Online Course

Have you ever had an idea that you wanted to push and develop further, but you weren’t sure how to do it? This fully online course will introduce you to some of the many tools that can facilitate creative thinking. The processes of analysis can help to extend possibilities beyond predictable outcomes, and the same thinking tool can be used across many different disciplines to create new, more integrated and original options.

We will explore visual, verbal and physical ways of transforming ordinary ideas into fantastic ones. Using taught techniques such as the Synectic Pinball Game you will learn to understand more clearly what happens when the creative mind is at work.

We will test the principles of interconnectivity, non linear (associative) thinking, and use maps, models and metaphors to develop your creative thinking. Famous creative thinkers like Leonardo da Vinci, Dr. Edward de Bono, George Lucas, Nicholas Roukes, Malcolm Gladwell and Walt Disney use/used a wide range of processes which we will critically explore.

NOTE: This course is conducted via the Omnium system (omnium.edu.au). Students will receive log in instructions via their UNSW email account prior to the commencement of the course.