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2022 unit information
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Last updated: 4 March 2022
Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waterfront (Geelong), Cloud (online)
Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Cloud (online)
From 2023
Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Cloud (online)
Trimester 3: Burwood (Melbourne)
Nil
MIS276
Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.
1 x 2-hour seminar per week
Online independent and collaborative learning activities including 11 x scheduled online seminarsOnline students must attend/review online seminars and participate in discussions and activities as required for assessment.
This unit will investigate 'design thinking' as a strategic methodology and problem solving process. Taking a multi-discipline, interdisciplinary approach, students will be required to use 'design thinking' as a problem solving process. 'Design thinking' methods will require students to adopt a human-centered approach to innovation that draws on their skills to integrate the needs of people, the possibilities of technology, and the requirements of business and society as a whole. Students will work individually and in workshop teams, the final assessments will be a combination of research and practice outcomes. Students will use 'Design thinking' methods to address a 'wicked problem'.
Display an understanding of the theoretical knowledge and practical skills required for visual communication design practice
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
Demonstrate an ability to effectively communicate ideas using specific language, concepts and media to transmit ideas in response to design briefs
GLO2: Communication
Demonstrate an understanding of theoretical knowledge and practical skills with digital technologies to achieve user experience design outcomes
GLO3: Digital literacy
Apply design thinking methods to empathise, analyse, ideate, prototype and test complex and ill-defined problems
GLO5: Problem solving
Collaborate effectively professional team to deliver industry standard outcomes
GLO7: Teamwork
These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year
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.
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link ADD101 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list.
Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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