CALS Creative Confidence for Innovation
This digital badge is designed to provide a basic understanding of innovation and its processes and how individuals leverage their creative thinking for problem-solving, specifically in agriculture and life sciences fields. The “Creative Confidence for Innovation” digital badge consists of the completion of two workshops on innovation and reflection on the Pathway Planner.
This badge is offered by the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Iowa State University as part of a larger Innovation and Leadership pathway program intended for college students to develop career readiness and life-long skills and competencies for success.
Skills / Knowledge
- Innovation
- Creative Confidence
- Self-Reflection
- Problem-Solving
- Creativity
- Divergent & Convergent Thinking
- Creative Solutions
Earning Criteria
Required
Participants attend two 50-minute workshops focused on innovation and creative confidence and complete reflection and hands-on activities to practice their creative thinking and problem-solving skills. The participants take the MyCreativeType assessment and reflect on their strengths and skills for facilitating innovative solutions. Using the Pathway Planner, the participants map innovation-specific learning opportunities that align with their career and self-development goals.
Learning Outcomes:
Define some of the skills and knowledge innovators use
Identify strengths to engage in creative solutions
Apply personal innovation strengths and experiences for a hypothetical situation
Assessment:
Participants earning the digital badge must successfully complete the two workshops and the Pathway Planner. The participants demonstrate proficiency in the following:
Display awareness of how to use creative and innovative thinking
Identifying learning opportunities for innovation competency development
Application of personal strengths for a hypothetical situation
All completed and submitted student work is assessed by the CALS Pathways Creative Confidence for Innovation Badge Rubric developed by using the 8 NACE Career Ready Competency Standards, career and self-development rubric. Participants must display an “early application” level of proficiency and earn at least 80 percentile points. The rubric covers four levels of proficiency: emerging knowledge, understanding, early application, and advanced application.