Gerhard Fischer and Hal Eden: “Design, Learning, and Collaboration” — Spring Semester 2005

Assignment 17: “Creativity”


paper: 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 Creativity (eds: Linda Candy and Ernest Edmond), p. (in press).
http://l3d.cs.colorado.edu/~gerhard/papers/ind-social-creativity-05.pdf


Important — Role distribution: analyzers and summarizers for assignment 17:

1. SANDERS, ZACK

2. SCHRAM, AARON

3. TORGERSON, ADAM

The “analyzers and summarizers” can do their work individually or jointly


due: Wed, March 30, 2005


1. producers: please submit by 9:00am to the class website ‡ please be on time, so the “analyzers and summarizers” can do their work!

2. analyzers/summarizers: please submit by 3:00pm to the class website


Briefly discuss the following issues:


1. what did you find

1.1. interesting about the article?

1.2. not interesting about the article?

2. what do you consider the main message of the article?

3. pick ONE of the four systems described in the article (Envisionment and Discovery Collaboratory, Caretta, Renga Creations, CodeBroker) and discuss which aspects of individual and social creativity they support!

4. have you encountered interesting “boundary objects?” which ones? what features made them interesting?

5. describe the most creative activity from your OWN life and analyze the individual and social aspect of your creative act!

6. which computational systems do you know which support individual and/or social creativity?

hw17-Nathan Balasubramanian

hw17- Velezmor / Alwa / Ashok

hw17-Kiefer

hw17-Coyer

hw17-doan

hw17-westdb

hw17-phong

hw17-byrnes




hw17-schram-summary

hw17-Adam Torgerson - Summary
hw17-sandersi-summary