Student and practitioner collaboration in an online knowledge community: Best practices from a capstone course implementation

Journal of Architectural Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 12-20

  Dougherty, Jonathan U ^a   Kevin Parfitt, M ^b  

^a James G Davis Construction Corporation   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Architectural engineering; Capstone design course; Engineering education; Mentoring; Online knowledge community; Student practitioner collaboration

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING; CAPSTONE DESIGN COURSE; MENTORING; ONLINE KNOWLEDGE COMMUNITIES; STUDENT-PRACTITIONER COLLABORATION;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; STUDENTS;

CURRICULA;

EID: 84874642913     PISSN: 10760431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)AE.1943-5568.0000100     Document Type: Article

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