Blended Intensive Programme “ProjectINC”

Overview

Content

This Blended Intensive Program is run by four European Universities (Hanze Hogeschool Groningen, Netherlands; IPB Braganca, Portugal; SETU Waterford, Ireland; University of Cracow, Poland; HSB, Germany)

Digital Challenge-Based Learning (DCBL) arises from integrating digital transition themes, concerns, technologies, and / or tools into the Challenge-Based Learning (CBL) framework, applying active methodologies, supported by lean design, design thinking and end to end problem design, in future oriented approach, structured in the following steps:

• TEAM ENGAGEMENT (facilitator, students, partner): get familiar with case exploring the context, identify stakeholders and list all, field work preparation, meet up with external partner;

• UNDERSTAND THE PRESENT SITUATION: Individual observation; Individual investigation, Study users and selected stakeholders, Document findings; IDEATE: Identify insights; Understand the stakeholders; Develop analogies; Grow common understanding; Create solutions; Present two pager to external partner;

• VALIDATE: Validation by peers, Validation by experts, Review of the requirements, Debate Minimum value proposition to external partner;

• DESIGN AND ITERATE: Improve / develop solutions, Test and validate until final state;

• DEMONSTRATE: Prototyping the solution(s); Feedback gathering (experts, mentors, users); Final Pitch Preparation; Invite external partner to final pitch.

• DOCUMENTATION: Writing a technical and scientific documentation that describes and reflects all aspects of the idea generation, research and development process. The documentation contains all work packages and milestones of the project as well as a description of the project management and teamwork. Oriented towards the guidelines of good scientific practice.

Target group

HSB students

Students on Bachelor´s and Master´s level

Objective

• Acquire skills to contribute productively and professionally with all parties and contribute to multidisciplinary, multicultural and transnational team activities.

• Understand problems, the value of user empathy, and how to develop relevant ideas.

• Develop comprehensive project planning addressing the key activities and milestones of the project.

• Adapt and respond to challenges proactively.

• Collaborate productively with team members on all aspects of the challenge/project.

• Research a real problem/challenge for the live case scenario and derive insights and solutions.

• Create innovative, creative and effective solutions to the challenge and address the needs of the client/stakeholder(s).

• Examine and define problems through exploration of the underlying and wider issues.

• Determine where to acquire the information and tools necessary to solve the problem.

• Evaluate and prioritise how to solve the problem

Method

Online

Presence week in Groningen, Netherlands: 09.12. – 13.12.2024

Pitch/ Presentation of results / technical and scientific Documentation

Registration

VANR: 11572

Topic: Blended Intensive Programme “ProjectINC”