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Creativity Toolkit II: Creative Collaboration

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Creativity Toolkit II: Creative Collaboration

This course is part of Innovation: From Creativity to Entrepreneurship Specialization

Instructors: Jeffrey Loewenstein

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

410 reviews

Beginner level

No prior experience required

Flexible schedule

2 weeks at 10 hours a week

Learn at your own pace

98%

Most learners liked this course

What you'll learn

Enhance your understanding of the creative process so that you develop your skills at generating creative ideas.
Generate creative ideas by working effectively with other people.
Demonstrate understanding of how others might perceive and evaluate your ideas.
Generate creative ideas so that audiences are more likely to accept them.

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There are 4 modules in this course

Creativity requires us to collaborate with others, and this course helps you be a better creative collaborator. We need to be able to pitch our creative ideas so that others are excited rather than baffled or dismissive by them. We need to be able to evaluate the ideas of others so we identify rather than miss creative solutions. We need to be able to work with our teams such that creativity thrives rather than is suppressed. This course addresses each of these needs, identifying challenges and providing guidance for effective performance. The end result is guidance on how to foster effective creative collaboration.

You will be able to: -Design pitches for innovative ideas to build excitement and clarity -Evaluate the pitches of others to identify great new ideas -Lead groups to foster effective collaboration for innovation This course is part of Gies College of Business’ suite of online programs, including the iMBA and iMSM. Learn more about admission into these programs and explore how your Coursera work can be leveraged if accepted into a degree program at https://degrees.giesbusiness.illinois.edu/idegrees/.

Module details

In this module, you will become familiar with the course, your classmates, and our learning environment. The orientation will also help you obtain the technical skills required for the course. We will then examine the role of social influence tactics for encouraging others to respond positively to our requests. There are many ways to encourage people to want to comply. Next, we examine the role of forming communications that are likely to be understood and found appealing by others.

What's included

6 videos7 readings5 assignments1 discussion prompt

6 videosTotal 55 minutes

Meet Professors Loewenstein & Goncalo4 minutes
Meet Professor Mehta2 minutes
Learn on Your Terms1 minute
1-1.1 Make it Feel Right15 minutes
1-2 Changing Others' Perspectives14 minutes
1-3.1 Storytelling19 minutes

7 readingsTotal 70 minutes

Syllabus10 minutes
ePub10 minutes
About the Discussion Forums10 minutes
Online Education at Gies College of Business10 minutes
Updating Your Profile10 minutes
Module 1 Overview10 minutes
Module 1 Readings and Resources10 minutes

5 assignmentsTotal 150 minutes

Orientation Quiz30 minutes
Lesson 1-1 Practice Quiz30 minutes
Lesson 1-2 Practice Quiz30 minutes
Lesson 1-3 Practice Quiz30 minutes
Pitching Ideas: Quiz30 minutes

1 discussion promptTotal 10 minutes

Getting to Know Your Classmates10 minutes

Evaluating ideas is an important part of the larger creative process. This module will examine biases that enter into the process and ways to mitigate them.

What's included

4 videos2 readings5 assignments1 peer review

4 videosTotal 42 minutes

2-1.1 In the Eye of the Beholder11 minutes
2-2.1 Do I Want Creativity?12 minutes
2-3.1 Indicators of Creativity9 minutes
2-4.1 Pitchers10 minutes

2 readingsTotal 20 minutes

Module 2 Overview10 minutes
Module 2 Readings and Resources10 minutes

5 assignmentsTotal 150 minutes

Lesson 2-1 Practice Quiz30 minutes
Lesson 2-2 Practice Quiz30 minutes
Lesson 2-3 Practice Quiz30 minutes
Lesson 2-4 Practice Quiz30 minutes
Evaluating Ideas: Quiz30 minutes

1 peer reviewTotal 120 minutes

Evaluating Ideas: Peer Assessment120 minutes

In this module, you will learn that teams have the potential to stimulate creativity, but they often fall short for a variety of reasons.

What's included

9 videos2 readings4 assignments1 peer review

9 videosTotal 67 minutes

3-1.1 Connecting Minds11 minutes
3-2.1 Teams Put Up Barriers9 minutes
3-3.1 Conformity10 minutes
3-3.2 Blind Obedience8 minutes
3-3.3 Polarization6 minutes
3-3.4 Feeling Like a Deviant When You're Not8 minutes
3-3.5 Common Knowledge5 minutes
3-3.6 Over-confident Teams4 minutes
3-3.7 Why Do We Feel Creative in Teams?7 minutes

2 readingsTotal 20 minutes

Module 3 Overview10 minutes
Module 3 Readings and Resources10 minutes

4 assignmentsTotal 100 minutes

Lesson 3-1 Practice Quiz30 minutes
Lesson 3-2 Practice Quiz10 minutes
Lesson 3-3 Practice Quiz30 minutes
The Allure of Creativity: Quiz30 minutes

1 peer reviewTotal 120 minutes

The Allure of Team Creativity: Peer Assessment120 minutes

What's included

8 videos4 readings8 assignments

8 videosTotal 87 minutes

4-1.1 Leveraging Social Influence8 minutes
4-2.1 Individualism10 minutes
4-3.1 Norms that Permit Dissent10 minutes
4-4.1 Norms that Permit Competition5 minutes
4-5.1 The Strong Culture Debate5 minutes
4-6.1 Breaking Barriers and Being Creative in Teams7 minutes
4-7.1 Course Wrap-up5 minutes
Michael Day full-length interview35 minutes

4 readingsTotal 40 minutes

Module 4 Overview10 minutes
Module 4 Readings and Resources10 minutes
Congratulations on completing the course!10 minutes
Get Your Course Certificate10 minutes

8 assignmentsTotal 240 minutes

Lesson 4-1 Practice Quiz30 minutes
Lesson 4-2 Practice Quiz30 minutes
Lesson 4-3 Practice Quiz30 minutes
Lesson 4-4 Practice Quiz30 minutes
Lesson 4-5 Practice Quiz30 minutes
Lesson 4-6 Practice Quiz30 minutes
Lesson 4-7 Practice Quiz30 minutes
Breaking the Barriers to Team Creativity: Quiz30 minutes

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This course is part of the following degree program(s) offered by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. If you are admitted and enroll, your completed coursework may count toward your degree learning and your progress can transfer with you.¹