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Across disciplines and projects, there can be pressure for researchers to provide novel insights. But this can be easier said than done. Patrick Dunleavy offers some helpful strategies for innovati… 
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Dallas J Baker, Adjunct Fellow at Southern Cross University, touched on this same idea in a recent piece for The Conversation: “Some aspects of creativity can be taught with direct instruction, but others cannot. Creative teachers need to be experts in their discipline and also experts in teaching creatively. Too often we assume that success in a field of endeavour qualifies someone to teach. This is not the case. Teaching is in itself a creative undertaking that requires real commitment and expertise.” Via Miloš Bajčetić, Dean J. Fusto
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Students need feedback often and creating a system by rubber stamping work can provide visible and immediate proof of student progress.
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Infographics don’t rock. They roll, and take your brand with them. Learn where to start, how to brainstorm, and how to synthesize ideas. Plus, see an original infographic –25 concepts and themes – that was created to inspire your own.
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What happens when you remove restraints from learning, and allow students to discover for themselves? What happens when students are given problems to solve rather than solutions to apply? What happens when students are given blank canvases,...
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One educator rethinks Bloom's Taxonomy because it gives the impression that there is a scarcity of creativity in students.
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30 Ideas To Promote Creativity In Learning
By Miriam Clifford, opencolleges.edu.au This post has been republished from a 2012 post. The concept of teaching creativity has been around for quite some time. Academics such as E. Paul Torrance, dedicated an entire lifetime to the advancement of creativity in education. Torrance faced much opposition in his day about the nature of creativity. Creativity was considered to be an immeasurable, natural ability. Torrance called for explicit teaching of creativity. He advocated that it was skill-specific, requiring intentional instruction. His life’s work ultimately led to the development of the Torrance tests and gifted programs throughout the world.
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With this new knowledge Age emerges the need for a redefinition of the essential learning skills , 'the mastering of which will help ensure students' success in the future job market '. In a great journal article entitled "Toward Learning Societies and The Global Challenges for Learning with ICT " Bernie Trilling featured the 7Cs that underly the 21st century lifelong learning skills. These7Cs are derived from a number of contemporary efforts to define the essential skills needed for a society’s future workforce.
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For ISTE 2014 in Atlanta, I will be presenting on the “Myths of Technology and Learning”. As I am really thinking about what I will be sharing at the conference, I wanted to write a series of blog ...
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What is 21st century learning, and how do networks and technology function within it?
At TeachThought, we constantly wrestle with two big questions: How do people learn, and how can they do it better in a constantly evolving context? In pursuit, the theme of “21st century learning” often surfaces, a popular label that, while perhaps cliche, still seems to be necessary as we iterate learning models, fold in digital media resources, and incorporate constantly changing technology to an already chaotic event (i.e., learning). This has produced our 9 Characteristics of 21st Century Learning, a kind of overview we created in 2009, and our Inside-Out School model that is meant to be a kind of bridge between current school design and what’s possible moving forward.
Derrick Schellenberg's curator insight,
March 24, 2014 9:49 AM
An interesting graphic on some of the skills or activities relating to 21st Century learning. Not much depth in the actual article/explanation, but the six different channels provide some food for thought. It is interesting that there is a real shift to student as participant and contributor in all of the six channels. Their role is active. They can help determine the direction. They can explore some of their own interests and express themselves in different ways. What I find interesting is that you can see the pendulum moving toward the students, and I am curious as to where we are in the arc (in North America, specifically Ontario). Eventually the pendulum will shift back, toward rigour, and content, and curriculum, as well as standards.
Are we just beginning the swing toward student-centered education (as examples of standardized testing abound) or are we well on our way to reaching the end of this continuum, and we should gird ourselves for the return swing? Or, will we find a happy hybrid, a blending of a rigorous curriculum, discovered through inquiry-based learning, constructed using student and teacher collaboration, with students "driving the bus" and teachers acting as guides (and hopefully accelerating past the need to test everyone and everything)?
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It seems some pupils have more creative imaginations than others, but the importance in fostering an imaginative mind is crucial for developing minds – and schools are the best place to help children to actively develop inventiveness.
