A tale of two online communities: Fostering collaboration and creativity in scientists and children

C and C 2009 - Proceedings of the 2009 ACM SIGCHI Conference on Creativity and Cognition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 9-18

  Aragon, Cecilia R ^a   Poon, Sarah S ^a   Monroy Hernández, Andrés ^b   Aragon, Diana ^c  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MIT MEDIA LAB   (United States)

^c Berkeley High School   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective creativity; Computer mediated communication; Computer supported cooperative work; Social creativity

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); WEBSITES;

BEHAVIOR ADAPTATIONS; COLLECTIVE CREATIVITIES; COMPUTER MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; DISTRIBUTED GROUPS; INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS; ON-LINE COMMUNITIES; REMOTE COLLABORATION; SOCIAL CREATIVITY;

ONLINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 84962124530     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1640233.1640239     Document Type: Conference Paper

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