TY - GEN
T1 - Collaborative sketching with skWiki
T2 - ASME 2014 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE 2014
AU - Chandrasegaran, Senthil
AU - Badam, Sriram Karthik
AU - Zhao, Zhenpeng
AU - Elmqvist, Niklas
AU - Kisselburgh, Lorraine
AU - Ramani, Karthik
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Sketching for conceptual design has traditionally been performed on paper. Recent computational tools for conceptual design have leveraged the availability of hand-held computing devices and web-based collaborative platforms. Further, digital sketching interfaces have the added advantages of storage, duplication, and sharing on the web. We have developed skWiki, a tool that enables collaborative sketching on digital tablets using a web-based framework. We evaluate skWiki in two contexts, (a) as a collaborative ideation tool, and (b) as a design research tool. For this evaluation, we perform a longitudinal study of an undergraduate design team that used skWiki over the course of the concept generation and development phase of their course project. Our analysis of the team's sketching activity indicated instances of lateral and vertical transformation between participants, indicating collaborative exploration of the breadth and depth of the design space. Using skWiki for this evaluation also demonstrated it to be an effective research tool to investigate such collaborative design processes.
AB - Sketching for conceptual design has traditionally been performed on paper. Recent computational tools for conceptual design have leveraged the availability of hand-held computing devices and web-based collaborative platforms. Further, digital sketching interfaces have the added advantages of storage, duplication, and sharing on the web. We have developed skWiki, a tool that enables collaborative sketching on digital tablets using a web-based framework. We evaluate skWiki in two contexts, (a) as a collaborative ideation tool, and (b) as a design research tool. For this evaluation, we perform a longitudinal study of an undergraduate design team that used skWiki over the course of the concept generation and development phase of their course project. Our analysis of the team's sketching activity indicated instances of lateral and vertical transformation between participants, indicating collaborative exploration of the breadth and depth of the design space. Using skWiki for this evaluation also demonstrated it to be an effective research tool to investigate such collaborative design processes.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84961334874&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1115/DETC201435159
DO - 10.1115/DETC201435159
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84961334874
T3 - Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference
BT - 2nd Biennial International Conference on Dynamics for Design; 26th International Conference on Design Theory and Methodology
PB - ASME
Y2 - 17 August 2014 through 20 August 2014
ER -