About Course
This course deals directly with your ability for creativity which is a critical skill in any field. It focuses on divergent thinking, the ability to develop multiple ideas and concepts to solve problems. Through a series of creativity-building exercises, short lectures, and readings, learners develop both an understanding of creativity and increase their own ability.
This course will help you understand the role of creativity and innovation in your own work and in other disciplines. It will challenge you to move outside of your existing comfort zone and to recognize the value of that exploration. This course will help you understand the importance of diverse ideas, and to convey that understanding to others.
The principal learning activity in the course is a series of "differents" where you are challenged to identify and change your own cultural, habitual, and normal patterns of behavior. Beginning with a prompt, e.g. "eat something different", you will begin to recognize your own = limits and overcome them. In addition, you are encouraged to understand that creativity is based on societal norms and that by its nature, it will differ from and be discouraged by society. In this course, the persistence of the creative person is developed through practice. At the same time, these exercises are constrained by concerns of safety, legality, and economics, which are addressed in their creative process.
Benefits
- Flexible deadlines: Reset deadlines in accordance with your schedule.
- Shareable Certificate: Earn a Certificate upon completion
- 100% online: Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.
- Approx. 14 hours to complete
- Beginner level
Offered by
>University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota is among the largest public research universities in the country, offering undergraduate, graduate, and professional students a multitude of opportunities for study and research. Located at the heart of one of the nation’s most vibrant, diverse metropolitan communities, students on the campuses in Minneapolis and St. Paul benefit from extensive partnerships with world-renowned health centers, international corporations, government agencies, and arts, nonprofit, and public service organizations.
Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
WEEK 1
3 hours to complete
Introduction to the Course
Creativity is a skill that can be developed. It requires extensive work by learners, but the lessons, while not conveying traditional content, will change you in ways you do not foresee, but ways that are valuable. The course is a hybrid; it will involve reading, writing, discussions, as well as specific exercises designed to increase and improve your creative skills. You will do work online as well as in the real world; it is designed to be fun and to change your ability for creativity.
8 videos (Total 44 min), 3 readings, 2 quizzes
WEEK 2
5 hours to complete
Divergent and Convergent Thinking
In this unit, we'll look at some of the ways we can describe creativity and examine the concepts of divergent and convergent thinking. We'll look at generating more ideas, how to critique and make improvements, and continue to practice our development of ideas. Practice and exploration continue as these are the means we will continue to improve our own creativity.
4 videos (Total 36 min), 1 reading, 3 quizzes
WEEK 3
5 hours to complete
Creativity, Motivation, and Observation
Sometimes, we need external methods to help us touch all the bases in our creative capability. Here, we'll look at a couple of good methods for helping us generate new ideas. There is a wide range of creativity exercises available; these are but a few. Finding and practicing the development of ideas is an important aspect of becoming more creative.
7 videos (Total 23 min), 1 reading, 2 quizzes
WEEK 4
1 hour to complete
Creativity and Observation
A lot of the time, creativity can be spurred by something in the environment, triggering connections with new ideas. We react to things we have seen and our experiences; that is from where we build our new ideas.
While much of this course has focused on ways to improve your own creativity, the larger goal of the course is for you to continue to develop your own creativity, in your own way and in your own life. This module continues the development of creativity and gives you the chance to begin planning your continued development.
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7 videos (Total 31 min), 2 readings, 1 quiz
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