YMD329 Creative Thinking SkillsIstanbul Okan UniversityDegree Programs New MediaGeneral Information For StudentsDiploma SupplementErasmus Policy StatementNational Qualifications
New Media
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 QF-EHEA: First Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 6

General course introduction information

Course Code: YMD329
Course Name: Creative Thinking Skills
Course Semester: Spring
Course Credits:
Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
3 0 3 4
Language of instruction: TR
Course Requisites:
Does the Course Require Work Experience?: No
Type of course: Department Elective
Course Level:
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE:6. Master`s Degree QF-EHEA:First Cycle EQF-LLL:6. Master`s Degree
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Öğr.Gör. NİDA BALAMUR
Course Lecturer(s): Dr.Öğr.Üyesi HAVVA PALACI
Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

Course Objectives: In the Creative Thinking Skills course, students comprehend the basic definitions of creativity, creative thinking and creative thinking skills; practice with techniques such as Analogical Thinking, Role Playing, Brain Storming, Divergent Thinking, realizes his/her own creativity and realizes that creativity is a developable phenomenon, learns the obstacles to creative thinking.
Course Content: Improves students' problem solving skills, tendency to group work, thinking skills that will make life easier after school and presentation skills to be applied in exams.
The visiting lecturer and the art therapist practice as a guest on the lesson.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
Learning Outcomes
1 - Knowledge
Theoretical - Conceptual
1) Student learns the concepts of creativity, creative thinking skills. Understand creative thinking models such as Six Thinking Hats technique and brainstorming thinking technique.
2 - Skills
Cognitive - Practical
1) Understands the existence of different thinking methods and different ideas. Questions own different thoughts and existing stereotypes and gains the ability to express their creative thoughts freely.
3 - Competences
Communication and Social Competence
1) Communication skills and social life skills increase with in-class group work and dual project preparation groups. They can combine their knowledge and experience in the field with social responsibility awareness and propose and implement constructive projects for his social environment.
Learning Competence
1) Realizes the barriers of creativity and realizes that each individual is a creative individual with this awareness. Transfer the knowledge acquired in creative thinking to other disciplines in the field.
Field Specific Competence
1) Apply the concepts / methods learned during the course in business life.
Competence to Work Independently and Take Responsibility
1) The student's self-efficacy belief about creativity increases. With the different and creative thinking style they has acquired, they realizes that they can develop in many subjects in daily life. Identifies the ways of thinking and acting correctly in a team work.

Lesson Plan

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) Meeting - An overview of the lesson. None
2) What is the thinking/idea? What are the ways of thinking? Yaratıcı Okul Yaratıcı Öğretmen-PEGEM Akademi, TED Gibi Konuş, Aganta Kitap, Carmine Gallo.
3) Creativity / Creative Thinking models. Yaratıcı Okul Yaratıcı Öğretmen-PEGEM Akademi, TED Gibi Konuş, Aganta Kitap, Carmine Gallo.
4) Characteristics of the Creative person. Yaratıcı Okul Yaratıcı Öğretmen-PEGEM Akademi, TED Gibi Konuş, Aganta Kitap, Carmine Gallo.
5) Basic Dimensions of Creativity. Yaratıcı Okul Yaratıcı Öğretmen-PEGEM Akademi, TED Gibi Konuş, Aganta Kitap, Carmine Gallo.
6) Factors that Affecting Creativity. Yaratıcı Okul Yaratıcı Öğretmen-PEGEM Akademi, TED Gibi Konuş, Aganta Kitap, Carmine Gallo.
7) Midterm Exam. Project-1 (Delivery / Presentation). None
8) Creative Thinking Process. Yaratıcı Okul Yaratıcı Öğretmen-PEGEM Akademi, TED Gibi Konuş, Aganta Kitap, Carmine Gallo.
9) Six Thinking Hats Technique. In-class applications. Yaratıcı Okul Yaratıcı Öğretmen-PEGEM Akademi, TED Gibi Konuş, Aganta Kitap, Carmine Gallo.
10) Brainstorming Technique. Application of the technique in the classroom. Yaratıcı Okul Yaratıcı Öğretmen-PEGEM Akademi, TED Gibi Konuş, Aganta Kitap, Carmine Gallo.
11) Creative Text Writing Applications. Yaratıcı Okul Yaratıcı Öğretmen-PEGEM Akademi,
12) Practices for Improving Creativity. None
13) Practices for Improving Creativity -2 None
14) Project-2 (Delivery / Presentation) None

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: Yaratıcı Okul Yaratıcı Öğretmen-PEGEM Akademi, Hasan Basri Mumduhoğlu, Rezzan Uçar, İbrahim Halil Uçar
TED Gibi Konuş, Aganta Kitap, Carmine Gallo-
References: GoogleClassroom üzerinden her hafta konu ödev ve içerikleri paylaşılacaktır.

