Introduction to Creative Thinking: Tools for Success
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Introduction to Creative Thinking: Tools for Success at Coursera Overview
Duration | 12 hours |
Start from | Start Now |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
Introduction to Creative Thinking: Tools for Success at Coursera Highlights
- Earn a certificate from Imperial College London
- Add to your LinkedIn profile
- July 2023
- 12 quizzes
Introduction to Creative Thinking: Tools for Success at Coursera Course details
- Creativity concerns the development of new ideas. Throughout human history, the application of ideas has led to transformations of our daily lives and society. Modern business activity thrives on recently developed ideas, and it is through creativity that we address both challenges and opportunities. In this module, we will help you develop your implicit understanding and skills in creativity. You will be introduced to a series of creativity tools that can be used to augment the ideas you might come up with independently. Specifically, we will develop your skills in list, sticky-note, grid and alphabet brainstorming through an introduction to the principles of the tool, along with examples and an opportunity for you to have a go. A framework called the creativity diamond is used throughout the course to guide which approach to creativity to use and when.
- WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
- - The principal facets of creativity
- - Principles of creativity
- - A framework that can be used to guide which approach to creativity to use
- - Metrics that can be used in assessing creativity
- - The importance of managing our thinking
- - How to use and apply list, sticky note, grid and alphabet brainstorming
- SKILLS YOU WILL GAIN
- - Divergent and convergent creativity
- - Assessing creativity
- - Principles of brainstorming
- - List, sticky-note, grid and alphabet brainstorming
Introduction to Creative Thinking: Tools for Success at Coursera Curriculum
Week 1
Introduction
Mother and Father of Innovation
Creative Environments
Survey feedback
Creativity Diamond Framework
Interview with Jeff Maggioncalda, CEO of Coursera
Welcome to the course
Syllabus
Type of Assessments and Grading Policy
About Imperial College London and the Team
How to Be Successful in this Course
Glossary and Helpful Resources
Inspirational Reading
Graded Quiz
Nice to meet you!
When, where, how are you creative?
Pre-course survey
Week 2
Interview on creativity – Ruby Steel – Designer and Big Life Fixer
Interview on creativity – Will Butler Adams, CEO Brompton
Levels of Creativity
Ranking big C creative ideas from the 20th Century Feedback
Ranking creatives from the 20th Century Feedback
An Introduction to Assessing Creativity
Graded Quiz
Small "c" creativity
Big "C" creativity
What big ideas do you think society needs?
Definitions of Creativity
Ranking big C creative ideas from the 20th Century
Ranking creatives from the 20th Century
Creativity Values: Drag and Drop
Week 3
Ideas
The Brain and mind
Thoughts and memory
Creativity tools
Brainstorming
Thinking and cognition
Creativity Tools
Top brainstorming techniques
The principles of brainstorming
Graded Quiz
Knowledge check
Knowledge Check: Creativity Tools
Week 4
Different Types of Brainstorming
List Brainstorming
Sticky Note Brainstorming
Your Turn at List Brainstorming
Your Turn at Sticky Note Brainstorming
OPTIONAL - Street Furniture Sticky Note Brainstorming
OPTIONAL - Teenager Education Sticky Note Brainstorming
Graded Quiz
Week 5
Overview of Various Types of Brainstorming
Self-Marking - Grid Brainstorming
Self-Marking - Try Alphabet Brainstorming!
The Creativity Diamond Framework
Grid brainstorming
Alphabet brainstorming
Brainwriting
Graded Quiz
Your Turn at Grid Brainstorming
Try Alphabet Brainstorming!
Week 6
Interview on creativity – Dan Garrett, CEO Farewill
Interview on creativity – Shafina Vohra – Lego specialist views on creativity
5 Ps of creativity
Creativity diamond framework
Some Top Tips on Creativity
Divergence
Convergence and rating criteria
Question asking
Creativity diamond framework
Graded Quiz
Introduction to Creative Thinking: Tools for Success at Coursera Admission Process
Important Dates
Other courses offered by Coursera
Student Forum
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