So reading through the course outline and looking at the next steps and I stumble across perhaps the best resource you could possibly need for this subject.
https://libguides.csu.edu.au/ITC571
This is pure gold and kudos to the lecturer or whomever put it together. If your struggling to get into this course and are feeling somewhat lost like I was – start here. Also if you’re still at a loss for a research topic the excel spreadsheet in the resources section is a good starting point and lists a lot of topics under different categories for each sheet.
So now that I have found this wonderful resource I can start my research. My initial thoughts are most of the peer reviewed journals seem to be highly theoretical and low on practicality. I think a lot of my research may come from the ‘grey’ zone as these sources seem to focus more on the application already in the wild and this is more important to me.