The Multi-Mode Creativity & Critical Thinking Certificate Course [M2C2T Online]

The Multi-Mode Creativity & Critical Thinking Certificate Course [M2C2T Online]

Working professionals who:

• Realize that critical thinking and creativity are essential for a successful career in future.
• Are willing to review their passion for perfection and are open to experimentation.

The ideal candidate for this course is someone who looks at the terms “critical thinking” and “creativity” and wonders if they really have a flair for them. The person who wonders – even about these terms – and tries looking for them within, is ready for this course.

If you believe that this course is ideal for you, fill up your application form and send it over. If we too see a match, you’ll hear from us.

Note 1: This course will need your unwavering commitment, and about 10 hours of your time on a weekly basis.

Language Skills: Good command over written English
Computer Skills: Basic computer and Internet skills
Education: Graduation in any discipline
Experience: 5-25 years is fabulous. Outliers maybe considered based on the case they make.

Upon completing this course, the participant should be able to come up with innovative ideas backed with original thinking, and be able to use/present them with the force of their conviction.

This course, thus, will draw out your curiosity, build in you the creator’s love for the imperfect, awaken your creativity, and help you practice a six-phase process that will ensure that you can mode-switch between your favorite creative areas.

Creativity Agni’s programs have been lauded by its participants , not only for their effectiveness, but also for fostering creative thinking in the participants.

1. What is creativity?
2. What is critical thinking?
3. How are critical thinking and creativity related?
4. Identifying and fostering critical thinking elements
• Defining and analyzing information
• Exploring and reviewing assumptions
• Gathering evidences
• Identifying biases
5. Creativity latency
6. Factors leading to creativity latency
7. Creativity blockers – Identification and removal
8. Creativity fostering traits & habits
• Critical thinking
• Empathy
• Visualization
• Courage
• Intrinsic motivation
• Writing
• Meta cognition and Drishta
9. Developing/fostering your unique mix of personal creativity enhancers
10. Individual creativity vs. group creativity
11. Phases of creative mode-switching: Explanation and practice
12. Frameworks used for creative thinking
• Divergent vs. convergent thinking
• The Gestalt principles
• The SCAMPER model (for facilitating group-think)
• Graham Wallas’ four-stage model (for originating creative ideas)
13. Building the mental strength and resilience of a creator
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How will we accomplish all this?

The M2C2T Certificate Course is an online course which is conducted through the Zoom App. The course involves various class activities, roleplays, discussions etc. that will require your both audio and video presence for the entire duration of the Zoom sessions.

Like the other courses and training programs offered by Creative Agni, this course too is designed and will be delivered strictly according to the ID principles that the mentor presents in her book, For the Love of Instructional Design - The Non-Textbook for Learning Professionals.

Additionally, the M2C2T Certificate Course uses:

1. Weekly assignments that require the participants to burnish their critical thinking and primary creative expression techniques.
2. A 3-hour intensive virtual classroom sessions each Saturday with Shafali.
3. A half-hour person-to-person contact session for deep diving into the affective components of creativity.
4. A project that starts right at the beginning of the course, and ensures that the participants practice the techniques they learn in the course and come up with their original creative work/innovative solution.
5. Activities to practice meta-thinking and critically examine one’s characteristic creativity road-blocks.
6. Interactive Classroom Sessions and Online Discussions

1 Month – 4 weeks. 2 sessions of 1.5 hour duration (total: 3 hours) on Zoom every Saturday with a ten-minute break in the middle.

Shafali R. Anand
Founder & Chief Envisionist
Creative Agni Consulting and Training
Formerly, Chief Instructional Architect, Wavelength eLearnin
Author of the Book: For the Love of Instructional Design

Shafali designed Wavelength’s Online Courses & Training Programs for Instructional Design and eLearning, and conducted/facilitated them for six years. She has been the mentor for Creative Agni's Instructional Design Courses and Training programs since 2012.) She writes, speaks, and conducts courses/training programs on Instructional Design, Creativity, and Cognitive Psychology. She has a passion for experimenting with emerging technologies and testing their limits with respect to their applications in the arena of learning.

Visit Shafali's LinkedIn page.

You can read more about Shafali here.

INR 37,000/- for Indian Residents.
USD 475.00 for International Participants.

(Important Note: The fee is inclusive of all taxes.)

Upon your successful completion of the course, you will receive the Multi-mode Creativity & Critical Thinking Certificate from Creative Agni®.

If you are interested in taking the M2C2T Certificate course online to fortify your critical thinking and creativity, please do the following.

1. Read the course details (content outline, implementation methodology, course fee, relevant dates etc.) on this page carefully.
2. Download the M2C2T application form, go through it carefully, and follow the instructions given within.
3. Email the completed application form and supporting documents before the last date for submitting the application form.
4. Applications are selected on their merit but since seats for each session are limited, if all other things are equal, admission is granted on first-come-first-served basis. This is why we recommend sending in your application as early as you can.

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