TY - GEN
T1 - Promoting creativity in the computer science design studio
AU - Cennamo, Katherine
AU - Douglas, Sarah A.
AU - Vernon, Mitzi
AU - Brandt, Carol
AU - Scott, Brigitte
AU - Reimer, Yolanda
AU - McGrath, Margarita
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Revolutionary advances in technologies will require computer science professionals who are able to develop innovative software solutions. In order to identify techniques that can lead students to creative insights in their work, we have conducted an ethnographic study of the studio method as enacted in architecture, industrial design (ID), and human-computer interaction (HCI) classes. Our analysis of the activities conducted during studio critiques revealed that while the ID and architecture studios had a primary focus on experimentation, the primary emphasis of the HCI studios was on idea refinement. In this paper, we describe four barriers to creative thought observed in the HCI classrooms and identify ways that the architecture and ID instructors helped students to overcome similar challenges.
AB - Revolutionary advances in technologies will require computer science professionals who are able to develop innovative software solutions. In order to identify techniques that can lead students to creative insights in their work, we have conducted an ethnographic study of the studio method as enacted in architecture, industrial design (ID), and human-computer interaction (HCI) classes. Our analysis of the activities conducted during studio critiques revealed that while the ID and architecture studios had a primary focus on experimentation, the primary emphasis of the HCI studios was on idea refinement. In this paper, we describe four barriers to creative thought observed in the HCI classrooms and identify ways that the architecture and ID instructors helped students to overcome similar challenges.
KW - Computer science education research
KW - Creativity
KW - Design
KW - Studio
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/79954448460
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/79954448460#tab=citedBy
U2 - 10.1145/1953163.1953344
DO - 10.1145/1953163.1953344
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:79954448460
SN - 9781450305006
T3 - SIGCSE'11 - Proceedings of the 42nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education
SP - 649
EP - 654
BT - SIGCSE'11 - Proceedings of the 42nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education
T2 - 42nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, SIGCSE 2011
Y2 - 9 March 2011 through 12 March 2011
ER -