Creativity and ICT

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Building communities and exploring creativity

About. This resource explores the nature of creativity and how to encourage creativity particularly using collaborative ICT activities.

Pedagogical content. This unit engages with the debates surrounding the term ‘creativity^(tool)' and explores ways in which ICT⁽ⁱ⁾ creates new opportunities for creativity and collaboration^(ta)

Resource details
Title	Creativity and ICT
Topic	[[Topics/ICT|ICT]]
Teaching approach	[[Teaching Approaches/Collaboration|Collaboration]]
Learning Objectives	Engaging in debates on different views of creativity and form a view on what creativity means. Recognising the ways in which individuals can be create and generate new knowledge. Exploring ways in which ICT creates new opportunities for a creative, collaborative activity.
Format / structure	Web tutorial unit with four PDF documents and six images
Table of contents	Exploring creativity Creating creativity. Influences on creativity. How can ICT support creativity? What is creativity? Creative communities and ICT A knowledge-building community - case study: Caswell's cockroaches Collaborative creativity - case study: A digital arts collaboration A community of writers - case study: Menon poetry One hundred possibilities. Next steps. References and acknowledgements.
Useful information	Part of the Open University's Teach and Learn series.
Files and resources to view and download	Web tutorial