Program Overview

AAU Modules

The module "Facilitation of Design Processes and Technological Innovation" is part of the Techno-Anthropology program at Aalborg University.

Content, Progress, and Pedagogy of the Module

Students who complete this module can explain different technological innovation concepts, methods, tools, perspectives, and strategies. They can also explain how innovation and change processes can affect the design of technology or products.

Learning Objectives

• Knowledge: Explain different technological innovation concepts, methods, tools, perspectives, and strategies. Explain how innovation and change processes can affect the design of technology or products. Present principles and methods for developing user-oriented and user-involving design processes. Explain theories of user-designer relations.
• Skills: Draft an actor-oriented innovation and design strategy. Plan and conduct a user/actor-involving design game or workshop. Identify appropriate tools, materials, and techniques for facilitation and documentation of design processes. Produce a mock-up, prototype, scenario, sketch, or other kind of material intermediary outcome of a design process.
• Competences: Plan, facilitate, and organize design processes. Communicate the results of the innovation and design process and the results of the design game or workshop.

Exam

Exams

• Name of Exam: Facilitation of Design Processes and Technological Innovation
• Type of Exam: Written exam
• ECTS: 10
• Assessment: Passed/Not Passed
• Type of Grading: Internal examination
• Criteria of Assessment: As described in the Joint programme regulations.

Facts About the Module

• Danish Title: Facilitering af designprocesser og teknologisk innovation
• Module Code: TBITANK16202
• Module Type: Course
• Duration: 1 semester
• Semester: Autumn
• ECTS: 10
• Language of Instruction: English
• Empty-Place Scheme: Yes
• Location of Lecture: Campus Aalborg, Campus Copenhagen
• Responsible for the Module: Lars Kørnøv Botin, Anne Marie Kanstrup

Organisation

• Study Board: Studyboard for Techno-Anthropology and Sustainable Design
• Department: Department of Planning
• Faculty: Technical Faculty of IT and Design

Related Information

This module is used in the curriculum for The Master's Programme in Techno-Anthropology. For more detailed information about the program structure, admission requirements, and other relevant details, it is recommended to consult the official university resources or contact the university directly.