Today I came across this great post from the PsyBlog, “Boost Creativity: 7 Unusual Psychological Techniques”. It gave me a great idea for using these same techniques for boosting creative levels in online students.
The first technique was to use psychological distance. This implies not only separating yourself from the task, term paper, assignment by physical means, but also by mentally taking some space as well. Their suggested insight is to imagine the project you’re working on as distant and disconnected from your current location. That space should encourage higher level thinking.
