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Technology Innovation Project (INFO90010)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 25Not available in 2019
Overview
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AIMS
This subject involves an in-depth innovation investigation under the supervision of a member of the academic staff and in the context of the University's engagement initiatives. Students working in groups will be required to perform research, customer and problem discovery, ideation, concept creation and validation, and technical implementation for a real-world challenge. The subject also provides students with skills and knowledge for improving written and oral communication.
INDICATIVE CONTENT
Indicative content includes innovation methodology, customer & problem discovery, customer & problem validation, innovation experiments, and innovation presentations.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Work independently as part of an interdisciplinary team to complete a technical innovation project
- collect and critically analyse a range of data about people and their problems, and create innovation hypotheses from this data
- validate innovation hypotheses
- conceptualise, design, and implement an innovative and technology-based solution to the identified problem
- present technical solutions to non-technical stakeholders in both written and oral forms
Generic skills
- Be able to undertake customer & problem discovering, problem formulation and solution
- Have a capacity for independent critical thought, innovative inquiry and self‐directed learning
- Have a profound respect for truth and intellectual integrity, and for the ethics of scholarship
- Be able to present work in written form; and
- Be able to present work orally and answer questions about it
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
COMP90019 COMP90028 COMP90055 SWEN90013 ENGR90033 ISYS90082
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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A 15 minute group of four presentation, requiring approximately 10-15 hours of preparation per student.
| Week 7 | 10% |
A group of four project progress report of approximately 3000‐4000 words, requiring approximately 100 hours of work per student.
| Week 7 | 20% |
A 20 minute group of four presentation, requiring approximately 15‐20 hours of preparation per student.
| Week 12 | 10% |
A technology innovation solution, requiring approximately 30 hours of work per student.
| Week 12 | 20% |
A group of four project final report of approximately 5000‐6000 words, requiring approximately 150 hours of work per student.
| During the examination period | 40% |
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
Not available in 2019
Time commitment details
400 hours
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Additional information for this subject
Permission required from the subject coordinator
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 3 November 2022