Unit 2 AoS1 - Innovative Solutions: Key Knowledge
Innovation and Digital Systems
- the role of curiosity, ingenuity and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in driving innovation
- functions and capabilities of digital systems used by individuals and organisations, such as assistive technologies, financial services, GPS devices, robotics and traffic management
- impacts of emerging technologies, including automation, cyberbullying, productivity changes, economic issues and reduced physical interaction
Characteristics of Innovative Solutions
- originality
- effectiveness
- user-centred design
- disruptiveness
Requirements and Design
- solution specifications:
- functional and non-functional requirements
- constraints
- scope
- methods for collecting data to determine user needs and requirements:
- interviews
- surveys
- design tools and techniques for representing solution designs:
- mock-ups
- pseudocode
- sitemaps
- storyboards
- techniques for developing innovative solutions, including empathy, ideation, exploring multiple perspectives, generating multiple ideas and developing a preferred design
Development, Project Management and Evaluation
- techniques for documenting solution development, task delegation and project progress:
- Gantt charts
- project journals
- version control
- techniques for testing and evaluating innovative solutions:
- user testing
- expert review
- evaluation criteria and techniques for judging the efficiency and effectiveness of innovative solutions
Legal and Ethical Issues
- legislation and frameworks affecting emerging technologies, including:
- Australia’s AI Ethics Principles
- Copyright Act 1968
- Health Records Act 2001
- Privacy Act 1988
- Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014
- ethical issues arising from emerging technologies and AI use, including cyber security threats, biometric data collection, job displacement, biased content, cyber attack enablement and copyright concerns