Theme: Creativity and Innovation in the Classroom
The Lightning Talks speaker event is a reflection and learning forum where Boston University faculty and invited guests identify areas of challenge and opportunity and share strategies for engaging educational experiences in the in-person environment. The speaker series, co-hosted by the Digital Learning & Innovation Office, the Center for Teaching & Learning, and the BU HUB, is open to BU faculty, staff, graduate students, and postdoctoral scholars.
How do you teach the creative process? How do students learn to innovate in a particular discipline?
This Lightning Talk highlights creativity as a key aspect of intellectual inquiry across disciplines, and explores the ways in which instructors from different fields approach these topics in their classrooms.
Topics include:
- Research, Creativity, & Innovation
- Sparking creativity and innovation in a science teaching laboratory
- How to Teach Creativity & Innovation
- Creativity and Innovation in Student Writing
- Creativity in the Classroom
View the presentation here.
About the Moderator: James Grady is a designer and educator with over two decades of broad-based experience. He is an Assistant Professor of Graphic Design at Boston University and Principal of Design Axl, a graphic design consultancy with clients spanning the globe. James has been teaching undergraduate and graduate Graphic Design students at Boston University since 2017. He also co-teaches Spark! Product Innovation at BU’s Center for Data Sciences. James is the BU Spark! Creative Director. He has a passion for interdisciplinary cross-college collaboration and has worked with many different Colleges at BU. James recently co-authored a grant from Digital Learning & Innovation to bring an artist in residence to work with students to engage in creative research at BU School of Visual Arts, BU School of Theatre, and Faculty of Computing & Data Science.