EN
Jan 17, 2021
I really enjoyed this course, it was very informative and easy to follow. The videos were clear and the graded sections were great. The course as a whole was enjoyable and would recommend to others.
AF
Mar 1, 2016
SO INTERESTING AND FUN. Have you ever took a stranger'S secret and propose another stranger to take that secret in exchange of one of his? This course is an opportunity to do crazy stuff like that!
By Parvase M
•Sep 26, 2019
Course content itself was very less. But great way to get introduced to Creative thinking.
By أحمد
•Jul 15, 2020
The assignments were really useful, however the evaluation method is not efficient.
By Gökhan İ
•Feb 10, 2020
The course is boring and not very informative, also content is outdated
By Ong J
•Oct 11, 2020
Would appreciate if the lecturers' videos are more fun and interactive
By Shivani P
•Apr 21, 2024
cant submit the assignment without upgrading
By Chaudhari S S
•Apr 6, 2024
Really help you after completing the course
By Claudia H
•Sep 14, 2021
muy buen curso, me gusto mucho
By Vinod K Y
•May 20, 2020
Good course.
By musaed r a s a
•Sep 8, 2023
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By Niti M
•Jul 17, 2020
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By AJ R
•May 11, 2022
I find this course mediocre at best.
Given the vast amount of experience of Prof. Hokanson, he is just scrapping on the surface of the topic. Please upgrade the content and make it robust and valuable.
The title "Creative Problem Solving" led me to believe the course would be touching on the fundamentals of CPS (creative problem solving) as defined by Alex Osborn and Sid Parnes, but nothing of that kind is even mentioned here. Furthemore basics of design thinking or well know creative techniques spearheaded by gurus like De Bono aren't mentioned, and at least T. Buzanshould h ave been mentioned as the "father" of mindmapping !!
In all honestly if the goal of this course was to get me to sign up for courses with the University of Minnesota, it has actually done the opposite. If the goal was to get me to be more creative, or to provide a path on how to be more creative, definitely it hasn't.
I credit it though, for opening my eyes to the issue of creativity declines at schools/IBM CEOS report (though the report and NW article are over 12 years old). As of today (05/2022), and in California, most schools are cutting down art lessons, restricting them to once a month -and covered with parents volunteers- while promoting STEM subjects. Where this will lead our kids, it is nowhere good.
By Anita G
•Feb 9, 2023
I felt that the videos could have been of better quality. Sound volume differed from one video to another. The quality of editing wasn't great. While I can respect people want to read from their notes, they should have it right in front of the camera and not down or off to the side. It makes it less authentic. I also would appreciate that when I put effort into the assignments, I shouldn't have to grade peer work that isn't complete. The amount of empty submissions is very discouraging and should automatically be eliminated. Makes the course feel lesser than.
By Nancy D
•Jul 3, 2020
Decided to cancel the course as I didn't find myself learning much that I didn't already know, the method of teaching was fairly boring, and the class assignments were not set up so that you could actually do a good job. I understand the course is free, but I also find peer review to be a inept method of grading. I'm not sure how having non-experts grade my work, many of whom don't speak the same language as I do, is useful at all.
By Nadja F
•Feb 5, 2021
the course starts very good, and the teachers try hard. Its interesting, but after a while they keep repeating the same and that makes it boring over time. For professionals that deal with creativity, I belive they can do better. However, I enjoyed the challenges and the overall course.
By DINESH P
•Apr 14, 2022
Even The first introduction video seem to be very dull and i really lost interest in the Introduction Itself ... Maybe the course is helpful but how it's presented is not that good.
By Adsadang P
•Nov 17, 2020
The activities are creative interesting but contents are too repetitive and vague. Even the useful content is appeared at very last.
By Dore B
•May 27, 2020
The course video content is very poor and the instructor is not very engaging. This can benefit from an update.
By Abhishek G
•Oct 29, 2016
Could have been better. It was little boring when this type of course should be super exciting
By Andrea M
•Jun 12, 2020
I do not like this course because of boring lessons and strange tests
By Deleted A
•Feb 1, 2021
Me resultó aburrido y no pude continuarlo.
By Augustine Q
•Jun 9, 2016
I don't like pay to submit courses.
By Islom G
•May 27, 2020
Npy quite engaging.
By Sulaiman A
•Jan 14, 2022
The only unique thing about this course is the general scientific information you get about creative thinking, in that it really isn't unique and can be accessed through books written by scientists. You can get more in depth information from these said books and research papers, actual peer reviewed data. Not some wishy washy number about creativity increasing after people took this course. We should ask how they came by such data that the course works.
Also the dsd's are just ridiculous people do not increase creativity by eating new foods, giving somebody something and doing what you used to do as a child. Also I think you really cannot gauge the performance of students through the internet. Even if this guy honkason is legit(I researched him and did not find much) the course seems like a total waste of time.
Also why am i quizzed on irrelevant information like where a specific research took place. What matters is if the research methods were upto to the standards, the research were peer reviewed or not. The quizzes seemed useless.
By Inna B
•Jun 12, 2021
This course is not about CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING, it's about doing some silly and almost stupid things and watching videos with creepy photos. I mean, the teacher said that in this course we will be taught to be creative, and then we watches a 16-minutes video of the PROPER way to take photos. And did I ask of video someone brushing their teeth?
By Chantel P
•Apr 13, 2016
Lesson 1 - no longer available via PC
Lesson 1 no longer exist to do via PC on internet.Sugggested . It has been removed. Cannot go ahead without having the Lesson 1 information.