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2025 unit information
Nil
1 x 2-hour on-campus seminar per week
1 x 1-hour online seminar per week
Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.
This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.
This unit explores both the application and implication of games design and its associated interactivity. Fundamental to this understanding is the correlation between game design principles and the effectual human-centred usability features in an interactive environment. Students will learn to critically evaluate contemporary game design and to propose and construct strategic, interactive, energetic, and visually imaginative design solutions that meet best-practice to consider site, audience, navigation, structure, and engagement. Teamwork and the evaluation of professional contexts, collaboration and communication strategies will support this outcome-based unit.
Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs)
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilitiesGLO5: Problem solving
GLO2: CommunicationGLO4: Critical thinking
GLO3: Digital literacyGLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO7: Teamwork
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
There is no prescribed text. Unit materials are provided via the unit site. This includes unit topic readings and references to further information.*For students working remotely, access to a computer that is able to run Unreal Engine is required.
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