Title
Exploring mutual engagement in creative collaborations
Abstract
Group creativity is a fundamental form of human activity. In this paper we explore what constitutes mutually engaging interaction between people _ interaction in which creative sparks fly and we lose ourselves in the joint action. In this paper we present the results of an experiment to compare the effect representation of identity in a user interface, and task instruction, has on mutual engagement between remote participants. Surprisingly the results indicate that providing no cues to identity increased mutual engagement between participants. We also discuss the appropriateness of quantitative, qualitative, and self-report data for identifying points of mutual engagement.
Year
DOI
Venue
2007
10.1145/1254960.1254991
Creativity & Cognition
Keywords
Field
DocType
effect representation,creative spark,remote participant,self-report data,human activity,mutual engagement,joint action,group creativity,engaging interaction,creative collaboration,fundamental form,collaboration,user interface,design,evaluation,creativity
Psychology,Human–computer interaction,User interface,Creativity
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
21
1.73
9
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Nick Bryan-Kinns148174.68
Patrick G. Healey211721.13
Joe Leach3211.73