Towards a Reflection in Creative Experience Questionnaire

Abstract

Reflection is underexplored in Creativity Support Tool (CST) research, partly due to its ambiguous nature. We suggest that researchers could benefit from a measure of a CST's capacity to support reflection. To this end, we detail the first stages of development of the Reflection in Creative Experience Questionnaire (RiCE) -a lightweight questionnaire for differentiating between creative user experiences which exhibit more or less moments of reflection. We develop RiCE through i) an expert review of questionnaire items (n=10) and ii) an exploratory factor analysis (n=300) of the reviewed items. We also present a user study testing RiCE (n=58) across two time points (one week apart) with novel interfaces designed for creative writing and music making. Although we do not confirm validity, we identify four factors for RiCE which we suggest are interpretable in a conceptually meaningful way. Our formative studies contribute towards supporting future explorations on reflection with CSTs.CCS Concepts: • Applied computing → Arts and humanities; • General and reference → Measurement; • Human-centered computing → Empirical studies in HCI ; HCI design and evaluation methods; User studies.

Explainable AI for the Arts 2 (XAIxArts2)

“…For example, how do we strike a balance between explanation, exploration, and surprise? Being surprised, confused, and reflective [5,12,13] are often integral to creative practice but are in opposition to the more functional goals of XAI proposed by researchers such as Gunning [15] and Guidotti et al [14]. Similarly, failure can be a resource for creative practice [16] which is in opposition of the core aims of XAI to clearly explain and reduce misunderstanding.…”

Explainable AI for the Arts: XAIxArts

“…For example, how do we strike a balance between explanation, exploration, and surprise? Being surprised, confused, and reflective [5,12,13] are often integral to creative practice but are in opposition to the more functional goals of XAI proposed by researchers such as Gunning [15] and Guidotti et al [14]. Similarly, failure can be a resource for creative practice [16] which is in opposition of the core aims of XAI to clearly explain and reduce misunderstanding.…”