Collaborative Technology

Is there a role for social technologies in collaborative healthcare

by Gonzalo Bacigalupe

Families, Systems, & Health. (In Press)

PaperSketch: A Paper-Digital Collaborative Remote Sketching Tool

by Beat Signer

Nadir Weibel, Beat Signer, Moira C. Norrie, Herman Hofstetter, Hans-Christian Jetter and Harald Reiterer, Proceedings of IUI 2011, International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, Palo Alto, USA, February 2011

Pen and paper support the rapid production of sketches. However, the paper interface is not always optimal for... more Pen and paper support the rapid production of sketches. However, the paper interface is not always optimal for collaborative sketching as seen in brainstorming sessions where multiple parties would often like to communicate and participate in the sketching synchronously. Novel interactive paper solutions may provide the answer by bridging the paper-digital divide and allowing users to sketch on paper simultaneously while capturing the actions digitally. We present an analysis of collaborative sketching activities in working environments with remote participation. After highlighting the importance of paper for natural interaction in these settings, we introduce PaperSketch, an interactive paper-digital tool for collaborative remote sketching. We discuss the collaborative development of ideas based on the prototype and outline how important feedback issues have been addressed by utilising spatial constraints and multimodal features.

Knowledge Sharing Across Boundaries: Web 2.0 and Product-Service System Development

by Koteshwar Chirumalla

Chirumalla, K., Larsson, A., Bertoni, M. and Larsson, T
3rd International Conference on Research into Design (ICoRD '11) 10-12 January 2011, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

In recent years there has been a growing interest among product development organizations to capitalize on engineering... more In recent years there has been a growing interest among product development organizations to capitalize on engineering knowledge as their core competitive advantage for innovation. Capturing, storing, retrieval and sharing of engineering knowledge from a wide range of enterprise memory systems has become crucial part of knowledge management practice among competitive organizations. Managing and reusing their knowledge can facilitate design engineers to make more timely and informed decisions, thus reducing the decision loops for new innovation projects. In light of a changing and dynamic enterprise definition, including a move towards Product-Service System (PSS) development ,this paper discusses some of the limitations of current enterprise memory systems in reusing engineering knowledge across the proposed knowledge life cycle. Further, the paper illustrates how Web 2.0-based collaborative technologies can leverage cross-functional knowledge for new PSS development projects through an open, bottom-up, and collective sensemaking approach to knowledge management.