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In this module you will be introduced to research through design approaches that can offer rich insights that impact the process of innovation and design. You will be encouraged to empathise and understand user needs requirements in relation to day to day activities/tasks/experiences. You will be responsible for your learning through discovery and delivery of a project based on evidence and rigour to research and a target user group understanding. Research through design approaches encourage exploring uncertainty and developing curiosity to trust your expertise and professional competence.

LO1: Discover unmet needs of a target demographic utilising applied research and design methodologies, displaying empathy for the user group and their emotional responses.

LO2: Define a research strategy that involves qualitative and/or quantitative research approaches that documents considerations of the following: ethics, environment, and human interactions

LO3: Develop a conceptual artefact or process that encapsulates and demonstrates rigour, application and creativity of research through design

LO4: Deliver defined project outputs as a means to contextualise innovation opportunity