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Unit of Study DSGN3003 - Human-centred Design, Innovation and Enterprise in Design and Technology (2027)

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  • Pre-requisites

    96 Credit Points

  • Anti-requisites

    DSGN2004 - Innovation, Creativity and Enterprise in Design and Technology

  • Enrolment information

    N/A

Unit description

Builds student capacity to approach the technological domain with deep understanding as an emerging design and technology educator. Human-centred design underpins this unit concerning the end user experience and where the ideas are oriented towards a designed solution to a problem that involves the human perspective in all steps of the problem-solving process. This culminates in documenting a novel solution to meet a specific need or opportunity.

Unit content

Module 1: Culture and Design Anthropology in the Classroom
Module 2: Design Frames for Guiding Practice and Innovation in Design and Technology Teaching
Module 3: Ideas to Innovation
Module 4: Project Planning
Module 5: Project Design and Development
Module 6: Project Design, Development and Documentation

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Online
Summer Term
Summer Term

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

define principal themes applied to design applications and method

identify holistic frameworks that inform design applications

critique research paradigms and demonstrate applied research to inform authentic tasks

develop, produce and document an innovative and creative solution to meet a specific need or opportunity

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method
Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)
Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)
Assessment
Portfolio 40%
Portfolio 60%

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