The conclusion that nominal brainstorming groups outperform interactive brainstorming groups has been exclusively based on studies of idea generation. This study tested whether the productivity advantage of nominal groups would also result in better idea selection. Nominal and interactive groups performed a task that involved idea generation and selection. Idea generation and selection were str...

The e-Brainstorming tools represent plausible solutions to improve the e-research community activities with respect to processes regarding idea generation and idea selection. However, the existing eBrainstorming systems show methodological and technological limitations. The present work proposes a brainstorming model that aims at overcoming the aforementioned limitations by exploiting Social We...

Owing to the associative nature of human memory, external stimuli can often trigger references to past experiences. We explore photostorming, a low-threshold tangible interaction to evoke life experiences with visual imagery in a brainstorming context. Our implementation attempts an evocative dialectic – tangible letters evoking words, words generating images, images evoking words – which we te...

This paper describes our plans and current work towards developing a user modelingbased learning environment for creative group brainstorming in qualitative domains. This research framework aims to guide the investigation and integration of different brainstorming activities, theoretical foundations and supportive technologies in order to benefit learning most. Intervention studies and system d...

This article extends the findings in synchronous room-based electronic brainstorming about the impact of social comparison process on productivity and creativity in a web-based context of asynchronous electronic brainstorming. Social comparison was manipulated with a feedback informing groupmembers of their respective contributions on the electronic brainstorming task through a shared table reg...

BACKGROUND Clerkship provides a unique way of transferring the knowledge and skills gathered during medical school's curriculum into real-ward clinical care environment. The annual program evaluation has indicated that the training of clerks in diagnostic and clinical reasoning skills needed to be enhanced. Recently, "clinical excellence" program have been promoted in our institution to augment...

Both academic and practitioner endeavors aim to improve idea generation for individuals and groups. However, administering studies to study group brainstorming is difficult due to measurement, task choice, and logistics. A big question concerning group brainstorming is, What factors affect efficiency? To answer this question, we built a multi-agent model. The results of this inquiry point to in...

Today, research focuses on the accessibility of explicit information for blind users. This gives only partly access to the information flow in brainstorming sessions, since non-verbal communication is not supported. Advances in ICT however allow capturing implicit information like hand gestures as important part of non-verbal communication. Thus, we describe a system that al-lows integrating bl...