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About the Project

The Brilliant Storytellers Test (BST) is an innovative digital storytelling assessment designed to measure creativity in educational settings. Through interdisciplinary collaboration, student involvement, and the development of a commercial product, the project demonstrates how the Center for Innovation and Collaboration accelerates innovation, applied research, and community impact.

This project will transform the BST into a scalable, AI-assisted platform that uses automated transcription and scoring to help educators, researchers, and students better understand and support creative thinking.

Two students at a desk on looks at a computer the other reading paper with teacher behind themProject Partners

Project Lead

  • Dr. Lisa DaVia Rubenstein

Partners

  • Ball State Digital Corps
  • Ball State School of Art (Animation Team)
  • Ball State Department of Educational Psychology
  • Teachers College at Ball State

Project Deliverables

AI-Enhanced Creativity Assessment Platform

The platform will use automated transcription and scoring to support creativity assessment in educational settings.

Digital Storytelling Assessment Tool

A scalable assessment tool will help educators, researchers, and students measure and better understand creative thinking.

Research and Validation Studies

Research will evaluate the effectiveness of AI-assisted scoring and assess the platform's use in educational settings.

Commercialization and Future Development

Commercialization and growth opportunities will support broader adoption, external funding, and continued development of the platform.