1. Educational Projects
(PROJECTS)
Friday 15th of February
PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTING EDUCATIONAL
PROJECTS
Aino-Maaria Palosaari & Pirkko Hyvönen
LET – Learning and Educational Technology Research Unit
University of Oulu
2013-02-15

2. 2013-01-18 2013-02-01 2013-02-15 2013-03-22 2013-04-12 2013-05-03 2013-05-17
Friday Friday Friday Friday Friday Friday Friday
08:15-14:00 08:15-14:00 08:15-14:00 08:15-14:00 08:15-14:00 08:15-14:00 08:15-11:30
KTK215 KTK215 KTK215 KTK215 HU206 KTK215 KTK305
KTK207 KTK215
Course info Lecture: Lecture: Lectures: Lecture: Project Summing up
Planning a Educational Project funding, Evaluating presentations the course
project projects Project reports projects
Meetin Meeting All the clients
g with with the present
the client
client
THE PROJECT IN TEAMS
BRAINSTORMING AND PLANNING
TEAMS
PLANNING THE PROJECT IN
THE PROJECT IN TEAMS
PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTING
THE PROJECT IN TEAMS
IMPLEMENTING AND REPORTING
THE PROJECT IN TEAMS
IMPLEMENTING AND REPORTING
TEAMS
FINALIZING THE PROJECT IN
Teamwork Teamwork Teamwork Teamwork Teamwork ICT Finalizing the
Workshop: teamwork
Consulting Consulting Consulting digital stories
appointments appointments appointments
PECHA POSTER DIGITAL
KUCHA STORY
IDEA PROJECT MID FINAL
PAPER PLAN PROJECT PROJECT
REPORT REPORT
Aino-Maaria Palosaari & Pirkko Hyvönen
LET – Learning and Educational Technology Research Unit
University of Oulu
2013-02-15

3. Today’s schedule:
Friday 2013-02-01
08:15-09:45 Examples of Educational Projects Päivi Tikkala
KTK215 Heikki Kontturi
Tommi Inkilä
10:00-11:30 Lecture: Planning and Aino-Maaria
KTK215 implementing educational projects Palosaari
12:30-14:00 Peer evaluation of your project
KTK215 plans (as they are at this point)
Aino-Maaria Palosaari & Pirkko Hyvönen
LET – Learning and Educational Technology Research Unit
University of Oulu
2013-02-15

4. EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS 2013
Pirkko Hyvönen
Aino-Maaria Palosaari & Pirkko Hyvönen
LET – Learning and Educational Technology Research Unit
University of Oulu
2013-02-15

5. EDUCATIONAL PROJECT
Particularly 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
Atlantis
http://atlantisremixed.org
Aino-Maaria Palosaari & Pirkko Hyvönen
LET – Learning and Educational Technology Research Unit
University of Oulu
2013-02-15

6. WHAT IS A PROJECT
Cleaning windows?? Change of car tyres?
Taikalamppu
Ope-ski –educational project
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:School_and_university_projects
Aino-Maaria Palosaari & Pirkko Hyvönen
LET – Learning and Educational Technology Research Unit
University of Oulu
2013-02-15

7. 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.
Aino-Maaria Palosaari & Pirkko Hyvönen
LET – Learning and Educational Technology Research Unit
University of Oulu
2013-02-15

8. 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.
Orderlines
Project plan is a ”realisation” of the project beforehand and vice versa,
project is a realisation of the project plan
Scheduling step-by step
Documenting pedantic
Transparence
Goals and aims; main aim and objectives
Quantitative and qualitative aims
Problem-based
Problem that will be solved , Risk analysis
Aino-Maaria Palosaari & Pirkko Hyvönen
LET – Learning and Educational Technology Research Unit
University of Oulu
2013-02-15

9. 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..
Resources
Estimated 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 projects
Results/ outcomes
Are defined in the project plan and proved in the final, closing report
Assessment
Aino-Maaria Palosaari & Pirkko Hyvönen
LET – Learning and Educational Technology Research Unit
University of Oulu
2013-02-15

10. 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.
Aino-Maaria Palosaari & Pirkko Hyvönen
LET – Learning and Educational Technology Research Unit
University of Oulu
2013-02-15

11. Example of an organization chart
Guides, monitors, approves
Is the main responsible person for the implementation of the project,
communicates outside the project (steering group), monitors resources
quality and funding
Rahoittajat
Sidosryhmät
Aino-Maaria Palosaari & Pirkko Hyvönen
LET – Learning and Educational Technology Research Unit
University of Oulu
2013-02-15

12. 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)
Aino-Maaria Palosaari & Pirkko Hyvönen
LET – Learning and Educational Technology Research Unit
University of Oulu
2013-02-15

13. 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 draft
Decision about the actual implementation of the project is
made based on the idea paper
Aino-Maaria Palosaari & Pirkko Hyvönen
LET – Learning and Educational Technology Research Unit
University of Oulu
2013-02-15

14. 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?
Aino-Maaria Palosaari & Pirkko Hyvönen
LET – Learning and Educational Technology Research Unit
University of Oulu
2013-02-15

15. 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
Aino-Maaria Palosaari & Pirkko Hyvönen
LET – Learning and Educational Technology Research Unit
University of Oulu
2013-02-15

16. 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
Aino-Maaria Palosaari & Pirkko Hyvönen
LET – Learning and Educational Technology Research Unit
University of Oulu
2013-02-15

17. 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 learning
Reporting the project
Possible extension plan?
Aino-Maaria Palosaari & Pirkko Hyvönen
LET – Learning and Educational Technology Research Unit
University of Oulu
2013-02-15

18. Challenges, problems in project work?
• 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?
Aino-Maaria Palosaari & Pirkko Hyvönen
LET – Learning and Educational Technology Research Unit
University of Oulu Learning and Educational Technology Research Unit (LET)
2013-02-15 Pirkko.hyvonen@oulu.fi/ let.oulu.fi

19. 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
Aino-Maaria Palosaari & Pirkko Hyvönen
LET – Learning and Educational Technology Research Unit
University of Oulu
2013-02-15

20. 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
Aino-Maaria Palosaari & Pirkko Hyvönen
LET – Learning and Educational Technology Research Unit
University of Oulu
2013-02-15

21. Peer discussion and feedback
about the project plans
FEEDBACK
Socrates Intercultural…
OTT
PALAUTETT
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Stay
Informed
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
C&C Bridge project plan (30 min)
( Feedback discussion about third team’s
project plan (20-30 min)
Aino-Maaria Palosaari & Pirkko Hyvönen
LET – Learning and Educational Technology Research Unit
University of Oulu
2013-02-15

22. 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?
Aino-Maaria Palosaari & Pirkko Hyvönen
LET – Learning and Educational Technology Research Unit
University of Oulu
2013-02-15

23. 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! :)
Aino-Maaria Palosaari & Pirkko Hyvönen
LET – Learning and Educational Technology Research Unit
University of Oulu
2013-02-15