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Changemakers: Creativity & Value Creation Module

Demonstrate knowledge and critical understanding of innovation, creativity and enterprising mindset, recognising the values and the contribution creativity makes to the common good.
Conceive, articulate and apply creative thinking within a work-based or academic context to develop novel solutions and/or value creation.

Module Learning Outcomes

The Changemakers: Creativity & Value Creation module underpins the knowledge required to undertake the Emerging Trends & Independent Project modules in your final year of study. The module is designed to help you gain the required skills to identify opportunities, develop ideas, undertake research analysis & critical thinking, and generate value in society. You will discover connections between the practice of design thinking and research, recognising when used together they can give rise to insights that generate value for individuals and society. For further information related to selecting a project idea & research area for your assignment in this module, please see the ‘Project idea & research area’ section in the supporting information section below.

Create a Research portfolio (using sections/pages in OneNote) to include your answers for each of the following tasks. Include a link to your Research portfolio and screenshots of your task answers in a word document and submit the word document to Turnitin by the assessment submission date. See guidance on
the following page on how to create and submit the portfolio.

Answer the following questions to create a Mind Map. Your mind map should be approx. 300 words, include citations and a reference list node (Approx. 4/5 sources). The mind map should be produced using freely available Mapping technology of your choice (e.g., Mindmeister.com) or an Office 365 Application. The topics covered in the following online section can help you to answer the questions.

Q1. Create a mind map that includes some of the section’s topics from Section 1 of Unit 1 on Moodle and include some project ideas from areas of personal interest related to your programme of study.

Online Section: Unit 1 Section 1 - How Innovation Shapes The World. The role that creativity and innovation plays in the development of society and self.

Q2. Select a project idea that you would like to take forward and add this to the map.

Include your answer to this task on a page in your portfolio.

Your answers to the questions below should refer to a project/research area of your choice (related to your programme of study). This task answer should be approx. 600 words with citations and a list of references (Approx. 4/5 sources). The topics covered in the following online sections can help you answer the questions below.

Q1. Create and document a single Aim and several Objectives for your project.

Q2. Identify an appropriate research philosophy for your project.

Online section: Unit 1 Section 2 - How Do YOU Solve a Problem?

Q3. Select and document appropriate databases to identify research related to your problem investigation and use search strategies to identify relevant research related to your project area using e.g., Boolean searches.

Online section: Unit 1 Section 3 - Known Knowns.

Include your answer to this task on a page in your portfolio.

Q1. Select research strategies you would use to collect data for your project.

Online section: Unit 1 Section 4 - The Problem Is.

Q2. Identify strategies to enhance validity, reliability, and generalisability.

Online section: Unit 2 Section 2: Finding a Needle in a Haystack.

Q3. Design a data collection method appropriate for your project / research or problem area. And acquire some feedback to improve the focus of your problem statement/research question.