Self inspired Project

Faculty

Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science

Version

Version 1 of 17.09.2024.

Module identifier

11B1803

Module level

Bachelor

Language of instruction

German, English

ECTS credit points and grading

10.0

Module frequency

only summerterm

Duration

1 semester

 

 

Teaching and learning outcomes

• Ideation, conception, planning and implementation of technical systems
• Creativity methods and experimental ideation
• Project planning and management • Iterative design process
• Communication skills in collaboration, presentation, documentation

Overall workload

The total workload for the module is 300 hours (see also "ECTS credit points and grading").

Teaching and learning methods
Lecturer based learning
Hours of workloadType of teachingMedia implementationConcretization
4Individual coaching-
Lecturer independent learning
Hours of workloadType of teachingMedia implementationConcretization
296Work in small groups-
Graded examination
  • Project Report, medial
Ungraded exam
  • Field work / Experimental work
Exam duration and scope

Graded examination performance

  • Project report (medial): approx. 25 pages, illustrative, photographic, filmic representations

Ungraded examination performance

  • Experimental work: approx. 3-month design work from the context of the course.

Literature

Maximilian Eibl, Harald Reiterer, Peter Friedrich Stephan u. Frank Thissen, Knowledge Media Design: Theorie, Methodik, Praxis, München u. a. 2006.
Deutscher Manager-Verband e. V. (Hrsg.), Handbuch Soft Skills Band 3, Methodenkompetenz, Band 3, Zürich 2004.
Evelyn Boos, Das große Buch der Kreativitätstechniken, München 2007.
Anne Brunner, Kreativer denken: Konzepte und Methoden von A-Z, München 2008.
Rob Eastaway u. Stephanie Ehrenschwendner, Kreatives Denken: 101 Wege neue Ideen zu Entwickeln, Köln 2009.
John Maeda: The Laws of Simplicity, Mit Press, 2006
Sep Kamvar: We Feel Fine: An Almanac of Human Emotion, Scribner, 2009
R. Klanten: Taken by Surprise, Gestalten, 2012
Christof Breidenich: @Design: Ästhetik, Kommunikation, Interaktion, Springer, 2010

Applicability in study programs

  • Media & Interaction Design
    • Media & Interaction Design B.A. (01.09.2024)
    • Incoming - Media & Interaction Design B.A. (01.03.2019)

    Person responsible for the module
    • Nehls, Johannes
    Teachers
    • Nehls, Johannes
    • Düchting, Susanne
    • Plutka, Björn
    • Arndt, Henrik
    • Ramm, Michaela
    • Mett, Christoph