How Will You Learn?

 (Lecture of Professor G- Humanity Class) 

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Hybrid Course?

In a hybrid course you will be learning both online and in the classroom.

• Online: You'll begin most of your learning outside of our classroom through readings, recorded lecture videos, and online discussions on Canvas. Be sure to do required all readings, lectures and activities before their due date so that you are prepared for our live class sessions.
• In-Class: We all meet together at the end of each week to help each other make sense of what you've been learning by doing activities, watching movies, working on projects, and incorporating what you've learned online with new material.

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Weekly Flow of the Course

Our Canvas course is designed for you to go through each page of each module sequentially. There is usually no skipping or jumping past pages.

Here's a breakdown of important days of the week in our course:

1. Wednesday: All online readings, lectures, quizzes, and activities are due by Wednesday. I encourage you to do your work earlier in the week!
2. Thursday: Complete all of the above so you are prepared to participate in our live in-class meeting on Thursday.
3. Sunday: You will have projects, exams, and weekly reviews to complete before the end of Sunday.

*Note: If you have trouble opening an assignment, it's probably because you skipped past some earlier pages. You must go through each page of each module in order.

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Many Methods of Learning

We each have our own preferred ways of learning. Some of us learn best by reading on our own, while others learn best by working with others. Some us learn best by listening or watching, while others learn best by discussing or actively doing.

In an attempt to appeal to how you learn best, our class is designed with several methods of learning in mind. You can see the various methods of teaching I'll be using in class in the table below.

1. Feature Films (2)	2. Recorded Video Lectures	3. Live Lectures
4. FlipGrid Reflections	5. In-Class Activities/Games	6. "You Choose" Reviews
7. Readings	8. Office Hours	9. Assignment Feedback
10. Group Projects	11. Student Presentations

 

Many method of learning

 Lecture of Professor G 

Many Methods of Learning

We each have our own preferred ways of learning. Some of us learn best by reading on our own, while others learn best by working with others. Some us learn best by listening or watching, while others learn best by discussing or actively doing.

In an attempt to appeal to how you learn best, our class is designed with several methods of learning in mind. You can see the various methods of teaching I'll be using in class in the table below.

1. Feature Films (2)	2. Recorded Video Lectures	3. Live Lectures
4. FlipGrid Reflections	5. In-Class Activities/Games	6. "You Choose" Reviews
7. Readings	8. Office Hours	9. Assignment Feedback
10. Group Projects	11. Student Presentations

1. Be sure to complete the Orientation Module.

 The first week of the term can be a little crazy, so here are some gentle reminders on what you should do ASAP.

1. Be sure to complete the Orientation Module. As part of this module, you will see that you should turn on your Canvas "Announcements" notifications. Moving forward in our class, almost all of my messages to our class with be sent out as an announcement.

2. Be sure to start the Week 1 Module. You have several assignments due before Wednesday night.

 Get started on them as soon as you can so that you're all be complete them all before we meet on Thursday. 

Also, I will be dropping students who are not active on our Canvas Course within the first week. 

So, best to be active and be ahead!

Everything else you need to know is on my Welcome email sent last week (also found in my previous Canvas announcement).

I hope this gentle reminder (along with last week's Welcome email) helps you have a great start to our class. Good luck! And don't forget to have fun. :-)

 

3. How Will You Be Graded?

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Wow! Nice Work! You're half-way done with the Orientation Module already.

So how do you know how well you're doing in our class? The information below will give you a sense of what is expected of you in our course and how your final grade will be calculated. 

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Grading

Exams: 30%	Quizzes: 25%	Projects/Presentations: 25%	Participation: 20%
Final Exam: 20%	*Quizzes (4): 20%	Final Project Presentation: 10%	In-Class Activities
Midterm Exam: 10%	"You Choose Reviews (4): 5%	Final Project Worksheet: 10%	Readings/Recorded Lectures
		Project Plans: 5%	Overviews (6) & FlipGrids (6)

*Indicates lowest score will be dropped. 

How Will You Learn?

Hybrid Course?

In a hybrid course you will be learning both online and in the classroom.

Online: You'll begin most of your learning outside of our classroom through readings, recorded lecture videos, and online discussions on Canvas. Be sure to do required all readings, lectures and activities before their due date so that you are prepared for our live class sessions.

In-Class: We all meet together at the end of each week to help each other make sense of what you've been learning by doing activities, watching movies, working on projects, and incorporating what you've learned online with new material.

