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Creativity and Critical Thinking

Learn techniques for generating ideas, and identify the characteristics of a critical thinker.

By the end of these courses, you will have developed a deeper understanding of creativity and critical thinking and their practical applications. You will have also gained valuable skills and techniques that you can use in your personal and professional life to solve problems, make decisions, and communicate effectively.

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Micro-credentials are short, concentrated groups of courses that are really flexible. You can take as many as you like, in any order, and because they are asynchronous you can take them at any time it suits you. You will be awarded a badge for each individual course, once you have completed all four courses you will gain your micro-credential.

The cost for each individual course listed below is $60. For more Information email: training@portagecollege.ca or call 780-623-5631 or toll-free at 1-888-745-0719.

Course Listing

Course ID: 

Name: Creative Problem Solving

Course Outcomes:

  • Describe problems and the creative problem-solving process.
  • Identify types of information to gather and key questions to ask in problem-solving.
  • Identify the importance of defining a problem correctly.
  • Identify and use four different problem definition tools.
  • Write concrete problem statements.
  • Use basic brainstorming tools to generate ideas for solutions.
  • Use idea-generating tools, such as affinity diagrams, word chaining, the box method, the six thinking hats, and the blink method.
  • Evaluate potential solutions against criteria, including cost/benefit analysis and group voting.
  • Perform a final analysis to select a solution.
  • Describe the roles that fact and intuition play in selecting a solution.
  • Describe the need to refine the shortlist and re-refine it.
  • Outline how to identify the tasks and resources necessary to implement solutions.
  • Evaluate and adapt solutions to reality.
  • Follow up with solution implementation to celebrate successes and identify improvements.

Hours: 6

Credits: N/A

Delivery: Asynchronous Online Micro-credential

Cost: $60

Micro-credential Badge: Upon completion of this course you will be awarded a Portage College Micro-credential badge.

Timelines: End of the academic year, June 30th

Register for this course: training@portagecollege.ca or call 780-623-5631 or toll-free at 1-888-745-0719.

Course ID: 

Name: Creativity: Thinking Outside the Box

Course Outcomes:

  • Define creativity.
  • Differentiate between creativity and innovation.
  • Work toward achieving the benefits of creativity for business success.
  • Successfully build a creative team and work culture.
  • Practice techniques for effective brainstorming.
  • Identify the stages of the creative process.
  • Outline the barriers of creativity.
  • Use tools to help find your creative mind.

Hours: 6

Credits: N/A

Delivery: Asynchronous Online Micro-credential

Cost: $60

Micro-credential Badge: Upon completion of this course you will be awarded a Portage College Micro-credential badge.

Timelines: End of the academic year, June 30th

Register for this course: training@portagecollege.ca or call 780-623-5631 or toll-free at 1-888-745-0719.

Course ID: 

Name: Critical Thinking

Course Outcomes:

  • Define critical thinking.
  • Describe the critical thinking process.
  • Identify the role of logic, and reasoning.
  • Recognize benefits and barriers to critical thinking.
  • Identify characteristics of a critical thinker.
  • Evaluate information using critical thinking skills.
  • Recognize ways to improve skills.
  • Explore and revise perspective, when necessary.
  • Comprehend problem solving abilities.

Hours: 6

Credits: N/A

Delivery: Asynchronous Online Micro-credential

Cost: $60

Micro-credential Badge: Upon completion of this course you will be awarded a Portage College Micro-credential badge.

Timelines: End of the academic year, June 30th

Register for this course: training@portagecollege.ca or call 780-623-5631 or toll-free at 1-888-745-0719.

Course ID: 

Name: Developing Creativity

Course Outcomes:

  • Define creativity.
  • Act with confidence.
  • Engage in curiosity.
  • Stop acting out of fear.
  • Learn from introspection.
  • Take risks.

Hours: 6

Credits: N/A

Delivery: Asynchronous Online Micro-credential

Cost: $60

Micro-credential Badge: Upon completion of this course you will be awarded a Portage College Micro-credential badge.

Timelines: End of the academic year, June 30th

Register for this course: training@portagecollege.ca or call 780-623-5631 or toll-free at 1-888-745-0719.

We acknowledge that Portage College’s service region is on the traditional lands of First Nation Peoples, the owners of Treaty 6, 8 and 10, which are also homelands to the Métis people. We honour the history and culture of all people who first lived and gathered in these lands.
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