How to solve problems creatively? Learn it with this online course

University of Minnesota is offering an online course called "Creative Problem Solving". This 7-week-long-course will begin from 26th February, 2014.

About the Course:
This course will help you understand the role of creativity, innovation, and problem solving in your own life and across disciplines. It will challenge you to move outside of your existing comfort zone and to recognize the value of that exploration. What makes an idea creative, anyway? This course will help you understand the importance of diverse ideas, and to convey that understanding to others. It will cover methods for generating new ideas, increasing motivation, and ways to increase your own creative ability through assessment and discussion.

The principal learning activity in the course is a series of "differents" where you will be challenged to identify and change your own cultural, habitual, and normal patterns of behavior. Creative prompts such as "eat something different" and "do something as a child" will encourage you to recognize your 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. You will learn how to approach problems in divergent ways and apply this knowledge to your daily endeavors.

Brad Hokanson and Marit McCluske will be the course instructors.

The course will include 3-5 hours of work/week.

It will be taught in English and the subtitles will be available in English.

To register and for more details click here