Share Paper: Part 1: What is the relationship between technology and creativity?

  1. Danah Henriksen, Arizona State University, United States
  2. Michael Henderson, Monash University, Australia
  3. Edwin Creely, Monash University, Australia
  4. Aman Yadav, Michigan State University, United States
  5. Jon Good, Michigan State University, United States
  6. Aroutis Foster, Drexel University, United States
  7. Mamta Shah, Drexel University, United States
  8. William Cain, Michigan State University, United States
  9. John Bell, Michigan State University, United States
  10. Shaunna Smith, Texas State University, United States
  11. Rohit Mehta, Iowa State University, United States
  12. Tony Millican, Air University, United States
  13. Akesha Horton, Air University, United States
  14. Dennis Armstrong, Air University, United States
  15. Punya Mishra, Arizona State University, United States
Wednesday, March 28 3:00 PM-4:00 PM Bell

Abstract: In this symposium, we explore the interrelationship between technology and creativity, to consider the critical and complex nature between these areas of 21st century education. Creativity is a principal driver for growth and new innovations, and is an attribute of thinking, learning and solving problems in our complex world. Issues of education and technology have also been foregrounded in recent decades—as the potential for, power of, and affordances and constraints in new technologies abound in educational research and practice. As these two areas have arisen in 21st century education they can inform each other. Technologies are tools for thinking; and ...