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Digital Innovation Development for Entrepreneurs:
Course Introduction

3 credit course – 3 (3-0-6)

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Course Description

Overview of innovation development from product (or service) research and development (R&D) to minimum viable product (MVP), prototyping, to product testing.

Including human cognitive design considerations, web-based analysis, design and development, product development, and practical product research, analysis, development, prototyping, to the process of innovation design and evaluation.

Course Objectives

Students are able to

  1. explain the concepts of product research & development for digital innovation
  2. understand and apply good design and digital innovation development principles
  3. design and evaluate a digital innovative product or service prototype
  4. work as a team for carrying out a project, as well as be able to present their project effectively in both oral and written forms for entrepreneur

Course Details

lessons: Tuesday, Friday
11 am – 12.30
ICB 1210

Dr. Séamus Lyons
drseamuslyons@gmail.com
Assistant Professor Computer Science
Qualified English Teacher
International College of Digital Innovation, Chiang Mai
https://www.icdi.cmu.ac.th/About/AcademicStaff.aspx

course syllabus and timetable are below in tables (see course content and course timetable below)

Important Dates

  • weeks 1 to 8: 17th June to 9th August 2024
  • reading week: 13th – 18th August
  • mid-term exams: 19th – 25th August
  • weeks 9 to 15: 26th August to 11th October 2024              
  • final exams: 15th – 27th October 2024

No classes (closed/event)

  • week 2 Thursday 27th June, teachers day – no morning classes
  • week 6 Monday 22nd July, Asahna Bucha day – no classes
  • week 7 Monday 29th July, King’s birthday – no classes

Method of Evaluation

  • 10% participation
  • 25% midterm exam
  • 40% project
  • 25% final exam

see page bottom for the scoring criteria

Project Assignment

  1. Draft Proposal – week  2
  2. Proposal & Inquiry- week  4
  3. Design – modelling – week  8
  4. Design – prototype – week 13
  5. Demonstrations –  week 14

Deliverables & Deadlines

  • Draft Proposal – week 2
  • Proposal – week 4
    • includes contextual inquiry
  • Progress Report – week 8
    • includes models
  • Final Report – week 14
    • includes design/testing
  • Presentations – week 15

Course Content

Course Content

Hours

Introduction to digital innovation research & development

6

Digital innovative product research

6

Human cognition for digital innovative design

6

Digital innovative product analysis

6

Web-based digital innovation & design for entrepreneurs

6

Digital innovative product prototyping for entrepreneurs

6

Digital innovative product development for entrepreneurs

4.5

Digital innovative product testing for entrepreneurs

4.5

Introduction to digital innovation research & development

6

Total

45

Course Timetable

Mon

Thurs

Monday

Thursday

17-Jun-24

20-Jun-24

Course Introduction

Project – Contextual Design

24-Jun-24

27-Jun-24

Usability & Guidelines

teachers day (am)

1-Jul-24

4-Jul-24

Principles & Theories

Lab 1: Contextual Inquiry for Digital

8-Jul-24

11-Jul-24

Perceptions

Lab 2: Contextual Design – modelling I

15-Jul-24

18-Jul-24

Limitations

Lab 3: Contextual Design – modelling II

22-Jul-24

25-Jul-24

Asahna Bucha

Lab 4: Contextual Design – modelling III

29-Jul-24

1-Aug-24

King’s birthday

Cognition – Memory

5-Aug-24

8-Aug-24

Learning

review

12-Aug-24

15-Aug-24

reading week

reading week

19-Aug-24

22-Aug-24

midterm exams

midterm exams

Mon

Thurs

Monday

Thursday

26-Aug-24

29-Aug-24

Web usability

Lab 5: Contextual Design – models to design

2-Sep-24

5-Sep-24

Web design & navigation

Lab 6: Contextual Design –  affinity diagram

9-Sep-24

12-Sep-24

Web diffusion 1

Lab 7: Contextual Design –  storyboarding

16-Sep-24

19-Sep-24

Web diffusion 2

Lab 8: Marketing plan

23-Sep-24

26-Sep-24

Ethics

Lab 9: Design to Prototype to Testing

30-Sep-24

3-Oct-24

UX – Multi-device design

 review

7-Oct-24

10-Oct-24

 Demonstrations

 Demonstrations

14-Oct-24

17-Oct-24

final  exams

final  exams

21-Oct-24

24-Oct-24

final  exams

final  exams

Scoring Criteria

 

Grade

Score

A

80 % or higher

B+

75 % or higher

B

70 % or higher

C+

65 % or higher

C

60 % or higher

D+

55 % or higher

D

50 % or higher

F

lower than 50%

Course Confirmation to Students

I have clearly informed you about:

  • the course objectives,
  • course syllabus,
  • methods of evaluation,
  • scoring criteria
  • and supporting documents

To achieve:

  • all course contents determined in the course objectives
  • logically organized the lessons with a clear well-ordered structure
  • teaching content is consistent with the course outline
  • evaluation methods and criteria are suitable for the course content, and the evaluation is consistent with the learning objectives of the course
  • the amount of work or activity that is scheduled to be executed apart from study time is consistent with the duration
  • teaching media and materials support the students’ learning

I will

  • Encourages you to think and research on their own and encourages them to practice critical thinking
  • Motivated you to think, analyse and solve problems critically, based on the contents covered in class.
  • Listened and responded well to your questions either in class or outside of class.
  • Use a variety of teaching techniques, methods and materials to stimulate the students’ interest and facilitate their understanding
  • Recommend resources for outside-classroom learning; including supplementary documents and texts

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