This Melbourne MicroCert is ideal for both entry-level and established technology developers, UI/UX designers, service designers, interaction designers, game developers and product managers.

You don't have to be working in one of these areas to enrol. This course is valuable for anyone interested in design thinking techniques and principles.

This Melbourne MicroCert has been developed in collaboration with MAKE Studios, a strategic design consultancy based in Melbourne and Hong Kong, and is taught by experts in the field. This industry-aligned approach will advance your knowledge of the design process and equip you with contemporary, in-demand user-centred design skills that can be applied immediately to your professional context.

By the end of this course, you'll have a deeper understanding of how a design approach that considers humans and technology can help you create interactive products that significantly enhance user experience. You'll be able to:

• Adapt human-centred design processes to incorporate technology-oriented perspectives
• Apply prototyping techniques to help stakeholders envision future applications of emerging technologies.

This course runs over four weeks, with one pre-teaching week, two weeks for delivery, and one week for assessment.

Your total time commitment is approximately 42 hours, which includes:

• 6 hours face-to-face guided learning in a one-day workshop
• 16 hours online guided learning activities and independent research

• 20 hours assessment tasks

Assessment:

• A conceptual design of a novel interactive system that employs an emerging technology (100%).

Once you've successfully completed this course, you will be awarded your Experience Design for Emerging Technologies Melbourne MicroCert. This digital certificate will warrant the achievement of knowledge, skills and capabilities outlined in the learning outcomes. It may also include artefacts (such as videos and written material) related to both experiential and work-integrated learning, including translatable assessment that is practical to your professional life. You can also share your Melbourne MicroCert digitally and via social media by adding it to your personal platforms, such as LinkedIn. See example certificate.

Led by expert tutors and developed with strategic design consultancy MAKE Studios, this blended course is highly practical and gives you the opportunity to experiment with new technologies and techniques. In an immersive full-day face-to-face workshop you'll try novel tools – such as eye trackers and mixed reality headsets – and engage with making and design thinking activities alongside other industry professionals. You'll also undertake online guided learning and independent research to deepen your knowledge and skills.

There is no set expiry date.