Creativity and Innovation Online Degree

MS in Creativity and Innovation

Innovation is the spirit of solving real world problems through new ideas and critical thinking. Drexel University's accredited Online Master’s degree in Creativity and Innovation develops students' ability to solve these problems through challenging and practical coursework that fosters professional excellence for tomorrow's leaders. Students will acquire the skills to conduct methodical analysis of problematic situations in a variety of settings, whether corporate, educational or military, and devise and implement the best possible solutions. This degree is ideal for burgeoning professionals looking to develop themselves and the organizations they work for. 

Skills Acquired

As a student of the MS in Creativity and Innovation accredited program you'll be taught to:

• Assess and develop your own creative strengths
• Effectively identify problematic situations within a variety of settings and fields
• Produce plausible and creative solutions to solve real-world dilemmas
• Methodically analyze and implement the best possible solution to these situations
• Improve workplace results through the executive of innovative practices
• Examine and interpret contemporary research in creativity and innovation in both academic and professional settings
• Participate in cutting-edge research with emerging creativity scholars virtually or on-campus to collaborate, share ideas and receive assistance with literature review, methodology, and grant writing
• Develop in-house expertise in your own workplace to foster creative environments and identify fellow creative problem-solvers

Concentrations

To further tailor the degree to your interests, you may choose from one of the following concentrations or design a custom concentration in consultation with your academic advisor.

• Global and International Education
• Higher Education
• Human Resource Development
• Learning in Game-Based Environments
• Learning Technologies
• Custom Designed Concentration

Archived Webinars

• Creativity and Innovation Student Experience
• How to Unlock Your Own "Samurai Creativity"
• Five Principles of "Samurai Creativity" for Peak Performance
• Implementing Creativity into the Workplace
• Innovation and Learning: Designing and Redefining Workplace Learning in the New Normal
• Learning Technologies and Creativity & Innovation Programs Online Open House
• Putting Creativity to Work: Creative Mindset, Environment, Creative Tools and Creative Action
• Using Creativity to Improve Non-Profits and SMB (Small and Medium-Sized Business)

Expertise in the Workplace

A recent IBM study conducted amongst 1,500 chief executive officers worldwide identified creativity as the most important leadership quality of the future. Many of these CEOs were from Fortune 500 companies like Pepsi, BF Goodrich, Ford Motor Company, Disney, Time Warner, and K-Mart - all of whom employ a “Chief Innovation Officer” or “Chief Creativity Officer” as part of their executive staff. The diversity of these companies reflects the multidisciplinary nature of career options for graduates of the accredited MS in Creativity and Innovation.

Drexel at the Center of Creativity

Activities within the School of Education's Creativity & Innovation programs provide students access to some of the world’s most prominent thinkers, researchers, and writers in the field of creativity and innovation. The Drexel/Torrance Center for Creativity and Innovation, co-directed by Emerita Professor and School of Education founder, Dr. Fredricka Reisman, and Dr. Larry Keiser, Program Lead for the School's Creativity & Innovation programs, is housed directly in the School of Education. The Torrance Center promotes creativity using programs that cultivate skills in creative thinking, innovative leadership practices, and problem-solving techniques. Through the process of creative thought, the Center’s work enhances an individual's ability to imagine new ideas by learning to envision that which cannot immediately be seen.

Professor Emerita - Dr. Fredricka Reisman

Fredricka K. Reisman, PhD is founder of Drexel’s School of Education and professor in the School of Education. Additionally, Dr. Reisman served as Assistant Provost for Assessment and Evaluation, Interim Associate Dean for Research of the Goodwin College, is Director of the Drexel/Torrance Center for Creativity and Innovation, and Creator of the SOE Creativity and Innovation programs.

She received her PhD in Mathematics Education from Syracuse University. Prior to coming to Philadelphia, she served as Professor and Chair of the Division of Elementary Education at the University of Georgia, an elementary, middle school, high school mathematics teacher in New York State, and a mathematics education instructor at Syracuse University. She has an impressive record of external funding bringing her funding to more than $13,000,000 since 2002.

She is the author of several books including diagnostic teaching, teaching mathematics to children with special needs, elementary education pedagogy, mathematics pedagogy, and application of creativity and innovation to corporate situations. She has co-authored a trilogy of books with world-renowned creativity scholar and researcher, E. Paul Torrance, on teaching mathematics creatively. In addition to a nationally standardized K-3 mathematics test, she developed the Reisman Diagnostic Creativity Assessment (RDCA), a self-report assessment of research-based traits of creative strengths and currently a free Apple app. Dr. Reisman was awarded the national 2002 Champion of Creativity Award by the American Creativity Association (ACA), was appointed to the ACA national Board, served as ACA Treasurer and is ACA President. She was a virtual keynoter at the KIE conference held in Riga, Latvia in July 22-15, 2014, Istanbul, Turkey, and the 2016 KIE conference in Berlin. She is the KIE conference book editor for KIE conferences in London, Latvia, Turkey, Berlin and the 2017 Philadelphia conference. She loves plants and mentoring her students.

Dr. Reisman's recent work includes the Reisman Diagnostic Creativity Assessment RDCA. Access a free version.

This program is also available as a Graduate Minor.
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