Course Wayne State University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) Department of Interdisciplinary Studies (DIS) Winter 2006 semester Creativity: Building the New, ISP 5660, 3 or  4 cr Creativity: Attached Directed Study, ISP 5660, 2, 3 or  4 cr	Instructor
	David R. Bowen 2311 A/AB Wayne State University Detroit, MI 48202	Daytime tel: (313) 577-1498 Evening tel: (248) 549-8518 At Ford: 313-390-2155 FAX: (313) 577-8585 Home Page:     http://www.is.wayne.edu/drbowen Email: d.r.bowen@wayne.edu

Last updated 4/18/06
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Creativity: Building the New
Winter, 2006

New 4/18/06: Transcript for 4/17 class unchat session for summaries

New 4/14/06: Agenda for last class meeting 4/17/04 on unchat (not face-to-face)

New 4/9/06: New cell phone number

New 3/27/06: Link to article on new method for corporate creativity, link to Frank X. Walker audio/transcript

New 3/25/06: Agenda for optional unchat today, also link to BlackBoard

New 3/12/06: Transcript of 3/11 unchat session for summaries

New 3/10/06: Agenda for unchat online class meeting on 3/11

New 2/23/06: link to unchat is under Online Tools. Also see "How to unchat" under "Course Documents."

This is "the course web site" for both ISP 5660 and ISP 3340.

Instructor: David Bowen, home page
d.r.bowen@wayne.edu
Work: 313-577-1498 (has voice mail), FAX 313-577-8585
2311 A/AB (5700 Cass Avenue) / Wayne State University / Detroit, MI  48202
Home: 248-548-8518 (has voice mail)
4704 Elmhurst / Royal Oak, MI  48073
Ford (Fridays and some other days): 313-390-2155 (has voice mail)
Cell: 248-376-9848 (Usually not on, but I will try to remember to keep it on during office hours. No voice mail)
AIM Screen name: WsuWebGuy

Course schedule. This is primarily an online course, but there are four class meetings, with two alternate dates for the first (your choice). You can opt out of all four meetings. Opting out of the first meeting is by demonstrating that you can get started in the course on your own. Even if you opt out of this meeting, you are still responsible for the course content. Opting out of meetings 2, 3 and 4 requires (a) that you are up to date in the course, and (b) that you turn in a summary of the notes.

Dates for course meetings (see campus map link below for maps to buildings):

1A.  Sat 1/14/06 1 - 4 PM UGL 1140 (Computer Lab A)
        OR
1B.  Tue 1/17/06 6 - 9 PM UGL 1140 (Computer Lab A)

2. Mon 2/6/06 6 - 8 PM, in 135 State Hall
3. Sat 3/11 1 - 3 PM. Online using online "Unchat." People have really enjoyed this highly interactive system in the past, but it does require a few minutes of preparation beforehand. "Attend" one of the two online Unchat preparation sessions below.
   1. Sat 3/4 1 - 1:30 PM. Unchat preparation session a, online.
   2. Mon 3/6 6:30 - 7 PM. Unchat preparation session b, online.
4. Mon 4/17 6 - 8 PM, 124 Cohn Building (has been switched to Unchat)

Major assignment: essays. If you read the Syllabus, you will find the textbooks and the major assignments. The major assignments are reading the textbooks and (later) some web pages, and writing Essays. Both are described in the Syllabus, along with the lesser assignments.

The Essays topics are listed on the Essay Topics web page. Before you start reading a textbook, you should read the list of Essay Topics for that textbook. Please note that each Essay will be on one topic from the list; you are not asked to write an Essay that covers all of the topics, or even more than one of the topics. But definitely read the topics first, so that you will have them in mind as you read the that textbook.

Web site contents:

• Course Documents
• Online Tools
• The Class
• Research Links
• Other sites of interest

Course Documents (NOTE: These are subject to changes up until the first class)

• ISP 5660 Syllabus (Winter 2006)
• ISP 3340 Syllabus (Winter 2006) (note that this is no longer preliminary, as of 1/12)
• Essay Topics for ISP 5660 (Winter 2006)
• Reading Questions for ISP 3340 (Winter 2006). If you are not in ISP 3340, you can also use these books for ISP 5660 additions.
• Notes for Class #1 1/14 and 1/17 - two formats available; the content is identical.
  • Notes in PowerPoint format (ppt)
  • Notes in Acrobat Reader format (pdf)
• Notes for Class #2 (2/6) - two formats available; the content is identical.
  • Notes in PowerPoint format (ppt)
  • Notes in Acrobat Reader format (pdf)
  • Printing multiple pages per sheet of paper - two methods
    1. PowerPoint only:
       1. Use the "File" menu, then "Print..."
       2. On the "Print" dialogue, down near the lower left, under "Print what:" choose "Handouts"
       3. Still on the "Print" dialogue, with "Handouts" selected, down near the lower right, select the "Slides per page:" that you want
       4. Click "OL" to print
    2. Any application (or at least many, may not work for all printers):
       1. Use the "File" menu, then "Print..."
       2. On the "Print" dialogue, near the upper right, click on "Properties"
       3. On the "Properties" dialogue, near the upper left, click on the "Features" tab
       4. Still on the "Properties" dialogue, on the "Features" tab, at the middle left, select the "Pages per Sheet" that you want
       5. Click "OK" on the Properties dialogue, then "OK" on the Print dialogue to print
• Notes for class #3 (3/11) 1 - 3 PM online using unchat
  • Notes (Microsoft Word format [doc])
  • Notes (rtf format for others)
  • Transcript of 3/11 unchat session (for summaries)
• Agendas for optional unchats after 3/11 ("attendance" at each of these counts for two postings)
  • March 25
  • April 8
• Agenda for class #4 (4/17) on unchat
  • Transcript of 4/17 unchat class (for summaries)
• Essay Planner (while using this is not required, some people have said it helps them write better Essays)
• Assigned web pages
  • Week 2 (1/16): Poincaré
  • Week 2 (1/16): Objective Characteristics of Creative People (and why this approach does not work)
  • Week 3 (1/23): Comparison of readings
  • Week 4 (1/30): Amabile: Chapter 4 of Creativity in Context, on how evaluating another's creativity will in fact silence that creativity
  • Week 7 (2/20): Amabile: Chapter 8 of Creativity in Context, on how to stimulate and block creativity, and a list from another researcher (Dean Keith Simonton) of factors found to increase creativity in a statistical study.
  • Week 9 (3/6): Dequin (DIS graduate) web page on creativity in business
  • Week 11 (3/27): Legendre (DIS graduate) web page
  • Week 14 (4/10): How Revolutionary Were the People in "Creating Minds?"
• How to be Creative (from various authors)
• A new method for corporate creativity, from the New York Times 3/26/06
• Link to Frank X. Williams audio on creativity (transcript there also). Note: audio has some introduction - this is part of a series called "This I Believe."
• How to unchat

Online Tools

• Link to Moodle
  • Link straight to this course on Moodle
  • Help in using Moodle
• Web Hub for this class. Put all the links you need on your desktop. Download instructions included in link.
• link to unchat. see "How to unchat" for instructions.
• link to BlackBoard

The Class

Other sites of interest

• Taking online classes: what you should know
• Campus map (a great map. For me, works best with Internet Explorer (I think this may be because it uses the Flash plug-in). You can zoom, move around on the map, select a building from the drop-down list on the right, and it will be highlighted on the map, and see a picture of the building.
• Web Server Monitor - is the server down?
• University computer system status reports
• Forwarding your WSU email to another email address
• Link to flier, course description (Winter 2006)