$ 2,778.00

START DATE	18 March
MODE	Online
DURATION	6 wks
COMMITMENT	Avg 10 hrs/wk

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How we frame issues determines how we respond to them. This microcredential introduces you to frame innovation, a leading methodology used to reframe complex issues and create innovative strategies to adapt and thrive.

About this microcredential

This six-week microcredential introduces participants to the frame innovation and co-evolution approach to strategic innovation. Frame innovation is a ground-breaking approach that is used to unlock intractable issues to help you create and explore innovative approaches to complex problems.

This microcredential will help you identify and draw out the underlying factors of a situation and apply productive and aspirational logic in order to create new and novel approaches. Uniquely, participants will also explore how these approaches co-evolve with an intractable issue through refinement, scaling, or dampening.

With content drawn from the UTS Master of Creative Intelligence and Strategic Innovation program, participants in this course will engage with the philosophical underpinnings of frame innovation, including the work of the approach founder and globally recognised design innovator, Professor Kees Dorst. Additionally, participants will explore global case studies that illustrate the approaches and apply practical tools from the ‘Designing for the Common Good’ approach to intractable societal issues.

Delivered in a series of highly interactive online workshops (meet virtually face-to-face in real time) and supported with online material and activities, this microcredential will provide an invaluable repertoire of practical approaches that can be strategically applied over a wide range of professional contexts.

Key benefits of this microcredential

This microcredential will provide an understanding of practical tools and methodologies to develop impactful approaches to complex, intractable problems and issues - skills that are highly relevant in any professional context or industry.

This microcredential aligns with the 3 credit point subject, Frame Creation and Co-Evolution (94706). This microcredential may qualify for recognition of prior learning at this and other institutions.

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Who should do this microcredential?

Whether you are working in a corporate position, public sector or not-for-profit role, understanding the latest thinking and approaches on how to reframe complex and emerging challenges is a highly valued skillset, that crosses all industries.

Price

Full price: $3,043 (GST free)*

Early bird price: $2,778 (GST-free)* available until 11.59pm 28 February 2026.

*Price subject to change. Please check price at time of purchase.

Discounts are available for this course. For further details and to verify if you qualify, please check the Discounts section under Additional course information.

Enrolment conditions

Course purchase is subject to UTS Open Terms and Conditions.

COVID-19 response

UTS complies with latest Government health advice. Delivery of all courses complies with the UTS response to COVID-19.

Additional course information

Course outline

The course will comprise online interactive workshops, readings, case studies and activities.

Over the six weeks of the course, participants can expect a time commitment of approximately 10 hours per week, consisting of:

2 hours online workshop via Zoom
2-3 hours case study exploration and group work
2-3 hours per week reading and reflection
2-3 hours per week assessments.

The following content will be covered during the course:

An introduction to key theories that frame innovation and co-evolution build on, reflective practice and phenomenology
Case studies of real-world, intractable issues that have been strategically reframed
Introduction to practical tools that will be used by participants to create an innovation strategy in relation to an intractable issue

Complexity and Framing

Theoretical underpinnings
Case study

Stakeholders and Values

Stakeholder mapping
Stakeholder interviews

Theme Identification

Abductive logic and frame innovation
Group work to identify values

Theme Exploration

Phenomenological approaches to understanding
Individual and group work on a theme

Framing Tools

Framing in action
Group work to create new frames

Emergence

Innovation strategy
Group presentations

Participants will work collaboratively in teams to apply practices and skills to an intractable issue.

Assessments will be due in the final weeks of the course, after the final Zoom session.

Course learning objectives

In completing this microcredential, participants will have gained experience in:

Applying practical tools and approaches to explore an intractable societal issue to generate new frames
Generating feasible intervention concepts.

Assessment

Participants will be assessed across the following two assessment tasks during the course:

Task 1

Problem statement - individually assessed (weight: 30%)

Participants are required to apply problem framing to a case study, identifying the elements of the case study situation in its current state.

Task 2

Final presentation and report - group work with individually marked components (weight: 70%)

Part 1 - Participants are required to present their theme exploration of the case study situation in their group (30%)
Part 2 - Submission of an individual reflective learning diary comprises the individually assessed element of this task (40%).

To pass the course, participants must complete all assessments and achieve at least 50% of the course’s total marks.

Assessments will be due in the final weeks of the course, after the final Zoom session.

Requirements

Mandatory

To complete this online course, you will need a personal computer with adequate internet access and sufficient software and bandwidth to support web conferencing. You will also require an operating system with a web browser compatible with Canvas.

Desired

There are no required texts for this course, though participants may benefit from the following: Dorst, K., Kaldor, L., Klippan, L. & Watson, R. (2015) Designing for the Common Good.

Discounts

Discounts are available for this course as follows:

UTS alumni, students and staff 10% discount with discount code: TDALUMNI3043

Discounts cannot be combined and only one discount can be applied per person per course session. Discounts can only be applied to the full price. Discounts cannot be applied to any offered special price.

How to apply your discount code

If you are eligible for a UTS alumni or student discount, please ensure you have provided your UTS student number during checkout. If you are an alumni and have forgotten your UTS student number, email support@open.uts.edu.au with your full name, UTS degree and year of commencement.
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Wed 18 Mar 2026-
Wed 29 Apr 2026

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Wed 18 March 2026

7pm - 9pm

Online via Zoom

This session will be recorded

Wed 25 March 2026

7pm - 9pm

Online via Zoom

This session will be recorded

Wed 01 April 2026

7pm - 9pm

Online via Zoom

This session will be recorded

Wed 08 April 2026

7pm - 9pm

Online via Zoom

This session will be recorded

Wed 15 April 2026

7pm - 9pm

Online via Zoom

This session will be recorded

Wed 22 April 2026

7pm - 9pm

Online via Zoom

This session will be recorded

Enrolments close at 12pm midday Friday 20 March 2026 (AEDT), or when all places have been filled, whichever occurs first. Note that invoices must be paid in full and reconciled by our Finance team before you can access your online course materials.

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How we frame issues determines how we respond to them. This microcredential introduces you to frame innovation, a leading methodology used to reframe complex issues and create innovative strategies to adapt and thrive.

About this microcredential

Key benefits of this microcredential

Digital badge and certificate

Who should do this microcredential?

Price

Enrolment conditions

Additional course information

Course outline

Course learning objectives

Assessment

Requirements

Discounts

Contact us

Book a session

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