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EDUF3039: Designing for Social Innovation
2020 unit information
The ability to meaningfully engage with and address complex social problems is a valued graduate quality. This unit will provide students with an opportunity to engage in a scaffolded process of positive social innovation in their current context-home, community and university. This unit combines methods from design thinking with case studies from networked learning. The focus of this unit is on learning to implement a full cycle of a robust design process-Feel, Imagine, Do and Share-that has successfully been used with people of all ages from around the world. The focus of this unit is on learning to implement a full cycle of a robust design process-Feel, Imagine, Do and Share-that has successfully been used with people of all ages from around the world. Having selected a group challenge students will use mobile digital technologies to document their process.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Arts and Social Sciences
| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Education |
| Credit points | 6 |
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96 credit points |
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None |
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None |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. explain the relationship between knowledgeable action and actionable knowledge, and how this relates to constructive social engagement
- LO2. confidently select and use appropriate design methods to address complex social challenges in collaborative group settings
- LO3. competently plan and implement a small social innovation
- LO4. synthesise theory and practical action and communicate a complete design cycle using digital media
- LO5. demonstrate advanced development of professional confidence, interpersonal communication, and a range of skills associated with interdisciplinary teamwork
- LO6. critically reflect on the challenges associated with engaging in social innovation, considering them from multiple perspectives.
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Semester 1 2020
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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