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    Learner Reviews & Feedback for Creative Problem Solving by University of Minnesota

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    About the Course

    This course deals directly with your ability for creativity which is a critical skill in any field. It focuses on divergent thinking, the ability to develop
    multiple ideas and concepts to solve problems. Through a series of creativity building exercises, short lectures, and readings, learners develop
    both an understanding of creativity and increase their own ability. This course will help you understand the role of creativity and innovation in
    your own work and in other disciplines. It will challenge you to move outside of your existing comfort zone and to recognize the value of that
    exploration. This course will help you understand the importance of diverse ideas, and to convey that understanding to other...
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    Top reviews

    AF

    Mar 2, 2016

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    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!

    RJ

    Feb 15, 2021

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    A concise and informative course. The course consolidates my fundamental knowledge about the different components and concepts of problem-solving and decision-making. I really learned a lot.

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    By Melvin V

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    Jul 6, 2020

    Very interesting course. While I was in the middle of it, the techniques learned in this course helped me come up with a solution to a problem that aroused at work that I am convinced I would have spent days trying to solve otherwise. I'm very satisfied with it and do recommend it. It was money well spent.

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    By Win M

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    Nov 22, 2020

    I'm really glad that I joined this precious course. I believed that I can be creative, but I doubt about how creative I am. And this course helped me with how to be creative more than I can and even with finding the solution for every cases by thinking creatively and diversely. Loved the point of DSDs!

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    By Eddie S

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    Aug 23, 2020

    I have a little difficulty since English is not my mother language and also the sound are not loud enough for me. I have to repeat a lot of times when i didn't hear the sounds. Overall its encouraging you to do something uniquely and be more brave, also you have to got a strong internal motivation.

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    By JAYA K R K

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    Jul 22, 2020

    I have came across the significance of divergent thinking rather than stopping with convergent thinking (one idea) and how well our physical and social environment influences the creativity in us. This course helped me to think in a different aspect of ideas. Make use of the course effectively.

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    By Can D

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    Jun 22, 2020

    This class teaches different ways of thinking. Also it teaches you the benefits of creativity. Creative thinking results in creative ideas, which results in maybe new amazing things. The videos are very clear even tho my english is very bad, it was easy to understand. It was fun too :) thanks

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    By Kateryna K

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    Mar 27, 2023

    Thanks a bunch to Brad Hokanson & Coursera for the course 🧶Creative Problem Solving by the University of Minnesota. It was a funny & and interesting digital journey of improving creativity and developing multiple ideas and concepts to solve problems which are critical skills in our lives.

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    By Prafull P

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    Apr 3, 2021

    learnt a lot from the course.... far more than I expected while starting..... All the techniques for increasing creativity to misconceptions about creativity ...everything about this course is superb and will be beneficial for me.. thank you so much dear professors and Coursera for this!

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    By khalid a s

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    Jul 4, 2020

    I thoroughly enjoyed the course , and i wish i had more time to write a review, but I am being sent to the military again in a few hours and need some sleep , thank you for this opportunity you have offered me , it has opened my eyes to online learning, and how to be a better me.

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    By Jemicha E G

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    Jul 29, 2020

    This is my first experience for me to join this Course, I could't imagine that the material was great and attractive and engage , always try to think different, eat different too :-) and find new perspective.

    Hopefully it can be useful for my job

    Thanks

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    By Charles N

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    Jun 29, 2020

    This course digs deep into making you advance yourself and your creativity by focusing on methods needed to strengthen your already present creativity at the end of the day if you use the methods you will be in a never ending improved curve . THANKS

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    By PEÑA P G O

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    Apr 9, 2024

    Uno de los aprendizajes más importantes de este curso fue descubrir que la creatividad, si bien es innata, se pierde con el tiempo si es que no se ejercita, tal cual un músculo. La idea que te deja al final es que puedes recuperar esa habilidad.

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    By Pragash N

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    Jul 1, 2020

    This course is really amazing and help students to gain their knowledge and also their self improvement.This course help me to improve my self experience by doing DSD task and it’s a beneficial course for me and also for other students as well

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    By Khalid H W

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    Nov 18, 2023

    I came away from this course having learned new terminologies such as divergent and convergent thinking, and how having these skill sets, amongst others, can and will broaden my scope of thinking and producing the best results possible.

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    By Avik M

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    Nov 2, 2021

    Experienced a lot of learning with practical examples. It was very clear and helpful. It guides one properly to think on creating various ideas,Both the instructors were clearly audible and hence it was very easy to learn the concepts.

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    By Jahanvi S

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    Jun 24, 2020

    This is an absolutely amazing way to get back to your childhood and become creative more than you are . It was very well planned and teaching was simple and easy going . one can easily finish the course . It was practical enough .

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    By JADE T

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    May 21, 2020

    Thank you for making my Quarantine Life meaningful and productive. Whenever I look at an object, I know think of the possible many uses beyond its intended use. Thank you to the professors of University of Minnessota. More Power !

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    By Ehimwenma k E

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    May 5, 2020

    The course encouraged me to explore and push my creativity boundaries and engage with my environment in ways that i would not have imagined previously.

    It has equipped me to be more creative as an SME Accountant and business owner.

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    By Stan M

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    May 25, 2020

    The course has a straightforward approach of putting practical exercises first, with no boring explanation of pedagogical science behind them. A great confidence of the authors makes it surprising and more effective for the user.

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    By Liezl R

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    Apr 23, 2021

    I really enjoyed it and I am able to do things that I was so afraid to try. This definitely help me boost my self-confidence and the thought that being different is not a bad thing. More power to you guys. And God Bless you all.

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    By Suchi B

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    May 18, 2022

    An excellent curriculum, well thought out. The course is concise which makes it more appealing. The core motivating concepts are articulated by a renowned professor.

    Thank you all so much for allowing me to take this course.

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    By Khanh N

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    Aug 27, 2020

    This course gave me a new way of looking things around me. However, camera angles are quite bad and sometimes out focused. Overall, I recommend everyone to take this course. The DSDs are challenging but probably worth doing.

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    By Katherine K

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    Jul 19, 2020

    This course will dare you to step out of your comfort zone. Most innovations and creative works defy the society's idea of normal. Sometimes it's just about stepping out of the box and re-learning something you already know.

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    By abha r S

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    May 1, 2020

    I found this course very useful as it inspired me to think beyond mundane things in our daily life. I have also learnt to record my ideas and thoughts, which I have been not doing so far. very stimulating and encouraging .

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    By Ashka J D

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    May 11, 2022

    Creative Problem Solving is a course everyone of us should go through. It teaches us how to think and do differently with confidence. It will also excercise your brain and expand the horizons to new possibilities in life.

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    By Ramiro V

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    May 17, 2020

    Definitely cps is a course that we all need today, it leads us to understand in a much more diverse and rich way the most effective way to meet the challenges of our day to day in an original, unique and striking way

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