#cid16

Sarah Chaloner (Deputy Chief Information and Digital Officer Head)

Slight over exaggeration but you get my point.

From being like Jon Snow and knowing nothing, to now feeling like the most insightful person on the planet, I’m amazed how much this unit engaged with me and challenged my thinking. 

From learning about what creativity is, to the importance of collaboration, to finally how Star Wars can be linked to design thinking, the structure of this unit has been crazy to what I’m used to, but has made a very big impact. 

The questioning and understanding skills I have learnt from this unit have been a great help this semester, and will continue to be throughout my degree. 

Who knew 13 weeks ago, this would totally change my way of thinking, and change my grades from credits and distinctions to distinctions all around. 

This was the most nervous step, but the one that helps the most. By presenting your idea and getting feedback, you can now fix issues and begin to built something great! 

I remember listening to the class and hearing these wild ideas about virtual classrooms seemed crazy, until we had people (Mainly Obi Wan Kenobi) explain these ideas can be made real, and are currently being developed to become real at our university. 

This got our group thinking things like this would be fantastic for our project, as we need to think of ideas on how to get students to be physically engaged for a whole year. 

Who knew adults playing with lego would actually have a purpose?

Although my lego skills are poor, this fun little activity really gets you thinking and allows you to be super creative and innovative, without even realising. 

I guess a prototype at uni would normally be a draft paper or rough summary of ideas, which you begin to work on. But by actually sitting down and building a physical item, I think you begin to think deeper.