Course Title: Identify and evaluate emerging technologies and practices
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2025
Course Code: COSC6224C
Course Title: Identify and evaluate emerging technologies and practices
Important Information:
Please note that this course may have compulsory in-person attendance requirements for some teaching activities.
Please check your Canvas course shell closer to the course start date to see if this course requires mandatory in-person attendance.
The delivery method of the course might have to change quickly in response to changes in course requirements. It is advisable for students to keep in contact with their teachers regarding in-person course attendance.
School: 520T Future Technologies
Campus: City Campus
Program: C4410 - Certificate IV in Information Technology
Course Contact: Trevor Stone
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4612
Course Contact Email: trevor.stone@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Nominal Hours: 60
Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.
Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
None
Course Description
In this course you will gain the skills and knowledge required to identify emerging technologies and practices in the ICT sector and evaluate their potential impact on organisational practices.
This course is clustered for delivery and assessment with the following unit:
BSBCRT404 - Apply advanced critical thinking to work processes
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
ICTICT426 Identify and evaluate emerging technologies and practices |
Element: |
1. Identify emerging technologies and practices in IT |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 Access sources of information on emerging technologies and practices in the IT industry 1.2 Identify and document emerging technologies and practices relevant to organisational context |
Element: |
2. Evaluate the impact of emerging technologies and practices |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Evaluate features and functions of emerging technologies and practices to determine advantages and disadvantages relevant to organisational context 2.2 Assess and document potential impacts of emerging technologies and practices on current organisational technologies and practices 2.3 Seek and obtain feedback from organisational representative on assessment of impact of emerging technologies and practices and incorporate feedback into report |
Element: |
3. Develop strategies to prepare for emerging technologies and practices |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1 Develop and document strategies to prepare organisation for impacts of emerging technology and practices 3.2 Identify and document changes to organisational technologies and practices required based on strategies to determine organisational response 3.3 Seek and obtain feedback from organisational representative on strategy and organisational response from organisation and incorporate feedback into strategy and organisational response |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this course the candidate will have developed and applied the skills and knowledge required to demonstrate competency in the tasks outlined in the elements and performance criteria of this unit.
Details of Learning Activities
In this course you will gain the skills and knowledge required to use advanced-level critical thinking skills in a professional context. This includes using methods of analysis, synthesis and evaluation.
You will be engaged in developing work processes, products and services that may be proposed or already existing the ICT sector .
Teaching Schedule
The proposed teaching schedule for ICTICT426 is detailed below:
| Week | Date | Topic | Assessment |
| 1 | 10th Feb - 16th Feb | Identify key characteristics of concepts in a critical thinking protocol or process |
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| 2 | 17th Feb - 23rd Feb |
Explore situations in which critical thinking concepts may be applied in the workplace |
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| 3 | 24th Feb - 2nd Mar | Reflect on benefits of adopting a critical thinking mindset and risks associated with failing to do so | Assessment 2 released |
| 4 | 3rd Mar - 9th Mar | Assessment 1 Review and Release [Claims] | Assessment 1 released |
| 5 | 10th Mar - 16th Mar | Identify limitations in existing or proposed workplace processes, products or services by applying critical thinking protocols or processes |
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| 6 |
17th Mar - 23rd Mar |
Assessment 1 Submission [Evidence] | Assessment 1 due |
| 7 | 24th Mar - 28th Mar | Source information from a variety of different and verified sources |
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| 8 | 31st Mar - 6th Apr | Compare and contrast alternative critical thinking concepts in a workplace decision making process |
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| 9 | 7th Apr- 13rd Apr | Apply a decision making framework to reach a defensible conclusion in a workplace context in accordance with organisational policies and procedure |
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| 10 | 14th Apr - 17th Apr | Assessment 2 Submission [Decision making - Judging an argument] | Assessment 2 due |
| 18th Apr - 25th Apr | Mid Semester Break | ||
| 11 |
28th Apr - 4th May |
Articulate and justify decision making process | Assessment 3 released |
| 12 | 5th May - 11th May | Conduct review of effectiveness of decision making, including critical self-reflection |
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| 13 | 12th May - 18th May | Seek meaningful feedback from organisational management |
Assessment 3 task 1 due |
| 14 | 19th May - 23rd May | Identify areas for self-development |
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| 15 | 26th May - 1st June | Develop plan for future process evaluations | |
| 16 | 2nd June - 8th June | Assessment 3 task 2 and 3 Submission | Assessment 3 task 2 and 3 due |
| 17 | 9th June - 15th June | Assessment revision and re-submissions | |
| 18 | 16th June - 22nd June | Assessment revision and re-submissions |
*Please note that this timeline is subject to change based on semester requirements. We recommend checking your Canvas course shell regularly to stay updated with the latest schedule.
Student directed hours involve completing activities such as reading online resources, assignments, individual student/teacher course-related consultation. Students are required to self-study the learning materials and complete the assigned out of class activities for the scheduled non-teaching hours.
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Other Resources
All resources are provided within your RMIT Canvas Course shell including Reading Materials and various weekly activities.
All email communications will be sent to your RMIT email address and you must regularly check your RMIT emails. ( Please note, only use your Student Outlook Email account when communicating with RMIT Staff*)
Overview of Assessment
Assessment for this course is ongoing throughout the semester. Your knowledge and understanding of course content is assessed through participation in class exercises and various types of assessments.
Full assessment briefs will be provided and can be found on CANVAS.
Assessment Tasks
The 3 Assessment task details are populated in the assignments area of Canvas and published as per the Course Syllabus schedule.
Assessment 1. Knowledge Assessment Quiz
Assessment 2. Product Assessment Task
Assessment 3 Project
Assessment Matrix
| ELEMENT | PERFORMANCE CRITERIA | Assessment Task 1 ( see cluster Unit -
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Assessment Task 2 | Assessment Task 3 | |
| 1. Identify emerging technologies and practices in IT | 1.1 Access sources of information on emerging technologies and practices in the IT industry | Task 1 | |||
| 1.2 Identify and document emerging technologies and practices relevant to organisational context | Task 1 | ||||
| 2. Evaluate the impact of emerging technologies and practices | 2.1 Evaluate features and functions of emerging technologies and practices to determine advantages and disadvantages relevant to organisational context | Task 2 | |||
| 2.2 Assess and document potential impacts of emerging technologies and practices on current organisational technologies and practices | Task 2 | ||||
| 2.3 Seek and obtain feedback from organisational representative on assessment of impact of emerging technologies and practices and incorporate feedback into report | Task 3, Task 4, Task 5 | ||||
| 3. Develop strategies to prepare for emerging technologies and practices | 3.1 Develop and document strategies to prepare organisation for impacts of emerging technology and practices | Task 1 | |||
| 3.2 Identify and document changes to organisational technologies and practices required based on strategies to determine organisational response | Task 7 | ||||
| 3.3 Seek and obtain feedback from organisational representative on strategy and organisational response from organisation and incorporate feedback into strategy and organisational response | Task 3, Task 4, Task 5 |
| Knowledge Evidence | Assessment Task 1 | Assessment Task 2 |
| The candidate must be able to demonstrate knowledge to complete the tasks outlined in the elements and performance criteria of this unit. This includes: | ||
| Research approaches for emerging technologies and practices in the ICT sector and their potential impact on current technologies and practices | Task 2 | |
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Technology implementation planning methods |
Task 1 | |
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Organisational technologies and practices |
Task 2 |
Other Information
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Extensions and Special Consideration
Extensions:
• Extensions are available for unforeseen circumstances of a short-term nature.
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