Assignment6
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Assigment 6
Due
- Tuesday, October 7, 2008; 9 am on the class website - max length: two pages
To Do
- please work as a group (minimum: 2 members; max: 6 members) and submit one answer as a group (clearly identifying the members of your group)
- read Fischer, G., Giaccardi, E., Eden, H., Sugimoto, M., & Ye, Y. (2005) "Beyond Binary Choices: Integrating Individual and Social Creativity," International Journal of Human-Computer Studies (IJHCS) Special Issue on Computer Support for Creativity (E.A. Edmonds & L. Candy, Eds.), 63(4-5), pp. 482-512.
Task 1
Critically evaluate the following two claims based on the arguments in the reading assignment (the claims are from: Csikszentmihalyi, M. (1996) Creativity - Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention, HarperCollins Publishers, New York, NY):- "An idea or product that deserves the label 'creative' arises from the synergy of many sources and not only from the mind of a single person."
- to do: comment whether this argument is valid? can you think of exceptions?
- to do: reflect on your own creativity (or major achievements)- does the argument apply to them?
- "It is easier to enhance creativity by changing conditions in the environment than by trying to make people think more creatively."
- to do: provide examples and analyze features/requirements of systems which "change the environment" to enhance creativity.
Task 2
Section 4 of the Paper lists four "Examples of Environments That Support Creativity"; for each four examples, say in one sentence- what you found interesting and
- uninteresting or missing
