Collaborative Design and Learning: Competence Building for Innovation (International Series on Technology Policy and Innovation) - Hardcover

 
9781567205459: Collaborative Design and Learning: Competence Building for Innovation (International Series on Technology Policy and Innovation)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1567205453 ISBN 13: 9781567205459
Publisher: Praeger (UK), 2004

Synopsis

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.

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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.

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Publisher
Praeger (UK)
Publication date
2004
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1567205453
ISBN 13 
9781567205459
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
408
Editor
Manuel V. Heitor, João Bento, José Duarte, William Mitchell