User Interfaces for Creativity Support Tools Ben Shneiderman (ben@cs.umd.edu) Director, Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory Professor, Department of Computer Science Member, Institutes for Advanced Computer Studies & Systems Research University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742

11/3/99


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User Interfaces for Creativity Support Tools Ben Shneiderman (ben@cs.umd.edu) Director, Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory Professor, Department of Computer Science Member, Institutes for Advanced Computer Studies & Systems Research University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742

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User Interface Design Goals

Scientific Approach (beyond user friendly)

HCIL Highlights

Creativity Support Tools Genex Framework: Collect-Relate-Create-Donate

Creativity Support Tools: Goals

Structuralists: A plan, method, process

Inspirationalists: Aha, Aha, Aha!

Situationalists: context, community, collaboration

Csikszentmihalyi’s book Creativity (1993)

Genex (Generator of Excellence) Framework

Genex: Some potential down sides

Eight Activities in Genex

1) Searching & Browsing Digital Libraries

2) Consulting with Peers & Mentors

3) Visualizing Data & Processes

Information Visualization

Treemap Implementations

4) Thinking by Free Associations

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5) Exploring Solutions - What If Tools

6) Composing Artifacts & Performances

7) Reviewing & Replaying Session Histories

Imaginary dialysis procedure exploration

8) Disseminating Results

Genex: Integrated Framework for Software

Genex Phases and Activities

Closing Philosophy

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)

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References

Author: Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory

Email: ben@cs.umd.edu

Home Page: http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/

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