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OVERVIEW:

'Designing the Future' at the Innovation Academy will increase your creative and technical abilities. It is open to all disciplines. The class teaches you authentic design, prototyping and manufacturing skills through hands-on exercises. You will be given various tasks and challenges using advanced makerspace tools through the “Design Thinking” Process. Throughout the module, we will consider the impacts of design, material choice and environmental/social sustainability in “making.”

This module is suitable for those with little or no prior making experience and those who know the basics but may want practical hands-on experience with prototyping technology.

TOPICS INCLUDE:

- The Design Thinking Process
- 3D Printing
- CAD (Computer-Aided Design) Basics for 3D Design & Manufacturing
- Vacuum Forming and mould making
- Laser Cutting/Engraving
- Visualisation and communication using online platforms such as Canva

Over the course of the module, you will be introduced to a variety of technology and visualisation tools. You will build ideation, testing, and prototyping skills while improving your communication skills with non-technical audiences.

Using these skills, you will make physical prototypes using 3D printing, wood, acrylic and other materials culminating in a creative project which may be used in a professional portfolio.

FORMAT:

This module is offered face-to-face only. There will be a mix of facilitated classes and teamwork and individual tasks to be completed outside of class time. Please allow time in your schedule for group work/project work, as this must be done within the UCD MakerSpace.

NOTE ON ASSESSMENTS: Assessments are continuous throughout the module, with 20% final reflection due 2 weeks after the module end.

NOTES:

Enrolment in an Innovation Academy module means a commitment to active participation and engagement, which necessitates attendance at all scheduled classes.

We limit this class size to 16 students or less. We require a minimum of 10 participants to ensure enough people for teamwork and a dynamic classroom environment. On very rare occasions, if fewer than 10 registered students register, we will offer students the opportunity to join another class.


UCD INNOVATION ACADEMY

ABOUT US:


At the UCD Innovation Academy, we are a group of Educator Practitioners with extensive real-world experience as academics, business and social entrepreneurs, tech thinkers, creative professionals and design thinking practitioners.

We take an action-oriented approach to learning, with a combination of individual, group and class tasks and activities, including discussions, presentations and reflection. All of our teaching is grounded in academic rigour, and our focus is on learning from doing in a real-world context.

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