This document discusses the relationship between creativity and effectiveness in distance learning. It argues that creativity has been proven to improve academic performance when creative students are taught and assessed in a way that values their abilities. The document also asserts that new technologies allow communicating high expectations explicitly and efficiently to students, and that platforms for creativity can communicate with students in ways that were never possible before through tools like mashups, collaboration, and online productivity suites. However, it cautions that for instruction to be effective, any creativity or technology used must be implemented correctly.

1. CREATIVITY & EFFECTIVENESS
OF DISTANCE LEARNING
“IF WE TEACH TODAY AS WE TAUGHT YESTERDAY,
WE ROB OUR CHILDREN OF TOMORROW”
- JOHN DEWEY
PRESENTED BY DON HAZELWOOD

2. CREATIVITY IS PROVEN TO BE
EFFECTIVE
CREATIVITY AND
EFFECTIVENESS ARE
COMPLEMENTARY TO
EACH OTHER
MULTIPLE STUDIES
PROVE HIGHER LEVEL
LEARNING TAKES
PLACE WHEN USING
CREATIVE METHODS OF
INSTRUCTION
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3. EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES OF
CREATIVITY
CREATIVITY IS AMONG THE MOST
COMPLEX HUMAN BEHAVIORS
- RUNCO, 1996
CREATIVITY IS ALSO QUITE
COMMON IN A WIDE RANGE OF
EVERY DAY ACTIVITIES
- RUNCO & RICHARDS, 1998
RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT
WHEN CREATIVE STUDENTS ARE
TAUGHT AND THEIR
ACHIEVEMENTS ARE THEN
ASSESSED IN A WAY THAT
VALUES THEIR CREATIVE
ABILITIES, THEIR ACADEMIC
PERFORMANCE IMPROVES.
- STERNBERG, FERRARI, CLINKENBEARD & GRIGORENKO, 1996
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4. NEW TECHNOLOGIES CAN COMMUNICATE HIGH
EXPECTATIONS EXPLICITLY AND EFFICIENTLY.
ANY GIVEN INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY
CAN BE SUPPORTED BY A NUMBER OF
CONTRASTING TECHNOLOGIES (OLD
AND NEW), JUST AS ANY GIVEN
TECHNOLOGY MIGHT SUPPORT
DIFFERENT INSTRUCTIONAL
STRATEGIES. BUT FOR ANY GIVEN
INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY, SOME
TECHNOLOGIES ARE BETTER THAN
OTHERS: BETTER TO TURN A SCREW
WITH A SCREWDRIVER THAN A
HAMMER — A DIME MAY ALSO DO THE
TRICK, BUT A SCREWDRIVER IS
USUALLY BETTER.
- CHICKERING, A. & EHRMANN, S. (1996), IMPLEMENTING THE SEVEN PRINCIPLES: TECHNOLOGY AS LEVER
HTTP://WWW.TLTGROUP.ORG/PROGRAMS/SEVEN.HTML .
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5. BLOOM’S TAXONOMY
REVISED IN THE 90’S
KEY TO THE REVISION
IS THE USE OF VERBS
RATHER THAT NOUNS
A SLIGHT
REARRANGING OF
CATEGORIES WITH
CREATING THE
HIGHEST ORDER OF
LEARNING
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6. PLATFORM FOR CREATIVITY
COMMUNICATE WITH
OUR STUDENTS IN
WAYS THAT HAVE
NEVER BEEN POSSIBLE
BEFORE
ABILITY TO TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF
MULTIPLE
TECHNOLOGIES AND
DIFFERENT FORMS OF
MEDIA

7. MASHUPS
MORE THAN ONE SOURCE
COMBINED INTO ONE
INTEGRATED TOOL
MULTIPLE FORMS OF
CONTENT DRAWN FROM
MULTIPLE SOURCES
HIGHER LEVEL LEARNING
TAKES PLACE WHILE
CREATING &
INFORMATION BECOMES
MORE RELEVANT

8. COLLABORATION
COLLABORATIVE
CLASSROOM EFFORTS
CAN BE EASILY
IMPLEMENTED
ONLINE PRODUCTIVITY
SUITES
WIKIS
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9. NO MATTER THE CREATIVITY OR TECHNOLOGY
USED - IT MUST BE USED CORRECTLY FOR
INSTRUCTION TO BE EFFECTIVE.
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