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Modeling collective learning in design

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 June 2005

ZHICHAO WU  and
ALEX H.B. DUFFY
ZHICHAO WU
Affiliation:
CAD Centre, Department of Design Manufacture and Engineering Management, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XJ, United Kingdom
ALEX H.B. DUFFY
Affiliation:
CAD Centre, Department of Design Manufacture and Engineering Management, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XJ, United Kingdom
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Abstract

In this paper, a model of collective learning in design is developed in the context of team design. It explains that a team design activity uses input knowledge, environmental information, and design goals to produce output knowledge. A collective learning activity uses input knowledge from different agents and produces learned knowledge with the process of knowledge acquisition and transformation between different agents, which may be triggered by learning goals and rationale triggers. Different forms of collective learning were observed with respect to agent interactions, goal(s) of learning, and involvement of an agent. Three types of links between team design and collective learning were identified, namely teleological, rationale, and epistemic. Hypotheses of collective learning are made based upon existing theories and models in design and learning, which were tested using a protocol analysis approach. The model of collective learning in design is derived from the test results. The proposed model can be used as a basis to develop agent-based learning systems in design. In the future, collective learning between design teams, the links between collective learning and creativity, and computational support for collective learning can be investigated.

Keywords

Collective LearningCreativityProtocol AnalysisTeam Design
Type
Research Article
Information
AI EDAM , Volume 18 , Issue 4 , November 2004 , pp. 289 - 313
Copyright
© 2004 Cambridge University Press

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