Program Director Contact Details: Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Name: Dr Matt McKinlay
Email: matthew.mckinlay@adelaide.edu.au

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Teaching Staff

Summer School

Name: Dr Wendy Lindsay
Email: wendy.lindsay@adelaide.edu.au

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Semester 2

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On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1	Distinguish common misconceptions regarding innovation and creativity;
2	Scope and identify different theories of innovation and creativity;
3	Criticise and question various innovation practices;
4	Formulate and generate creative routine practices that may challenge status quo.

No textbook required.

There will be a range of readings provided in MyUni to reflect the theoretical and applied perspectives of creativity and innovation. A selected range of recommended resources will be uploaded into MyUni for students who wish to delve further into the domain knowledge areas covered in the course.

Further articles and readings will be available on MyUni

Library Resources
The University of Adelaide’s Barr Smith Library provides a range of learning resources including texts, journals, periodicals, magazines, and access to online databases and information services. It also offers a virtual library which is accessible via the University’s website. Access to the Library's electronic resources.

MyUni is the University of Adelaide's online learning environment. It is used to support traditional face-to-face lectures, tutorials and workshops at the University. MyUni provides access to various features including announcements, course materials, discussion boards and assessments for each online course of study.

This course is offered in blended learning mode with the face to face component delivered in 5 full day intensive workshops. Given the nature of creativity and innovation, and the necessity to learn by doing, components of the intensives will be conducted through a small group discovery experience (SGDE), hands-on interactive activity workshops, fieldwork tasks external to the classroom, interspersed between lectures and short presentation/feedback sessions. Guest speakers and/or panel experts will be brought in to supplement lecture components. All course learning materials will be accessible to students via the online MyUni platform. This will allow students to interact with course preparation and assessment when not in class.

The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements. As a guide, a 3 unit course comprises a total of 156 hours work (this includes face-to-face contact, any online components, and self directed study).

The course is structured around a number of themes, with various supporting modules. Each module has extensive material and is the basis for in class activity.

Schedule

Module
	Theme: Why does innovation and creativity matter
1	The imperative of innovation The significance of creativity and innovation as a determinant of success Recognition of innovation and creativity as deep habit as well as modern management imperative The purpose of the course and the usefulness for students
2	Introduction to the course Course overview Overview of assessment Team formation
	Theme: What is innovation and creativity
3	Definitions of innovation and creativity Selected definitions of both innovation and creativity Contrast to related terms in invention, commercialisation
4	Myths of innovation and creativity The heroic innovator The creative muse The linear model of innovation
	Theme: How to be creative and innovative
5	The nature of ideas Idea generation Grand challenges (demand pull ideas) Grand technologies (supply push ideas)
6	The complexity of ideas Simultaneous discovery Recombination Imitation Innovation as design trade off
7	Creative practice Creativity as routine Creativity and innovation as interaction and management
	Theme: What challenges will you face
8	Innovation as collective change Multiple perspectives on ideas Social construction and evaluation of innovation and creativity
9	Innovation as systems Innovation systems- collective habit and preference Jumping out of the system- breaking the rules of the game Trajectories of resistance and transformation
	Theme: What are your responsibilities
10	Responsible innovation and creativity Ethics of creativity and innovation Ambiguity of novelty Innovation and creativity as a force for good (grand challenges)

An overview of the course assessment appears in the following Table. Details appear in the following section:

#	Assessment Task	Task Type	Length	Weighting	Learning Outcomes
1	Reflective Journal	Individual		20%	1,2,3,4
2	Group presentation	Group	7 minute presentation	30%	1,2,3
3	Creative practice	Individual	1500 words	20%	1,3,4
4	Case study	Individual	2500 words	30%	1,2,3,4
	Total			100%

Students should attend all classes in order to pass the course. There is considerable experiential learning during classes that build your knowledge and thus enable you to be successful in this course.

Course results may be subject to moderation by the Assessment Review Committee.

