EMT303 Design and Technology Project (8)

This subject builds on prior learning in the practice of design and use of technologies, tools, materials and equipment, as students demonstrate skills of designing and managing a coherent design project. Students will: understand the relationships between design, technology, creativity, innovation and enterprise; apply design concepts, criteria and considerations to technology processes and production skills; and implement ways of communicating, evaluating, assessing, reporting on and presenting a designed product, system, service or environment. The subject also enables students to consider emerging technologies and preferred futures.

Availability

Session 2 (60)
Online
Wagga Wagga Campus

Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: EMT303. Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.

Subject Information

Grading System

HD/FL

Duration

One session

School

School of Education

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
  • explain the relationship between design, technology, creativity, innovation, and enterprise;
  • apply design concepts, criteria and considerations to design ideas;
  • make judgements about appropriateness of planning and management decisions;
  • produce a coherent product or system or environment;
  • demonstrate a range of strategies to communicate, assess, evaluate, report on and present designed solutions;
  • demonstrate clear and accurate writing and professional written and other communication skills including: effective research skills; use of appropriate educational terminology, and the ability to use referencing and citation conventions.

Syllabus

This subject will cover the following topics:
  • Understanding the relationship between design and technology in technology education
  • Making decisions in design and technology– experiential approaches
  • Deriving models for critiquing, exploring and investigating aspects of design
  • Reading a design and technology curriculum for project-based learning
  • Identifying, generating, articulating and establishing criteria and evaluating design ideas
  • Establishing and achieving outcomes with efficient planning and management
  • Testing, selecting, developing and using resources and materials to manage production processes
  • Implementing production of a coherent product, service, system or environment
  • Communicating visually, verbally, graphically, digitally [written/audio], by representation, modelling a prototype, collaborative approaches, presenting a portfolio, and marketing
  • Evaluating local and global domestic, community, industrial, business and government projects, including emerging approaches to design and technology
  • Developing project-based design and technology curriculum materials: integration, sequence, variety and relevance
  • Linking designed solutions and outcomes, evaluation and assessment strategies

Indicative Assessment

The following table summarises the assessment tasks for the online offering of EMT303 in Session 2 2021. Please note this is a guide only. Assessment tasks are regularly updated and can also differ to suit the mode of study (online or on campus).

Item Number
Title
Value %
1
Design project proposal
30
2
Designing, producing and reflecting
70

The information contained in the CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: May 2022. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.

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