[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"doc-seo-605591-105":3,"detail-sidebar-cat-0-en-105":81,"doc-detail-605591-en":131},{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":6},0,"ok",{"site_id":7,"language":8,"slug":9,"title":10,"keywords":11,"description":12,"schema_data":13,"social_meta":74,"head_meta":76,"extra_data":78,"updated_unix":80},105,"en","a-new-muse-how-guided-ai-use-impacts-creativity-in-online-creative-writing-courses","A New Muse: How Guided AI Use Impacts Creativity in Online Creative Writing Courses","","Creative writing students face rapid growth in online guidance on using generative AI, yet its real influence on the creative process—especially in online creative writing courses—remains unclear. This within-subjects study tested how ChatGPT affected creativity for students in online creative writing courses, and whether instructor support changed those effects across three experimental conditions.",{"@graph":14,"@context":73},[15,34,56],{"@type":16,"itemListElement":17},"BreadcrumbList",[18,23,27,31],{"item":19,"name":20,"@type":21,"position":22},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",1,{"item":24,"name":25,"@type":21,"position":26},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/","Document",2,{"item":28,"name":29,"@type":21,"position":30},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/research-report/","Research & Report",3,{"item":32,"name":10,"@type":21,"position":33},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/a-new-muse-how-guided-ai-use-impacts-creativity-in-online-creative-writing-courses/605591/",4,{"url":32,"name":10,"@type":35,"image":36,"author":41,"headline":10,"publisher":44,"fileFormat":47,"inLanguage":8,"description":12,"dateModified":48,"datePublished":49,"encodingFormat":47,"isAccessibleForFree":50,"interactionStatistic":51},"DigitalDocument",{"url":37,"@type":38,"width":39,"height":40},"https://docshare.wps.com/thumbnails/a-new-muse-how-guided-ai-use-impacts-creativity-in-online-creative-writing-courses/605591.png","ImageObject",300,407,{"name":42,"@type":43},"dabgoudw","Person",{"url":19,"name":45,"@type":46},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-11-04","2026-10-16",true,{"@type":52,"interactionType":53,"userInteractionCount":55},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":54},"ViewAction",16,{"@type":57,"mainEntity":58},"FAQPage",[59,65,69],{"name":60,"@type":61,"acceptedAnswer":62},"How was the impact of ChatGPT on creativity tested in the study?","Question",{"text":63,"@type":64},"Students from two introductory online creative writing courses completed the same creative exercise under three conditions, and their resulting writing was scored by expert judges using Amabile’s Consensual Assessment Technique (CAT).","Answer",{"name":66,"@type":61,"acceptedAnswer":67},"Did ChatGPT alone change overall creativity scores?",{"text":68,"@type":64},"Creativity scores were similar between the no-assistance baseline and the condition with ChatGPT only, indicating no overall creativity increase from ChatGPT when used without instructor support.",{"name":70,"@type":61,"acceptedAnswer":71},"When did instructor support combined with ChatGPT improve creativity?",{"text":72,"@type":64},"Creativity scores were significantly higher when ChatGPT use was paired with instructor support, with the main gains driven by students who had low baseline creativity scores.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":32,"og:type":75,"og:title":10,"og:site_name":45,"og:description":12},"article",{"robots":77,"canonical":32},"index,follow",{"doc_id":79,"site_id":7},605591,1792142100,{"code":4,"msg":82,"data":83},"success",[84,88,92,96,101,106,111,115,120,123,127],{"id":22,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":85,"show_sort_weight":86,"slug":87},"Story & Novel",90,"story-novel",{"id":26,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":89,"show_sort_weight":90,"slug":91},"Literature",80,"literature",{"id":33,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":93,"show_sort_weight":94,"slug":95},"Exam",70,"exam",{"id":97,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":98,"show_sort_weight":99,"slug":100},5,"Comic",60,"comic",{"id":102,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":103,"show_sort_weight":104,"slug":105},6,"Technology",50,"technology",{"id":107,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":108,"show_sort_weight":109,"slug":110},7,"Healthcare",40,"healthcare",{"id":112,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":29,"show_sort_weight":113,"slug":114},8,30,"research-report",{"id":116,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":117,"show_sort_weight":118,"slug":119},9,"Religion & Spirituality",20,"religion-spirituality",{"id":118,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":121,"show_sort_weight":118,"slug":122},"World Cup","world-cup",{"id":124,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":125,"show_sort_weight":124,"slug":126},10,"Lifestyle","lifestyle",{"id":128,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":129,"show_sort_weight":97,"slug":130},19,"General","general",{"code":4,"msg":82,"data":132},{"doc_id":79,"user_id":133,"nickname":42,"user_avatar":134,"doc_module":4,"category_id":112,"category_name":29,"doc_title":10,"doc_description":12,"doc_content":135,"file_id":136,"file_url":137,"file_type":138,"file_size":139,"view_count":55,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":22,"is_downloadable":22,"audit_status":22,"page_count":140,"language":141,"language_code":8,"site_id":7,"html_lang":8,"table_of_contents":142,"faqs":143,"seo_title":144,"seo_description":12,"update_tm":145,"read_time":146},3985747860484,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/davatar_276721f389ce27ea32af1340a28f341c","Oregon State Ecampus Research Unit—Research Fellows April 2025  \nA New Muse: How Guided AI Use Impacts Creativity in Online Creative Writing Courses  \nJ.T. Bushnell, M. F.A.  \nWayne Harrison, M.F.A.  \nOregon State University  \nAbstract  \nCreative writing students are being flooded with online advice for how to use generative artificial intelligence (AI) to improve their fiction. However, the effects of AI on the creative process are not well understood, especially in the context of online creative writing courses. Using a within-subjects design, this study investigated how ChatGPT impacted the creativity of students enrolled in online creative writing courses, and whether additional support from the instructor altered the impact. Students from two introductory courses (N = 31) performed the same creative exercise in three experimental conditions: (1) no ChatGPT assistance (baseline control condition), (2) with ChatGPT but no instructor support, and (3) with both ChatGPT and instructor support on its usage. All three writing assignments produced by students were then coded by expert judges for creativity using Amabile’s Consensual Assessment Technique (CAT) . The resulting creativity scores were similar for conditions 1 and 2, indicating that ChatGPT on its own did not impact overall creativity from original student writing. Creativity scores were significantly higher in condition 3 compared to conditions 1 and 2, indicating an increase in creativity when ChatGPT use was combined with instructor support. However, this was primarily driven by students with low baseline creativity scores (condition 1). Students who received moderate or high creativity scores at baseline experienced no added benefits in using ChatGPT, even with instructor support. Overall, these findings suggest that providing good instruction about when and how to employ ChatGPT can improve student outcomes in creative writing courses, especially among the students who exhibit low creativity on their own.  \nIntroduction  \nCreative writing is a valuable skill that can enhance students’ academic, personal, and professional development, but it has been complicated by the release of generative AI tools, such as ChatGPT – especially in an online setting where instructors have less direct contact with students. Experts  \nhave recently been urging writing instructors to“assume that 100 percent of their students are using ChatGPT”(Roose, 2023) and, therefore, overhaul their curricula (Grobe, 2023; Scott, 2023; Heaven, 2023; Ceres, 2023). Recent surveys confirm significant levels of AI use among students, with the Pew Research Center showing that AI use among teens doubled in just one year, from 13% in 2023 to 26% in 2024, and the highest rates, 31%, at the 11th and 12th grade levels (Sidoti, 2025). A survey of online students at Oregon State University found that 38% indicated they used generative AI for coursework (Dello Stritto, Underhill, & Aguiar, 2024), and another survey across multiple institutions and educational contexts placed the number at 56%(Nam, 2023). OSU instructors themselves have reported in interviews that they’ve seen more instances of generative AI use in online courses than oncampus courses, with both numbers continuing to rise (Delf, 2024), even in writing assignments designed to discourage AI assistance (McMurtrie, 2024). As a result, many have begun shifting away from prohibition-based approaches (Singer, 2023), instead allowing AI or integrating it into their curricula (Robinson, 2024), a transition that remains challenging both for faculty and for students (Oregon State Ecampus) . In fact, the survey of OSU online students found that 66% expressed some level of interest in receiving instructor guidance for using AI in their coursework (Dello Stritto et al., 2024).  \nInstructor guidance might be a sensible idea. Researchers have demonstrated that collaborative creative writing involving two or more students enhances focus and inspires creativity","cbCainM4UajGvfz3","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCainM4UajGvfz3","pdf",509347,23,"English","# Abstract\n# Introduction\n## Background Literature on Creativity\n### Defining Creativity","[{\"question\":\"How was the impact of ChatGPT on creativity tested in the study?\",\"answer\":\"Students from two introductory online creative writing courses completed the same creative exercise under three conditions, and their resulting writing was scored by expert judges using Amabile’s Consensual Assessment Technique (CAT).\"},{\"question\":\"Did ChatGPT alone change overall creativity scores?\",\"answer\":\"Creativity scores were similar between the no-assistance baseline and the condition with ChatGPT only, indicating no overall creativity increase from ChatGPT when used without instructor support.\"},{\"question\":\"When did instructor support combined with ChatGPT improve creativity?\",\"answer\":\"Creativity scores were significantly higher when ChatGPT use was paired with instructor support, with the main gains driven by students who had low baseline creativity scores.\"}]","A New Muse: How Guided AI Use Impacts Creativity in Online Creative Writing Courses | PDF",1792132826,58]