Events

31 Mar 2011

3:00-5:00 pm

Room 125, Fung King Hey Building

Mr Royan Horan is an assistant professor at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University’s School of Design, specializes in the area of creative thinking, as both a teacher and researcher. He formulated the Ocean Model which combines empirical studies of creativity and intelligence with Eastern philosophical concepts on the same. He is presently conducting electrophysiological studies on the neuropsychological relationship between creativity and meditation and investigating the problem of creativity assessment, for which he developed the Creative Momentum Assessment Model as a tool for assessing creative achievement. Roy also developed new psychometric instruments for testing creative potential including Integral Psychological Profile, Information Boundaries Recognition Test and Unusual Gratitude. Roy was instrumental in the design and development of the School of Design’s MSc in Multimedia and Entertainment Technology and Multimedia Innovation Centre. Before joining the Multimedia Innovation Centre (1999), Roy spent over twenty years in the creative industries (particularly the motion picture industry) producing and globally distributing both Hong Kong and international commercial films, television series and video products. Roy, also a martial artist, has worked on many action features including films with Jacky Chan and Bruce Lee. Roy is also a long-term practitioner and teacher of meditation, has studied yoga psychology and created yoga-based self-development programs for corporations and the public. His favorite saying reflects his message about creativity: "As you think, so you become".

Free

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In order to enhance innovation within an educational setting, the value of creativity must be understood, transferred to students, opportunities for creativity and innovation presented, and student contributions assessed. The evidence and value of creativity lies in its many manifestations. In this respect, the highly-challenging problem of effectively assessing creative ideas, products, services or expressions across multiple disciplines (e.g. sciences, art, design, humanities, business etc.) is common to all education institutions. An innovative criterion-based system was designed by the speaker to address the assessment problem, inspire confidence and sensible risk-taking in students, and promote creativity and innovation. It was successfully tested in a two-year Outcome-Based Education project conducted at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Project studies involved, at the bachelor’s level, a creative thinking course in General Education, final year projects in the School of Design’s visual communication stream, engineering projects within the Industrial Centre and, at the master’s level, a management subject in the School of Hotel & Tourism Management. Research results will be presented from the General Education and School of Design studies. The theory and pedagogy underlying the system and its broad potential applications will be discussed.