Laurea and Learning by Developing: Successful co-operation between Higher Education Institutions and Companies

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Laurea and Learning by DevelopingSuccessful
co-operation between Higher Education
Institutions and Companies

• Dr Outi Kallioinen, Vice President
• 2010

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DESCRIPTION OF FINNISH HIGHER EDUCATION DEGREES
Source Ministry of Education. Report 20054.
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FINNISH HIGHER EDUCATION IN NUMBERS 2004Source
Education in Finland, Statistics Finland
UNIVERSITIES UNIVERSITIES OF APPLIED SCIENCES
174 000 students 132 000 students
21 000 new students 37 000 new students
4.3 discontinued studies 6.3 discontinued studies
18 000 degrees, of which 1400 doctors 21 000 degrees
4700 foreign students (2.7) 3800 foreign students (2.9)
expenditure/student9000 expenditure/student6000
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LAUREA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES
Laurea is located in the heart of Finlands
business and cultural life, the area of
surrounding capital city Helsinki. Twenty percent
of Finlands population of 5.2 million lives in
the area.
Laurea has 7 local units in Helsinki metropolitan
region. Each unit has been profiled in order to
anticipate and meet the challenges of the rapidly
developing working life of its area.
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Laureas values as a heartbeat
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Laurea is multidisciplinary

• Fields of Study
• Natural Sciences
• Hospitality Management
• Social Services, Health and Sports
• Social Sciences, Business and Administration

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International Advisory Board

• Started in 2009
• Supports and strengthens Laureas strategy work
  and internationalization
• Members
• Prof. Alan Barrell, Cambridge University
• Dr. Katalin Illes, Anglia Ruskin University
• Prof. Rolf Stumpf, Nelson Mandela University
• Prof. Kenneth Smith, University of Arizona
• Prof. Koichi Ogasawara, Tohoku Fukushi University
• Prof. Henrique Diz, University of Aveiro

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Modern learning methods at Laurea

• Nominated by Finnish Higher Education Evaluation
  Council as Centre of Excellence in education
• 2005 2006 Learning by Developing,
• 2008-2009 Security Management
• 2010-2012 Student-centered rd integrated in
  learning
• Centre of Excellence in Regional Development 2003
  2004, 2006-2007 Close interaction with the
  surrounding region and working life - Good
  employment opportunities

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Learning by Developing
Integration of pedagogy, rd and regional
development
Competence-based curriculum 2006 -gt
Integrative learning environments as innovation
platforms
Transformative teaching
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Learning by Developing at Laurea 1/4

• The pedagogical framework for learning in Laurea,
  developed bottom-up by the staff since late
  1990s, is called Learning by Developing (LbD)
  which is based on authenticity, partnership,
  experiential learning, research and creativity.
• Students' learning is related to development
  projects that are genuinely rooted in the world
  of work and the students are involved in these
  projects from the beginning of their studies.
• According to Laureas pedagogical strategy
  students are treated as junior colleagues. This
  places lecturers in an entirely new situation and
  creates tension for pedagogical leadership.

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Learning by Developing 2/4

• In LbD answers and solutions are systematically
  co-created for problems/challenges in which new
  competence is required.
• In LbD model the activity starts from
  innovation/idea or from some specific objective,
  which means that learning focuses on genuine
  development of the working world.
• Learning has a clear mutually (between student,
  teacher, working life partner) defined objective
  and takes place through the process of generating
  new competence.
• In the LbD-model the regional competence and
  knowledge, networks and diverse partnerships are
  integrated comprehensively to the learning
  process and studies of the students so that the
  students really have the possibility to become
  development-oriented experts of their field -gt
  Curriculum delivery in LbD

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Learning by Developing 3/4

• At Laurea the development projects are authentic,
  working life -based, processual and applied by
  nature.
• They are applied in a sense that during the
  project new, community-based knowledge is
  produced and problems and challenges solved in
  co-creation.
• The sole purpose of the development project is
  not to apply strictly scientific knowledge as
  such to a practical situation.

• produces individual and collective learning,
  creation of new knowledge, innovations in the
  form of new products, new working methods, new
  operating models or transformed working culture.

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Learning by Developing 4/4

• In the LbD-model the regional competence and
  knowledge, networks and diverse partnerships are
  integrated comprehensively to the learning
  process and studies of the students so that the
  students really have the possibility to become
  development-oriented experts of their field.
• The LbD-model is being constantly developed and
  it has also been evaluated by an international
  evaluation team (see more in the report Making a
  Difference by Vyakarnam, S. et al 2008).
• International LbD follow-up evaluation 2009
• Quality Teaching Review by OECD/IMHE 2010

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Intl. evaluation findings 2008

• Strengths of LbD to students
• Growth of independent thought
• Increase in self-confidence
• Very experiential
• Early experiences of people relying on you
• Early experiences of personal responsibility for
  results and duty to colleagues
• Equips you to see the whole picture
• The atmosphere is one of equals
• Ability to lead people rather than manage events

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Intl. follow-up evaluation findings 2009

• Evolution of the Definition
• From it depends... to individual definitions of
  concrete activities
• A shift from pedagogy to action
• The best proof of the success of our
  pedagogical model is one of the highest rates of
  employment among graduates in the country.
  (Laurea Facts 2009-2010)

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Competence-building in innovation platforms

• The modern innovation platforms are operated in
  shared expertise and networks, without forgetting
  the challenges of leadership.
• Learning to learn, interaction skills and
  continuous self-development are some of the key
  factors in the success of students in their
  studies and teachers in their work.

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Centre of Excellence in Education 2010-2012

• Among UAS Laurea was nominated as a Centre of
  Excellence in Education for 2010-2012 by the
  Finnish Higher Education Evaluation Council in
  Nov 2009
• The theme of the application was Student-centred
  RD integrated in Learning
• This theme is further development of LbD during
  the past few years
• Nationally 31 applications 8 nominations

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Student-related results

• Competence development
• Students RD credits (49 057 in 2009 6,9
  cr/student)
• Change in learning culture
• Learning outside lecture halls

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Results in Transformative Teaching

• Efficiency
• Reaching and exceeding the objectives
• Fluent and constructive cooperation
• Exceptional quality in work and attitudes
• Strong development orientation
• Satisfaction
• In large scale
• Students strong experience to be the ones to
  make success
• Entrepreneurial spirit
• Strong collaborative spirit
• Commitment to learning, the teacher and the
  objectives leads to increase in work amount
  flow in learning
• Energy in work

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LAUREAS QUALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEM
QA system audit October 2010 by FINHEEC