A Social Media framework to support Engineering Design Communication

A Social Media framework to support Engineering Design Communication

Engineering Design Communication (EDC) is fundamental to almost all Engineering Design activities as it provides the ability for knowledge and information to be shared between engineers. It is part of ‘what we do’. This communication contains a great deal of rationale relating to the evolution of Product Development and is essential for understanding ‘why the product is the way it is’. The need...

Supporting Engineering Design Communication through a Social Media Tool – Insights for Engineering Project Management

Social media for sustainable engineering communication

This paper provides an overview of current research on social media applications, including user demographics and how social media websites define themselves. The paper also describes user activities using social media and suggests known strengths and weaknesses of social media, and concludes by outlining several recommendations for developing strong online communities.

A knowledge structuring framework to support the design of social media for online deliberation

Although online social media hae acheived great success in several notable instances, the design of such systems remains a art. In some specialized areas, such as online deliberation systems for participatory democracy, experiences from many projects have been reported in the research literature. Designers can benefit from knowledge accumulated from these experiences. However, the knowledge is ...

Towards a Framework to Support Engineering Design Student Projects