring in own ideas and strongly criticizes others’ ideas
Communication
communicates proceedings, challenges, information and own whereabouts in a way which helps others in their work.
corrective feedback is constructive and he/she gives positive feedback on other members.
takes the given feedback into account
doesn’t communicate
doesn’t give feedback when needed
neglects the given feedback
Time management
Work proceeds independently in the schedule given.
Assignments are not returned

6. Grading Grading for the team Reports on RQ (teacher)
Presentations (teacher)
Grading for individual students
Team working (peer & self evaluation)
Debate (teacher)
Activity* during the contact teaching sessions (teacher).
* bringing own perspectives into discussion, arguing them clearly, being open for new perspectives

7. Feedback 2015 - adaptations at course 2016
I LIKE
I WISH
Various teachers, opinions from the experts, continuous
involvement of the teachers on the classroom exercises
Group work increased my communication skills, changing groups
Interactive sessions, active participation, discussions, everyone can express themselves openly, learning from different people from different cultures
Nice, relaxed, open, comfortable and friendly atmosphere during the lectures
The comfortable learning environment at ADF
Enough time to do all the assignments
Different teaching methods
The debate was one of the best experiences, the debate improved my discussion skills
Consultation with Elina before the presentations
Structure of the sessions
The final communication seminar was very interesting
Homework
Elina was available when we had questions about specific topics
Focusing on the specified products allowed us to go deeper into the topics
Learning-by-doing
Clear structure of the course
Clearer tasks and instructions (in MyCourses), some tasks were too complex (e.g. LCA),
Shorter contact sessions and lectures
More concrete examples of how things relate to each others
more feedback on the report
If you say that you would improve the durability of the product then you should explain how
Less reports
Earlier lecture hours
More written lecture materials for each lecture to help us to memorize the content better
Using the ADF spaces more
More speakers from the industry
More interaction
Better connection to the real world (e.g. consulting companies on how to make their products more sustainable), improving something and working for a meaningful cause
Halfway break on every lecture
Broader range of topics

8. During the course the students will develop their product development expertise in the field of sustainability
System level design; establish physical building blocs
Detail design; prepare for production
Planning; develop design specifications
Testing and refinement
Concept development
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Suunnitteluvaiheeseen; erityisesti spekseihin
Concept development; tarkennuksia edelliseen
System level design; physical building blocks; materiaalin valinta, materiaalitehokkuus
Prepare for production; design for disassembly?
Testing and refinement; LCA for future processes
15 min

9. Course goals
During the course the students will develop their product development expertise by gaining
knowledge on product life cycle impacts, on material choosing, material efficiency and on guidance towards sustainability.

10. Course goals
During the course the students will develop their product development expertise by gaining
skills in assessing product’s impacts comprehensively and realizing the different perspectives and uncertainties within these assessments.

11. Course goals
During the course the students will develop their product development expertise by gaining
responsible attitude towards own choices as a product developer and as a consumer.
Fact based orientation in sustainability.