Creative Genius 2019
Author
Ivanov, Robert Stoykov
Term
3. Term
Education
Publication year
2019
Submitted on
2019-01-17
Pages
43
Abstract
This Creative Genius Semester project at Aalborg University explores how to strengthen web developers’ professional creativity in the workplace. Guided by a “burning question,” it proposes the Creative Coding Arena—a game-like, open-source-inspired environment where two developers compete to solve automatically generated coding tasks quickly and creatively, earning points for productivity and speed. The approach applies the program’s creative methods, including ideation, use of horizontal and vertical knowledge, engaging gatekeepers/experts, identifying blind spots, and producing low-fidelity paper sketches. Early qualitative feedback from a web developer indicates interest and sees the concept as engaging, while cautioning that a public, competitive setup may have negative effects for some; an anonymous online implementation is suggested as mitigation. Planned next steps include structured user research to clarify what developers consider creativity, progression to high-fidelity prototypes, and alpha testing using a Rapid Application Development/prototyping strategy. Although final outcomes are not yet available, the intended impact is to foster creative thinking, engagement, and learning in developers’ everyday work.
Dette projekt fra Creative Genius Semester ved Aalborg Universitet undersøger, hvordan man kan øge webudvikleres professionelle kreativitet i deres arbejdsmiljø. Med udgangspunkt i en “brændende” problemformulering udvikles og afprøves ideen om Creative Coding Arena – et spilbaseret, open source-inspireret miljø, hvor to udviklere konkurrerer i hurtigt og kreativt at løse automatisk genererede kodningsopgaver, med point for produktivitet og hastighed. Projektets arbejdsmetode bygger på programmets kreative værktøjer, herunder ideudvikling, brug af horisontal og vertikal viden, involvering af gatekeepere/eksperter, identifikation af blinde vinkler og udarbejdelse af low-fidelity papirskitser. Indledende, kvalitativ feedback fra en webudvikler viser interesse for konceptet og potentiale som en sjov, motiverende ramme, men peger også på mulige negative effekter ved et åbent, konkurrencepræget format; anonym online-deltagelse foreslås som afbødning. Projektet skitserer næste skridt: systematisk brugerinvolvering, afklaring af, hvad udviklere opfatter som kreativitet, videreudvikling til high-fidelity prototyper og alfa-tests med Rapid Application Development/prototyping. Selvom endelige resultater endnu ikke foreligger, er den forventede effekt at understøtte kreativ tænkning, engagement og læring i webudvikleres dagligdag.
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