• Introduction to digital innovation
• Grand challenges and wicked problems of a sustainable society
• Selected emergent digital technology stacks
• Systems development practices suitable for complex contexts and requirements
• Project and team management
• Design and implementation of information systems
• Prototyping and Testing

• understand what digital innovation means and learn about important related concepts.
• learn about potentials of emergent digital technologies.
• understand challenges related to designing information systems for digital innovations.
• develop an idea for a digital innovation by incorporating latest digital technologies.
• develop a socio-technical artifact based on their idea.
• organize themselves and work in independent teams.
• manage time, team and project conflicts independently.
• communicate processes and outcomes to relevant stakeholder groups.

COVID-19 Situation

The upcoming winter semester will likely be run in physical presence. The course is planned in a seminar format with team interactions in presence and joint development of the physical artifacts. If required, we can switch to a hybrid format (e.g., physical lab work and online units). We are observing the situation closely and will gear towards the University’s recommendations.

Procedure

Students will form teams to complete this unit. In teams, they are free to choose their problem settings to be addressed within their digital innovation project. A selection of hardware technologies will be available with the beginning of the course to start experimentation right away. Team formation is scheduled for the kick-off session. In advance, students are encouraged to familiarize themselves with some preparation material and fill out a brief survey that will be used for team formation. During the semester students will be able to use a fixed budget to buy additional hardware components such as sensors, extensions, motors, tools etc. for their projects on an as-needs basis. Orders have to be issued through the course instructors. 
Over the course of the semester, student teams will continuously work on developing their digital innovation solution. The course will include a range of accompanying help and assistance formats including lectures, tutorials, and one-day interactive workshops. For the workshops, students are provided with resources and materials in advance to prepare for the workshop in a flipped-classroom style.

For more information, please refer to the provided online and course materials.

Assessment and Registration

Portfolio Exam (see syllabus for further information)

Please contact Dr. Janek Richter (janek.richterwiso.uni-koeln.de) in advance if you are interested in enrolling to the course. Course registration is via KLIPS2.