Spark personal change to ignite disruptive innovation.

 About this minor

• Climate, energy, sustainability, health care, water, and food ... These challenges in the world call for disruptive change: not being afraid to turn the world upside down and to question your own ideas.
• In this minor you will work with transition challenges: how can you contribute to these based on your knowledge and skills.
• You will experiment, learn, and work together in multidisciplinary teams: individually and in a group. By using everyone's own expertise, you can find solutions for complex challenges. Field partners and tutorial team consist of people with different expertise and experience.

Why this minor Transition Lab

• After following this minor you will have more self-knowledge (in relation to the Inner Development Goals) about your own way of thinking and acting for transition issues.
• You have learned about disruptive change and transition thinking from a systems perspective.
• Your competencies of analysing, designing, and collaborating in dynamic and multidisciplinary environments have improved.

We expect you to have an open and curious attitude.

To participate in the minor, the student must have passed the propaedeutic phase or have

permission from the Examination Board of his/her study programme to take the minor.

These are the learning outcomes for this minor:

·        Learning outcome 1 

I analyse challenges from society using knowledge about disruptive change and transitions. I look at these challenges from a societal and organisational perspective and I look at human behaviour, each time focusing on discovering the intent and working of transitions and disruptive change.

·        Learning outcome 2 

I design in a multidisciplinary team a solution to disrupt an existing situation that contributes to a transition challenge, based on an applied research approach. I contribute to the design process and outcome in the multidisciplinary team from my own expertise, experiences, and insights. I integrate the knowledge, experiences, and insights of team members into the prototype.

·        Learning outcome 3 

From my development with respect to the five dimensions of the inner development goals (IDGs), I demonstrate my ability to contribute to transition challenges. I demonstrate this through personal goals, critical reflection and feedback from peers, coaches, and experts. I present and substantiate my vision with respect to transition challenges and how my professional identity fits with this.

This is what you are going to do

- In this minor you will be working on a group project.

- It is possible to collaborate with a group and a product owner on a challenge you have thought about yourself.

-  It is also possible to work on a group challenge offered by one of our partners.

Structure

- In this minor there will be a Semester Coach who will guide you and your group.

- Several teachers will be available, all of whom have different fields of expertise, to help and guide you to a successful end of the semester.

- The participating students are from different expertise’s, so you can learn and work together in a multidisciplinary team.

- The semester consists of five sprints of 4 weeks.

- After every sprint you will update your portfolio and present your groups’ progress.

- There will be various workshops to improve yourself in learning outcomes.

- You can be on site 4 to 5 days a week with your group mates.

During the minor you will gather your products in our learning management system (Canvas) and reflect on them in a portfolio. Based on your portfolio you will have continuous feedback in relation to your learning outcomes, which gives you a confident idea of the level you will acquire during the semester. The minor will be concluded with a final presentation of the products you have made and will make the scoring final.

This minor will take place in Tilburg Locatie Tilburg, Prof. Goossenslaan 1 (Campus Stappegoor) | Fontys

Main language is English, if there is no international student then Dutch is spoken.

Apply for the minor
 The minor may involve 24 students. If fewer than 15 students have applied, then a choice may be made not to proceed with the minor.

September

• From 1 February you can apply for a minor that starts in September.
• The application period ends on 1 July at the latest.

February

• The application for minors that start in February goes from July 1st until December 15.

More information

Contact person: Monique Vissers (mjgm.vissers@fontys.nl)