Intrinsic Motivation Enhances Online Group Creativity via Promoting Members' Effort, Not Interaction

Autor/inn/en	Zhang, Xinru; Pi, Zhongling; Li, Chenyu; Hu, Weiping
Titel	Intrinsic Motivation Enhances Online Group Creativity via Promoting Members' Effort, Not Interaction
Quelle	In: British Journal of Educational Technology, 52 (2021) 2, S.606-618 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0007-1013
DOI	10.1111/bjet.13045
Schlagwörter	College Students; Student Motivation; Cooperative Learning; Group Activities; Creativity; Eye Movements; Task Analysis; Video Technology; Interaction; Cognitive Processes; Electronic Learning + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Collegestudent; Schulische Motivation; Kooperatives Lernen; Gruppenaktivität; Kreativität; Augenbewegung; Aufgabenanalyse; Interaktion; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess
Abstract	Intrinsic motivation is seen as the principal source of vitality in educational settings. This study examined whether intrinsic motivation promoted online group creativity and tested a cognitive mechanism that might explain this effect. University students (N = 72; 61 women) who volunteered to participate were asked to fulfill a creative task with a peer using online software. The peer was actually a fake participant who was programed to send prepared answers in sequence. Ratings of creativity (fluency, flexibility and originality) and eye movement data (focus on own vs. peer's ideas on the screen) were used to compare students who were induced to have high intrinsic motivation and those induced to have low intrinsic motivation. Results showed that compared to participants with low intrinsic motivation, those with high intrinsic motivation showed higher fluency and flexibility on the creative task and spent a larger percentage of time looking at their own ideas on the screen. The two groups did not differ in how much they looked at the peer's ideas. In addition, students' percentage dwell time on their own ideas mediated the beneficial effect of intrinsic motivation on idea fluency. These results suggest that although intrinsic motivation could enhance the fluency of creative ideas in an online group, it does not necessarily promote interaction among group members. Given the importance of interaction in online group setting, findings of this study suggest that in addition to enhancing intrinsic motivation, other measures should be taken to promote the interaction behavior in online groups. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01