Examining Creativity with IT in Engineering Design (X-CITED)

本项目考察了大一新生在两个学期的工程课程序列中使用信息技术的一系列活动中的创造力。我们主要关注的技术是基于笔的直接输入电脑或平板电脑。本研究背后的基本思想是了解学生如何在工程设计活动（EDA）的约束下从事创造力。eda受到设计指南和空间、时间、材料资源以及特定技术使用的限制的约束，迫使学生在完成他们的目标时具有创造性和创造性，无论是与人工制品还是与人合作。该研究将如何考虑学生？使做什么?技术扮演了什么角色，创造性的实践是如何随着时间的推移而发展的。该项目采用纵向研究，包括人种学实地研究部分和基于实验室的相互作用研究，为期18个月。该项目不是仅仅依赖于预先设计的测量创造力的工具，而是在背景下评估创造力，试图了解创造性实践的全部范围。在研究过程中收集到的视频记录除了作为数据之外，还将作为建立数字视频案例库的基础，对本科生和研究生进行创意教学。

This project examines creativity in a series of activities involving the use of IT in a freshmen engineering course sequence spread across two semesters. The technology we will focus on primarily is pen-based direct input computers or Tablet PCs. The fundamental idea behind this study is to understand how students engage in creativity within the constraints of engineering design activities (EDA). EDAs are bound by design guidelines and limitations of space, time, material resources, and use of specific technologies, forcing students to be inventive and creative in accomplishing their goals, whether with artifacts or with people. The study will consider how students ?make do? and what role does technology play, and how creative practices develop over time. The project uses a longitudinal study comprising of an ethnographic field study component and laboratory based studies of interaction, spread over 18 months. Rather than relying solely on pre-designed instruments that measure creativity, the project assesses creativity contextually to try and understand the full spectrum of creative practices. In addition to serving as data, the video records collected during the study will also serve as the basis for building a digital video case library to teach creativity to undergraduate and graduate students.