Systems Thinking with Technology
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 112 Hours
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning.
Aims and objectives
This unit prepares students to develop critical thinking and professional skills through the means of Systems Thinking and the development of a product. Students are expected to approach a problem with creativity and innovative approaches by iteratively working through a prototype. Students will utilise industry standard tools throughout the project include developer tools, cloud-based applications and collaborative tools.
Unit Learning Outcomes (ULO)
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
1. Establish a team to work effectively with others
2. Define the problem utilising systems thinking techniques
3. Develop a potential solution using prototyping techniques
4. Apply programming concepts to realise a prototyped solution
5. Test, Evaluate and Review the solution against the initial problem definition
Unit Learning Outcomes (ULO)
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
1. Establish a team to work effectively with others
2. Define the problem utilising systems thinking techniques
3. Develop a potential solution using prototyping techniques
4. Apply programming concepts to realise a prototyped solution
5. Test, Evaluate and Review the solution against the initial problem definition
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment, general skills outcomes and content.
Teaching methods
| Learning and Teaching Structure | ||
| Learning Activity | Duration/Location | Hours |
| Scheduled hours |
|
|
| Face to Face Contact | 16 weeks of classes (7 hours per week) Lab 1 3hrs x 16 weeks Lab 1 4hrs x 16 weeks | 112 |
| Unspecified Learning Activities (includes independent study, assignment preparation, revision) |
| 38
|
| TOTAL |
| 150 |
Assessment
| Types | Individual or Group task | Weighting | Assesses attainment of these ULOs |
| Presentation | Individual | 10-20% | 3,4 |
| Practical Tasks | Individual | 30-40% | 3,4,5 |
| Project Portfolio | Group | 40-60% | 1,2,3,4,5 |
General skills outcomes
During this unit students will receive feedback on the following key generic skills:
• Teamwork Skills
• Problem Solving Skills
• Analysis Skills
• Communication Skills
• Ability to tackle unfamiliar problems
• Ability to work independently
• Teamwork Skills
• Problem Solving Skills
• Analysis Skills
• Communication Skills
• Ability to tackle unfamiliar problems
• Ability to work independently
Content
• Systems Thinking concepts
• Prototyping solutions
• Software Development techniques
• Innovation and Critical thinking
• Version Control
• Basic Project Management concepts
• Problem-Definition
• Prototyping solutions
• Software Development techniques
• Innovation and Critical thinking
• Version Control
• Basic Project Management concepts
• Problem-Definition
Study resources
- References.
References
A list of reading materials and/or required texts will be made available in the Unit Outline.