Week 10 Tutorial Plan — AI and Sustainable Business Innovation
Facilitator guide · 2-hour connected-classroom tutorial (MY + AU) · LO4 · THE FINAL TUTORIAL
Mapped LO: LO4 (analyse data, privacy, and AI-regulation effects — here, the social & environmental effects of AI).
Hinge: the "Built to Last" audit — teams score their venture on planet · people · permanence, propose mitigations, and write the sustainability+longevity section of their reflection. Plus the semester wrap and the formal Assessment 3 launch.
Decks: slides.pptx (final lecture recap, optional) · activity_slides.pptx (project live through the audit + wrap).
Materials: activity worksheet (class_activity.md), the Assessment 3A + 3B briefs and rubrics (hand out / link), build diaries open. This is the send-off — leave time to do it warmly.
Co-teaching: Lead A runs the sustainability content + the audit; Lead B runs the Assessment 3 launch + the semester wrap. Hand-offs marked [SWITCH]. Both close the unit together.
Pre-tutorial checklist (5 min before)
activity_slides.pptx open and projected.- Assessment 3 briefs + rubrics ready to distribute (both Part A and Part B).
- Confirm the exam-period submission deadline and method so you can state it precisely.
- Build diaries open; teams seated together.
Run sheet (120 min)
1 · Arrival & frame (10 min) — Lead A
- One line: the last and longest question — is your AI good for the world, and built to last?
- Put up the two sustainabilities (environmental + social) + longevity. Note this is LO4 and the heart of the reflection.
2 · The planet (16 min) — Lead A
- Walk the environmental footprint (slides 4–9): AI is physical; the energy numbers (IEA: ~415 TWh in 2024 → ~945 TWh ≈ 3% of global by 2030; hyperscaler nuclear); the three costs (energy/water/materials); the honest both-sides (DeepMind −40%; AI optimises as well as consumes); Johor on the doorstep; designing lighter.
- Keep it balanced — the goal is a mature, net-effect view, not doom or hype.
3 · The people (14 min) — [SWITCH] Lead B
- Social sustainability (slides 10–13): who benefits/who's harmed; labour (uneven; augment-not-replace; reskilling); the hidden costs (digital divide, data labour); designing for inclusion & dignity (the LO5 harms-audit muscle).
- Tie back to the whole term: this is the same evaluation instinct as the trust questions (Wk8) and fairness-across-contexts (Wk11).
4 · The long run (10 min) — Lead A
- Longevity (slides 14–16): frontier churn ("what happens when OpenAI does this?"); durable value (the model is a rented engine — the moat is problem-fit, relationship, data/workflow, expertise); the Built-to-Last lens (planet/people/permanence) as the reflection's structure.
5 · "Built to Last" audit (40 min) — Lead A facilitates, both coach
- Project activity slides 2–4.
- Part 1 — audit (25 min): teams score their own venture STRONG/OK/WEAK on planet, people, permanence, with reasoning. Coaches push for honesty — "where's it weak?" is the productive question. Don't let teams whitewash.
- Part 2 — mitigate (15 min): for the weakest lens, each team writes one concrete improvement, straight into the reflection draft.
- Circulate (Meet for AU breakouts); make sure every team writes something they can reuse in Assessment 3B.
6 · Assessment 3 launch (15 min) — [SWITCH] Lead B
- Formally launch (slide 19): Part A — MVP (group, 40%) incl. the build diary; Part B — reflection (individual, 20%). State the exam-period deadline and submission method precisely.
- Walk the reflection structure and show how the term's artefacts feed it: diary (Wk6+), alpha note (Wk9), pitch-feedback debrief (Wk10), "would it work elsewhere?" note (Wk11), today's sustainability audit. "You've been writing this all semester."
- Point to the briefs/rubrics; answer logistics questions.
7 · Semester wrap & send-off (15 min) — both leads
- Project the wrap slide (activity slide 5). Quick round the room (each person, one sentence): most useful thing / biggest surprise / what's next. Keep it moving; this is celebratory.
- Recap the journey (slide 18): explain → govern → evaluate → build → test → pitch → last. "Twelve weeks ago AI was a buzzword; you've built one, tested it, pitched it, judged it."
- Close warmly (slide 22 / activity slide 6): thank the cohort; build things that last, and don't cost the earth. End on time and on a high.
Cross-campus & co-teaching notes
- The wrap round works beautifully across the connected classroom — alternate KL and Melbourne voices so both campuses share the send-off.
- Hand-offs: Lead A owns planet + audit; Lead B owns people + the Assessment 3 launch + wrap; both coach the audit and close together.
- Protect the audit and the wrap — they're the parts students remember and the parts that feed the reflection. Trim the lecture recap, not these.
- Tone: this is the last contact. Make the close genuine and warm; many students will remember how the unit ended.
If you're short on time
- Compress the three lecture segments to ~10 min total (trust pre-class).
- Run the audit on two lenses (planet + permanence, or people + permanence) if the full three won't fit.
- Never cut the Assessment 3 launch or the semester wrap.
What good looks like (facilitator's eye)
- Every team has an honest audit (including named weak spots) and a written improvement they'll reuse.
- Every student leaves clear on the Assessment 3 requirements and deadline.
- The room leaves on a high — proud of what they built, and knowing the unit ended well.
