Innovation for Challenges of Today
Overview
This unit aims to develop students' capability to identify new innovation opportunities appropriate for market adoption in the next 5 years. These new innovations may be objects, systems, services, experiences, built environments, practices or business ideas. Techniques for opportunity exploration will draw on human-centred research methods, analysis of available data sets and social innovation. New innovation ideas will consider societal and environmentally responsible impacts, user needs, digital technology and value creation. Students will develop a portfolio of innovation opportunities that may relate to their passions, disciplinary interests or other industry sectors in preparation for the capstone units.
Requisites
Learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
- Discover and define opportunities for new products using human-centred research methods
- Use societal needs as a launching pad to ideate new innovation opportunities
- Use data analysis and/or currently available digital technologies to inform new ideas
- Identify multiple innovation project opportunities for market adoption within 5 years
- Prioritise innovation opportunities using relevant evaluation tools
- Consider societal and environmental impacts of ideas
- Communicate the value proposition of ideas to potential users and/or stakeholders
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
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On-campus Studio | 3.00 | 12 weeks | 36 |
Specified Activities Various | 4.50 | 12 weeks | 54 |
Unspecified Activities Independent Learning | 5.00 | 12 weeks | 60 |
TOTAL | 150 |
Assessment
Type | Task | Weighting | ULO's |
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Portfolio | Individual/Group | 100% | 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 |
Content
This unit may include:Â
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Human-centred design methodsÂ
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Data mining and big data analysisÂ
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Current local and global market trendsÂ
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Frameworks for value creationÂ
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Ideation techniques and creativity tools for social innovationÂ
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Strategies for opportunity discovery and definitionÂ
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Communicating design intent and value propositions Â
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Storytelling techniquesÂ
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Crowdsourcing platformsÂ
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Evaluating value and potential of new ideasÂ
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Sustainable designÂ
Study resources
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.