Report: FUAS Summer studies feedback 2015,
shortly in English
Index
1.
Feedback on FUAS Summer studies 2015 ................................................................................................. 1
2.
Results ....................................................................................................................................................... 2
2.1.
Background information.................................................................................................................... 2
2.2.
Informing ........................................................................................................................................... 5
2.3.
Reasons for participating ................................................................................................................... 6
2.4.
Courses .............................................................................................................................................. 7
2.5.
Course offerings............................................................................................................................... 10
2.6.
Enrolment ........................................................................................................................................ 10
2.7.
Execution of Studies ........................................................................................................................ 11
2.8.
E-learning in FUAS Summer studies ................................................................................................ 12
2.9.
Completing the courses ................................................................................................................... 13
2.10. Other feedback and ideas for development ................................................................................... 14
3.
Development of FUAS Summer studies .................................................................................................. 15
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1. Feedback on FUAS Summer studies 2015
Federation of Universities of Applied Sciences (FUAS) is a strategic alliance of Häme University of Applied
sciences (HAMK), Lahti University of Applied sciences (Lahti UAS) and Laurea University of Applied sciences
(Laurea). Summer studies are one form of the cooperation between the member institutions and organising the joint summer studies started in 2010. The students can take courses free of charge from any of the
member institutions and the number of students participating in the Summer studies has increased year by
year.
As the current feedback tools of the member institutions do not able the students to give course feedback
to other than their home institution. This is why the opinions of the moving students (students who take
courses from other than their home institution) have been surveyed annually through feedback on FUAS
Summer studies.
In the summer 2015, altogether 3 000 students took part in the FUAS Summer studies and about 30 % of
the students took part in Summer studies organised by other than their home institution. The students
completed altogether over 10 000 ECTSs.
The feedback on FUAS Summer studies was sent via email to all students who enrolled on a course organised by other than their member institution (email addresses from Ohari-system). The feedback was open
from 8 to 23 September 2015 and the students were encouraged to answer the feedback by two reminding
emails. The emails were in Finnish and English as well as the feedback form. The form included 3 questions
related to the background of the student, and 21 questions (both structured and text fields) related to the
summer studies.
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2. Results
Altogether 233 students answered the survey. 224 students answered in Finnish and 9 in English. The results for each question are presented in the following chapters.
In addition to the structured questions the students were asked to give open feedback on how to improve
different aspects of the Summer studies. In addition to ideas for development, the students wrote plenty of
comments. When analysing the comments, those were considered as ideas for development. E.g. for the
question ”If insufficient, how would you improve the course offerings?”, the comment “I couldn’t get a
place on all the courses I wanted” was categorised: “Courses should take more students.” and the comment “I think there were too few courses” was categorised: “The number on courses offered should be
increased”.
2.1.
Background information
Your starting year of studies
0%
10%
2015
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
18%
2014
48%
2013
22%
2012
7%
2011
4%
Figure 1
Respondents by starting year of their studies, percent.
In which university of applied sciences do you study?
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
Laurea
40%
45%
45%
HAMK
30%
Lahti UAS
Figure 2
35%
25%
Respondents by home UAS, percent.
50%
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0
HAMK - Your degree programme?
5
10
15
Sairaanhoitaja
18
Liiketalous
14
Kestävä kehitys
7
International business
6
Tietojenkäsittely
6
Konetekniikka
4
Sähkö- ja automaatiotekniikka
4
Liikenneala
2
Liiketoiminnan kehittäminen (YAMK)
2
Sosionomi
2
Bio- ja elintarviketekniikka
1
Business management and entrepreneurship (YAMK)
1
Maaseutuelinkeinot
1
Social and health care development and management…
1
Terveydenhoitaja
Figure 3
1
Respondents from HAMK by degree programme, number
Lahti UAS - Your degree programme?
0
5
10
Liiketalouden koulutus
15
20
25
23
Sairaanhoitajakoulutus
8
Sosionomikoulutus
Figure 4
20
6
Energia- ja ympäristötekniikan koulutus
5
Fysioterapeuttikoulutus
5
Degree Programme in International Business
3
Tietojenkäsittelyn koulutus
3
Degree Programme in Nursing
1
Liiketoiminnan logistiikan koulutusohjelma
1
Muotoilun koulutus (YAMK)
1
Prosessi ja materiaalitekniikan koulutus
1
Tieto- ja viestintätekniikan koulutus
1
Respondents from Lahti UAS by degree programme, number.
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Laurea - Your degree programme?
