Design Thinking and Digital Innovation

Course aim

Apply design thinking principles to develop innovative digital solutions that benefit individuals, organisations and society.

Course content

• Digital innovation
• Society, organisational and cultural context
• Design thinking principles and techniques:
  • Empathising
  • Problem definition
  • Ideation
  • Prototyping
  • Testing
• Pitching a proposal

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES
Lecture	1 hour x 12 weeks
Workshop	3 hours x 13 weeks
Lecture (Panel of experts)	3 hours x 1 week
EXTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES, ONLINE
External	N/A x 13 weeks
INTERNAL, OFFSHORE, SICHUAN UNIVERSITY
Workshop	6 hours x 13 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Continuous assessment, Group project, Minor essay

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.