Using Blog Comments as Feedback to Promote the Metacognitive Development of Creativity

[EN] Creativity can be viewed, not just as a set of skills and strategies, but as an overarching metacognitive skill that integrates a range of subordinate generic skills. Key to developing creativity is to engage in a cycle of ideation, reflection and adjustment, within a feedback rich environment....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: McMahon, Mark, Heather, Joseph
Tipo de recurso: capítulo de libro
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/103955
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/103955
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Higher Education
Learning
Educational systems
Teaching
Weblogs
Blogs
Feedback
Metacognition
Creativity
Reflection
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Sumario:[EN] Creativity can be viewed, not just as a set of skills and strategies, but as an overarching metacognitive skill that integrates a range of subordinate generic skills. Key to developing creativity is to engage in a cycle of ideation, reflection and adjustment, within a feedback rich environment. Blogs have the ability to garner external comments that can prompt these processes. Case study research was undertaken to explore what forms of feedback promote metacognitive development and how those forms can best be elicited within a blog. Findings indicated that blog comments can motivate, provide information, enhance quality and promote reflection, and that a range of strategies can be applied in blogs to best obtain the most valuable forms of feedback for creative development.