Creativity in Educational Practice

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This program is designed for educators, administrators and interested individuals from across the discipline spectrum who wish to explore and expand personal and professional creative development for the purpose of enabling the creative development of learners from early childhood to post-secondary education. The creative development of educators and learners enables innovative and inventive learning through imaginative interpretation and application of curriculum - learning creatively and the creation of original work across the discipline spectrum beyond regular curricular demands - learning to create. First-hand experience in individual and collaborative creative practice is central to this engaging and transformational program.

Academic Coordinator: Robert Kelly PhD, rkelly@ucalgary.ca
Information about the coordinator: www.robertkelly.ca

Program start: July 2012

Program Delivery

The courses in this program will be delivered using a blended format; starting with face-to-face classes in Calgary, followed by an online component, in Summer 2012 and Winter 2013 terms.

Program Requirements

This program consists of a total of 12 credits (four half-courses). Graduate students are required to complete their courses in a prescribed sequence.

Students are expected to complete all program requirements within one year.

This program may be used toward the Interdisciplinary MEd.

Required Courses

Course 1 – Creative Practice: An Introduction and Course 2 – Creativity in Communication are offered together in tandem in the Summer of 2012, each with one week of face-to-face classes in Calgary with online follow-up.

Course 3 – Design Thinking Across the Disciplines and Course 4 – Designing Education for Creativity are offered in tandem in the Winter of 2013, each consisting of two consecutive weekends of face-to-face classes with online follow-up. Course 1 – Creative Practice: An Introduction is the prerequisite for all other courses in the program.

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Summer 2012 - Face-to-face in Calgary with online follow up

Course 1 - Creative Practice: An Introduction
This is the introductory course for this program where participants explore and develop individual and collaborative creative practice. An understanding of creative development strands is developed through participant engagement in creative practice. This is supported with an examination of contemporary creativity vocabulary and theory and the nature of idea generation and development. This highly accessible course features engagement in collaborative, generative and experimental practice to enable personal and professional creative development.

Face-to-face classes: July 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 2012; 9:00 am - 4 pm.
Location: TBA

Course 2 – Creativity in Communication
This course focuses on the personal and professional creative development of participants in the diverse field of communication. Particular emphasis is placed on writing creatively while contemporary communication media are explored as well. Developing creative practice in communication is central to enabling creative practice across the disciplines. Participants will develop their own creative path in writing and communication.

Face-to-face classes: July 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 2012; 9:00 am - 4 pm. Location: TBA

Winter 2013 - Face-to-face in Calgary with online follow up

Course 3 – Design Thinking Across the Disciplines
In this course, participants will expand their creative development by exploring the creative possibilities of social, scientific and entrepreneurial innovation. The range of creative exploration possibilities for participants in this creatively rich and diverse course is endless. This course focuses on the nature of creative development across the discipline spectrum. Participants do not have to have expertise in any of these areas to engage in this course. Interdisciplinary design thinking, along with individual and collaborative creative practice will be a central feature of this course.

Face-to-face classes: January 19-20 & January 26-27, 2013; 9:00 am - 4 pm. Location: TBA

Course 4 - Designing Education for Creativity
This course focuses on designing space for creativity in educational practice through the exploration of organizational structures, methodology and pedagogy to enable creative practice most relevant to the educational environment of the participant. Emphasis is placed on strategies and tactics for creating a space for the creation of original work above and beyond traditional educational practice. Study of creative practice from educational environments from around the globe will serve as a research support for work in this course. Focus on the personal and professional creative development of participants through individual and collaborative creative practice continues in this course.

Face-to-face classes: March 2-3 & March 9-10, 2013; 9:00 am - 4 pm. Location: TBA

Registration and Fees

Annual Registration: At the start of the graduate program and annually on the anniversary of the start date, each graduate student must register using the Student Centre which is accessible through myUofC. Students in course-based graduate programs may choose full-time or part-time status upon entry into the program and on an annual basis on the anniversary of entrance into the program. Annual General fees are assessed based on full-time or part-time status.

Course-based students may take up to 5 half-courses (3-credit) in their 12-month registration year to claim part-time status. A description of current general fees is as follows:

General Fees	Part-time	Full-time
Graduate Students' Association	$97.52	$117.02
Graduate Bursary Donation*	$10.00*	$10.00*
TOTAL General fees/year	$107.52 CDN	$127.02 CDN

* Student may opt out by the fee payment deadline.

