Course Wayne State University College of Lifelong Learning Interdisciplinary Studies Program Winter 2003 semester Creativity: Building the New, ISP 5660, 3 cr or    4 cr Creativity Directed Study, AGS 3340, 3 cr or    4 cr	Instructor
	David R. Bowen 2311 A/AB Wayne State University Detroit, MI 48202 Schedule (link not working yet)	Daytime tel: (313) 577-1498 Evening tel: (248) 549-8518 At Ford: 313-390-2155 FAX: (313) 577-8585 Home Page:     http://www.cll.wayne.edu/isp/drbowen Email: d.r.bowen@wayne.edu

Last updated: 4/11/03 Link back to Instructor's web site Welcome to the web site for...

This is the "jump page" for Creativity, an on-line course. A "jump page" mainly contains links to other topics.

ISP 5660 and AGS 3340 for Winter 2003 are on-line courses on Creativity, taught using the course web site for handouts, a computer conference for class discussions, and email for submitting and returning assignments. These online courses are not self-study; the Instructor is actively involved in all aspects, and should be involved at any time that you are having problems, whether they are technical or related to the course content and assignment schedule.

Here are the major topics on this page:

• Policies, assignments, course meetings
• Lectures and further information from other sources
• Information about the class and participants
• Online tools
• General ISP and WSU information

Policies, assignments, course meetings

• Course syllabus
• Topics for ISP 5660 Essays
• Reading Questions for AGS 3340 Quizzes and Exams (questions for Flow added 3/5)
• Agenda 1 for January 10
  • Notes from January 10 class
• Agenda 2 for January 24
  • Notes from January 24 class
• Notes from the February 21 class
• About the Creativity Essays (also see Agenda 2 Item V)
  • Essay Planner (not required, do not turn it in, not for grading, for your use only)
  • Writing the Creativity Essays
• Quiz 1 for AGS 3340 (Contact David Bowen to make this up)
• Midterm for AGS 3340 (you only need to take this Midterm if you are taking FOUR credits of AGS 3340)
• Quiz 2 for AGS 3340
• Agenda 4 for April 11

Lectures and further information from other sources

• Poincaré creativity narrative (one of the first accounts of creativity)
• Objective characteristics of creative people
• Comparison of readings
• Summary, Chapter 4 from Creativity in Context (Teresa Amabile); rewards and creativity
• Summary, Chapter 8 from Creativity in Context (Teresa Amabile); characteristics of creative work environments
• Mike Dequin, excerpt from Senior Essay on Creativity in worklife
• Angela Legendre, excerpts about influences and solving creative problems
• How Controversial Were the People in Creating Minds?
• Creativity Is...  (password required)
• Online courses (From Web 101 site)
• Online courses (From GST 1600 web site)
• How to be more creative

Information about the class and participants

• Class photo album
• Original course flier (corrected)
• Campus map showing location of campus parking and Undergraduate Library

Online tools

• All interactive tools
  • Course information form
  • Online grade report (To enable grade reports, use the course information form to change "Grade Reports" from "No" to "Yes" - omit the quotation marks)
  • Weekly Report Form
• Link to computer conference
  • Help in using the computer conferencing system
• File Test. Click on the link to download this Microsoft Word file. Save it to your hard drive (C: on a PC). Open the file in a word processor, resave it putting your three initials at the front of the name, follow the directions in the file, save again, and email the file to me at d.r.bowen@wayne.edu.
• Online Writing and Grammar Tutor
• Web Hub for your computer desktop (simple to install, has all the course links you need)

General ISP and WSU information

• Online Life at WSU
• Web server monitor: http://server.monitor.wayne.edu
• WSU Web Email
• WSU computer help: http://support.wayne.edu (web), helpdesk@wayne.edu (email) or (313) 577-4778
• South End article about online courses at WSU (9/18/97)
• South End article about online courses at WSU (11/9/99)