This semester, I'm researching and developing a proof-of-concept for collaborative music composition software for the iPhone. Reading the Hargadon and Bechky article gave me a very useful takeaway about how to trigger collective creativity. Our audience is made up of novices who don't know much about music theory. Rather than focus on a tutorial that would preach music theory knowledge, perhaps we would do better to inspire conversation within the group. There are just too many contexts within the process of learning, collaboration, and creation to refer users to a paint-by-the-numbers tutorial. Inspiring conversation would allow users to reflectively reframe problems as they arise.
If you're interested, here's our project website: http://www.grouploopsinfo.com
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