Continuing Fees: Continuing fees are assessed annually, after one year in program. The annual continuing fee amount is equivalent to a distance half-course fee (as of May 1, 2012 $1,199.40 Cdn).

Students must maintain continuous registration and pay the appropriate fees until all degree requirements have been completed.

Tuition: Tuition fees in course-based graduate programs are assessed on a course-by-course and term-by-term basis. Effective May 1, 2012, the distance half-course fee is $1,199.40 Cdn for students who reside in Canada.

The total course tuition in this program is 4 half-courses X $1,199.40 Cdn plus general fees.

Course enrollment: It is the students responsibility to verify course registration and enroll in the appropriate course for each term.

Fee payment: There are several options to pay tuition and general fees, however, the most convenient way is using online banking. For more information, click here. Students who do not pay their fees by the fee payment deadline date will be assessed a late payment penalty.

After the drop deadline, a student may withdraw from a course up to the last day of lectures, but no refund of any portion of the tuition fees will be made and a "W" will be recorded on the transcript.

General fees are not refunded following the fee payment deadline.

Note: Fees listed on this page are subject to change without notice.

The University of Calgary Office of the Provost has announced a 1.4% tuition fee increase, effective May 1, 2012. This increase applies to on-campus and Off-campus course and program fees.

Admission Requirements

The minimum admission requirements include:

A University of Calgary four-year baccalaureate degree or an equivalent degree from a recognized institution. Degrees and grades from foreign institutions are evaluated for their equivalency to those of the University of Calgary.

A minimum GPA of 3.00 (on the University of Calgary four-point system). This is based on the last two years of the undergraduate degree consisting of a minimum of 10 full-course equivalents.

For applicants required to prove proficiency in English, a TOEFL score of at least 580 (written test) or 93 (Internet-based test), or a MELAB score of 82, or an IELTS score of 7.0 or higher is required. The test must have been taken within the last two years. Proficiency may also be met by successful completion of Level III of the English for Academic Purposes (EAP) program.

Admission to all graduate programs is highly competitive due to limited enrollment capacities. Meeting the minimum requirements does not guarantee admission.

All graduate programs are governed by the Faculty of Graduate Studies. In the case of any conflict, regulations of the Faculty of Graduate Studies Calendar take precedence over material on this website. Please consult the Faculty of Graduate Studies Calendar for University of Calgary graduate admission requirements.

How to Apply

This program can be used as Step 1 or 2 of the MEd Interdisciplinary degree route.

Students must follow the regular online application procedure as outlined on the How to Apply pages. In the online application system, please choose either:

1. Degree: Graduate Certificate in Education - Distance - Course-based if you are planning to take this topic area as Step 1 of the MEd Interdisciplinary program or

2. Degree: Graduate Diploma - Distance - Course-based if you have (or will have) completed the Graduate Certificate program (Step 1)

Program: will default to Graduate Division of Educational Research

Specialization: Please move along through the application and at the first question, you will be asked to indicate your interest in the Creativity in Educational Practice topic area as part of the Curriculum and Learning Specialization.

**Reference letters are NOT required as part of the application package for either of these degree programs.

Application deadline: March 15
Program start: Summer (July) 2012

After Admission

Program Checklist

At the beginning of program:

Register for an eID to accessMyUofC. Keep your eID and password confidential.
Activate your University of Calgary IT computing account that comes with a UofC email. We strongly encourage you to use this email while in program. Before you start utilizing your UofC email, return to MyUofC to update your email address in the online Student Centre, as well as email it to your Graduate Program Administrator (see your Admission Letter for contact information). Please include your full name, UCID number, program, and specialization in your message.
Attend one of the scheduled Virtual Welcome Sessions.
Attend one of the scheduled Student Orientations to Course Delivery Modes/Tools.
Initialize your registration using MyUofCFaculty of Graduate Studies website.

Program Forms

There are various forms related to a student’s progress through his/her graduate degree. Please refer to the forms for detailed instructions on their proper completion. Students who have any questions or concerns should contact their Graduate Program Administrator. Required forms are available in the GPE office and some can be accessed by downloading them from the Faculty of Graduate Studies website.

For more information please contact the Graduate Program Administrator (GPA) for this program:

Kay Bieber: kbieber@ucalgary.ca or 403.220.3179

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