Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
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
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.
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 |
|---|---|
| Independent Study | 252 |
| Teaching | 48 |
| Total study time | 300 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Portfolio | 80% |
| Digital presentation | 20% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Portfolio | 100% |