| Effective Term: | 2024/05 |
| Institute / School : | Institute of Innovation, Science & Sustainability |
| Unit Title: | Digital Futures |
| Unit ID: | BUENT2640 |
| Credit Points: | 15.00 |
| Prerequisite(s): | (At least 60 credit points from ANY subject-area at any level) |
| Co-requisite(s): | Nil |
| Exclusion(s): | Nil |
| ASCED: | 080399 |
| Other Change: | |
| Brief description of the Unit |
The aim of this unit is to develop among students an understanding of workplaces of the future. The unit provides an understanding of how new technologies interact with existing technologies and institutions, and how organisations respond to the changes brought by new disruptive technologies. Further, this unit aims to equip students with the theoretical and practical tools needed to respond to the changes brought by disruptive digital technologies. As a part of this unit, students will also complete IBM’s practitioners' course in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and will earn an IBM badge. |
| Grade Scheme: | Graded (HD, D, C, P, MF, F, XF) |
| Work Experience Indicator: |
| No work experience |
| Placement Component: | |
| Supplementary Assessment:No |
| Supplementary assessment is not available to students who gain a fail in this Unit. |
| Course Level: |
| Level of Unit in Course | AQF Level(s) of Course | | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | | Introductory | | | | | | | | Intermediate | | |  | | | | | Advanced | | | | | | |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
| Knowledge: |
| K1. | Understand the concept of digital futures including the importance of digital futures |
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| K2. | Recognise emerging opportunities for digital innovations |
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| K3. | Develop an understanding of disruptive technologies enabling digital futures |
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| K4. | Develop an understanding of methodologies and processes used while implementing disruptive digital technologies |
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| K5. | Recognise the importance of employing digital technologies responsibly and respectfully in a global environment |
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| Skills: |
| S1. | Exhibit teamwork agile industry practices using design thinking |
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| S2. | Model and deploy applications of technologies enabling digital futures |
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| S3. | Present to senior management and clients to advocate solutions based on disruptive technologies |
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| Application of knowledge and skills: |
| A1. | Identify and evaluate industry problems in digital space |
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| A2. | Design and prototype innovative solutions to industry problems through the application of digital technologies |
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| Unit Content: |
•History and impact of digitalisation
•Various types of digital innovation
•Digital challenges and opportunities
•An overview of latest disruptive digital technologies enabling digital futures
•Applied design thinking for disruptive technology
•Specialisation in a latest disruptive technology, such as AI, enabling digital futures |
| Graduate Attributes: |
| | Learning Outcomes Assessed | Assessment Tasks | Assessment Type | Weighting | | 1. | K1, K2, K3, A1 | Research-based assignment | Individual Assignment | 10%-30% | | 2. | K4, S1, A1, A2 | MCQs based quiz by IBM | Individual Quiz | 10%-30% | | 3. | K2, S1, S2, S3, A1, A2 | IBM project and presentation | Group Assignment | 30%-50% | | 4. | K1, K2, K3, K4, K5, A1 | Test/final assessment | Final Summative Assessment | 30%-50% |
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