@article{cpsgenaianimationstorytelling2026,
  title = {Integrating Creative Problem Solving and Generative AI in Animation Education: Advancing Sustainability-Related Competencies in Higher Education},
  author = {Jui-Hsiang Lee},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Sustainability (MDPI)},
  url = {https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/18/8/3858},
  abstract = {A peer-reviewed, open-access intervention study from the Department of Digital Multimedia Design at China University of Technology, Taipei. A twelve-week mixed-methods action-research design in a Storytelling and Scriptwriting course (60 students) paired a Creative Problem Solving instructional sequence with six scaffolded generative AI assignments, including a text-to-image resemiotisation task. Quantitative results showed significant gains in narrative cognition and affective resilience; qualitative data recorded reduced blank-page anxiety and greater willingness to revise. The study positions generative AI as a conditional amplifier inside a reflective CPS framework rather than a replacement for narrative reasoning.},
  keywords = {generative-ai, pedagogy, storytelling, curriculum-design, creative-problem-solving},
  note = {AI \& Animation Education Knowledge Base}
}