The document discusses teaching innovation and creativity. It summarizes the mission and desired outcomes of the Ministry of Education in Singapore, which include developing creative thinking skills. It then discusses different approaches to creativity, including taking many small incremental steps versus occasional large leaps. The document presents Professor Alan's formula for creativity as combining structure with diversity. It provides examples of bringing structure, such as through classifications, and examples of fostering diversity through techniques like imagination, random ideas, and exploring opposites.

1. Teaching Innovation Alan Dix Lancaster University www.hcibook.com/alan

2. Ministry of Education mission “ creative thinking skills and learning skills are essential for the future” http://www1.moe.edu.sg/educatio.htm

3. Ministry of Education desired outcomes of education “ be innovative” “ be creative and imaginative” “ be able to think independently and creatively” http://www1.moe.edu.sg/desired.htm

4. why me? human–computer interaction complex (computers and people!) rapidly changing => innovation research professionals do it academics know about it … an academic about academia

5. culture

6. culture occidental oriental academic objective reasoning individual community opinion authority

7. different disciplines technology science: objective, reasoning invention: esoteric, imagination fine art west: inspiration, the muse east: discipline, study music skill, discipline, interpretation

8. creative steps – the ant lots of small steps incremental evolutionary convergent

9. creative steps – the flea great leaps unguided revolutionary divergent

10. creativity is hard avoiding crocophants

11. Professor Alan’s formula for creativity! structure + diversity  innovation

12. structure

13. everything in its place names taxonomies dimensions multiple classifications

14. using multi-classifications to spread literature search X

15. using multi-classifications to spread literature search to identify gaps somat or other thing- amibob somat else ?

16. using multi-classifications to spread literature search to identify gaps to discover trends thing- amibob somat else ? ?

17. using multi-classifications to spread literature search to identify gaps to discover trends to uncover abstractions somat or other thing- amibob somat else different again ? ?

18. using multi-classifications to spread literature search to identify gaps to discover trends to uncover abstractions to synthesise solutions somat or other thing- amibob somat else ?

19. what and why what’s good about something what’s bad about it why? … avoids crocophants …

20. diversity

21. imagination and play what if thinking imagination = looking ahead the foundation of science and technology

22. random metaphors using PowerPoint is like playing a violin random

23. bad ideas deliberately silly/bad ideas e.g. glass hammer analyse it what’s good, what’s bad assume it is a good idea car salesman, pretend it is optimal

24. why bad ideas reduce personal commitment fun group exercise to train critical thought to inspire good ideas!

25. plus more opposites …

26. creative tension justification & evaluation qualitative & quantitative broad & deep abstract & concrete deconstruction & reconstruction