projects 2013 02-15

Aino-Maaria Palosaari & Pirkko HyvönenLET – Learning and Educational Technology Research UnitUniversity of Oulu2013-02-15

Educational Projects(PROJECTS)Friday 15th of February

PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTING EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS


2013-01-18Friday08:15-14:00KTK215

2013-02-01Friday08:15-14:00KTK215

2013-02-15Friday08:15-14:00KTK215

2013-03-22Friday08:15-14:00KTK215

2013-04-12Friday08:15-14:00HU206

2013-05-03Friday08:15-14:00KTK215KTK207

2013-05-17Friday08:15-11:30KTK305KTK215

Course info Lecture: Planning a project

Lecture: Educational projects

Lectures: Project funding, Project reports

Lecture: Evaluating projects

Project presentations

Summing up the course

Meeting with the client

Meeting with the client

All the clients present

Teamwork BRAINSTORMING AND PLANNING THE PROJECT IN TEAMS

Teamwork

Consulting appointments

PLANNING THE PROJECT IN TEAMS

Teamwork


PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTING THE PROJECT IN TEAMS

Teamwork


IMPLEMENTING AND REPORTING THE PROJECT IN TEAMS

Teamwork IMPLEMENTING AND REPORTING THE PROJECT IN TEAMS

ICTWorkshop: digital stories

FINALIZING THE PROJECT IN TEAMS

Finalizing the teamwork

PECHA KUCHA

POSTER DIGITAL STORY

IDEA PAPER

PROJECT PLAN

MID PROJECT REPORT

FINAL PROJECT REPORT


Today’s schedule:

Friday 2013-02-01

08:15-09:45 KTK215

Examples of Educational Projects

Päivi TikkalaHeikki KontturiTommi Inkilä

10:00-11:30 KTK215

Lecture: Planning and implementing educational projects

Aino-Maaria Palosaari

12:30-14:00KTK215

Peer evaluation of your project plans (as they are at this point)


EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS 2013

Pirkko Hyvönen


EDUCATIONAL PROJECTParticularly in this course

• Deals with learning or teaching • Posits technology in practice • Uses diversified expertise • Utilises literature from earlier courses

Sasha Barab: Research and educational project, Guest Atlantishttp://atlantisremixed.org


WHAT IS A PROJECT

Cleaning windows?? Change of car tyres?

Taikalamppu

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProjecthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:School_and_university_projects

Ope-ski –educational project

http://www.hiihtoliitto.fi/?x13232=35477






WHAT IS A PROJECT

Project is..

• a way to organise activities; problem-solving and learning process.

• a collaborative enterprise, frequently involving research or design, which is carefully planned to achieve a particular aim

• a temporary system that is constituted by teams

within or across organizations to accomplish particular tasks under time constraints.

• outcomes are commercial products, pedagogical

model, new learning and teaching design or scientific knowledge.


WHAT IS A PROJECT

Following features are typical for projects:

One-off process Projects will be established for certain, accurate purpose. It won’t be repeated. Even the title is unique. OrderlinesProject plan is a ”realisation” of the project beforehand and vice versa, project is a realisation of the project plan Scheduling step-by stepDocumenting pedanticTransparenceGoals and aims; main aim and objectivesQuantitative and qualitative aimsProblem-based Problem that will be solved , Risk analysis


WHAT IS A PROJECT

Following features are typical for projects:

Organisation and co-operation, division of labour Project is never a one-man task; responsibilities will be defined in a team

work: Project leader, project group, steering group and interest groups, sponsors, client..

ResourcesEstimated in a project plan; will be monitored during the process Budget, human resources, time, tools etc. Creativity, courage, accuracy, efficiency and expertise are both requisites

and results of projectsResults/ outcomesAre defined in the project plan and proved in the final, closing report Assessment


CONE OF UNCERTAINTY

• In project management, the Cone of Uncertainty describes the evolution of the amount of uncertain issues during a project

• At the beginning of a project, it is usual that very little is known about the product or work results, which means quite often large uncertainty

• As more research and development is done, the uncertainty tends to decrease, reaching 0% when all residual risk has been terminated or transferred.

• This usually happens by the end of the project i.e. by transferring the responsibilities to a separate maintenance group.

The Cone of Uncertainty is narrowed both by research and by decisions that remove the sources of variability from the project. These decisions are about scope, what is included and not included in the project.


Guides, monitors, approves

Example of an organization chart

Rahoittajat

Is the main responsible person for the implementation of the project, communicates outside the project (steering group), monitors resources quality and funding

Sidosryhmät


LIFE CYCLE

Stages, which will be excecuted always in the same order

1. Proposal for the project (project proposal)

2. Planning the project (project plan)

3. Realisation the project (temporary reports)

4. Closing the project (closing report)

5. (stabilising with follow-ups)


Life Cycle of the Project: 1. Project Proposal

There is always a need behind the project proposal

• What is the need behind, why is the project implemented?

Idea paper draftDecision about the actual implementation of the project is

made based on the idea paper


Life Cycle of the Project: 1. Project Proposal

Project proposals are evaluated for example based on:

The need of the project

Relevance of the project

Resources, is there enough of them?


Life Cycle of the Project: 2. Project plan

• A well-defined and structured plan will guide your work, facilitating operational action, monitoring and finally evaluation of your project


Life Cycle of the project: 3. Implementation

The project plan is implemented actively

Mid-report: a written document which defines the phase of the project:

What is being done and what should be done in order to finish the project


Life Cycle of the project: 4. Finishing the project

Evaluation of the project: The entire process, results compared to the original project plan,

assessment of learningReporting the project Possible extension plan?


Challenges, problems in project work?

Learning and Educational Technology Research Unit (LET)[email protected]/ let.oulu.fi

• Challenges or problems in planning: tasks, goals and aims, resources: insufficient or lack realism?

• Scheduling is incomplete?

• Challenges not defined in advance: risk assessment

• Division of labour is vague and not clear for everyone in the group?

• Conflicts in the group?

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Student Tutoring

• All students, whether studying for a degree or here on exchange, whether Finnish or international, will have a student tutor to help when starting studies at University of Oulu

• Tutors are senior students from the same field • Tutors are trained for their work, training will be during

this spring, most likely in March• Together with their tutor new students are familiarized

with their own field and faculty better, how things work on campus and in Oulu in general


Student Tutoring

Are you interested in: getting some experience of tutoring and guidance? sharing your experiences about studying and living in Oulu

and in LET-programme? helping new students? A good student tutor is active, open-minded, helpful and responsible


Intercultural…

Peer discussion and feedback about the

project plans

C & C

Socrates

Stay Informed

Bridge

OT

OTT

FEEDBACK

PALAUTETTA

Reading the other team’s plan and making notes on your own (30 min)Feedback discussion about one team’s

project plan (30 min)Feedback discussion about other team’s

project plan (30 min)( Feedback discussion about third team’s project plan (20-30 min)


What should I focus on when reading other

team’s plan?• Is the context and background of

the project clearly expressed? • Is the project explicitly connected

to some theory of learning?• Can you find educational

technology connected to the project?

• Are the aims clearly expressed? • Is the timetable clear and realistic?• What is especially good in this

plan?• Is there something that still needs

some special attention from the project team?


For the next time:

• The final version of the project plan should be sent to your instructor before our next face-to-face meeting (22nd of March)

• The implementation of your project will go on as it is written in your project plan…

• Meet your client if it seems necessary at this point (and present your plans also to them)

• If you need help from your instructor or consulting appointment about technological or theoretical decisions, please don’t hesitate to contact us! :)

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