An eight-session course on using digital tools, from spreadsheets to argument maps, to reason more clearly and make better choices. It ends by linking these thinking tools to modern AI. Completion earns an Open University badge and 24 CPD points.
A short course that looks at how people and groups actually make decisions, comparing the rational economic model with psychological and sociological views. It also covers how people perceive risk and what can be done to improve decision making at work.
Objectives
Explain how digital tools extend human thinking
Find and assess information more effectively
Use spreadsheets and set reasoning to test ideas
Build argument maps to lay out a case and spot weak points
Discuss where thinking tools are heading as AI develops
Reflect on your own approach to making decisions
Explain the limits of the purely rational model of choice
Use psychological and sociological lenses to understand group decisions
Understand how perception of risk shapes decisions
Identify practical ways to improve decision quality
Things to know
Badge requires sign-up and passing the quizzes
Last updated April 2020, so the AI session predates current generative AI tools
CPD points are UK CPD Standards Office points; check whether your Australian professional body accepts them
OpenLearn marks it Level 3: Advanced, drawn from postgraduate study
No digital badge and no CPD points for this course
Last updated 2019
Sign-up needed only to track progress and get the statement
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