Reflective journal
As a timed in-class activity, students will be required to write a reflective journal at the end of each intensive workshop. They are expected to summarise their understanding of creativity and innovation in relation to the themes and modules delivered during the day. Students will use their writing to reflect on their experiences during each workshop/activity and identify what was profound and may impact their approach to work and/or life. Putting thoughts to paper can provide a completely different perspective on the experiences and activities undertaken during the day, and can be a worthwhile tool to help better understand both yourself and world in which you operate. Learning journals can offer a potential avenue to help students find creative solutions to prior problems through use of the various new creativity and innovation tools they have familiarised themselves with during the course.

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Group Presentation
This is a presentation assignment that explores theories of recombination and knowledge transfer. Working in teams, students will be given a set of ‘combination instructions’ as well as a focus context (be it a particular societal problem to solve, or a set of technologies to use) which they will then have to imaginatively reconsider to conceive of a new idea that responds to the context (product, object, concept).   Teams will present an overview of the idea as well as providing an overview of their creation process with specific detailed analysis and description of their combination method.

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Creative practice task
Aligning with the course module, students will write an essay on creative practice. Creative practice refers to the habits and work routines required of effective creative knowledge work. The module provides an overview of a number of known methodologies for creative work, contrasting these methodologies to the more general myth of creativity as received and often random inspiration. In the essay, students will demonstrate familiarity with practice materials, both through description of concepts as well as overview of the creative practice of a number of high-profile creative individuals. Students will then also be asked to describe and contrast this to their own creative practices and routines, using references to provide further credibility to their suggestions.

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Case study
In this written report, students are asked to demonstrate familiarity with, analyse and apply the course modules on innovation and creativity. In the report, students first give a description and analysis of the module concept (providing evidence of familiarity with specific provided materials). Second, students are given a particular case context to apply this too. Selected by the lecturers for salience, this will be a particular contemporary organisation, an emerging new technology, or a society wide grand challenge. Students must then apply the module content to provide recommendations regarding the case context.

All text based assignments must be submitted via MyUni:

• Assignment Submission: Assignments should not be emailed to the instructor; they must be lodged via the MyUni Course site (unless specified to do both).
• Cover Sheet: Please include in the assignment a completed University of Adelaide Assessment Cover Sheet (found in MyUni, under Modules) providing details of yourself and your team members (if applicable), your assignment, the course, date submitted, etc. as well as the declaration signed by you that this is your (your team’s) work. Note that the declaration on any electronically submitted assignment will be deemed to have the same authority as a signed declaration.
• Backup Copy of Assignments: You are advised to keep a copy of your assignments in case the submitted copy goes missing. Please ensure that all assignment pages are numbered. If your assignment contains confidential information, you should discuss any concerns with the Course Lecturer prior to submission.
• Assessment extensions request: An application for Assessment Extension should be made before the due date of the assignment to the Course Lecturer. Normally, extensions will only be granted for a maximum of two weeks from the original assignment submission date. Extensions will only be granted in cases of genuine medical, compassionate or extenuating circumstances. See sections 3 and 7a) i. in particular on assessment extensions in the Modified Arrangements for Coursework Assessment (MACA) Policy.
• Failure to submit: Failure to submit an assignment on time or by the agreed extension deadline may result in penalties and may incur a fail grade. Note that a late penalty of 5% of the total available marks for that assessment item will be incurred each day an assignment is handed in late (Unless otherwise stated in 'Assessment Related Requirements' or 'Assessment Detail' above). Assignments handed in after 14 days from the due submission date will fail even if a 100% mark is granted for the work.
• Resubmission: of an assignment after reworking it to obtain a better mark will not normally be accepted. Approval for resubmission will only be granted on medical or compassionate grounds.
• Appealing a mark or grade: If you are dissatisfied with your mark or grade, you may request a review or re-mark. There must be academic or procedural reasons for your request, so you can’t simply request a re-mark because you are disappointed with your result. For more information on the process see Assessment Grievance: Appealing a mark or grade