Collaborative Design and Learning: Competence Building for Innovation

by Joao Bento, Jose Duarte, Manuel V. Heitor, William Mitchell

Overview

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 the practical management of complex design projects, experiments in distance learning and virtual teams, and emerging theoretical concepts of collaborative learning and innovation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781567205459
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	11/30/2004
Series:	International Series on Technology Policy and Innovation
Pages:	408
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.94(d)

About the Author

JOÃO BENTO is Professor of Design Support Systems in the Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, and an executive member of the Board of Directors of Brisa, Auto-Estradas de Portugal, SA.

JOSÉ P. DUARTE is Assistant Professor at the Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon.

MANUEL V. HEITOR is Professor at the Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, where he serves as director of the Center for Innovation, Technology and Policy Research. He is also a Senior Research Fellow of IC2 Institute, The University of Texas at Austin.

WILLIAM J. MITCHELL is Professor of Architecture and Media Arts and Sciences, Head of Meda Arts and Sciences, and Dean of the School of Architecture and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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