Table 1. Questionnaire Responses
(In section 1, the nine students are represented by the
letters a-i.)
Section 1.
When you consider the words or phrases below, please write one or two other
words or phrases of similar meaning that come readily to your mind.
1. Design
a. Í easy Í planning Í organization
b. organize, concept mapping
c. plan & organize
d. organization
e. Navigation, usability
f. purpose, structure
g. a lot of ideas
h. blueprint, architecture
i. structure É put together in what way
2. Creative
a. Í hard to do Í easy to find
b. new, original
c. new & fresh
d. unique
e. Something new
f. imagination
g. smart
h. painting, clay, drawing
i. colorful É anything goes
3. Creative Process
a. both [Creative Process and Creative Design] are hard
for me É not very good with creativity É good with planning and organizing
b. time, pictures, non-linear
c. plan & try
d. the steps taken to make something unique
e. How You came up with your Ideas
f. thinking through, why?
g. painful but exciting
h. thinking, brainstorming, alone, quiet
i. messy, but interesting É gets good results
4. Creative Design
a. [see above]
b. unique, original
c. new plan
d. organizing something in a creative/unique way
e. Interesting
f. originality
g. wonderful
h. new, original
i. created in such a way that it sparks interest
5. Un-creative design
a. Í practical É not fancy
b. static, monochromatic
c. old plan
d. organizing something in a boring way
e. boring
f. [blank]
g. bad
h. unoriginal, hasty, set on one option
i. the same old shoe
6. Creative Flow
a. Í time when you are thinking about a project
b. often happens at odd hours, disconnected
c. following natural process
d. thinking creatively / uniquely throughout an entire
project.
e. Interesting, has a theme, usability
f. Cohesiveness
g. ?
h. silence, the zone, passing time, time being spent
i. Here and there, but with purpose. Flow has flexibility
and meaning to the user
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Section 2. For multiple choice,
please circle the letter of your choice. For short answer, please write your
answer.
1. Do you consider yourself a creative person? (Choose the
answer that comes closest to your personal point of view.)
A. Yes, definitely, and others seem to regard me this way. - 1
B. Yes, but I donÕt know if IÕm perceived that way by others. - 3
C. I sometimes have moments that I regard as creative but my strengths are in
other areas besides creativity. - 3
D. Not really Ð I donÕt think of myself that way. Ð 2
2. Do you have a favorite multimedia website or user
product that you consider a model to emulate? If so, what? [For this question,
the nine students are represented by the letters A-I.]
A. no
B. I like the structure of Dreamweaver and the flexibility
of Flash
C. [blank]
D. no
E. No, IÕm using various ideas from places
F. [blank]
G. [blank]
H. no
I. Hot Potatoes
3. Now that you have completed a project for EDIT 6190,
how would you describe your satisfaction level with your project? (Choose the
answer that comes closest to your personal point of view.)
A. Very
satisfied - 4
B. Somewhat
satisfied - 5
C. Neither
satisfied nor unsatisfied - 0
D. Somewhat
dissatisfied - 0
E. Very
unsatisfied - 0
4. When, approximately, did you think of or discover the
initial idea for your project? (Choose the response that comes closest to your
answer.)
A. Long before the registering for the course - 2
B. During the time between registering for the course and
beginning the course - 0
C. During the first week of the 4-week course - 5
D. During the second week of the 4-week course - 1
E. About halfway through the course. - 1
5. Out of the time you spent on your project, about what
percent would you say you spent in ÒflowÓ?
A. 0% - 10% - 0
B. 10% - 20% - 2
C. 20% - 40% - 3
D. 40% - 60% - 2
E. Over 60% - 3 [one participant chose both D and E.]
6. If you did develop a sense of momentum or ÒflowÓ in
your project development work, approximately how long did it last in a given
work session?
A. I never really experienced this flow you are talking
about Ð it was all hard work. - 0
B. 30 minutes at the most - 2
C. As much as 30 minutes to an hour on at least one
occasion - 0
D. As much as 1-2 hours on at least one occasion - 4
E. 2-4 hours on at least one occasion Ð 2
F. Over 4 hours on at least one occasion - 1