Module Checklist - Workplace Innovation
Welcome
Welcome to the Workplace Innovation module!
You will need approximately 3 hours to complete this module.
View the video below from Jessica Wurster, the course instructor for this module.
For closed captioning, click on "CC" or the subtitles button at the bottom-right of the video interface (beside the gear icon), or download the transcript (PDF Download PDF | DOC Download DOC).
Trouble viewing this lesson video? Try refreshing your browser. You can also access the Workplace Innovation Welcome video on MyMedia.
Technical Requirements
This course is best experienced on a laptop or desktop computer. Mobile devices are not recommended.
What Will You Learn?
In this module, we will introduce key terms and concepts for employee-led workplace innovation and illustrate them through case studies, videos, and online resources. All the skills, knowledge, and mindsets you develop here will readily transfer to work domains beyond this course and your work term.
As a co-op student, workplace innovation may seem far removed from the duties assigned to you during your work term. However, as you may have discovered in your first work term, you can have an impact in shaping the work that you do by setting SMART (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Time-bound) goals in areas that you want to learn and grow. You were also introduced to design thinking as a problem-solving tool to create solutions that address users' needs. Workplace innovation practices can provide even more opportunities to have an impact on your work term experience; design thinking is just one way to support such innovation. In this module, you'll learn how you can grow your workplace innovation capability through your ASIP work term to improve your own quality of work life while meeting the needs of your organization.
Module Checklist
- Review the Workplace Innovation lesson pages (you are here)
- OPTIONAL - Review the Additional Resources - Workplace Innovation
- Complete the Quiz: Workplace Innovation - Due: XXXX
- Complete all three assignments:
Acknowledgement
The content in this module has been adapted from an open education resource, Workplace Innovation Links to an external site. (Baregheh & Carey, 2022), published through eCampusOntario's Open Library Links to an external site.. and originally available under an OCL-ND 1.0 license Links to an external site.. We have worked closely with the authors to adapt their content for our course and would like to express our sincere appreciation for their support, collaboration, and guidance on this project.
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Thomas Carey is Principal Catalyst at Workplace Innovation Network for Canada (WINCan). He has served as a senior leader on system-wide innovation programs for higher education in Canada and the United States. Tom was previously a Professor and Associate Vice-President at the University of Waterloo and an Executive-in-Residence for Teaching and Learning Innovation with the B.C. Association of Institutes and Universities. |
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Anahita Baregheh is an Associate Professor at Nipissing University's School of Business. This module was initially developed and adapted for their course offering on workplace innovation. Anahita's research projects have spanned a range of innovation topics - Management, Decision-making, Workplace, Strategic, Quality of Life - with industry and public sector partners in Canada and the U.K. |
Video: Welcome from Anahita Baregheh
Below is a welcome video from Dr. Anahita Baregheh, Associate Professor at Nipissing University's School of Business. This module was initially created and adapted for a course offering on workplace innovation that she co-developed.
For closed captioning, click on "CC" or the subtitles button at the bottom-right of the video interface (beside the gear icon), or download the transcript (PDF Download PDF | DOC Download DOC).
Trouble viewing this lesson video? Try refreshing your browser. You can also access the Welcome from Anahita Baregheh video on MyMedia.