Abstract:
Due to the recent COVID-19 pandemic, teaching and learning management and student activities have changed. Likewise, the exhibition on innovative educational works of students in the Bachelor of Education Program could not be carried out as special event according to its goal of disseminating knowledge, technology, and educational innovation. It had to modify the format of the presentation through the website, and the lecturers had to manage learning in a new way by responding to the creation of such websites. Consequently, this research aimed to study the result of implementing the learning management model based on design thinking learning and applied drama process to enhance the innovative creation competency. The researcher implemented the learning management model based on design thinking and applied drama process to promote the innovative creation competency with the sample group of 24 fourth students of Educational Technology Program. The learning management model was retrieved from a review of related literature consisting of concepts, principles, and process of design thinking and applied drama, elements, and attributes of innovative creation competency as well as the development of a learning management plan with design thinking and applied drama process to promote the innovative creation competency. The results of the research found that students’ innovative creation competency was statistically significantly higher at the level of 0.01. The results from the behavioral observation showed that students’ improvement was higher, and the evaluation results of the students’ work or the creation of a website presenting the exhibition were at the excellent level are at a very good level. © 2024, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.