Module: Design Realisation

Module Specifications.

Current Academic Year 2024 - 2025

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Date posted: September 2024

Module Title	Design Realisation
Module Code	DT08004 (ITS) / EDS1003 (Banner)
Faculty	DCU Institute of Education	School	STEM Ed, Innov, Global Studies
Module Co-ordinator	Paul Grimes
Module Teachers	-
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	5
Pre-requisite	Not Available
Co-requisite	Not Available
Compatibles	Not Available
Incompatibles	Not Available

None
The repeat assessment for this module is a 100% Design and make activity similar to the original design challenge and will require the same outputs in relation to both artefact and portfolio.

Description

This module refines the epistemological definition of technological education by focusing on the relationship between designing and making. The module consolidates previous technical knowledge and skills in design activities that iterate through the continuum from inception to realisation and which are centred around current societal challenges. The module introduces advanced desktop and digital technologies to enhance the capacity to fully realise design concepts. The module activities will utilise graphical and modelling skills to refine designs that can be effectively, sustainably and efficiently prototyped, with consideration for future manufacturability, serviceability, recyclability and sustainability. Through a significant design and make activity, this module will consolidate and synthesis learning across the various programme strands to date.

Learning Outcomes

1. Interrogate the utility of technical specifications and functional prototypes, considering efficiency, cost, effectiveness and design
2. Define the knowledge-practice gap as it manifests in technological activity
3. Identify CAD/CAM file formats (including generic file formats) for effective data transfer
4. Select and document design approach to reflect the design challenge
5. Demonstrate the capacity to utilise an array of rapid prototyping technologies, including 3D printers, Laser cutters, and 3D routers
6. Produce functional prototype of design resolution
7. Document design journal with reference to theoretical design process model

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full-time hours per semester
Tutorial	24	Tutorial in flat room
Laboratory	24	Practical in Studio
Independent Study	77	Independent learning
Total Workload: 125

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

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Indicative syllabus
Students will be introduced to both the Millennium development goals and UN sustainable development goals (SDG’s) and will reflect on the Irish technology subjects in the context of sustainability. The module will place specific emphasis on the development of design and make skills in the context of upcycling, and students will consider the utilisation of upcycling in the context of teaching, learning and assessment in the technologies. Contemporary and historic case studies relating to technological advances in society will be selected and interrogated from the perspectives of sustainability and ethics.

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	100%	Examination Weight	0%

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Course Work Breakdown
Project	Design Realisation Project - This module will be assessed with 100% continuous assessment. Students will create a prototype artefact and associated portfolio that will address a specific thematic design brief. Outputs will capture the decision- making process from influences to technical parameters to capture the ‘story’ of the design journey. The coherence of the design solution will be framed in its capacity to address the design specifications as defined by each student.	100%	n/a

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories: Resit category 1: A resit is available for both* components of the module. Resit category 2: No resit is available for a 100% continuous assessment module. Resit category 3: No resit is available for the continuous assessment component where there is a continuous assessment and examination element.
* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a Continuous Assessment/Examination split; where the module is 100% continuous assessment, there will also be a resit of the assessment
This module is category 1

Indicative Reading List

Norman, E.,: 2000, Advanced Design and Technology. Longman Publishing Group. ISBN 0582328314 ISBN-13 9780582328310,
Black, J., Kohser, A.,: 2019, DeGarmo's Materials and Processes in Manufacturing. ISBN 1119492823 ISBN-13 9781119492825,
Bishop, O.,: 2011, Electronics. Routledge. ISBN 9780080966342 ISBN-13 0080966349,
de Vries, J.,: 2017, Handbook of Technology Education. Springer. ISBN 331944686X ISBN-13 9783319446868,
de Vries, J.,: 2006, Teaching about Technology. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9781402034107 ISBN-13 1402034105,
Bishop, O.,: 2000, Understand Electronic Control Systems. Newnes. ISBN UCSD:31822029656675,

Other Resources

45551, Journal, 0, International Journal of Technology and Design Education (ISSN: 1573-1804), 45552, Journal, 0, Design and Technology Education: An International Journal (ISSN: 1360-1431), 45553, Journal, 0, Design Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Design Research (ISSN: 0142-694X), 45554, Journal, 0, The Design Journal: An International Journal for All Aspects of Design (ISSN: 1460-6925),