Personal Impact
Personal Impact brings to light already existing courses in Aalto University on values and meaningfulness, self-leadership, societal impact, human potential and well-being.
Good Practices for work-life relevant teaching
Teaching Lab collects and presents Good Practices for future-proof and work-life relevant education! We want to encourage and inspire education practitioners in integrating work-life connections and competences into teaching. On this constantly evolving site you will find tools, methods, resources, and examples of courses that enhance work-life relevance in teaching.
What are Good Practices?
Teaching Lab's idea of a Good Practice is a scalable and transferable resource, tool, method, or course example which promotes students' work-life connections and competences.
This page is divided into two sections:
- BUILD.
Practical tools, methods, and resources. - INSPIRE.
Examples of other work-life relevant courses, programs, and platforms from Aalto.
Would you like to share your Good Practice with Aalto community? Contact us or give your valuable input here!
Build.
Below, we have three practical categories: tools, methods, and resources. Each category contains linked material for education practitioners to be used in designing work-life relevant teaching!
- Design Kit – Teaching Lab's method cards for designing better teaching
- Teamwork First-Aid Kit – Toolkit for successful teamwork (by Satu Rekonen, Anna Kuukka, and George Atanassov)
- Personal Learning Portfolio – Instructions for documenting student's learning throughout studies (by Marko Keskinen)
- Digital platforms – Programs for information sharing like Teams, Slack, Google Drive, and OneDrive
- Circula – Educational game about circular economy and entrepreneurship (by Sitra)
- Entrepreneurial Education Game – Guide for new business creation process (by AVP and Aaltonaut)
- Hyper Island Toolbox – Collection of tools and methods for teams and individuals to work more creatively and collaboratively (by Hyper Island)
- Measurement Tool for Entrepreneurship Education – Web-based self-evaluation tool for teachers and principals (by LUT University)
- HEInnovate – Self-assessment tool for exploring innovative and entrepreneurial education (by European Commission and OECD)
- Learning Design Toolkit – Canvas models and check-lists for designing participatory online pedagogy and courses (by Akseli Huhtanen, FITech)
- I like, I wish – Method for giving feedback (by Satu Rekonen)
- Teaching Collaboration – Examples of joint teaching with work-life partners
- Company Mentoring – Work-life professionals coach students through a project course providing current best methods of the industry and direct contacts to the company
- The Double Diamond Design Process – Design methods for developing services (by Design Council)
- Team Contract – Template for creating team's own code of conduct (by Nordic Rebels)
- Student Project Agreement – Legal template between a student, Aalto, and a work-life partner (by Timo Syrjälä)
- Corporate Collaboration Partnerships – Existing Aalto partnerships and examples of cooperation (more info: Mirella Lähteenmäki)
- The Field Guide – Human-centered design guide for social sector (by IDEO.org)
- Facilitator's Guide to Human-Centered Design – Project-based online course for facilitating human-centered design and workshops (by IDEO.org)
- Website Portfolio Template – Visual portfolio templates for websites (by WIX)
Inspire.
Here, we lift brilliant courses, programs, and platforms from Aalto as examples that integrate work-life competences and connections to teaching. Is there something essential missing? Give us a hint!
Aalto University Design Factory
Design Factory serves all Aalto University schools by providing an experimental co-creation platform for interdisciplinary learning
Aalto Global Impact
We promote and facilitate Aalto University’s research and education for global sustainable development.
Information Technology Program (ITP)
Aalto University Information Technology Program (ITP) is a minor program (24 ECTS) that is completed during the summer period (3 months). It brings students together from diverse backgrounds and all around the world to solve digital business problems.
Study Projects
In study projects, students solve real-life cases together with companies and other organisations.
IDBM Capstone: Industry Project
The 'IDBM Capstone: Industry Project' programme is a joint teaching and research platform of all schools of Aalto University.
Aalto Ventures Program (external link)
The program prepares students for high-growth entrepreneurship through top-level education and curricular activities.
Urban Studies and Planning in Real Estate Economics, Master of Science (Technology)
USP in real estate economics is a challenging, collaborative master’s for ambitious students ready to lead the growth of 21st century cities.
Digital Business Master Class
Digital Business Master Class is a challenge-based course with a focus on digital technologies as tools for building businesses.
CHEMARTS – New dimensions for the forest
CHEMARTS arranges multidisciplinary study courses and a Summer School for degree students, thesis projects, and workshops for elementary and high school students. It also participates in externally funded research projects.
PDP - Product Development Project
In PDP, a multidisciplinary group of Master’s students mainly from fields of engineering, industrial design and business tackle challenges aiming to a functioning prototype.
SGT - Sustainable Global Technologies Studio Course
SGT – Sustainable Global Technologies Studio is a project-based course for Master’s and Doctoral students at Aalto University.
Aalto Ventures Program Summer Course - Creating Multidimensional Experiences
A unique summer course organized by AVP and Flow Festival!
Energy Garage
The Garage is a place where you can discuss, educate, build, test, interact, and have fun in energy subjects. Energy industries and companies have shown positive interest in this and collaborative arrangements are likely to emerge.
Protocamp
Protocamp is a summer course of the School of Electrical Engineering where students of Technology and Arts build prototypes in teams.
IDBM Industry Project - Global Team Track
Master’s students from fields of design, engineering & business form interdisciplinary teams to work on real-life product and service innovation challenges proposed by partner companies.
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