The role of the facilitator during digital creative sessions

Facilitation is proved to improve group problem-solving effectiveness, research new concepts and innovative solutions. This paper addresses facilitation role during a creative session in the digital environment. We evaluate existing collaborative software based on the metaphor of the sticky note and we show that they are designed for use without necessarily taking into account the presence of a facilitator. They offer however, a set of functions that are relevant to the group and its individuals. According to our findings, we suggest a set of principal features to fully integrate the role of the facilitator into digital creativity sessions.

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