a postgraduate unit, part of the PgCert/MA in Academic Practice at MMU

1. Creativity for learning
a 30 credit CPD unit part of the PgCert/MA in Academic Practice
with Chrissi Nerantzi @chrissinerantzi
counts also
towards
BONUS:
open course
for all!!!

2. CELT will be offering a brand new unit Creativity for Learning in the New Year and
you are very welcome to join us.
Register and immerse yourself into ways that will help you spice up your teaching. This unit
will help you develop a deeper understanding knowledge, skills and practices linked to
creative and innovative learning and teaching.
Pedagogical theories in disciplinary contexts will be explored and participants will have the
opportunity to develop a learning and teaching innovation to be implemented and evaluated.
Creativity for learning aims to raise aspirations and transform practices. We need more
creativity and innovation in our curricula and this unit provides a safe space to learn within a
learning community, develop and become a creative teacher who inspires creative learning in
their students.
Creativity for Learning is an optional unit on the Postgraduate Certificate/Masters in Academic
Practice. You are welcome also to participate in individual workshops as part of your CPD
and/or use part of this unit as evidence for the FLEX unit (15/30 credits) or complete the
assessment linked to the Creativity for Learning unit and gain 30 credits. Get in touch if you
would like to discuss possibilities.

3. Workshops info
• workshop 1 (29.1.15, 1-4pm): Unit overview, introduction to
creativity in HE, enablers and barriers, theory and practice
• workshop 2 (5.2.15, 1-4pm): Creativity in action! Learning happens
everywhere...
• workshop 3 (12.2.15, 1-4pm): Using story for learning and teaching
• workshop 4 (19.2.15, 1-4pm): Learning through making
• workshop 5 (5.3.15, 1-4pm): Project ideas workshop
theory and practical application, activities and development of creative practices through immersion

4. ... any observations?

5. “You would never say that
someone was creative if that
person never did anything. To be
creative you actually have to do
something. It involves putting your
imagination to work to make
something new, to come up with a
new solution to problems, even to
think of new problems or
questions. You can think of
creativity as applied imagination.”
(Robinson, 2009, p. 67)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/Sir_Ken_Robinson_at_The_Creative_Company_Conference.jpg

6. “Problems are things or states that
someone thinks are worthy of attention
or investigation. They might be
visualised from two very different
perspectives.
The first sees a problem as an issue that
needs to be resolved or rectified, the
second that there is an opportunity for
something different.”
(Jackson, 1996, 3)
https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/2211912549/NORMAN2.jpg

7. source: http://izquotes.com/quotes-pictures/quote-a-new-idea-is-first-condemned-as-ridiculous-and-then-dismissed-as-trivial-until-finally-it-
william-james-345047.jpg
Does this ring a bell?

8. https://twitter.com/josepicardoSHS/status/527766084011962368/photo/1

9. What if? Let’s explore this together
http://www.celt.mmu.ac.uk/cpd/accredited/unit_details.php?unit_id=93

10. Starts in January 2015
Join us at
https://p2pu.org/en/course
s/2615/creativity-for-
learning-in-higher-
education/
Work towards open badges!
option to study at MMU towards academic credits against a fee

11. 'Creative Academics': Exploring conceptions of personal creativity and
how they change through purposeful professional development
An exciting research project led by Prof. Norman Jackson and Chrissi Nerantzi linked to
the Creativity for Learning Unit offered by CELT, MMU and other professional
development activities in other higher education institutions.
a longitudinal study starting in January 2015
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7507/15223900974_8f7dc4f3c7_c.jpg

12. Creativity for learning
a 30 credit CPD unit part of the PgCert/MA in Academic Practice
with Chrissi Nerantzi @chrissinerantzi
counts towards