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The third course of the specialization CREATING INNOVATION will teach you what is at the core of all innovations that solve complex problems and how to foster methods to make big breakthroughs possible. It advances your knowledge of your own field by teaching you to look at it in new ways.
CREATING INNOVATION is constructed in the following way: Week I. “What is Innovation?” – What lies at the core of all innovations. Week II. “The Evolution of Human Creativity” – How humans developed the ability to innovate and think creatively. Week III. “Innovation in a Complex Global Network” – How innovations emerge from human networks. Week IV. “Planning Innovation” – How organisations seek out and create the right conditions for new breakthroughs. Week V. “Market Innovation” – What makes innovations more likely to emerge in a market setting. Week VI. “Innovation in the Anthropocene” – How innovations are crucial to meet the problems of the 21st century.

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Approx. 15 hours to complete

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A/Professor Iain Hay

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Macquarie School of Education

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week1

Week 1

2 hours to complete

What is Innovation?

2 hours to complete

6 videos (Total 42 min), 12 readings, 2 quizzes

6 videos

Innovation and Emergence9mCosmic Innovation8mChemical Innovation7mBiological Innovation5mNeurological Innovation5mThe Root of Innovation3m

12 readings

Resources1mGlossary1mAssessment Overview for Course 3: Creating Innovation5mResources1mGlossary1mResources1mGlossary1mResources1mGlossary1mResources1mGlossary1mGlossary1m

2 practice exercises

Multiple Choice - Mod. 130mShort writing for Module 1: What is innovation?45m

Week2

Week 2

2 hours to complete

The Evolution of Human Creativity

2 hours to complete

6 videos (Total 39 min), 11 readings, 2 quizzes

6 videos

Collective Learning and Innovation6mThe Power of Language6mInnovation in the Palaeolithic7mInnovation and the Holocene6mInnovation and Agriculture7mPopulation and Connectivity3m

11 readings

Resources1mGlossary1mResources1mGlossary1mResources1mGlossary1mResources1mGlossary1mResources1mGlossary1mGlossary1m

2 practice exercises

Multiple Choice - Mod. 230mShort writing for Module 2: The evolution of human creativity45m

Week3

Week 3

2 hours to complete

Innovation in a Complex Global Network

2 hours to complete

7 videos (Total 51 min), 13 readings, 2 quizzes

7 videos

Networks and Innovation8mAfro-Eurasian Networks and Innovation7mThe First Global Networks and Innovation7mThe Scientific Revolution and Innovation7mThe Industrial Revolution and Innovation7mThe Diffusion of Innovation8mInnovating in a Global System4m

13 readings

Resources1mGlossary1mResources1mGlossary1mResources1mGlossary1mResources1mGlossary1mResources1mGlossary1mResources1mGlossary1mGlossary1m

2 practice exercises

Multiple Choice - Mod. 330mModule 3: Innovation in complex global networks45m

Week4

Week 4

3 hours to complete

Planning Innovation

3 hours to complete

8 videos (Total 61 min), 15 readings, 2 quizzes

8 videos

Planning Innovation7mInnovation in the Ancient World6mInstitutional Power and Innovation6mThe Failure of Planned Innovation9mThe Success of Planned Innovation9mInnovation and National Development8mResearch and Innovation10mTop-Down Innovation4m

15 readings

Resources1mGlossary1mResources1mGlossary1mResources1mGlossary1mResources1mGlossary1mResources1mGlossary1mResources1mGlossary1mResources1mGlossary1mGlossary1m

2 practice exercises

Multiple Choice - Mod. 430mShort writing for Module 4: Planned innovation45m

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About the Solving Complex Problems Specialization

SOLVING COMPLEX PROBLEMS will teach you revolutionary new problem-solving skills. Involving lectures from over 50 experts from all faculties at Macquarie University, we look at solving complex problems in a way that has never been done before.

This specialization uses the framework of Big History which synthesizes knowledge across the sciences and the humanities, and provides a powerful foundation to think and research in new ways. Big History has been embraced as an important global framework by the World Economic Forum (WEF). Presentations at WEF by Professor David Christian, one of the creators of this specialization, have included ‘Interdisciplinary Approaches to Solving 21st Century Challenges’ (Davos 2012), ‘Big History for Big Picture Thinking’ (Davos 2014), and ‘Big History, Big Decisions’ (Tianjin 2014). In 2015, the WEF Annual Meeting in Davos had four sessions devoted to Big History including three interdisciplinary ‘Big History, Big Future’ panels on cooperation, innovation, and global growth and stability. These interdisciplinary discussion panels were the inspiration for this Solving Complex Problems Specialization.

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