Introduction
While there are differences in how creativity is defined, common definitions suggest that creativity is the ability or propensity for developing ideas, artifacts, or solutions that are novel and effective. Although not fully understood, creativity is highly valued across disciplines and industries. It is widely viewed as essential to innovation within the networked or digital world and for twenty-first century skills and the future of work. Consequently, most educational policy and curriculum documents internationally include creativity as a desired (if not essential) competency. The focal shift toward creativity has emerged in recent decades and has paralleled the digitization of education and society at large.
Innovation-centered technology companies, such as Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Apple, position creativity as central to their corporate vision. This is evidenced by upbeat support for creativity in their mission statements, strong emphasis on creative design,...
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Creely, E., Henriksen, D. (2019). Creativity and Digital Technologies. In: Peters, M., Heraud, R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Educational Innovation. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2262-4_143-1
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