Disruptive Innovations (5cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Content scheduling

Week 1: Kick-off and innovation overview
Week 2–4: Ideation tools, peer teaching, AI-assisted ideation
Week 5–6: Prototyping and feedback, IPR workshop and strategy assignment
Week 7: Final presentations and portfolio submission

Objective

The student knows innovation process, innovation tools and is able to apply them into practise when creating sustainable, commercialised customer oriented and viable ideas. He/she understands the role of innovations in global business world and in entrepreneurship.
He/she understands the role of technology and disruptive ideas that create change beyond standard business models.
He/she is able to take IP Rights into account in innovation process.
He/she understands the meaning of IP Rights in commercialisation of new ideas.
The student is able to create and analyse his/her own innovation project.
The student is able to make a professional presentation of his/her idea in English.

Kompetenssit: ennakoiva kehittäminen, kestävä kehitys, vastuullisen liiketoiminnan kehittäminen

Content

Innovation process and tools

Role of innovation

Role of technology

Disruptive innovation

IP rights in innovation process

Innovation project

Professional presentation

Location and time

Course period: 09.02.2026 – 30.04.2026
Location:(classroom)
Sessions:

Kick-off meeting: 1 session, 2 hours
Guidance meetings: 5 sessions
Final presentations: 1 session

Materials

Materials are provided via Moodle and include selected articles, online resources, and teacher-provided content. No mandatory textbook. AI tools such as Copilot and ChatGPT may be used for ideation and visualization.

Teaching methods

The course is delivered through project-based learning, team collaboration, and guided workshops. Students work independently and in groups, applying innovation tools and AI-assisted ideation. The course includes peer teaching, prototyping, and participation in an IPR workshop. AI tools are used in ideation and strategy development, following ARENE’s traffic light model

Employer connections

The course includes a work-life related innovation project. Students apply innovation tools to real-world challenges and develop viable concepts with commercial potential.

Exam schedules

No traditional exam. Assessment is based on project work, workshops, and assignments. Retake options are available for failed components, agreed upon with the teacher.

International connections

The course addresses global innovation trends and disruptive technologies. It is part of the international curriculum and open to exchange students.

Completion alternatives

Students may complete the concept portfolio individually or in groups (1–4 persons). AI-assisted ideation is mandatory. Peer teaching and workshops are group-based. Prior learning may be recognized through HOT procedures.

Student workload

Contact sessions and workshops: 40h
Independent study and preparation: 25h
Group work and ideation: 35 h
Final reporting and presentation: 35 h
Total: approx. 135 h

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Taso 1
Innovation process, innovation tools:
The student knows the innovation process and tools and is able to apply them into practise with assistance when creating sustainable, commercialised, customer oriented and viable ideas.
He/she understands the role of innovations and role of technology and disruptive ideas that create change beyond standard business models.
The student knows the basics of IP Rights and their use in protecting new ideas and is able to take them into account in innovation process.
He/she understands the meaning of IP Rights in commercialisation of new ideas.
The student is able to create and analyse his/her own innovation project with assistance.

Taso 2
The innovation process and tools:
The student can describe the innovation process and tools with examples and is able to apply them some of them independently when creating sustainable, commercialised, customer oriented and viable ideas.
The student is able to apply innovations in creating change.
The student can describe and give examples of IP Rights and their use in protecting new ideas and is able to take them into account in innovation process.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Taso 3
Innovation process, innovation tools:
The student understands the innovation process and tools and is able to apply them.
The student is able to utilise innovations in creating change.
He/she understands the basics of IP Rights and is able to utilise them in innovation process.
He/she is able to create and analyse his/her own innovation project.

Taso 4
Innovation process, innovation tools:
The student has a command the innovation process and tools and is able to apply them in a creative way.
The student is able to utilise and evaluate innovations in creating meaningful change.
He/she is able to choose suitable IP Rights tools to protect his/her idea in the innovation process and justify the choices made.
He/she is able to create and reflect his/her own innovation project and its outcomes.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Taso 5
Innovation process, innovation tools:
The student is able to choose suitable innovation tools and utilise them for his/her innovation project.
The student is able to utilise and critically evaluate innovations in creating positive change.
He/she is able to make an IP strategy for his/her innovation.
He/she is able to critically analyse his/her innovation project and the viability of the idea.