Technology in an Indigenous Context Project
Duration:
1 Teaching Period
Unit Code:
COS10025
Contact Hours:
Recommended 10 hours of study per week
About this unit
This unit aims to provide students with an opportunity to work on a project that will deepen their understanding of the plurality and diversity of Indigenous knowledge systems, worldviews, standpoints, and culture in relation to STEM technologies. The project will have a focus on emerging technologies and the respectful blending of Western and Indigenous knowledge systems to enhance project outcomes. Students will work collaboratively in teams and will have a staff member as a ‘facilitator’ whilst working on the project.
Content
- Stakeholder engagement
- Problem requirements
- Data reasoning
- Professional report writing
- Presenting
- Indigenous history/culture
- Indigenous STEM knowledge systems
Unit Learning Outcomes (ULO)
On successful completion of this unit students will be able to:
- ULO1: Locate Indigenous knowledge systems and consider how they story the long history of technology, science and engineering. (K1, K2, K3, K5, S2, S3)
- ULO2: Explain the importance of, and find opportunities to, respectfully converge Western knowledge systems with Indigenous knowledge systems (A1, A5, K4, K6,
S2, S3) - ULO3: Apply relevant knowledge of emerging technologies to a project within an Indigenous context taking into consideration and acknowledging Indigenous histories,
worldviews, standpoints, and cultures (K1, K5, K6, S1, S3) - ULO4: Function as an effective team member using project management tools and demonstrating professionalism and ethical behaviour (A1, A2, A7, K5, K6, S4)
- ULO5: Communicate within teams, stakeholders using appropriate verbal, written, and technological approaches (A2, A5, A7, K6, S3, S4)
- ULO6: Appreciate emerging technologies in a local, global and sustainable context (A1, A4, K4, K6, S2)