OMF Finland Core anchor teachers Piia Nurmi and Henna Knuutila
Tasks to be done
- Task 1 by 11th Sept
- Task 2 by 13th Sept
- Active participation on the OMF
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Individual essay (40% of the total grade)
TASK 1 / INDIVIDUAL ESSAY: Me as a circular economy expert
Topics to cover in task 1:
- What is your study field?
- Who is an expert? Who can be an expert in a field that requires multidisciplinarity and cooperation?
- What did you learn on each of the field visits
- How this is connected to your own study field and how could you develop yourself in this topic
- How do you see the future of your study field regarding circular economy? What kind of companies and innovations could there be?
Report:
- An essay
- In pdf format
- Max 10 pages (additionally you can have the front page, list of content & sources). Please note that this really is the maximum. Please focus on the content, not the length
- sources to be marked
- by email to piia.nurmi@turkuamk.fi by 11th Sept by 9AM
Grading and feedback:
- Grading criteria below
- Also, qualitative comments will be given to the students individually in written format at the same time as they get their grade.
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Group project (20%+20% of the total grade)/ Group work: 20% of the total grade; Output + presentation: 20% of the total grade.
TASK 2 / GROUP WORK: Circular economy
Sitra is our client and the group project topics are based on their “Finnish road map to a circular economy 2016-2025”. The topics for groups are:
Groups:
- Circular economy: sustainable food system
- Circular economy: Forest-based loops
- Circular economy: Technical loops
- Circular economy: Transport and logistics
Each group has to:
- describe and visualise their topic (background, information on the topic and a picture or diagram),
- search for information from different materials and OMF seminars and field visits,
- look for TOP3 solutions globally regarding their topic (companies, products, services, networks etc)
- Optional: plan your own solution(s)
- write also about their work process and group work
- finally document their work in electronic format (report) and present it in the final seminar (presentation)
Practical information:
- Submission for both by the final seminar 13th Sept 2017 by 9AM
- by email to piia.nurmi@turkuamk.fi & marketta.virta@turkuamk.fi
- Report:
- In pdf format
- Please add photos and information on the working process
- Max 10 pages of content (additionally you can have the front page, list of content & sources). Please note that this really is the maximum. Please focus on the content, not the length
- sources to be marked
- Presentation:
- Based on the report
- In prezi, powerpoint or other format
- max 10 slides
- 10 minutes for presentation, 5 minutes for comments and discussion
- Other information:
- Please use the materials given on the OMF as sources.
- Please include notes from the seminars and field visits as sources.
- Please ask also for more sources if you wish from the anchor teachers.
- Please include your own thinking and ideas.
- 13th Sept final presentations
Grading and feedback:
Group work will be evaluated by the anchor teachers with the help of utilizing the FINCODA barometer, which means that we will use peer and self assessment tools. Also the output will be evaluated via teacher and jury assessment. Also, qualitative comments will be given to the student groups in written format at the same time that they will be given their grade.
The basic logic of this barometer:
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Class participation (20% of the total grade)
20% of the total grade will be based on class participation. This will be done via a list online where individual mark will be put every day, so that the student can check their situation even daily if they want. Also the online system will be organized in that way that the student will see that if they keep the present activity level, then the grade will eventually be “x”. So, this way they have the possibility to alter their participation activity during the course. Additionally, we want to encourage the students to come and discuss with the anchor teachers if they want: they can come and discuss if they see their activity level in a different way compared to the online list. Also, if they can give good arguments, we can re-check the activity marks.
Also, qualitative comments will be given to the students individually in written format at the same time as they get their grade.
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We will use the Finnish grading scale; it is also used at TUAS:
