Int. J. Arts and Technology, Vol. X, No. Y, xxxx 1 Copyright © 20XX Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. Are ICT good partners for the development of creativity? A systematic review of literature Ludwig Markbent Angarita and Andrés Chiappe* Universidad de La Sabana, Km 8 Autopista Norte de Bogotá, Chía, Cundinamarca, Colombia Email: ludmarkk@yahoo.com Email: andres.chiappe@unisabana.edu.co *Corresponding author Abstract: Creativity is considered one of the key skills of the 21st century. Likewise, information and communication technologies (ICT) have been identified as a constant presence in contemporary education, where there is the persistent challenge of developing creative thinking in children and young people who will live and perform in a highly globalised, interconnected, changing and uncertain social and cultural context. To better understand the relationship between the educational use of ICT and the development of creativity, a systematic literature review was carried out on 100 published studies with this subject. The results highlight on the one hand, the coexistence of three different conceptualisations on creativity and on the other hand, the identification of both contributions and barriers of ICT to the development of creative thinking that have more to do with cultural, attitudinal and organisational issues about their educational use than with the very nature of ICT. Keywords: collaborative work; creativity; creative thinking; education; information and communication technologies; ICT; innovation; knowledge; educational skills; 21st century education; systematic literature review. Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Angarita, L.M. and Chiappe, A. (xxxx) ‘Are ICT good partners for the development of creativity? A systematic review of literature’, Int. J. Arts and Technology, Vol. X, No. Y, pp.xxx–xxx. Biographical notes: Ludwig Markbent Angarita is an Industrial Designer and Professor of Design at the Jorge Tadeo Lozano University, Colombia. He has a Master’s in Educational Technology at the Universidad de La Sabana, Colombia. As a teacher, he is interested in the use of technologies for the strengthening of creativity. As a researcher, for the past several years he has been part of the Research Program on Open Educational Practices of the Centre of Technologies for the Academia of the Universidad de La Sabana. His research topics have been focused on the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in education and especially applied to the teaching of design and other areas related to the development of creative thinking. Andrés Chiappe is a specialist in Research and Teaching in Higher Education, Master’s in Educational Technology and Doctor in Education. He is an Associate Professor and senior researcher at the Centre of Technologies for