AJ0430 Collaborative Project Development for Community and Environmental Impact

Faculty of Education
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Synchronous online teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Zuzana Kršková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Prerequisites
The prerequisites are an interest in the subject and a fast Internet connection. The course is suitable for students with B1 level and above. The tasks require a lot of communication.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
Apart from improving one's communication skills in English, the project aims at collaboration, working across disciplines, and actions with a positive impact on the environment and the community. These higher goals are to be reached through a collaborative project undertaken by a group of students from various fields of studies, and from different cultures (participation of foreign students and students from other faculties is supported).
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the student will be able to:
- effectively communicate one's ideas with one's teammates and the coordinator;
- use critical thinking to solve real-world problems;
- navigate and use the basic online tools suitable for project management (MS Teams, Sharepoint, Planner, etc.);
- assess the realistic scope, time, and resources needed to carry out a project;
- learn basics of the team management;
- assess the risks, quality and success of the project;
- clearly and effectively present the results of their project;
Syllabus
  • Introduction of the processes of the project design, implementation, publication, and closure;
  • Initiation of the project: group formation, topic selection;
  • Defining project goals;
  • Risk evaluation;
  • Deliverables - selecting deliverables (form and timeframe);
  • Project planning (group collaboration and monitoring of the progress);
  • Project execution;
  • mid-phase monitoring consultation, evaluating and tracking of the progress;
  • Project execution and finalization (group collaboration and monitoring of the progress);
  • Presentation of the outcomes (deliverables and presentation to other teams);
  • Reflection and feedback on the project outcomes and the whole process;
Literature
    required literature
  • Project Management : Practices, Challenges and Developments. (2013). ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/masaryk-ebooks/detail.action?docID=2145877.
    recommended literature
  • Maylor, H. (c2010). Project management (4th ed). Financial Times Prentice Hall.
Teaching methods
Online lectures, online discussions, group projects, homework, research tasks. Because the course is online only, students are expected to do a lot of research, communicate in teams, and do independent work in MS Teams or other platforms which takes longer without direct supervision of the teacher. The assumed time corresponds to the course hourly dotation.
Assessment methods
handing in "deliverables" throughout the whole semester tracing the individual aspects of project design, planning, execution, closing, and reflection. Students must deliver complete documentation of the project, take part in the team presentation of the outcomes, and hand in the feedback and the final reflection. Upon successful completion of the course, you will earn 4 ECTS credits. Each ECTS credit represents 25 to 30 hours of work. In the seminars, full-time students are expected to spend 26 hours. The remaining 74 - 94 hours are allocated for self-study (approx. 6 hours a week).
Náhradní absolvování
The course is online, it is therefore possible to take part in it anywhere. The only necessity is the internet connection and scheduling the time for several sessions online that will require everyone's presence online at the same time.
Language of instruction
English
Study support
https://is.muni.cz/auth/ucitel/io/seznam?fakulta=1441;obdobi=9465;predmet=1651098;zuv=1374838;uvodnik=a
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught: every week.
Teacher's information
https://is.muni.cz/auth/ucitel/io/seznam?fakulta=1441;obdobi=9465;predmet=1651098;zuv=1374838;uvodnik=a
The main tool for project management is MS Teams, but the links will also be available through the IS of the course. Some of the tasks will require the use of MS Teams, but for others, students can choose a platform of their choice under the condition that they hand in the documentation of the processes also through IS or Teams for the teacher's approval. In the course, the use of AI is permitted for learning but not for cheating. It is acceptable to use AI for brainstorming ideas, basic proofreading, suggestions for improvement. It is unacceptable to have a text generated, translated or reformulated. Remember to acknowledge all innovative ideas that are not yours. For generated ideas use in-text citations. At the end of each assignment, state how you worked/did not work with AI. When in doubt, consult your teacher.
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