0
10
20
Liiketalouden koulutus
19
Hoitotyön koulutusohjelma/Sairaanhoitajakoulutus
14
Sosiaalialan koulutusohjelma/Sosionomikoulutus
13
Turvallisuusalan koulutus
5
Tietojenkäsittelyn koulutus
4
Tietojärjestelmäosaaminen (YAMK)
3
Palvelujen asiakaskeskeisen kehittämisen koulutus…
2
Tulevaisuuden tietojohtaminen sosiaali- ja…
2
Yrittäjyyden ja liiketoimintaosaamisen koulutus (YAMK)
2
Degree Programme in Business Management
1
Degree Programme in Facility Management
1
Degree Programme in Security Management
1
Hotelli- ja ravintola-alan liikkeenjohdon koulutusohjelma
1
Kauneudenhoitoalan koulutus
1
Palvelujen tuottamisen ja johtamisen koulutusohjelma
1
Palveluliiketoiminnan koulutus
1
Figure 5
40
33
Hoitotyön koulutusohjelma/Terveydenhoitajakoulutus
Sosiaalialan koulutus, perhekeskeisen…
30
1
Respondents from Laurea by degree programme, number.
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2.2.
Informing
Where did you get the information about the Summer Studies?
0
50
Multiple choice
100
Website of my own University of Applied Sciences
(Inc. public website and internal websites)
From the personnel at my own University of
Applied Sciences
120
101
Announcement that was sent to my e-mail
73
www.fuas.fi website
55
From the other students
51
Other newsletter or announcement
11
From somewhere else, where?
www.fuascampus.fi FUAS Campus website
Figure 6
150
9
3
Informing by channel, multiple choice, numbers.
Was the given information about the
summer studies sufficient or
insufficient?
Sufficent
Insufficent
Figure 7
23%
77%
Sufficiency of information, percent.
The respondents who considered the information insufficient were asked to write down ideas for the development of the informing. Altogether 53 students answered the question. The respondents suggested
mainly more comprehensive informing overall (12 mentions) and informing the details of the courses more
punctually (12 mentions). In addition the information was suggested to be clearer and the enrolment times
and popularity of the Summer studies to be pointed out better. The respondents suggested the suitability
of the studies, timetables, the contact information, place and method of implementation and tasks and elearning platforms to be mentioned in the details of the courses. In addition the students suggested the
teachers to take more active role (7 mentions), the systems to be improved (5 mentions) and improvement
of the enrolment (4 mentions), e.g. e-mail confirming the enrolment or before the beginning of the course.
In addition 3 students suggested earlier informing and 3 students mentioned that searching for the information had been difficult.
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2.3.
Reasons for participating
Why did you participate in summer studies?
Multiple choise
0
50
100
150
I wanted to speed up my studies
170
Content of the courses interested me
105
I wasn’t working
73
Implementation method of the courses…
67
I had a part time job
6
I needed compulsory studies
4
I needed incomes via studying
3
I needed ECTSs
Figure 8
17
Other reason, specify
I wanted to spend my summer at the location of…
200
3
2
Reasons for participating, multiple choice, numbers.
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2.4.
Courses
The respondents participated altogether on 90 different courses.
Courses you took from Häme University of Applied Sciences, HAMK
0
5
10
15
Henkilöstöjohtaminen
14
Ikääntyneiden hoitotyö
11
Henkilöverotus
10
Asiantuntijaviestintä
9
Ikääntyneiden terveyden ja hyvinvoinnin edistäminen
9
Maksukyvyttömyysmenettely
9
Seksuaaliterveyden edistäminen
9
Pukeutumisesta poweria
8
Ikääntyneiden hoitotyön osaaminen
7
Organization Development, FUAS Summer Valkeakoski
6
Ruoka- ja ravitsemusturva
6
Taulukkolaskennan tehokäyttö
6
Change Management, FUAS Summer Valkeakoski
5
Projektin hallinta
5
Pukuhistoria
Figure 9
4
Mobiilipelin ohjelmoinnin perusteet
3
Ravitsemus elintarviketeollisuudessa
3
Tietoturva
3
Tools for Project Work (FUAS Innovation School)
3
Yrittäjämainen toiminta
3
Elintarvikealan erityiskysymykset
2
Kuluttajakäyttäytyminen elintarviketeollisuudessa
2
Musiikki hyvinvoinnin edistäjänä
2
Arkkitehtuurin ja sisustamisen historia
1
Johtaminen ja hallintomenettely
1
Kokeileva käsityö
1
Liikennesuunnitteluprojekti
1
Strategiatyön perusteet ja menetelmät
1
Tasting Europe
1
Courses the respondents took from HAMK, numbers.
