Topic outline

  • Learning and creativity refer to the willingness and the attitude of citizens towards learning in digital environments over their life course, both to develop and express different forms of creativity, with different tools, in different contexts. It covers the development of personal and professional competences as citizens prepare for the challenges of technology-rich societies with confidence and in innovative ways.

     


    This course consists of 5 modules. We invite you to introduce yourself, go through the course materials at your own pace and take the assessments at your convenience. After completing all the steps, you can download your course completion certificate.

    We wish you happy learning!

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      Forum. Introduce yourself

      Welcome to the first discussion forum of our "Learning and Creativity" online course.

      Take a minute to introduce yourself to your trainers and peers.

      Task 1. Answer to at least two of your colleagues' posts. Click the Reply button to enter your response. 

      Task 2. Create a new discussion topic to introduce yourself. Click the Add a new discussion topic button to post to discussion. Write your name and country in the Subject.

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  • Module 1. Education, learning and citizenship

    Upon completing of the module, you will be able to:

    • Characterize the learning process.
    • Describe learners’ characteristics.
    • Justify the importance of education.

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      Forum 1. You are invited to describe/ write down your opinion about this matter

      Objectives:    

      • Analyze the impact of schools on society.
      • Express their opinion about society.

      Tasks: 

      Do you sometimes wish that schools would disappear? How do you think it would affect society? Imagine what happens if other institutions disappeared. Let us know your thoughts in the discussion forum.


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    • Receive a grade Receive a passing grade

      • Gain your first Badge "Initiator"
      If your score for the quiz is above 50% you will be awarded with your first badge.

  • Module 2. Reflection

    Upon completing of the module, you will be able to:

    • Describe the reflective process.
    • Develop effective learning strategy through reflection.
    • Organize your thoughts in a reflective way.
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  • Module 3. Creativity

    Upon completing of the module, you will be able to:

    • Define the concept of creativity.
    • Give examples of creativity outputs.
    • Explain the 4 C model of creativity.

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  • Module 4. Creativity into practice

    Upon completing of the module, you will be able to:

    • Enumerate strategies for creativity.
    • Solve think out of the box problems.
    • Explain metaphors.

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  • Module 5. Environments

    Upon completing of the module, you will be able to:

    • Describe different types of environments.
    • Create an environment favorable for creativity.
    • Identify types of service learning.

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  • Course completion certificate

    You have reached the end of the course.

    Congratulations for going through all the online course modules!

    The link "Download your certificate for the Learning and Creativity course" will be available upon completing all the tasks listed below.

  • Acknowledgement, Disclaimer and Copyright notice

    Acknowledgement. This learning material has received funding from the European Commission under the ERASMUS+ Grant Agreement 2019-3-RO01-KA205-078053, “Strategic partnership to develop open educational resources for teaching digital citizenship - DIGCIT”.

    Disclaimer. The European Commission's support for the production of this publication does not constitute an endorsement of the contents, which reflect the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

    Copyright notice. CC BY. This license allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, so long as attribution is given to the creator. The license allows for commercial use. © 2020 - 2022 DIGCIT Consortium