Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Disciplinary Specific Learning Outcomes
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- critically evaluate existing e-textile solutions and market opportunities, applying your insights to design a creative solution to a current health, ethics, environmental, or economic issue.
Subject Specific Practical Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Test and investigate materials and techniques relevant to e-textiles and wearable technologies demonstrating a systematic insight of laboratory-based research methods.
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- critical engagement with key ideas in e-textiles and wearable technologies through creative practice
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- critically analyse examples and case studies relevant to in e-textiles and wearable technologies
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- demonstrate accurate and effective academic research and communication skills
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
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Independent Study | 252 |
Teaching | 48 |
Total study time | 300 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
M. Proske et al (2024). 2024 Electronics goes green 2024+. IEEE Proceedings [ebook].
S. Braddock Clarke & M. O’Mahony (2007). Techno Textiles 2. Thames & Hudson.
I. Gehrke, V. Tenner, V. Lutz, D. Schmelzeisen and T. Gries (2019). Smart textiles production: overview of materials, sensor and production technologies for industrial smart textiles. MDPI [ebook].
Y. Huang, Y. Su and S. Jiang, (2022). Flexible electronics: theory and method of structural design. Science Press Beijing & Springer [ebook].
M. O’Mahony (2011). Advanced textiles for health and well-being. Thames & Hudson.
X. Tao (ed.) (2015). Handbook of smart textiles. Springer [ebook].
Assessment
Formative
This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.
Feedback
- Assessment Type: Formative
- Feedback:
- Final Assessment:
- Group Work: No
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Digital presentation | 20% |
Portfolio | 80% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Digital presentation | 100% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Portfolio | 100% |