School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Collaborative Design
  • Unit Code

    DEF1106
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Alun John PRICE

Description

Students carry out group design tasks, each of which requires them to develop their interpersonal and design management skills. They develop their understanding of soft skills including facilitation and negotiation. They learn about asking effective questions and giving feedback in the context of sustainable design. Students learn to select and apply design methods suitable for specific tasks.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Adopt a sustainable approach to design.
  2. Ask effective questions.
  3. Develop an understanding of design management.
  4. Develop an understanding of sustainable design methods.
  5. Use small groups to develop design proposals.
  6. Work collaboratively with others on design projects.
  7. Write executive summaries and short reports on group work.

Unit Content

  1. Gaining feedback on designs using group process skills.
  2. Team based design using structured design methods.
  3. Running design team meetings, setting meeting agendas, roles and responsibilities of participants.
  4. Understanding management structures in a design context.
  5. Negotiating design outcomes in an industry situation.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Seminars, Self paced group work and Small group tutorials.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentGaining feedback on a design50%
ReportCollaborative Design project report50%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Collaborative Design
  • Unit Code

    DEF1106
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Alun John PRICE

Description

Students carry out group design tasks, each of which requires them to develop their interpersonal and design management skills. They develop their understanding of soft skills including facilitation and negotiation. They learn about asking effective questions and giving feedback in the context of sustainable design. Students learn to select and apply design methods suitable for specific tasks.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Adopt a sustainable approach to design.
  2. Ask effective questions.
  3. Develop an understanding of design management.
  4. Develop an understanding of sustainable design methods.
  5. Use small groups to develop design proposals.
  6. Work collaboratively with others on design projects.
  7. Write executive summaries and short reports on group work.

Unit Content

  1. Gaining feedback on designs using group process skills.
  2. Team based design using structured design methods.
  3. Running design team meetings, setting meeting agendas, roles and responsibilities of participants.
  4. Understanding management structures in a design context.
  5. Negotiating design outcomes in an industry situation.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Seminars, Self paced group work and Small group tutorials.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentGaining feedback on a design50%
ReportCollaborative Design project report50%

Core Reading(s)

  • Hogan, C. (2003). Practical facilitation : a toolkit of techniques. London: Sterling, VA.
  • Norman, D. (2013). The design of everyday things. New York: Basic Books.

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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