TIC I

Innovation and creativity workshop

Professor: Oscar Alonso Rosete Beas

Agenda

• Professor background
• why learn about innovation?
• Grading policies
• Warm up activity
• Material needed
• Diagnostic test
• What are you going to learn?

Professor: Oscar Alonso Rosete Beas

Research lines

Professor: Oscar Alonso Rosete Beas

Software

Why learn innovation and creativity?

Innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises means one thing above all: Developing new ideas will lead them systematically to success.

TIC I Innovation and creativity workshop

Course composed of 2 sections/semesters:

TIC I: Creative process and innovation

TIC II: PyME(SMEs)

What are you going to learn?

Course outline

Unit I. General Characteristics of Creativity

• Understand the key components that foster creativity
• Learn about the different scenarios in which we can find creativity applied
• Implement ideation techniques to solve real problems

Unit I. General Characteristics of Creativity

Unit II. The Creative Process 

• Implement convergent thinking techniques to select the most viable solution for a problem.
• Learn and master the design thinking methodology
• Implement prototyping software to impress your audience
• Embrace feedback of a project as a gift

• Understand the key components that foster innovation
• Learn about the different scenarios in which we can find
  innovation applied
• Understand the key elements related to intellectual property.
• Implement all of the previously seen material in scenarios of high importance such as sustainability goals

Unit III. General Characteristics of Innovation
 

Course policies and expectations

Professor: Oscar Alonso Rosete Beas

Evaluation and Grading Criteria

Grades will be computed using the following weighting scheme:

Professor: Oscar Alonso Rosete Beas

Attendace check

Professor: Oscar Alonso Rosete Beas

Late/missed assignments 

General Laboratory Policies

• Equipment will be assigned for every student.
• Before working, the user must verify no anomality exists in it, in case it exists, it must be immediately notified to the professor in charge for its solution.
• Once the user has finished using the equipment, he must shut it down, clean up their work station and verify that the computer equipment and furniture excel in cleanliness and tidiness

General Laboratory Policies

• Only laboratory students are allowed in the lab.  If you must speak with someone not in the laboratory class; please leave the room for the duration of the visit.
• Professor must maintain the door locked while giving the lecture and also after it ends.

Prohibitions:

• No food or beverage is to be consumed in the laboratories.  This includes gum!
• The removal or alteration of any component of the computer equipment. Move the equipment from its original location.Introduce to the equipment any kind of objects that were not required by the professor.
• Download programs or files that were not required by the professor.
• Access webpages 

Professor: Oscar Alonso Rosete Beas

Course material

The syllabus, lecture slides, some of the readings and other pertinent information will be stored on the Coursework website

(www.oscarrosete.com).

Google classroom

General Laboratory Policies

• Misuse of Laboratory facilities that results (or could result) in damage to the College software, equipment, data, or facilities will be subject for disciplinary. Students will be held liable for any damage caused should they do so.

• Abuse of computing resources is considered a serious offense that may result in disciplinary action by the University and loss of computing privilege.

Warm-up activity

TIC I

Innovation and creativity workshop

Professor: Oscar Alonso Rosete Beas

Unit I. General Characteristics of Creativity

• Understand the key components that foster creativity
• Learn about the different scenarios in which we can find creativity applied
• Implement ideation techniques to solve real problems

Classroom activity

Independent Creative Activitiy

Define:

Creativity
List:

3 Professions, Occupations or activities

Attendance check will be done through impromptu speech: how do you think it can apply it to your career (briefly)?

Preconceptions (Fine Art)

Reality

Creativity

"Process that results in a novel product that is accepted by a significant group of others as useful, tenable or satisfying at some point in time".

Mo Stein

Scope of the course

Scope of the course

Everyday Creativity

“Human originality at work and leisure across the diverse activities of everyday life,” which is ‘central to human survival’ and found, to some extent, in everyone.” (Richards, 2007).

Everyday Problems "Solved"

Everyday Creativity

Independent creative work (Submit to Google Classroom, it will be graded):

Yourself

1. Create a list of ways that you are creative in day-to-day life (>3).
2. Highlight one that really stands out to you, one that you think represents who you are as a creative individual.
3. Make a pictorial representation of the previous list.

Other people

1. Identify at least three scenarios of other people (search on internet) in which they were creative in daily activities. If possible, one in the form a video.
2. Establish your own definition of creativity based on the ones seen on the course.

TIC I

Innovation and creativity workshop

Professor: Oscar Alonso Rosete Beas

Unit I. General Characteristics of Creativity

• Understand the key components that foster creativity
• Learn about the different scenarios in which we can find creativity applied
• Implement ideation techniques to solve real problems

Previous Session

• Definitions of Creativity

• Everyday creativity

Today

• Creativity Myths

• Advices to foster creativity

• Insightful and divergent creativity
  

Creativity Poll

General Instructions

• Write on the chat box if you relate with the phrase or think that it's true.

• One person (randomly selected) will count the people that relate.

Creativity Poll

Are you creative?

Creativity Poll

Based on 547 responses at online course

79% Yes

21% No

Creativity Poll

Maybe you can teach it to other people... but i doubt you can teach me creativity

Creativity Poll

Based on 537 responses at online course

16% Yes

84% No

Creativity Poll

Creativity Poll

Some people are creative and others are simply not

Creativity Poll

Based on 521 responses at online course

52% Yes

48% No

Creativity Poll

Are people most creative when they are happy or unhappy?

Creativity Poll

Based on 503 responses at online course

53% Happy

16% Unhappy

31% Unrelated

Creativity Poll

Creative people are irresponsible

Creativity Poll

Based on 547 responses at online course

79% Yes

21% No

Myths Summary

• People often categorize themselves as uncreative

• Some people belive that creativity cannot be taught

• There is often the idea that if you are creative, you are unhappy and irresponsible.

What would you wish for?

Imagine you had a magic wand, which you could use to increase the creativity of people.

On Google Classroom

• Share your opinion related to the myths that we saw today (at least 5 sentences), for instance, why do they exist?
• Write at least one myth related to creativity that we didn't see.
• Write at least three "wishes" of your own
• Make a list of the top advices you get from the following interview video.

Creativity Poll

Are you creative?

Classroom activity

Independent Creative Activitiy

Define:

Creativity
List:

3 Professions, Occupations or activities

Attendance check will be done through impromptu speech: how do you think it can apply it to your career (briefly)?