Captus: a design idea for knowledge creation and sharing

CAPTUS is a design idea (see the other 4 design ideas of Layers here) for a knowledge sharing and networking tool that facilitates the creation and sharing of learning materials among various actors to enhance  informal learning in construction clusters. CAPTUS builds on three aspects that are key in enhancing informal learning in the workplace. These are the aggregation of both formal and informal learning materials, the situations where these materials are created and used, and the sharing of these materials in a network comprised of actors with different expertises and interests. We consider bringing together formal and informal materials to be  meaningful as it allows workers to access both formal materials and informal materials. Formal materials in the construction sector may include information such as instruction manuals by material suppliers or policies provided by authorities. Informal materials can be supplementary to formal materials such as good / bad examples

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