Collaborative digital environments to enhance the creativity of designers

Date
2015-01
Authors
Karakaya, A. F.
Demirkan H.
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Source Title
Computers in Human Behavior
Print ISSN
0747-5632
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Publisher
Elsevier
Volume
42
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Pages
176 - 186
Language
English
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Article
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This study explores the interaction of the essential components of creativity and collaboration in a digital environment in the design process. The framework is based on Amabile’s componential theory of creativity, which is composed of three intra-individual components of creativity and the social environment. The digital environment as the social component of creativity provides the technical infrastructure for the analysis of data related to creativity and collaboration. Protocol coding method is used for the analysis of the qualitative and quantitative data stored in The Modular Object Oriented Developmental Learning Environment (MOODLE) forum posts that were formed by the comments or critiques given during the collaboration process by the team members, instructors or jury members. Findings indicate that the social environment component named as the reactivity to proposals is closely related to idea generation as the creative relevant process component and group interaction as the task motivation component. Furthermore, it is found that the number of sketches and design ideas produced through critiques are the main design issues that enhance creativity in collaborative digital environments.

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Collaboration, Creativity, Design process, Digital environment, Protocol coding, Social environments, Computer aided instruction, Collaboration, Creativity, Design process, Digital environment, Social environment, Design
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