This assessment task requires you to apply your critical and reflective practitioner skills. You will draw on
experiences/knowledge about creativity and innovation from your professional context, and the
professional contexts of others, to frame your learning within this subject, and to consider the implications
of your learning for your practice. This task enables you to establish connections between the design
thinking process you undertake in this subject and the broader context of your profession.
Instructions
To complete this assessment task, you must create a 1000-word equivalent reflection, connecting the
design thinking process with experiences of innovation and creativity relating to your professional
context and the professional contexts of others.
Consider the following elements:
• Knowledge of the design thinking process in Module 1:
o You should read widely (including scholarly and non-scholarly sources) and incorporate
this reading into your discussion. In your reflection, you should explicitly reference
resources consulted and activities undertaken in the subject.
• Apply the skills of reflective thinking and reflective writing outlined in the Academic Skills
webpage.
• Format and Structure:
o Part 1: A brief explanation of each of the five stages of the design thinking process (texts
written in academic language and/or visuals), using in-text citations
o Part 2: Critical reflection (written in first person) on an experience of innovation and
creativity relating to your professional context based on the key questions listed in the
table below.
o Part 3: Critical reflection on an experience of innovation and creativity relating to a
professional context beyond your own, which you can gain from relevant literature (using
in-text citations) based on the key questions listed in the table below.
Key questions
• What happened?
• What were the key challenges or ingredients?
• Who was involved?
• What was the most important/interesting aspect of the event(s)?
• How can you use the design thinking process to explain what happened?
• What disposition is required?
• Through this reflection, what have you learned to indicate your potential to
engage with this innovation process?
• Your submission will be assessed against the following criteria as detailed in the marking rubric on
pages 5-9 of this assessment brief:
o Knowledge of design thinking concepts and process.
o Understanding of complex problems within a range of professional contexts.
o Depth and analysis of reflection.
o Clarity of communication and integration of ideas (including spelling, punctuation
and grammar).
o Citation and referencing according to APA 7 th conventions
