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Course syllabus - Research Methods in Innovation and Design 1
Scope
7.5 credits
Course code
ITE427
Valid from
Autumn semester 2021
Education level
Second cycle
Progressive Specialisation
A1N (Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements).
Main area(s)
Innovation and Design
School
School of Innovation, Design and Engineering
Ratified
2020-12-15
Status
This syllabus is not current and will not be given any more
Literature lists
Course literature is preliminary up to 8 weeks before course start. Course literature can be valid over several semesters.
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Books
Innovation design : creating value for people, organizations and society
London : Springer, [2013] - xii, 196 p.
ISBN: 9781447162087 LIBRIS-ID: 19728456
The action research dissertation : a guide for students and faculty
2. ed. : Los Angeles : SAGE, 2014 - xix, 189 pages
ISBN: 9781483333106 LIBRIS-ID: 17072804
Research methodology : methods and techniques
3rd ed. : New Delhi : New Age International, 2014 - xx, 418 s.
ISBN: 9788122415223 LIBRIS-ID: 14854625
Qualitative Research : a guide to design and implementation / Sharan B. Merriam and Elizabeth J. Tisdell
4th Edition : San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 2016 - 346 s.
ISBN: 9781119003618 LIBRIS-ID: 17984715
Conducting Design Research in and for a complex World
Abingdon and New York: Taylor & Francis Group, 2015
URL: Link
Situated design methods
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, 2014 - xiv, 400 pages
ISBN: 9780262027632 LIBRIS-ID: 16785420
Engaged scholarship : a guide for organizational and social research
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007 - xii, 330 s.
ISBN: 9780199226306 LIBRIS-ID: 10495327
URL: Link
Reference Literature
Knowledge Creation through Interactive Research: A Learning Perspective
Political Science, 2008
How to succeed with Co-production : Experiences from industrial researchers
1 : Eskilstuna : Mälardalen University, 2018 - 34
URL: Link
Other Materials
In addition to these, short texts may be added to the list during the course
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Objectives
The objective of the course is for students to acquire theoretical and practical knowledge pertinent to the design of a pre study for a knowledge-generating, co-productive project in innovation and design.
Learning outcomes
After completed the course, the students should be able to:
1. formulate research foci co-productively
2. describe and analyse different stakeholders' needs in co-productive projects
3. carry out a pre study in connection with a co-productive project
4. select, apply and evaluate scientific methods, including methods for analysis of collected data
Course content
- Qualitative and quantitative methods
- Ethnographic methods
- Methods for the collection and analysis of empirical data
- Co-production processes
- Relationships between practical and research problems
- Visualizations of coproduction in the pre study
Specific requirements
A completed Bachelor´s Degree, equivalent to 140 credits.
In addition, Swedish B/Swedish 3 and English A/English 6 are required. For courses given entirely in English exemption is made from the requirement in Swedish B/Swedish 3.
Examination
PM (PM01), 3 credits, examines learning outcomes 1-2, marks Fail (U) or Pass (G)
Written assignment (INL1), 4,5 credits, examines learning outcomes 3 and 4, marks Fail (U), Pass (G) or Pass with Distinction (VG)
A student who has a certificate from MDU regarding a disability has the opportunity to submit a request for supportive measures during written examinations or other forms of examination, in accordance with the Rules and Regulations for Examinations at First-cycle and Second-cycle Level at Mälardalen University (2020/1655). It is the examiner who takes decisions on any supportive measures, based on what kind of certificate is issued, and in that case which measures are to be applied.
Suspicions of attempting to deceive in examinations (cheating) are reported to the Vice-Chancellor, in accordance with the Higher Education Ordinance, and are examined by the University’s Disciplinary Board. If the Disciplinary Board considers the student to be guilty of a disciplinary offence, the Board will take a decision on disciplinary action, which will be a warning or suspension.
Grade
Pass with distinction, Pass, Fail
Interim Regulations and Other Regulations
The course completely overlaps with ITE411 Research Methods in Innovation and Design 1 and with ITE418 Research Methods in Innovation and Design 1.