Teaching creativity in computer science

Andrea Salgian, Teresa M. Nakra, Christopher Ault, Yunfeng Wang

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Abstract

In this paper, we describe how a multidisciplinary undergraduate course in Conducting Robots becomes a venue for fostering creativity and teaching strategies for creativity enhancement. We perform a number of creativity measurements and explain our results in the context of creativity research.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSIGCSE 2013 - Proceedings of the 44th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education
Pages123-127
Number of pages5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
Event44th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, SIGCSE 2013 - Denver, CO, United States
Duration: 6 Mar 20139 Mar 2013

Publication series

NameSIGCSE 2013 - Proceedings of the 44th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education

Conference

Conference44th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, SIGCSE 2013
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityDenver, CO
Period6/03/139/03/13

Keywords

  • Creativity
  • Multidisciplinary
  • Music
  • Orchestral conducting
  • Robotics

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