95005 TD: Shaping technologies that shape us
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Credit points: 6 cp
Result type: Grade and marks
Requisite(s): 36 credit points of completed study in any Bachelor's Degree OR 36 credit points of completed study in any Bachelor's Combined Degree OR 36 credit points of completed study in any Bachelor's Honours Embedded OR 36 credit points of completed study in any Bachelor's Combined Honours
These requisites may not apply to students in certain courses.
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Anti-requisite(s): 95013 TD: Shaping technologies that shape us +
Description
This subject equips students with critical thinking, creative, and collaborative skills to address complex real-world challenges, enhancing professional capabilities. In response to an industry partner brief, students explore the wide-ranging impacts, opportunities, and profound questions posed by the exponential growth of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, deepening their disciplinary insights while learning to work with other perspectives. By engaging with a range of provocative multi-media learning resources, highly interactive classroom activities, and a range of practical tasks, students extract key insights into the challenge space and deliver a distinctive agenda for the sustainable development of these transformative technologies.
Subject learning objectives (SLOs)
Upon successful completion of this subject students should be able to:
| 1. | Combine disciplinary perspectives, evidence, and diverse viewpoints to holistically analyse the factors influencing the development of novel technologies. |
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| 2. | Demonstrate capabilities in divergent and convergent thinking techniques, and transdisciplinary methods, across the stages of an innovation project. |
| 3. | Identify actionable, real-world insights about technological trends to guide the future development of technology. |
| 4. | Develop reflexive connection with their own evolving perspectives and contributions as a productive member of a multidisciplinary cohort and team. |
| 5. | Communicate project outcomes creatively, confidently, and convincingly to internal and external project stakeholders, using a range of modes and media. |
Contribution to the development of graduate attributes
GA1 Holistic analysis
1.1 Identify and evaluate complex challenges by analysing system dynamics, constraints, and potential leverage points, using disciplinary perspectives, evidence, and diverse viewpoints.
GA2 Transformative creativity
2.1 Identify, create, and employ a range of appropriate creative intelligence methods and boundary-crossing methodologies to construct and solve problems and generate transformative possibilities.
GA3 Action orientation and TD experimentation
3.1 Practice mutual, responsible value creation, including the implementation of sustainable and entrepreneurial innovation.
3.2 Communicate transdisciplinary ideas and solutions succinctly and persuasively using appropriate modalities.
GA4 Contextual and self-awareness
4.1 Develop reflexive connection with an evolving self, demonstrating ethical and intellectual positions that reflect well-considered values that enable greater purpose and inclusivity.
Teaching and learning strategies
Experiential problem-based learning; interdisciplinary collaboration; blended learning (technology-mediated instruction); authentic assessment.
By collaborating as a cohort and in small group settings, students will examine complex technological trends through the lens of their emerging disciplinary positions and diverse stakeholder perspectives. Interactive Canvas modules will enable students to engage with a range of provocative and engaging multi-media learning resources, including podcasts, videos, selected peer-reviewed articles, and industry reports. These resources will support authentic, practice-based learning to develop intellectual agility, creative skills, and collaboration capability that students can use for the rest of their professional lives. Throughout the subject, students will have ongoing opportunities for formative feedback by peers and academic staff, incrementally building skills they can apply in real-life settings (especially with a view to increasing employability).
Content (topics)
- Divergent and convergent thinking
- Technology trends
- Ecologies of knowledge
- Complex systems
- Stakeholder analysis
- Zones of intervention
Minimum requirements
Students must attempt each assessment task and achieve an overall pass mark to pass this subject.
A minimum of 80% attendance is required for tutorials (whether face-to-face or online). Live attendance of online lectures is highly encouraged.
Required texts
No required texts. Readings and other resources will be provided online.