GroupMind

Abstract

Collaborative brainstorming can be a challenging but important part of creative group problem solving. Mind-mapping has the potential to enhance the brainstorming process but has its own challenges when used in a group. We introduce GroupMind, a collaborative mind-mapping tool that addresses these challenges and opens new opportunities for creative teamwork, including brainstorming. We present a semi-controlled evaluation of GroupMind and its impact on teamwork, problem solving and collaboration for brainstorming activities. GroupMind performs better than using a traditional whiteboard in both interaction group and nominal group settings for the task involving memory recall. The hierarchical mind-map structure also imposes important framing effects on group dynamics and idea organization during the brainstorming process. We also present design ideas to assist in the development of future tools to support creative problem solving in groups.

Collaborative Mind Mapping-Assisted RICOSRE to Promote Students’ Problem-Solving Skills

“…The learning process that incorporates digital technology can also enhance students' diverse skills and knowledge (Al-Abdullatif & Gameil, 2021;Rosba et al, 2021). Applications that can be used to make CMM include: Coggle (Kamrozzaman et al, 2018;Papushina et al, 2017), iMindMap (Wan Jusoh & Ahmad, 2016), GroupMind (Shih et al, 2009), Mindmeister, Popplet and, Mindomo (Arajuo & Gadanidis, 2020;Chen et al, 2019) as well as web-based applications such as www.prosseson.com (Zheng et al, 2020). The CMM platform used in this research is Miro.…”

Deb8: A Tool for Collaborative Analysis of Video

“…Mind-maps, collaborative mind-maps [32] and systems grounded in the mindmapping paradigm [20] rely on the ability to create textual or graphical nodes, introduce child nodes, manipulate siblings, and grow the often tree-structured information space by interactively linking elements. Graphical data-flow languages from audio composition [6] to visualization [26] or health data-flow [35] or to end user programming (e.g.…”

Does Collectivism Inhibit Individual Creativity?

“…CSCW and HCI scholars have developed new technologies to better support creative idea generation. These include BeachMap [90], BRIDGE [31] and GroupMind [101], which produce concept/mind maps to help break down and organize problems, as well as Momentum [7], which emails textual prompts related to idea topics days before ideation takes place. Other examples include Idea Expander [121] and DesignLibs [10], which provide pictorial or scenariobased stimuli to facilitate creativity.…”