Productive discussions for online collaborative creativity

Authors

  • Deller James Ferreira Federal University of Goiás
  • Gilberto Lacerda dos Santos Brasília University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25755/int.453

Keywords:

Collaboralive learning, Creativity, Knowledge building, Dialogic, Dialectic.

Abstract

Actual research shows that important creative insights typically occur in collaborative groups, and highlight some collaborative processes that can further collective creations. However, it is necessary to have a better understanding of the processes whereby innovations emerge from groups. In order to have a deeper understanding of the multiple facets of collaborative creative processes in online discussion environments, it is discussed in this work a framework to analyze discourse in function of innovation, creativity, and knowledge production. Empirical data were qualitatively analyzed according to Hymes (1974) ethnography of communication. Qualitative content analysis evidenced that creative collaborative process is transactional and intertwines the divergent and convergent thinking. Despite it involves the generation of new ideas  or the recombination of known elements into something new that  relies on imagination, the divergent thinking, the random and considers multiple solutions and alternatives, it also involves the convergent thinking, that depends on a systematic search for solution and multiple evaluative actions.

Author Biography

Deller James Ferreira, Federal University of Goiás

Professor Auxiliar do Instituto de Educação da Universidade de Lisboa. Áreas de investigação: Didáctica das ciências; Conhecimento e desenvolvimento profissional de professores; A discussão de questões sociocientíficas na educação em ciências; Integração das TIC na educação em ciências.

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Published

2011-04-07

How to Cite

Ferreira, D. J., & Santos, G. L. dos. (2011). Productive discussions for online collaborative creativity. Interacções, 7(17). https://doi.org/10.25755/int.453

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 17 (2011): Escola e linguagens juvenis: resistência ou abertura ao novo? (II)

Section

Number 17 - The school and young people languages: resistance or openness to new possibilities? (II)

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