DXH702 Contemporary Issues in IVD
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Unit code: | DXH702 |
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Prerequisite(s): | (DVB203 or DXB402 or KIB207) and completion of 180cp of study |
Equivalent(s): | KIB315, KIB813 |
Assumed Knowledge: | DXH702 is an advanced level unit to be completed in the final year of your course. |
Credit points: | 12 |
Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
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CSP student contribution | $1,118 |
Domestic tuition unit fee | $4,104 |
International unit fee | $4,788 |
Unit Outline: Semester 1 2024, Kelvin Grove, Internal
Unit code: | DXH702 |
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Credit points: | 12 |
Pre-requisite: | (DVB203 or DXB402 or KIB207) and completion of 180cp of study |
Equivalent: | KIB315, KIB813 |
Assumed Knowledge: | DXH702 is an advanced level unit to be completed in the final year of your course. |
Coordinator: | Heather McKinnon | h.mckinnon@qut.edu.au |
Overview
Contemporary designers need to be aware of how design shapes and changes the way that we understand communication, technologies, social interaction, and culture. Moreover, interaction and visual designers need a deep understanding of established and new design methods and conceptual approaches. This unit addresses the intellectual frameworks, theories, and philosophical and cultural issues surrounding contemporary design practice. It addresses the methodologies and methods designers use for critical, creative, and analytical thinking and for driving design innovation. In this unit, you will reflect upon interconnections between technology, design, and society and engage with advanced frameworks for design research and innovation.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Interpret and critique theoretical issues associated with technology and design and be able to articulate them in written and oral forms.
- Critically analyse contemporary issues relating to our engagement with, and the impacts of, advances in design and technology upon society (including intercultural contexts) and present arguments associated with these analyses.
- Analyse and evaluate the relationship between theory and design practice.
- Demonstrate initiative, judgement and critical capabilities in the development of a self-directed line of inquiry.
Content
This unit is a theoretical subject, which covers current theories on our engagement with and practice of design, as it is applied to new technology. Within lectures and classes, it addresses the impact that new media has upon design for the individual and society. It also considers traditional and emergent approaches to design methodologies for producing contemporary technology and visual media.
Learning Approaches
This unit is run as a combination of lectures and studios, involving discussion both individually and in groups. You are also expected to pursue your own line of inquiry outside formal sessions.
Unit delivery
Contact hours are divided between lectures and studios with the expectation of approximately 10 hrs of independent work per week. Lectures may be presented online or in person.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Feedback in this unit is provided to you in the following ways: formative feedback from teaching staff and peers in studios; comments on summative assessment work in addition to criteria sheets; criteria sheet grading; feedback from teaching staff and peers in studios.
Assessment
Overview
Assessment in this unit should be considered in respect to the major B. Design (IVD) honours project, being undertaken in DXH701 and DXH801. The second assignment will become part of the honours exegesis/thesis submitted at the end of the year in DXH801.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Presentation (Oral)
You will deliver an oral presentation that articulates a given position and argument in relation to a topic shared with your peers. You will be required to hand in your presentation slides and supporting written document.
This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.
Assessment: Research Paper
You will produce a written analysis on a chosen topic within the field of contemporary digital media. It should demonstrate your understanding of the changing debates on design and technology as well as interpretive and analytical skills within a coherently developed argument. This assignment will form a chapter in your final hons exegesis/thesis submitted in DXH801.
This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.
Academic Integrity
Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.
Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
There is no set text for this unit.
Further resources can be found on the Canvas web site for this unit.
Resource Materials
Recommended text(s)
Hamilton, Jillian (2011) The voices of the exegesis. In Justice, L & Friedman, K (Eds.) Pre-Conference Proceedings of Practice, Knowledge, Vision: Doctoral Education in Design Conference. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, pp. 340-343.
Faud-Luke, A. (2009). Design activism : Beautiful strangeness for a sustainable world, London: Earthscan
Grau, O. (2007). Media art histories. Cambridge, MA.: MIT Press
Gray, C., Malins, J. (2004). Visualising Research: A guide to the research process in art and design. England: Burlington
Hamilton J., Jaaniste, L. (2010). A connective model for the practice-led research exegesis: An analysis of content and structure. Journal of Writing in Creative Practice 3(1):31-44
Hamilton J., Jaaniste, L. (2014). Effective and evocative: Spectrum of creative practice research. in Barrett and Bolt (Eds.) Material Inventions. London: IB Tauris
Hawk, B., Rieder, D.M. and Oviedo, O. (Eds.) (2008) Small tech : The culture of digital tools. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press
Hearn, G., Foth, M. (2004). Action research in the design of new media and ICT systems, Current Issues in Communications and Media Research. New York: Nova Science
Laurel, B. (2003). Design research: methods and perspectives. Cambridge, Mass., MIT Press
Manovich, L. (2001). The Language of New Media. Cambridge, MA.: MIT Press
Nowak, K.L., Biocca, F. (2003). The effect of agency and anthropomorphism on users' sense of telepresence, copresence, and social presence in virtual environments' in Presence, Vol. 12, No. 5, 481-494
Schon, D. A. (1991). The Reflective Practitioner: How Professionals Think in Action. England: Ashgate
Smith, K. (Ed) (2005) Handbook of visual communication: Theory, methods, and media. Mahwah, N.J.: L. Erlbaum
Strate, L., Jacobson, R. L., & Gibson, S.B. (2003). Communication and cyberspace : Social interaction in an electronic environment (2nd ed.). Creskill, N.J.: Hampton Press
Risk Assessment Statement
In this unit you will undertake lectures and/or classes in lecture theatres or studios. As such, there are no extraordinary workplace health and safety issues associated with these components of the unit.
Assessment involves working with and submitting digital files. As such it is recommended that you develop a regular process for backing up your work, as to ensure work is not lost in the event of a computer/hardware failure.
All students and staff are required to complete the Tier 1 General Health and Safety Induction for access to campus buildings and facilities. This must be completed online.