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Courses you took from Lahti University of Applied Sciences
0
5
10
20
Hyvinvoiva organisaatio
15
Mielenterveystyö
15
Johtaminen ja laatu
11
Asiantuntijaviestintä
8
Taloushallinto
8
Ympäristölainsäädäntö, osa 1
8
Innovaatiojohtaminen
7
Julkishallinto ja julkisten hankintojen pelisäännöt
7
Laadullisen ja määrällisen tutkimuksen aineiston…
7
Laadullisen ja määrällisen tutkimuksen analyysi ja…
6
Pk-yrityksen tietoturva
5
Prosessi- ja projektijohtaminen
5
Siemens logiikkaohjelmointi
5
Informaatiolukutaito
4
3D tulostus
3
Intercultural communication course
3
Ympäristölainsäädäntö, osa 2
3
Yrittäjyysopinnot
3
Fysiikan laboraatiot
2
Muotoilun perusteet
2
Otetta osaamiseen -yrittäjyysosaaminen
2
Responsible Business
2
Constructors of Well-being - General Perspective
1
Desing Pop Up Store
1
Elävän mallin piirustus 1
1
Kivien istutuskurssi
1
Master thesis camp
1
Tietoisuustaidot ja hyvinvointi
1
Vasarointitekniikat korumuotoilussa
1
Figure 10
15
Courses the respondents took from Lahti UAS, numbers.
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Courses you took from Laurea University of Applied Sciences
0
5
10
15
20
Naistentaudit ja synnytykset
18
Kestävän kehityksen haasteet
15
Geriatria
14
Sijoitus- ja finanssikirjallisuus
12
Työelämän ajokortti verkko-opinnot
12
Ravitsemustiede
11
Kaupan toimintaympäristö ja kilpailukeinot
10
(Tourism) Business Online Visibility
8
Hyvinvointiyrittäjyys
8
Mikrobiologia ja tautioppi, virtuaalitoteutus
8
Social media marketing
8
Viron kielen perusteet
8
Business Simulation
6
Johtaminen ja esimiestyöskentely
6
Osaston henkilöstön ja myynnin johtaminen
6
Ruotsin kielen perusviestintä
5
Tietotalouden uudet markkinat
5
E-logistiikka
4
Ravitsemus hyvinvoinnin tukena
4
Vastuullinen johtajuus
4
Building internet enabled markets
3
Kuvantamismenetelmät
3
Social media marketing
3
Tunnusluvut ja johtaminen
3
Voimaa perheestä ja läheisverkostosta
3
Toimintatutkimus ja osallistavat menetelmät
Figure 11
2
HRM Basics for Everyone
1
Intensive Basic Finnish 2
1
Kitaransoiton alkeet
1
Käytettävyyden arviointi ja testaus
1
Tapahtumatuotannon kehittäminen…
1
Virve - viranomaisverkko-opinnot
1
Courses the respondents took from Laurea, numbers.
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2.5.
Course offerings
Were the course offerings sufficient or
insufficient?
Sufficent
35%
65%
Insufficent
Figure 12
Sufficiency of course offerings, percent.
The respondents who considered the offerings insufficient were asked to write down ideas for the development of the offerings. Altogether 30 respondents answered that more students should be taken to the
courses and 10 respondents mentioned that the number of courses should be increased. 11 respondents
suggested increasing the number of compulsory or field-specific studies and 6 respondents suggested increasing the number of courses offered online. Topic-wise the respondents suggested courses on the following topics: languages or courses in foreign languages (12 mentions) inc. English, Swedish and French,
social services (7 mentions), business administration (6 mentions), leadership and management -studies (5
mentions), environment (3 mentions), technical (3 mentions), information technology (2 mentions), nursing
(2 mentions), security (2 mentions) and sustainable development (2 mentions). in addition 2 respondents
suggested more master’s level courses.
2.6.
Enrolment
Was the course enrolment executed
well ?
Yes
32%
No
Figure 13
68%
Execution of enrolment, percent.
The respondents, who answered that the enrolment was not executed well, were asked to write down ideas for the development of the enrolment. Altogether 77 students answered the question. 28 of the respondents mentioned having technical problems when enrolling as the systems had jammed at the beginning of the enrolment. As ideas for improvement, the respondents suggested changing the time of enrolment (16 mentions) and informing the students more quickly on if the enrolment has been accepted or
rejected (9 mentions) and confirming the enrolment for the students (2 mentions). In addition the respondents suggested clarifying the instructions (5 mentions) and 5 respondents stated that SoleOPS is difficult to use. 4 respondents argued that the actual time of enrolling mattered on receiving a study place and
2 respondents pointed out that the lack of detailed course information had hindered the enrolment.
