Essential elements for learning environment of creative education on social network to develop creative thinking

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to investigate elements that are essential for the learning environment of creative education on social network to develop creative thinking. The research methodology was documentary research. It was found that there were 3 major elements and 17 sub-elements which were essential for learning environment of creative education on social network to develop creative thinking; namely, 1) Creative thinking development or learning process included six steps: (1) problem finding, (2) data acquisition, (3) analysis, (4) solution finding, (5) revise/evaluation, (6) acceptance finding, and (7) convergent thinking; 2) Resources or learning environment included four elements: (1) learning media, (2) technology media, (3)context, and (4)communication; 3) Technologies or online social network in learning environment consisted of six elements: (1) identity network, (2) creative network, (3) interested network, (4) collaboration network, (5) gaming/virtual reality, and (6) peer to peer communication network.