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There are two vibrant conversations going on in education right now.
SueFoS's curator insight,
February 16, 2014 2:06 AM
Trends in school education are very relevant to VET. We can learn a lot by looking at how to apply creativity, innovation and personalisation to developing competence in VET environments. 
Eileen Forsyth's curator insight,
February 18, 2014 7:38 AM
Interesting suggestions about how to merge the two with technology: There are two vibrant conversations going on in education right now. The first centers around creativity, and is led by the likes of Ken Robinson, Tony Wagner, and Dale Dougherty. The second is about personalization and innovation, and includes Sal Khan, Tom Vander Ark, Sebastian Thrun, and Clay Christensen.
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via eClassroom News Experts weigh in on how administrators can support teachers in implementing collaboration and creativity Implementing broad concepts like critical thinking and communicat...
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Learning specific skills doesn't have as much value in today’s world. Learning how to be more creative prepares students for life beyond the classroom.
Melissa Spears's curator insight,
January 27, 2016 1:17 AM
Learning how to become more creative prepares students for life beyond the classroom. Many of the biggest and most successful businesses in the world now allowing employees to devote 20% of their work time to thinking creatively and exploring new ideas. Read on.
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You know the four Cs right? I mean everyone is talking about them. The four Cs that are going to change education in the 21st century? They are amazing! Do a Google Image Search for 21st Century Skills and you get a beautiful display of the four Cs. Great colors, wonderful wording and multiple ways to explain: Communication Collaboration Creativity Critical Thinking
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This is a sponsored post. I’ve scoured the internet, including all of my favourite social media sites, to bring you a fantastic collection of online inquiry Via Ana Cristina Pratas
Jan Klassiek's curator insight,
October 19, 2015 7:38 AM
Weer een goede tip van Ana Cristina Pratas op Scoop.it (Digital Delights for Learners, Sites for learning and developing creativity)! Natuurlijk, hoewel steeds minder een bezwaar, het is in het Engels, maar wat een rijkdom... Om door te snuffelen en ter inspiratie!
Hierbij ook de rechtstreekse link: http://childhood101.com/2014/07/35-resources-to-encourage-inquiry-inventive-thinking/
KB...Konnected's curator insight,
October 23, 2015 11:23 PM
Check this out. It's a really neat list with lots of goodies.
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Allowing learners room to be creative is always good, but what technology can teachers use to enhance such qualities? Google-certified teacher Rachel Jones and Nicky Moxen, teachers at King Edward VI School in Southampton, list 10 resources that they’ve found to be incredibly useful in the classroom.
Isabella Rivas's curator insight,
May 26, 3:09 PM
Book Creator and and Touchcast are two technology resources that I've been curious on trying and will do so in the future. I had always used Canva for my lessons and I absolutely love it because it allows for me to organize and display important details that make it a lot easier for my students.
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If you were of a cynical mind, you could look this as the key signs of a blog or website that’s really flogging that dead horse, that’s run out of things to say. Those of you of a more rosy disposition can look upon it as a way of unblocking the creative process …
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When we stop talking about creativity and innovation in abstract terms and start thinking about how they originate, we get divergent thinking. Divergent
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Why are MOOCs innovative? They provide alternative ways for students to gain new knowledge according to a given curriculum. MOOCs can also enhance learners’ ability to think creatively to select and adapt a paradigm to solve the problem at hand. These are the main findings of a case study on the Discrete Optimization MOOC on Coursera.
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AR Tools are Being Used Today by Creative Educators in Fun, Innovative Ways, but few Know About it (yet). Educators are always looking for new ways to enhance
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Like cheating on a test, ignoring a friend’s phone call, wallowing in self-pity, or eating a pint of ice cream in one sitting, being wrong feels the worst when someone else is around to witness it. Unlike these things, being wrong is unjustly stigmatized as unacceptable. Everyone answers a question incorrectly now and then, but it’s the shame associated with being wrong, especially in front of others, that harms us more than the fault itself.
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Sometimes you're just stuck in a creativity rut. Check out these 27 simple ideas to boost your creativity!
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How might stories emphasize scaffolding, the external supports that contribute to our learning and finding new paths?
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