133209 20240410085328.0 doi 10.1007/s10798-015-9347-7 sideral 93964 ART-2017-93964 eng Blanco Bascuas, Teresa Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-1831-3342 From the islands of knowledge to a shared understanding: interdisciplinarity and technology literacy for innovation in smart electronic product design 2017 In the context of the evolving Internet, a balance between technological advances and meaning change is crucial to develop innovative and breakthrough “connected electronics” that enable the Internet of Things. Designers and technologists are key enablers of this process respectively, ensuring adequate users’ needs and technology development, inside the evolving context of social environment and human relations. Smart electronic product design must be a truly interdisciplinary process, in which technologists are aware of how much their decisions impact the user-product relationship and designers understand the full potential and associated limitations of technology involved. Shared knowledge and communication are essential in this scenario, but, due to their technological limitations, designers are often excluded from high-level decision processes. In this paper, we address the design of constructivist tools and associated strategy to enhance the technological literacy of designers, as a strong foundation for knowledge-based dialogue between these realms. We demonstrate its effectiveness in a long-term multidisciplinary Project-Based Learning application with Design and Electronics students. We present the cases from 2 years’ experimentation (with the first year as control group) that demonstrate improvement in the quality of teamwork; in learning results; improved performance of the students reflected in the quality of the projects developed; and positive teachers’ and students’ evaluations. We conclude that the use of the proposed tool not only provides the designer an active voice in the process of designing smart electronics, but also promotes an effective common language between these two worlds. Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess All rights reserved http://www.europeana.eu/rights/rr-f/ 1.339 2017 ENGINEERING, MULTIDISCIPLINARY 41 / 86 = 0.477 2017 Q2 T2 EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES 26 / 41 = 0.634 2017 Q3 T2 0.702 2017 Engineering (miscellaneous) 2017 Q1 Education 2017 Q1 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion Casas Nebra, Roberto Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0001-5316-8171 Manchado Pérez, Eduardo Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0003-1042-7924 Asensio, Ángel (orcid)0000-0002-6377-5319 López-Pérez, Jose M. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0001-9895-9671 5008 785 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Ingeniería Electrón.Com. Área Tecnología Electrónica 5002 305 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Ingeniería Diseño Fabri. Área Expresión Gráfica en Ing. 27, 2 (2017), 329-362 Int. j. technol. des. educ. International Journal of Technology and Design Education 0957-7572 691830 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/133209/files/texto_completo.pdf Postprint 1808658 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/133209/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Postprint oai:zaguan.unizar.es:133209 articulos driver 2024-04-10-08:35:16 ARTICLE