Aviation Project: Blue Sky Ideas
Overview
In this unit, students will propose ‘Blue Sky’ ideas that will revolutionise our Aviation industries’ future. They will engage with a community or industry partner to develop a project that addresses some of our global economic, social and environmental challenges. Throughout the unit, students will learn how to work together in a team, ideate, problem solve, and be creative while communicating their ideas in an engaging way to a stakeholder.
Requisites
02-November-2025
01-November-2026
Unit learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
- Propose, through creative decision-making processes, an innovative Blue Sky idea to revolutionise the Aviation industries
- Evaluate Blue Sky idea, considering the commercial viability and environmental impacts towards sustainability
- Communicate their idea effectively to a stakeholder using verbal, visual and written communication skills
- Demonstrate fair and accountable teamwork skills to include all team members and complete a project to meet agreed project milestones
- Identify career goals and write a professional purpose statement aligned with their career identity
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
| Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-campus Workshop |
2.00 | 12 weeks | 24 |
| On-campus Lecture |
1.00 | 12 weeks | 12 |
| Unspecified Activities Independent Learning |
9.50 | 12 weeks | 114 |
| TOTAL | 150 |
Assessment
| Type | Task | Weighting | ULO's |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portfolio | Individual | 10 - 30% | 2,3,4,5 |
| Portfolio | Individual/Group | 40 - 70% | 1,2,3,4 |
| Presentation | Individual/Group | 20 - 30% | 1,2,3,5 |
Hurdle
Minimum requirements to pass this Unit:
As the minimum requirements of assessment to pass a unit and meet all Unit Learning Outcomes to a minimum standard, a student must achieve:
- At least 50% for the Group Project Deliverables (Portfolio).
Students who do not successfully achieve this hurdle requirement will receive a maximum of 45% as the total mark for the unit.
Content
- Project management of a team project on a ‘Blue Sky’ idea in Aviation
- Creativity tools and ideation
- Developing and assessing problem requirements
- Decision-making tools
- Professional communication with colleagues
- Giving a formal presentation
- Working in Teams: frameworks and accountability
- Development of a professional purpose (i.e., career identity)
- Graduate Attribute – Communication Skills: Verbal communication
- Graduate Attribute – Teamwork Skills: Collaboration and negotiation
- Graduate Attribute – Teamwork Skills: Teamwork roles and processes
Study resources
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.