Using Creative Problem Solving
Learn how to solve everyday problems using creativity with this online course about hands-on Creative Problem Solving.
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How it works
Using Creative Problem Solving
Explore Creative Problem Solving for daily life and in the workplace
Would you like to learn how to develop essential creative problem-solving skills? This 4-week course will help you discover how to apply creative problem-solving to different areas of your life - at home, work, and in social situations.
What is creativity?
Starting off with some activities to get those creative juices flowing, you’ll gain an understanding of what creativity is. We’ll explore different definitions of creativity before asking what creativity means to you.
Discover how to enhance your creativity
There are so many ways to be creative, so we’ll explore this in more detail. We’ll look at some sources of creativity, think about how to enhance it, and learn what the 4 P’s of creativity are.
By evaluating the habits of some creative people, you’ll discover how to form a more open and creative mindset. We’ll discuss the 4 stages of creativity and the determinants of organisational creativity.
Explore creative problem-solving tools like mind mapping
The final two weeks will be focused on exploring creative problem-solving tools such as mind mapping, brainstorming, and brainwriting.
We’ll discuss the difference between creative thinking and critical thinking so that you understand the process behind your problem-solving.
Syllabus
Week 1
What is Creativity?
Getting Started!
Meet your lead educator and your fellow learners, understand how this course works; and most importantly, get your creative juices flowing with several activities!
What is the Definition of Creativity?
Understand what creativity is. Here we will explore with which characteristics we can associate something/someone with being creative.
Concluding With Your Own Definition of Creativity
Understand what learners took away from the week and prove it by the assignment.
Week 2
How to Use Creativity?
Warming Up
In this part, we provide a quick review of what being covered, and 5 questions about what being covered in the first week.
Lighten the mood activity
Complete the picture
The 4Ps Framework
Introducing the 4P model. Explain in more detail the first 3 Ps. Product, Press, People...
Conclusion of the week
Conclude this week’s class and preview the next class and creative project 2.
Week 3
Creative Problem Solving Process and Tools
Warming up
In this part, we provide a quick review of what being covered, and 5 questions about what being covered in the first week.
Creative Problem Solving - the Process
The 4th P in the 4 Ps Framework: Process
Creative problem solving tools: Mind mapping
Explain how to use and what it could be used.
Creative problem solving tools: Synectics
In this part, we will introduce "Synectics." Let's find out what Synecticeis, and how to use it.
Conclusion for the week.
We hope that you enjoy the course. Let's make a review of the week, and practice the tools we mentioned.
Week 4
Creative Problem Solving Tool: Brain Writing
Warming Up
Here comes week 4, we are going to talk about the last topic: brain writing. Let's take a short review of week 1 to week 3, and start week 4.
Creative Problem Solving Tools: Brainstorming
This part will introduce what brainstorming is. We hope the method could help you to be more creative.
Creative Problem Solving Tools: 4 Brainwriting Tools
This part will explain why we need this kind of tool and braimstorming's weakness.
Creative Problem Solving Tools: Six Thinking Hats
This part will introduce the tools and show a problem (and interact with the audiences), including video, article and execise.
Other Creative Problem Solving Tools
This part will introduce other creative problem solving tools.
Conclusion for the Week and for the Course
Conclude this week’s class and the entire course. Suggest ways of using the knowledge gained. Show links for further exploration.
When would you like to start?
Start straight away and join a global classroom of learners. If the course hasn’t started yet you’ll see the future date listed below.
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Learning on this course
On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...
- Solve problems creatively
- Apply creative problem-solving skills
- Explore creative problem solving
Who is the course for?
This course is for anyone looking to boost their confidence when it comes to creative problem-solving, you don’t need any previous experience of the topic.
What software or tools do you need?
In this course, you will be invited to post your creative projects on Padlet, an online virtual “bulletin” board, where we can collaborate, reflect, share links and pictures. We will also be using an interactive map called ZeeMaps to build our international learners community. Please don’t worry, clear instruction will be given on how to use these tools as we go along.
Who will you learn with?
Sirirat teaches creativity, entrepreneurship, and innovation management. She graduated from the University of Cambridge and is now living and teaching in Taiwan. She speaks six languages.
Your Lead Instructor of the Creativity and Creative Problem Solving Course!
Who developed the course?
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU)
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) was originally founded in Shanghai in 1896 and was re-established in Hsinchu, Taiwan in 1958.
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