The purpose of the present study was to examine how a web-based networked learning environment (Future Learning Environment, FLE-Tools) supported collaborative designing. We organized a course in which teams of first-year university level textile students (N=31) solved an authentic and complex design task with the help of the collaborative environment. A problem addressed in the study was to ex...

From the perspective of reindustrialization, it is important to understand the evolution of the structure of the network of organizations employment structure, and organization value. Understanding the potential influence of collaborative networks (CNs) on these aspects may lead to the development of appropriate economic policies. In this paper, we propose a theoretical approach to analysis thi...

This article presents the contribution of Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) research to the development of collaborative processes within an industrial organization. People usually work in a social context where everyone contributes to the evolution of the whole. A decision emerges from the incremental integration of several mini-decisions. This collaborative process is either formal o...

This paper addresses the challenge and potential of online higher and continuing education, of fostering and promoting, in a global perspective across time and space, democratic values working for a better world. Such values include mutual political and intercultural understanding, collaboration, and tolerance to cultural and ethical diversity, and they are mediated through collaborative dialog...

interoperability refers to the ability to provide services and to accept services from other systems or devices. collaborative enterprises face additional challenges to interoperate seamlessly within a networked organization. the major task here is to assess the maturity level of interoperating organizations. for this purpose the maturity models for enterprise were reviewed based on vendors’ re...

Digital ecosystems transcend the traditional, rigorously defined, collaborative environments from centralised, distributed or hybrid models into an open, flexible, domain cluster, demand-driven, interactive environment. A digital ecosystem is a new-networked architecture and collaborative environment that addresses the weakness of client-server, peer-to-peer, Grid and web services. In this keyn...