The Changemakers: Creativity & Value Creation module underpins the knowledge required to undertake the
Emerging Trends & Independent Project modules in your final year of study. The module is designed to help you
gain the required skills to identify opportunities, develop ideas, undertake research analysis & critical thinking,
and generate value in society. You will discover connections between the practice of design thinking and
research, recognising when used together they can give rise to insights that generate value for individuals and
society. For further information related to selecting a project idea & research area for your assignment in this
module, please see the ‘Project idea & research area’ section in the supporting information section below.
Create a Research portfolio (using sections/pages in OneNote) to include your answers for each of the
following tasks. Include a link to your Research portfolio and screenshots of your task answers in a word
document and submit the word document to Turnitin by the assessment submission date. See guidance on
the following page on how to create and submit the portfolio.
Task 1: Ideation & Mind Map.
Answer the following questions to create a Mind Map. Your mind map should be approx. 300 words, include
citations and a reference list node (Approx. 4/5 sources). The mind map should be produced using freely available
Mapping technology of your choice (e.g., Mindmeister.com) or an Office 365 Application. The topics covered in
the following online section can help you to answer the questions.
• Q1. Create a mind map that includes some of the section’s topics from Section 1 of Unit 1 on Moodle and
include some project ideas from areas of personal interest related to your programme of study.
o Online Section: Unit 1 Section 1 – How Innovation Shapes The World. The role that creativity and innovation
plays in the development of society and self.
• Q2. Select a project idea that you would like to take forward and add this to the map.
Include your answer to this task on a page in your portfolio.
Task 2: Aim & Objectives and Research area.
Your answers to the questions below should refer to a project/research area of your choice (related to your
programme of study). This task answer should be approx. 600 words with citations and a list of references
(Approx. 4/5 sources). The topics covered in the following online sections can help you answer the questions
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• Q1. Create and document a single Aim and several Objectives for your project.
• Q2. Identify an appropriate research philosophy for your project.
o Online section: Unit 1 Section 2 – How Do YOU Solve a Problem?
• Q3. Select and document appropriate databases to identify research related to your problem investigation and
use search strategies to identify relevant research related to your project area using e.g., Boolean searches.
o Online section: Unit 1 Section 3 – Known Knowns.
Include your answer to this task on a page in your portfolio.
Task 3: Research Strategies
Your answers to the questions below should refer to a project/research area of your choice (related to your
programme of study). This task answer should be approx. 600 words with citations and a list of references
(Approx. 4/5 sources). The topics covered in the following online sections can help you answer the questions
below.
• Q1. Select research strategies you would use to collect data for your project.
o Online section: Unit 1 Section 4 – The Problem Is.
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• Q2. Identify strategies to enhance validity, reliability, and generalisability.
o Online section: Unit 2 Section 2: Finding a Needle in a Haystack.
• Q3. Design a data collection method appropriate for your project / research or problem area. And acquire some
feedback to improve the focus of your problem statement/research question.
o Online section: Unit 2 Section 2: Finding a Needle in a Haystack.
Include your answer to this task on a page in your portfolio.
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Supporting information.
Project idea and Research area:
You will need to identify and select a topic area/project of your choice that is relevant to your specific area of
study, and then use this as the vehicle with which to perform research on and create a project plan for etc. So
Computing students may be looking at something software/networking/web related, Electronics students might
investigate Hardware/Microcontroller/PLC based solutions, Games students would investigate ideas related to
computer games design or aspects of games specific programming etc., and Animation students will select a
Creative design project related to their area of study.
As well as completing the specific assignment tasks specified, it is suggested you think in terms of a topic that
you might want to continue working on for your 3 rd year 40 credit major project, so in terms of scope, your
project planning and volume of work for Assignment 2 would reflect this. E.g. This semester, you need to work
through the changemakers on line content, do some initial research, concept design work and planning, then
starting sometime next Summer/Start of yr3 you would continue working on your project in earnest, with the aim
of having it completed ready for April the following year. This is just a suggestion and you are free to modify this
if your preferred idea doesn’t fit well with those timescales.
Note that come Yr3, you are free to choose a totally different project idea at that point if you wish – but bear in
mind, if you’ve already started thinking about it now, then you have a great head-start!.
Research e-Portfolio creation & submission guidelines:
• Office365 Pro Plus including OneNote is available to all students for free: Office 365 Pro Plus | UWTSD.
• For Office and a Quick start guide to using OneNote please click here. For additional information please
click here.
• Your e-portfolio should have a welcome/title page, and for assessment purposes should only include the
task answers outlined in the tasks above.
• To ensure your work is accessible by the module tutors for marking. You must ensure your tutor is able to
easily view your portfolio online. After you have answered all tasks and completed your Research portfolio,
in OneNote go to FILE>SHARE>GET A SHARE LINK, to acquire a link with view permissions, to
include in your word submission document.
