Overview

In this unit, students will perform ICT research in non-academic contexts such as legal, government, commercial and software production environments.

Teaching Periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Select appropriate technologies and sources of information to evaluate solutions in the context of a capstone project
  • Plan, design and develop a research project outcome in a project team environment that demonstrates scholarship in one of the fields of information and Communication Technologies
  • Reflect on the challenges of performing scholarly and applied research
  • Demonstrate an awareness and understanding of ethical and professional behaviours in an organisational context
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between theory studied in this unit and previous units of study and its practical application in a real life organisational setting

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
Face to Face Contact (Phasing out)
Lecture		1.00 12 weeks 12
Face to Face Contact (Phasing out)
Tutorial		2.00 12 weeks 24
Face to Face Contact (Phasing out)
Workshop		2.00 12 weeks 24
Unspecified Learning Activities (Phasing out)
Independent Learning		7.50 12 weeks 90
TOTAL150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
AssessmentGroup 35% 1,2,3,4,5 
AssessmentIndividual 30% 2,3,4,5 
PresentationIndividual/Group 15% 1,2,3,4,5 
ProjectGroup 10% 1,2 
Research and Technical ReportGroup 10% 1,2,3,4,5 

Content

  • Presentation, reporting and teamwork skills
  • Prioritisation, organisation and time management skills
  • Identification and application of discipline-specific research methods
  • Identification and implementation of appropriate experimental designs and research strategies
  • Documentation and reporting of research findings
  • Presentation of research findings
  • Referencing

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.