CRITICAL AND CREATIVE THINKING FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS

About this Course

  • 70 students enrolled
  • 7 instructors

Course Description

This course focuses on developing the critical and creative thinking skills necessary to define, analyze and solve problems related to IT issues. In this course, students will learn how to solve an IT problem and propose a creative IT solution using appropriate critical and creative thinking tools and methods. They will also learn to communicate their solutions effectively and persuasively.

Course Learning Outcomes

1 ) Demonstrate communication skills in tasks related to critical and creative thinking for IT solutions (A3)
2 ) • Demonstrate autonomy, leadership and responsibility in tasks related to critical and creative thinking for IT solutions (A3)
3 ) Determine how critical and creative thinking can be used in IT solutions (C4)

Course Details

STATUS : Open
DURATION : FLEXIBLE
EFFORT : 4 hours per week
MODE : 100% Online
COURSE LEVEL : Beginner
LANGUAGE : English
CLUSTER : Science & Technology ( ST )

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 Syllabus

Definition of critical thinking
Understanding users
Identifying user problems

Tools for understanding user problems
Critical thinking questions & affinity diagram
Observation & Evaluation

Growing and declining skills
Standard of critical thinking
Test for critical thinking abilities

Definition of creativity
Characteristics of creative people
Factors that encourage and/or hinder creativity

Creative Thinking Models
Tools and Methods for Creative Thinking - I
Tools and Methods for Creative Thinking - II

Phases of design thinking
Design thinking I - empathize, define & ideate
Design thinking II - prototype & test

Invention vs innovation
Ethical framework of innovation
Nine principles of ethics

Our Instructor

PROFESOR MADYA DR FARIZA HANIS ABDUL RAZAK

 Course Instructor
UiTM Shah Alam

TS. DR. SITI ZULAIHA BINTI AHMAD

 Course Instructor
UiTM Kampus Arau

NOOR AZRIN BINTI ZAINUDDIN

 Course Instructor
UiTM Kampus Segamat

PROFESOR TS. DR. HAJI WAN ABDUL RAHIM BIN WAN MOHD ISA

 Course Instructor
UiTM Shah Alam

DR. NURULHUDA BINTI NOORDIN

 Course Instructor
UiTM Shah Alam

PROFESOR MADYA DR ZURIANI BINTI AHMAD ZUKARNAIN

 Course Instructor
UiTM Kampus Machang

 Frequently Asked Questions

A1 : You will learn to improve our thinking skills, especially for critical and creative thinking. You need these thinking skills for your study and your future career.

A2 : If you want to be an IT innovator or a creative designer or the next Elon musk, this course is definitely for you because this course will teach you to look beyond the ordinary.