Group Genius: The Creative Power of Collaboration

By R. Spencer. 2008

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Algorithmic culture (2015, unknown): “…entered popular usage over the last two decades or so: ‘hive mind’, ‘collective intelligence’, ‘smart mobs’, ‘group genius’ and more (see, for example, Howe, 2008; Jenkins, 2006; Kelly, 1995; Levy, 1999; Rheingold, 2002; Sawyer, 2007; Shirky, 2008; Surowiecki, 2004; Tapscott and Williams, 2006).”
Experiencing flow: Is doing it together better than doing it alone? (2010, background): “However, a team may also need a significant team-level challenge for its members to experience social flow (Sawyer, 2007).”
The problem‐based learning process as finding and being in flow (2010, background): “Strong et al. (2003, p. 24) assert that: ‘Boredom ... occasionally haunts almost any sustained act of learning’. In these PBL modules students were given opportunities to become more aware of, to reflect on and to articulate their experiences of learning. Some of the students talked about the boredo”
The Two Dimensions of Motivation and a Reciprocal Model of the Creative Process (2013, background): “Appraisal theories assert that emotions develop through subjective appraisals of a stimulus, rather than through its objective properties (Roseman & Smith, 2001; Turner & Silvia, 2006). One significant contribution of these appraisal-based accounts is that they have encouraged researchers to examine”
Blind in one eye: How psychological ownership of ideas affects the types of suggestions people adopt (2012, background): “The ability to adapt to changes in one’s (informational) environment is of particular importance given the enhanced need in contemporary organizations to collaborate, often with people of different backgrounds and of different perspectives or viewpoints (Page, 2007; Sawyer, 2007).”
Virtual reality and augmented reality in social learning spaces: a literature review (2020, result): “However, these results could be countered by other work suggesting individual “play” is also essential in fostering group activities (Sawyer 2017).”
Designs for Collective Cognitive Responsibility in Knowledge-Building Communities (2009, methodology): “This includes reviewing and understanding the state of knowledge in the broader world, generating and continually working with promising ideas (Bereiter & Scardamalia, 1993), providing and receiving constructive criticism (Sawyer, 2007), sharing and synthesizing multiple perspectives (Bielaczyc & Co”
A Call to Action: The Challenges of Creative Teaching and Learning (2015, background): “The Exploratorium has a culture of innovation that fosters improvisational collaboration (Sawyer, 2007): an organic culture with low boundaries;”
Let's Dance! Elastic Coordination in Creative Group Work: A Qualitative Study of Modern Dancers (2014, background): “Indeed, work by Sawyer (2007) suggests that improvisational groups that correctly balance autonomy and constraints can achieve a sense of “group flow” that enhances creative performance.”
Is creativity domain-specific? Latent class models of creative accomplishments and creative self-descriptions. (2009, unknown): “Sawyer (2007, 2006), for example, outlines several creativity myths, such as “Children are more creative than adults,” “Formal training hinders creativity,” and “Individuals are more creative than groups.””
A Problem and Project-Based Learning (PBL) Approach to Motivate Group Creativity in Engineering Education (2012, unknown): “Existing discussions have regarded group creativity as a collaborative process beyond the individual by focusing on interpersonal interactions [3, 16], that demonstrate collaboration involves an intricate blending of skills, temperaments, eﬀort and sometimes personalities to realize a shared vision…”