JUCS - Journal of Universal Computer Science 22(10): 1360-1379, doi: 10.3217/jucs-022-10-1360
Introducing a Collaborative Tool Supporting a Learning Activity Involving Creativity with Rotation of Group Members
Gustavo Zurita, Nelson Baloian‡, José A. Pino‡, Mary Boghosian§‡ Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile§ American University of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia
Corresponding author: Gustavo Zurita ( gzurita@fen.uchile.cl ) © Gustavo Zurita, Nelson Baloian, José Pino, Mary Boghosian. This article is freely available under the J.UCS Open Content License. Citation:
Zurita G, Baloian N, Pino JA, Boghosian M (2016) Introducing a Collaborative Tool Supporting a Learning Activity Involving Creativity with Rotation of Group Members. JUCS - Journal of Universal Computer Science 22(10): 1360-1379. https://doi.org/10.3217/jucs-022-10-1360 |  |
Abstract
There is consensus among curriculum developers of Business Schools that along with technical knowledge students should also be trained to acquire soft skills. Communication, collaboration, creativity, critical thinking and problem solving are mentioned by some authors as the most important skills for professionals of the 21st century to be successful. Students must perform learning activities applying these skills in order to develop them. In this work we present a learning activity intended for Business students which requires creativity in order to be performed. We developed a collaborative tool to support this activity, called Sketchpad. The students who used the system evaluated the contribution of the designed activity to creativity and the ability of the tool to support it through an open questionnaire based on the Creativity Factor Evaluation (CSI). A second evaluation was done concerning Sketchpad's collaborative support. Both studies showed a positive students' perception of the activity and tool value according to these evaluation dimensions.
Keywords
creativity, collaboration, business schools, mobile devices, brain sketching