About InnovateUS
InnovateUS provides no-cost at-your-own pace and live learning on data, digital and innovation skills for public professionals like you. InnovateUS is brought to you by the Burnes Center for Social Change at Northeastern University.
We deliver free online learning for public servants by public servants on data, digital and innovation skills with an emphasis on evidence-based and equitable approaches. Our curriculum gives you the skills to deliver more effective, equitable and engaged policies and services.
Human-Centered Design
Designed by industry experts, this course gives participants a substantive overview of the human-centered design process and offers opportunities to practice applying concepts from the course to a question centered around belonging and engagement in the workplace or a problem of your choosing.
Through various kinds of learning materials, we share practical knowledge and lessons about human-centered design, including:
- The value of Human-Centered Design and how it can be applied to problems and opportunities in government
- How to frame and scope a problem with a human-centered lens
- How to use frameworks like empathy interviewing, journey maps, How Might We statements and personas to define a problem and ideate solutions
- How to prototype and test ideas to gather feedback and iterate
The course consists of 5 modules which include 12 short videos, activities and external learning materials.
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Innovation Skills Accelerator
Based on research with thousands of public servants, our curriculum gives you the skills to deliver more effective, equitable and engaged policies and services. Through videos, self-assessments and worksheets, we share practical lessons learned about improved ways of working.
The course consists of 15 modules which include 26 short videos, optional readings and videos with leading changemakers.
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AI for Public Professionals
Designed to support the creation of safe and responsible engines for innovation around generative AI and traditional AI in both the day-to-day life of staff and more broadly at the organization level.
Fast Field Scanning
Designed to help public sector professionals find what works with the help of artificial intelligence (AI) through fast field scanning. This will equip participants with the skills and tools to identify effective interventions, policies, and strategies and to do so with the communities they serve, the course will help to improve the quality of public services and deepen citizen engagement in government decision-making.