Weekly Flow of the Course

Our Canvas course is designed for you to go through each page of each module sequentially. There is usually no skipping or jumping past pages.

Here's a breakdown of important days of the week in our course:

Wednesday: All online readings, lectures, quizzes, and activities are due by Wednesday. I encourage you to do your work earlier in the week!

Thursday: Complete all of the above so you are prepared to participate in our live in-class meeting on Thursday.

Sunday: You will have projects, exams, and weekly reviews to complete before the end of Sunday.

*Note: If you have trouble opening an assignment, it's probably because you skipped past some earlier pages. You must go through each page of each module in order.

Many Methods of Learning

We each have our own preferred ways of learning. Some of us learn best by reading on our own, while others learn best by working with others. Some us learn best by listening or watching, while others learn best by discussing or actively doing.

In an attempt to appeal to how you learn best, our class is designed with several methods of learning in mind. You can see the various methods of teaching I'll be using in class in the table below.

1. Feature Films (2)

2. Recorded Video Lectures

3. Live Lectures

4. FlipGrid Reflections

5. In-Class Activities/Games 6. "You Choose" Reviews

7. Readings 8. Office Hours 9. Assignment Feedback

10. Group Projects 11. Student Presentations  

 

 

Course Overview

Course Overview

An introduction to the study of creativity in human life; its sources, development, social purpose, and role in culture change. 

Students analyze creativity as a central source of meaning and purpose in their lives as well as a development of their unique combination of human intelligences. Lives of creative people from all over the world are examined and contextualized. This course builds commitment to civic and moral responsibility for diverse, equitable, healthy and sustainable communities. Students engage themselves as members of larger social fabrics and develop the abilities and motivation to take informed action for change.

Student Learning Outcomes

Student Learning Outcome: Students synthesize their critical thinking, imaginative, cooperative, and empathetic abilities as whole persons in order to contextualize knowledge, interpret and communicate meaning, and cultivate their capacity for personal, as well as social change.

Student Learning Outcome: Cultivate and demonstrate an awareness of the power of creativity and the potential of the creative process through direct involvement.

Course Goals

Students will have been exposed to a broad, cross-disciplined approach to creativity by exploring this topic through the lens of neuroscience, psychology, business, art, spirituality, and by examining real-world examples of creative individuals.

Compared the difference between critical and creative thinking and examined how the two complementary cognitive faculties can be implemented for optimal living.

Through lecture, discussion, improvisational activities, games, and self-reflection, students will have further exercised their innate creative thinking skills and gained knowledge of psychological obstacles inherent within the creative process.

Students will have learned how the latest research into creativity advocates the need for a greater sense of play, a sense of humor, and provides greater reason to appreciate mythology, poetry, and religious practices.

By the end of the course students, will have developed a greater comprehension of the significance of creativity in maintaining a healthy society and in accessing a more meaningful life.

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Welcome to Creative Minds!

 The official first day of our course is Monday, but you should have access to our Orientation Module on Canvas starting today and our Week 1 material starting Monday (maybe Sunday). Here’s a heads up on other things you need to know:

Hybrid Class: Every week, you begin learning online through Canvas. Then, we meet on Thursday in room ADM101 (the Administration Building) from 12:30 PM to 2:45 PM. Bring a notebook and a pen/pencil to all our in-class meetings.

Canvas Course: Online learning consists of readings, recorded lectures, and assignments in modules on Canvas. You can use your school issued username and password to log in here: https://deanza.instructure.com/.

Textbooks: Our required textbook is The Power of Thinking Differently by J. Galindo (2010). BUT I will provide pdfs of readings from this text on Canvas, so purchasing the book is optional. If you prefer to have a physical copy to read from, you can find this book in the bookstore and through online vendors like Amazon.com.

COVID Safety: For some of us, this will be our first time back to face-to-face instruction. You can learn more about the school COVID policies here https://www.deanza.edu/covid/protocols.html and in our course Orientation Module.

Orientation Module: The most important thing to do after reading this letter is to log in to Canvas, enter our course, and follow the prompts to go through the Course Orientation module (~30 minutes) to get a better sense of how the course works. If you’re currently waitlisted, message me on Sunday and hopefully add codes will be available by then for me to give you.

I want you to have a great start to our class, so don’t hesitate to ask me any questions about our course and how to succeed in it. It's as easy as replying to this email!