Course-Program Learning Outcome Relationship

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Program Outcomes
1) 1. Acquainting oneself with technologic developments which have effect on new media area. 2. Gaining the theoretical infrastructure controling the influence flow within social media, society and digital culture. 3. Implementing digital communication on productive and strategic projects by using the right applications. 4. Wining theoretical and factual infrastructure to use data which can reach the right information in an ethical way.
2) 1.Designing, strategizing and managing related processes as an active actor of the new media at the center of all transformations and changes, especially production, marketing, journalism, social relations. 2.Being able to comprehend the interdisciplinary structure of the new media and the tendency to work with traditional media such as newspapers, radio and TV, and to produce interactive content in this direction. 3.Generating a new generation of news in the context of news gathering and writing transformations; to be a new media correspondent, editor or producer in newspapers, radio or TV institutions carrying publishing activities on the Internet and mobile media. 4.Designing, producing and implementing content for public and private organizations with disciplines as public relations, trade, advertising for effective reach to target audience, productivity and competitive advantage. 5. Solving the crisis based new media at the institutions and to produce parallel strategies to the new situation. 6.Portal management, learning and implementation of stages in web design areas.
3) 1.Entrepreneurship that to be able to present thoughts and creativity in all new media platforms like web, newspaper, blog, e-commerce. 2.Informative, entertaining content production based on social existence, sharing and interaction in social media. 3.To be able to perform the profession as a team member and fulfill the responsibilities, while remaining committed to ethical values. 4.Paying attention to the fair representation of the views of all parties within the framework of accountability, equal approach to the parties and not misleading.
4) 1. Comprehension of media literacy skills in the process of news gathering. 2. Learning how to effectively use and develop new media platforms. 3. Comprehension of conceptual connections between media and politics 4. To be able to understand and question the basic principles of mass communication and the place and importance of mass communication. 5. Developing a perspective of being able to analyze and tired of economic politics, social, political and cultural influences of mass communication.
5) 1. communicating with digital agencies about new media projects in order to be a part of the solution. 2. Sharing the solution suggestions on communication area using qualitative and quantitative research. 3. Organizing and implementing projects and events for one'ssocial environment using the digital communication formats in a creative way.
6) 1. Understanding the basic principles and doctrines of communication and foprming a point of view. 2. Understanding and evaluating theoritical approach on communication. 3. Comprehension of criticism on media theories. 4. In Turkey and in the world assessing industry 4.0 strategies, Making the analysis of the practices. 5. Solving possible crises in the institutions by evaluating all technological, political and economic developments that will affect the new media field and producing parallel strategies to the new situation

Course - Learning Outcome Relationship

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Low 3 Average 4 High 5 Highest
           
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) 1. Acquainting oneself with technologic developments which have effect on new media area. 2. Gaining the theoretical infrastructure controling the influence flow within social media, society and digital culture. 3. Implementing digital communication on productive and strategic projects by using the right applications. 4. Wining theoretical and factual infrastructure to use data which can reach the right information in an ethical way.
2) 1.Designing, strategizing and managing related processes as an active actor of the new media at the center of all transformations and changes, especially production, marketing, journalism, social relations. 2.Being able to comprehend the interdisciplinary structure of the new media and the tendency to work with traditional media such as newspapers, radio and TV, and to produce interactive content in this direction. 3.Generating a new generation of news in the context of news gathering and writing transformations; to be a new media correspondent, editor or producer in newspapers, radio or TV institutions carrying publishing activities on the Internet and mobile media. 4.Designing, producing and implementing content for public and private organizations with disciplines as public relations, trade, advertising for effective reach to target audience, productivity and competitive advantage. 5. Solving the crisis based new media at the institutions and to produce parallel strategies to the new situation. 6.Portal management, learning and implementation of stages in web design areas.
3) 1.Entrepreneurship that to be able to present thoughts and creativity in all new media platforms like web, newspaper, blog, e-commerce. 2.Informative, entertaining content production based on social existence, sharing and interaction in social media. 3.To be able to perform the profession as a team member and fulfill the responsibilities, while remaining committed to ethical values. 4.Paying attention to the fair representation of the views of all parties within the framework of accountability, equal approach to the parties and not misleading.
4) 1. Comprehension of media literacy skills in the process of news gathering. 2. Learning how to effectively use and develop new media platforms. 3. Comprehension of conceptual connections between media and politics 4. To be able to understand and question the basic principles of mass communication and the place and importance of mass communication. 5. Developing a perspective of being able to analyze and tired of economic politics, social, political and cultural influences of mass communication.
5) 1. communicating with digital agencies about new media projects in order to be a part of the solution. 2. Sharing the solution suggestions on communication area using qualitative and quantitative research. 3. Organizing and implementing projects and events for one'ssocial environment using the digital communication formats in a creative way.
6) 1. Understanding the basic principles and doctrines of communication and foprming a point of view. 2. Understanding and evaluating theoritical approach on communication. 3. Comprehension of criticism on media theories. 4. In Turkey and in the world assessing industry 4.0 strategies, Making the analysis of the practices. 5. Solving possible crises in the institutions by evaluating all technological, political and economic developments that will affect the new media field and producing parallel strategies to the new situation

Learning Activity and Teaching Methods

Peer Review
Expression
Brainstorming/ Six tihnking hats
Individual study and homework
Lesson
Group study and homework
Reading
Homework
Problem Solving
Role Playing
Q&A / Discussion
Social Activities
Case Study

Assessment & Grading Methods and Criteria

Written Exam (Open-ended questions, multiple choice, true-false, matching, fill in the blanks, sequencing)
Oral Examination
Homework
Application
Individual Project
Group project
Peer Review
Case study presentation

Assessment & Grading

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Project 1 % 50
Final 1 % 50
total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 50
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 50
total % 100

Workload and ECTS Credit Grading

Activities Number of Activities Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours 0 3 0
Midterms 1 0 0
Final 1 0 0
Total Workload 0