• Create a word submission document to submit to TURNITN including: A Title page with your details
and a content page to include a link to and a screenshot of your ‘Research portfolio’. Submit the
word document to Turnitin by the assessment submission date.
TASKS
NOTE: The guidance offered below is linked to the five generic assessment criteria overleaf.
1. Engagement with Literature Skills
Your work must be informed and supported by scholarly material that is relevant to and focused on the task(s) set. You should provide evidence that you have accessed an appropriate range of sources, which may be academic, governmental and industrial; these sources may include academic journal articles, textbooks, current news articles, organisational documents, and websites. You should consider the credibility of your sources; academic journals are normally highly credible sources while websites require careful consideration/selection and should be used sparingly. Any sources you use should be current and up-to-date, mostly published within the last five years or so, though seminal/important works in the field may be older. You must provide evidence of your research/own reading throughout your work, using a suitable referencing system, including in-text citations in the main body of your work and a reference list at the end of your work.
Guidance specific to this assessment: Your portfolio should include reference to at least 10 such sources and the
referencing standard for you course applied throughout.
2. Knowledge and Understanding Skills
At level 5, you should be able to demonstrate: sound knowledge and critical understanding of the well-established
concepts and principles of the subject area and the way in which those principles have developed; knowledge of the
main methods of enquiry in the discipline. Knowledge relates to the facts, information and skills you have acquired
through your learning. You demonstrate your understanding by interpreting the meaning of the facts and information (knowledge). This means that you need to select and include in your work the concepts, techniques, models, theories, etc. appropriate to the task(s) set. You should be able to explain the theories, concepts, etc. meaningfully to show your understanding. Your mark/grade will also depend upon the extent to which you demonstrate your knowledge and understanding.
Guidance specific to this assessment: You should refer to learning from the relevant units in the module. Your response to the tasks should demonstrate knowledge of relevant concepts, theories and models relating to innovation, creativity and the resources required to bring your ideas into reality.
3. Cognitive and Intellectual Skills
You should be able to critically analyse information, and propose solutions to problems arising from that analysis,
including the critical evaluation of the appropriateness of different approaches to solving problems. Your work must
contain evidence of logical, analytical thinking, evaluation and synthesis. For example, to examine and break
information down into parts, make inferences, compile, compare and contrast information. This means not just
describing what! But also justifying: Why? How? When? Who? Where? At what cost? At all times, you must provide
justification/evidence for your arguments and judgements. Evidence that you have reflected upon the ideas of others
within the subject area is crucial to you providing a reasoned and informed debate within your work. Furthermore, you should provide evidence that you are able to make sound judgements and convincing arguments using data and concepts, with an understanding of the limits of knowledge, and how this influences analyses and interpretations. Sound, valid conclusions are necessary and must be derived from the content of your work. Where relevant, alternative solutions and recommendations may be proposed.
Guidance specific to this assessment: Your task answers should demonstrate relevant analytical thinking. Arguments
should be regularly underpinned with reference to quality relevant reference sources.
4. Practical Skills
At level 5, you should be able to use/deploy a range of established techniques within the discipline, and apply underlying concepts and principles outside the context in which they were first studied, including, where appropriate, the application of those principles in an employment context. You should be able to demonstrate how the subject-related concepts and ideas relate to real world situations and/or a particular context. How do they work in practice? You will deploy models, methods, techniques, and/or theories, in that context, to assess current situations, perhaps to formulate plans or solutions to solve problems, or to create artefacts, some of which may be creative. This is likely to involve, for instance, the use of real world artefacts, examples and cases, the application of a model within an organisation and/or benchmarking one theory or organisation against others based on stated criteria. You should show awareness of the limitations of concepts and theories when applied in particular contexts.
Guidance specific to this assessment: It is essential you demonstrate the relevant practical skills required to complete
the tasks.
5. Transferable Skills for Life and Professional Practice
Your work must provide evidence of the qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment requiring the
exercise of personal responsibility and decision-making. This includes demonstrating: professional development to
advance existing skills and acquire new competences that will enable you to assume significant responsibility within
organisations; that you can initiate and complete tasks and procedures, whether individually and/or collaboratively; that you can use appropriate media to effectively communicate information, arguments and analysis in a variety of forms to specialist and non-specialist audiences; fluency of expression; clarity and effectiveness in presentation and organisation.
Work should be coherent and well-structured in presentation and organisation.
Guidance specific to this assessment: E-portfolio
• Written in UK English in an appropriate academic style using an appropriate medium for the task. Please refer to
additional Moodle resources for guidance on the production of mind maps and posters.
• Focus only on the tasks set in the assignment.
• Length: +/- 10% (5 marks will be deducted from the overall mark where the word count is exceeded).
• You could use Grammarly to check spelling and grammar before submission.
Essential Resources:
• Resources listed on Moodle
• The module handbook & reading list
• UWTSD Referencing Guide
• The below assessment criteria.
