Systems Thinking with Technology
Overview
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.
Requisites
24-November-2024
04-July-2025
Learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
- Establish a team to work effectively with others
- Define the problem utilising systems thinking techniques
- Develop a potential solution using prototyping techniques
- Apply programming concepts to realise a prototyped solution
- Test, Evaluate and Review the solution against the initial problem definition
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
| Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Face to Face Contact (Phasing out) Laboratory | 3.00 | 13 week | 39 |
| Face to Face Contact (Phasing out) Laboratory | 3.00 | 13 week | 39 |
| Unspecified Learning Activities (Phasing out) Independent Learning | 3.54 | 13 week | 46 |
| Online Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning | 2.00 | 13 week | 26 |
| TOTAL | 150 |
Assessment
| Type | Task | Weighting | ULO's |
|---|---|---|---|
| Presentation | Individual | 10 - 20% | 3,4 |
| Project | Group | 40 - 60% | 1,2,3,4,5 |
| Test | Individual | 30 - 40% | 3,4,5 |
Hurdle
As the minimum requirements of assessment to pass a unit and meet all ULOs to a minimum standard, an undergraduate student must have achieved:
- An aggregate mark for the unit of 50% or more, including
- At least 35% of the possible final marks for each Major Assessment Component (any assessment worth 20% or more)
- At least 45% in the final exam
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Students who do not achieve at least 35% of the possible final marks for each Major Assessment Component and at least 45% for the final exam (if applicable), will receive a maximum of 44% as the total mark for the unit and will not be eligible for a conceded pass.Â
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The Major Assessment Components in this unit are the Online Activities (combined grade), Computer Lab Reports (combined grade) and the Exam.Â
Content
- Systems Thinking concepts
- Prototyping solutions
- Software Development techniques
- Innovation and Critical thinking
- Version ControlÂ
- Basic Project Management concepts
- Problem-Definition
Study resources
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.