Final Project (E-Textiles and Wearable Technology)

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• the advanced contribution of your work to the inclusive, ethical and sustainability responsibilities related to the future of e-textiles and wearable technologies.
• the design, research, planning and realisation of a sustained professional project in e-textiles and wearable technologies.

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• design and produce prototypes or products that address unmet market needs, emphasizing social and technological inclusion, accessibility, and sustainability.
• demonstrate planning and systematic application of laboratory-based research methods to e-textiles and wearables, including fabrication techniques and property testing.

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• create a project that demonstrates creative problem- solving and effective communication techniques.
• critically reflect on your inclusive, ethical and sustainable professional development opportunities.

Disciplinary Specific Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• apply holistic design and system approach in the context of wearable e-textiles to create new protypes/products addressing the demands of relevant stakeholders and conduct usability engineering to address real world needs.
• critically analyse existing e-textile solutions and synthesize effective technical solutions using creativity and innovation, integrating transdisciplinary approaches to address health, ethics, environmental, and economic issues.

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• synthesise and create through data, information, methods and appropriate techniques, a project that creates original outputs.
• advance critical awareness of inclusive, ethical and sustainable practices related to e-textiles and wearable technologies.

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Proposal and plan

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback:
• Final Assessment:
• Group Work: No

Tutorial presentation

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback:
• Final Assessment:
• Group Work: No

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.