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Collaborative Design and Learning Competence Building for Innovation
João Bento, José P. Duarte, Manuel V. Heitor, William J. Mitchell
Book Code: Q545
ISBN: 1-56720-545-3
ISBN-13: 978-1-56720-545-9
408 pages, charts; figures; map; photos
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 11/30/2004
List Price: $115.00 (UK Sterling Price: £65.00)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: In today's knowledge-driven economy, the ability to share insight and know-how is essential for driving innovation and growth. In this groundbreaking volume, scholars from around the world demonstrate how communication and information technologies are enabling dynamic project design and management practices that challenge traditional concepts of time, space and behavior. Showcasing experiments in architecture, engineering, and construction design--employing technological infrastructures that link people and their ideas across physical, intellectual, and cultural boundaries--the authors consider such issues as the links between "competence" and "innovation" and between individual and collective knowledge. At the heart of their analysis is the realization that technological innovation is chiefly a social activity. The implications are profound for practical management of complex design projects, experiments in distance learning and virtual teams, and emerging theoretical concepts of collaborative learning and innovation.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction by Manuel V. Heitor
  • Building ad Conceptual Framework
  • Challenges and Opportunities for Remote Collaborative Design by William J. Mitchell
  • Learning through Interaction: Perspectives for the University by Pedro Conceição and Manuel V. Heitor
  • Advanced Tools and Logistics
  • Expanding Learning Experiences: Possibilities and Limitations of Virtual Learning Environments by Juana M. Sancho-Gil
  • MIT-Miyagi 2000: An Experiment in Using Grammars for Collaborative Design by José Pinto Duarte
  • Supporting a"Real World" Project-Based, Technology-Supported, Collaborative, Distance Learning Environment: The MIT-CICESE Distributed System Engineering Lab by Feniosky Penã Mora, Rhonda Struminger, Jesus Favela, Karim M. Hussein and Robin Losey
  • Information and Communication Technologies to Facilitate Collaboration in Architecutre, Engineering and Construction by Chimay J. Anumba
  • Information Logistics for Supporting the Collaborative Design Process by Raimar J. Scherer
  • Case Studies
  • EHT World: New Perspectives for Collaborative Design by Gerhard Schmitt
  • Remote Collaborative Design: Case Studies of Transatlantic Cooperation in Engineering and Architecture by Jaão Bento, José Pinto Duarte, Teresa V. Heitor and Manuel V. Heitor
  • Global Teamwork: Cross-Displinary, Collaborative, Geographically Distributed eLearning Environment by Renate Fruchter
  • Sharing Tacit Knowing or Informal Information in Remote Design Collaboration by Rysuke Naka
  • Remote Compute Generated Physical Prototyping Based Design by Alvise Simondetti
  • Collaborative Learning and Design in Architecture, Engineering and Construction by Karsten Menzel, Volker Hartkopf and Mustafa Emre Ilal
  • Expanding Horizons
  • Space, Time and New Media: Virtual Design Studio Revisited by Jerzy Wojtowicz
LC Card Number: 2004013305
LCC Class: TA174
Dewey Class: 620
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