When engineering and design students collaborate: The case of a website development workshop

Meira Levy; Yaron Shlomi; Yuval Etzioni

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-27478-2_31

When engineering and design students collaborate: The case of a website development workshop

Meira Levy, Yaron Shlomi, Yuval Etzioni

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Abstract

Designers are often characterized by their creativity, whereas engineers are often characterized by their analytical thinking style. Both capabilities are vital in the new economic era, particularly for innovation. Thus, the collaboration between designers and engineers is crucial and should be fostered by academia and industry. Our preliminary research examined perceptions and interactions among 14 students in engineering, art and design programs during a website development workshop. The research indicates that students enjoyed the experience and found it educational and socially engaging. The data collected through questionnaires and observations were qualitatively analyzed, revealing that students learned each other’s jargon, conducted discussions that addressed both technological and design concerns and considered various opinions leading to joint decision making. Importantly, one of the teams was invited to continue development of its project in an entrepreneurship accelerator program. This study sheds light on the potential of multidisciplinary teams in development processes in general and in website development processes in particular.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Knowledge, Information and Creativity Support Systems - 9th International Conference KICSS 2014, Selected Papers
Editors	George Angelos Papadopoulos, Andrzej M.J. Skulimowski, Janusz Kacprzyk, Susumu Kunifuji
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	431-438
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Print)	9783319274775
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27478-2_31
State	Published - 2016
Externally published	Yes
Event	9th International Conference on Knowledge, Information and Creativity Support Systems, KICSS 2014 - Limassol, Cyprus Duration: 6 Nov 2014 → 8 Nov 2014

Publication series

Name	Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Volume	416
ISSN (Print)	2194-5357

Conference

Conference	9th International Conference on Knowledge, Information and Creativity Support Systems, KICSS 2014
Country/Territory	Cyprus
City	Limassol
Period	6/11/14 → 8/11/14

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Publisher Copyright:
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016.

Keywords

Multidisciplinary collaboration
Qualitative research
Website development

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Control and Systems Engineering
General Computer Science

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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Levy, M., Shlomi, Y., & Etzioni, Y. (2016). When engineering and design students collaborate: The case of a website development workshop. In G. A. Papadopoulos, A. M. J. Skulimowski, J. Kacprzyk, & S. Kunifuji (Eds.), Knowledge, Information and Creativity Support Systems - 9th International Conference KICSS 2014, Selected Papers (pp. 431-438). (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 416). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27478-2_31

Levy, Meira ; Shlomi, Yaron ; Etzioni, Yuval. / When engineering and design students collaborate : The case of a website development workshop. Knowledge, Information and Creativity Support Systems - 9th International Conference KICSS 2014, Selected Papers. editor / George Angelos Papadopoulos ; Andrzej M.J. Skulimowski ; Janusz Kacprzyk ; Susumu Kunifuji. Springer Verlag, 2016. pp. 431-438 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing).

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Levy, M, Shlomi, Y & Etzioni, Y 2016, When engineering and design students collaborate: The case of a website development workshop. in GA Papadopoulos, AMJ Skulimowski, J Kacprzyk & S Kunifuji (eds), Knowledge, Information and Creativity Support Systems - 9th International Conference KICSS 2014, Selected Papers. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol. 416, Springer Verlag, pp. 431-438, 9th International Conference on Knowledge, Information and Creativity Support Systems, KICSS 2014, Limassol, Cyprus, 6/11/14. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27478-2_31

When engineering and design students collaborate: The case of a website development workshop. / Levy, Meira; Shlomi, Yaron; Etzioni, Yuval.
Knowledge, Information and Creativity Support Systems - 9th International Conference KICSS 2014, Selected Papers. ed. / George Angelos Papadopoulos; Andrzej M.J. Skulimowski; Janusz Kacprzyk; Susumu Kunifuji. Springer Verlag, 2016. p. 431-438 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 416).

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Levy M, Shlomi Y, Etzioni Y. When engineering and design students collaborate: The case of a website development workshop. In Papadopoulos GA, Skulimowski AMJ, Kacprzyk J, Kunifuji S, editors, Knowledge, Information and Creativity Support Systems - 9th International Conference KICSS 2014, Selected Papers. Springer Verlag. 2016. p. 431-438. (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-27478-2_31

When engineering and design students collaborate: The case of a website development workshop

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