OIM3501 Global Tech Innovation Lab
4 Advanced Management Credits
Global Tech Innovation Lab is a learning-by-doing course where student teams are paired with students from universities around the world to identify and solve problems related to the development and implementation of digital, biotech, and health innovations in low- and middle-income settings. For our second offering of the course, students will be paired with students from Unifacisa Educaçâo in Campina Grande, Brazil. Students are expected to travel to Brazil (tentative dates August 11-17, 2025).
Students will be assigned to a high priority project challenge from a healthcare-related organization in Brazil. Based on the challenge presented by the organization, students will use a combination of quality improvement and value sensitive design approaches. Quality Improvement (QI) is an iterative, continuous approach to enhance “the ability of a product or service to consistently meet or exceed customer requirements and expectations.” Value Sensitive Design (VSD) is “a theoretically grounded approach to the design of technology that accounts for human values in a principled and comprehensive manner throughout the design process.”
The students will be expected to interact with the partner organizations regularly to make progress. Students will be connected with alumni or other experts as they need additional project support. Student teams are assessed based on their teamwork, project progress, and completion of course readings and activities.
Prerequisites: (FME1000 and FME1001) or (EPS1000 and MOB1010)