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2.7.
Execution of Studies
The respondents were asked to assess the overall quality of Summer Studies according to the FUAS member institution which organised those.
How would you rate the overall quality of Summer Studies organised by HAMK (if you didn't study at HAMK this
summer proceed to the next question)
1
4
5
Poor
Moderate
Good
Excellent
Respondents
Average
2015
7%
11 %
3%
28 %
28 %
16 %
49 %
41 %
56 %
14 %
17 %
26 %
115
112
113
3,64
3,57
4,04
4%
17 %
56 %
23 %
113
3,96
10 %
16 %
49 %
20 %
113
3,69
3,85
6%
13 %
4%
20 %
20 %
20 %
42 %
46 %
54 %
31 %
18 %
21 %
113
114
112
3,96
3,64
3,92
3,96
3,57
3,91
2
3
4
5
Unsatisfactory
Poor
Moderate
Good
Excellent
Respondents
Average
2015
Average
2014
2%
2%
1%
5%
4%
4%
19 %
10 %
12 %
46 %
50 %
54 %
27 %
35 %
30 %
114
113
114
3,92
4,11
4,08
21 %
42 %
37 %
112
4,14
6%
60 %
26 %
114
4,03
3,78
5%
19 %
15 %
60 %
39 %
55 %
31 %
34 %
27 %
114
114
114
4,16
3,99
4,06
3,79
3,72
3,74
2
3
4
5
Poor
Moderate
Good
Excellent
Respondents
Average
2015
Average
2014
9%
7%
1%
13 %
23 %
12 %
44 %
42 %
43 %
30 %
26 %
43 %
138
135
138
3,90
3,83
4,25
3%
14 %
49 %
34 %
137
4,12
9%
15 %
43 %
30 %
137
3,88
4,04
1%
7%
2%
18 %
22 %
18 %
42 %
35 %
53 %
36 %
34 %
26 %
137
137
137
4,11
3,93
3,99
4,14
3,77
3,93
Unsatisfactory
3%
Guidance and support
4%
Assessment and feedback
0%
Schedule
The content of the course in relation to the pre infor1%
mation (2014: no question on the topic)
Correlation between work amount and credits (2014:
5%
Correlation between work amount and earned credits)
1%
Functionality of the implementation method
3%
Activity of the teacher
1%
My own contribution
Table 1
Overall quality of HAMK’s Summer studies, percent.
How would you rate the overall quality of Summer
Studies organised by Lahti UAS (if you didn't study at
Lahti UAS this summer proceed to the next question)
1
2
3
Guidance and support
Assessment and feedback
Schedule
The content of the course in relation to the pre infor0%
1%
mation (2014: no question on the topic)
Correlation between work amount and credits (2014:
2%
6%
Correlation between work amount and earned credits)
1%
4%
Functionality of the implementation method
2%
5%
Activity of the teacher
1%
2%
My own contribution
Table 2
Overall quality of Lahti UAS’s Summer studies, percent.
How would you rate the overall quality of Summer
1
Studies organised by Laurea (if you didn't study at Laurea Unsatthis summer proceed to the next question)
isfactory
3%
Guidance and support
2%
Assessment and feedback
1%
Schedule
The content of the course in relation to the pre infor1%
mation (2014: no question on the topic)
Correlation between work amount and credits (2014:
3%
Correlation between work amount and earned credits)
1%
Functionality of the implementation method
1%
Activity of the teacher
1%
My own contribution
Table 3
Overall quality of Laurea’s Summer studies, percent.
Average
2014
3,54
3,63
3,85
3,62
3,7
3,78
3,82
3,63
3,86
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2.8.
E-learning in FUAS Summer studies
Did your FUAS Summer Studies include
studies with the help of online tools /
e-learning systems?
13%
Yes
No
87%
Figure 14
Studying with the help of online tools / e-learning systems, percent.
Which of the following online tools were
1
utilised in the studies online and how did
Very
those suit for studying?
badly
Learning environment (e.g. Moodle or Opti1%
ma)
Online meeting tools (e.g. AdobeConnect,
3%
Webex or Lync)
3%
Video material and online recordings
Reppu
Fair share
1
Google docs
Youtube
Ylen arkistot
Google Adwords
Cesim
Table 4
Use of online tools, percent/number.
