Welcome to Creativity: Building the New

Wayne State University
College of Lifelong Learning
Interdisciplinary Studies Program
Winter, 1999

Creativity: Building the New
ISP 5500 Section# 981, Call# 90577, 4 cr and
ISP 5990 Section# 981, Call# 95268, 4 cr
Course web site: http://www.cll.wayne.edu/isp/drbowen/crtvyw99

Last updated: 6/5/99
Hello, and 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.

New: Weekly Report Form

Here are the major topics on this page:

Policies, assignments, course meetings
Online tools
Information about the class and participants
Lectures and further information from other sources
Information about tutoring

Policies, assignments, course meetings

Syllabus for ISP 5500 Last updated: 3/3/99 (added link for naming files)
Syllabus for ISP 5990 Last updated: 3/21/99 (added ISP 5500 note 2 about late assignments)
- Reading questions (The HP Way, Innovation and Entrepreneurship and The Nature of Creativity) Last updated: 3/21/99
- Quiz 1
- Quiz 2
- Information About the Final Exam (last updated 4/26/99)
Assignment schedule Last updated: 3/21/99 (added ISP 5500 note 2 about late assignments)
Extra (optional) class meetings, online and IRL. Last updated 2/21/99
- Maps. This will take a while to download -- campus map, map of CLL Centers Last updated 1/24/99
Agenda for January 20 class. Updated with notes from the class. Last updated: 2/21/99 by deleting information not specific to the January 20 class.
Textbooks Last updated: 1/13/99
Opting out of the first class meeting (If you want to opt out of the first class meeting, all requirements must be completed before January 13.) Last updated: 1/11/99

Online tools

Weekly Report Form
Turning in homework electronically (link back to Bowen web site, for those who have trouble with email attachments early in the semester)
Information form Please fill out this information form at your early convenience. The form will ask you about the name and version of your Web software and your email software. For any Windows program, you can get this information by choosing the program's "Help" menu, and then the "About" item on the drop-down menu list.
Link to the computer conference
Using the computer conferencing system. Last updated: 3/7/99. This can take a long time to download because of all the screenshots, but it will show you what to do.
Online grade report added 1/25/99
David Bowen's Winter 1999 calendar (link back to Bowen web site)

Information about the class and participants

List of ISP 5500 people with email addresses, photos and comment groups. This can take a while to download because of the photos. Last updated: 1/24/99.
Background about the course Last updated: 1/13/99

Lectures and further information from other sources

Summary and comparison of points from different researchers (new) Last updated: 1/31/99
Personal and Corporate Creativity, from a June 1998 ISP Senior Essay by Mike Dequin (3/4/99)
Participatory Writing, from this course (3/4/99)
What is Creativity? Last updated: 1/13/99
Related Words and Concepts Last updated: 3/21/99
Creativity Anecdotes (just how revolutionary were Stravinsky and Einstein)
Creativity in the News (last updated 4/19/99)
Characteristics of Creative People
Public and Private Creativity Last updated: 2/21/99
Poincare article Last updated: 1/13/99
Motivation, reward and creativity from Teresa Amabile (Last updated: 3/6/99)
How to be More Creative, from Creativity by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Information about tutoring