2
3
4
5
Badly
Modestly
Well
1%
10 %
55 %
34 %
188
4,22
3%
26 %
46 %
23 %
70
3,83
3%
1
1
25 %
49 %
1
20 %
2
117
4
2
1
1
1
1
1
3,78
Very well Respondents
1
1
1
1
1
Average
The students were asked to write down ideas on how to improve the use of online tools. The students suggested better guidance (5 mentions) and suggested e.g. sending a link to the instructions before the beginning of the studies. In addition the students suggested having a better platform for student-to-student
communication (4 mentions), making the access to systems and data easier (3 mentions) and increasing the
utilisation of videos (3 mentions) e.g. on lectures or slides. Though the students pointed out that more attention to the sound quality of the videos should be paid. Regarding different systems the respondents
suggested increasing the utilisation of Webexin and Adobe Connectin (3 mentions). 8 of the respondents
pointed out that Opitima is difficult to use and 2 respondents said the same about Reppu. 3 respondents
pointed out that the systems are currently utilised well.
Was the teacher’s guidance and support
sufficient or insufficient?
Sufficent
Insufficent
Figure 15
25%
75%
Sufficiency of guidance and support, percent.
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How well did you manage the teamwork with other students online
(if it wasn’t relevant part of the studies proceed to the next
question)?
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
Very well
25%
30%
27%
Poorly
10%
Very poorly
4%
Teamwork online, percent.
Completing the courses
Do/Did you complete the courses?
10%
Yes
Partly
24%
No
Figure 17
45%
42%
Modestly
2.9.
40%
18%
Well
Figure 16
35%
Completing the courses, percent. ¨
65%
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If not, what was the reason for dropping out?
Multiple choice
0
10
20
30
The studies are not yet completed as I wait for the…
60
24
A problem in combining different courses
14
The difficult level of the studies
14
A problem in combining holiday and studies
13
Something else, pleace specify
10
Problems related to the execution of the studies
9
Lack of guidance
7
Falling ill
7
Problems related to the implementation method of…
Figure 18
50
51
A problem in combining work and studies
Enrolment declined/course full
40
7
3
Course incomplete
2
A problem in timing
2
Reasons for the course being incomplete, number.
2.10. Other feedback and ideas for development
At the end of the feedback, the students were asked to write down how the Summer studies could be further developed. Some of the answers contained ideas mentioned on the earlier questions (information,
offerings, enrolment and utilisation of online tools) but in addition to those the students suggested the
following ideas.
Concerning the content of the courses, 5 respondents wished for clearer assignments, pair and group work
were considered poor (4 mentions) and the respondents suggested more personal assignments (3 mentions). The students wished for better-prepared materials (2 mentions) and 2 respondents pointed out that
the access to the materials needs to be assured for all students. In addition they wished for distributing the
assignments for a longer period (2 mentions) and increasing the use of video materials (2 mentions).
The respondents wished the teachers would take more active role in both the communication and guidance
of the students (4 mentions) and they wished their emails would be answered at least once a week also on
the holiday season (3 mentions). In addition the students wished for more feedback and explanation of
both the grades of the courses and individual assignments (5 mentions).
The respondents suggested checking the content and number of ECTSs of the courses (3 mentions), informing the students on the different practices of the member institutions (2 mentions) and organising a live
meeting on the first lecture of the virtual courses (2 mentions). In addition 2 respondents noted that the
teachers should pay attention to the possible summer holidays of the libraries.
In addition to the comments and ideas of development, the students mentioned that the summer studies
were a great opportunity for them and thanked for it (5 mentions).
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3. Development of FUAS Summer studies
The group responsible for coordinating and developing the FUAS Summer studies (inc. personnel from all
member institutions) assessed the development done since Summer studies 2014 on base of the feedback
received. The group discussed the development workbook done on base of the feedback in 2014 and created a new development workbook for the development of FUAS Summer studies. The development workbooks of FUAS include the central development targets and more detailed development activities as well as
the defined members of the personnel in charge of these activities. In addition the development workbooks
include the method and scheduling of assessing the effectiveness of the development targets.
The main development targets for Summer studies were decided to keep as in 2014: 1) Increasing the
number and diversity, 2) improving the information and 3) improving the enrolment. Thus a lot of development had been done, on base of the increased demand in summer studies, focusing on the mentioned
areas of development was seen still necessary. The development activities include e.g. further developing
the FUAS-webpages, specifying the course information in SoleOPS/WinhaWille and further developing the
information aimed for students, teachers and student counsellors.
The group responsible and other personnel continue the development of FUAS Summer studies to broadening the educational provision offered for students and to make the opportunity to study throughout
the year possible. The presidents’ collegium of FUAS set already in august the goal of offering 150 different
courses in the summer 2016.