SpiCE for Knowledge ManagementTimothy Maciag

Doctoral Defense | April 14, 2016 | RICE lab, 9:00am

Department of Computer Science | University of Regina

Introduction

• Context/KM around the room

• Motivations

• SpiCE• Spime + Culture of Participation + Ethical Decision-making

• Egg SpiCE

• Conclusions & current/future work

• Acknowledgements

It’s all about this crazy thing called

Knowledge “Management”

It’s all about this crazy thing called

Knowledge “Management”

Decision-making

It’s all about this crazy thing called

Knowledge “Management”

Decision-making

It’s all about this crazy thing called

Knowledge “Management”

Decision-making

Ethics

It’s all about this crazy thing called

Knowledge “Management”

Decision-making

Education

Learning

Ethics

It’s all about this crazy thing called

Knowledge “Management”

Data

Information Decision-making

Education

Learning

Ethics

It’s all about this crazy thing called

Knowledge “Management”

Data

Information

Mining

search & scent Decision-making

Education

Learning

Ethics

Motivation

• KM has been around as a thing for 40 or so odd years (*)

• Has it been a success?

(*) Lambe, Prusak, and Snowden (2008): https://vimeo.com/86950879

http://gapingvoid.com/blog/2007/08/20/complicated/

Motivation

• KM has been around as a thing for 40 or so odd years (*)

• Has it been a success?

• Good frameworks for KM exist, but can a more sustainable blueprint be provided?

(*) Lambe, Prusak, and Snowden (2008): https://vimeo.com/86950879

Motivation

• KM has been around as a thing for 40 or so odd years (*)

• Has it been a success?

• Good frameworks for KM exist, but can a more sustainable blueprint be provided?

• SECI

(*) Lambe, Prusak, and Snowden (2008): https://vimeo.com/86950879

Motivation

• KM has been around as a thing for 40 or so odd years (*)

• Has it been a success?

• Good frameworks for KM exist, but can a more sustainable blueprint be provided?

• SECI

• Cynefin

(*) Lambe, Prusak, and Snowden (2008): https://vimeo.com/86950879

Motivation

• KM has been around as a thing for 40 or so odd years (*)

• Has it been a success?

• Good frameworks for KM exist, but can a more sustainable blueprint be provided?

• SECI

• Cynefin

• KCS

(*) Lambe, Prusak, and Snowden (2008): https://vimeo.com/86950879 http://library.serviceinnovation.org/KCS_Practices_Guide/030/030

Motivation

• KM has been around as a thing for 40 or so odd years (*)

• Has it been a success?

• Good frameworks for KM exist, but can a more sustainable blueprint be provided?

• SECI

• Cynefin

• KCS

• CoP

(*) Lambe, Prusak, and Snowden (2008): https://vimeo.com/86950879 http://kpopkollective.com/2013/10/31/communities-of-practice-in-digital-humanities/

Motivation

• KM has been around as a thing for 40 or so odd years (*)

• Has it been a success?

• Good frameworks for KM exist, but can a more sustainable blueprint be provided?

• SECI

• Cynefin

• KCS

• CoP

• SER

(*) Lambe, Prusak, and Snowden (2008): https://vimeo.com/86950879

Motivation

• KM has been around as a thing for 40 or so odd years (*)

• Has it been a success?

• Good frameworks for KM exist, but can a more sustainable blueprint be provided?• SECI• Cynefin• KCS• CoP• SER• OT/MOOC – finally a hint of what it

could be!

(*) Lambe, Prusak, and Snowden (2008): https://vimeo.com/86950879

SpiCE

• Spime wrangling

• Culture of participation

• Ethical decision-making/praxis

SpiCE

• Spime wrangling

• Culture of participation

• Ethical decision-making/praxis

https://lasindias.com/el-largo-camino-hacia-la-ciudad-etiquetada

SpiCE

• Spime wrangling

• Culture of participation

• Ethical decision-making/praxis

SpiCE

• Spime wrangling

• Culture of participation

• Ethical decision-making/praxis

SpiCE

• Spime wrangling

• Culture of participation

• Ethical decision-making/praxis

http://john.do/discovering-you/

SpiCE

• Spime wrangling

• Culture of participation

• Ethical decision-making/praxis

https://unikeyword.wordpress.com/2015/02/17/prosumer/

SpiCE

• Spime wrangling

• Culture of participation

• Ethical decision-making/praxis

https://thedailyomnivore.net/2012/04/11/

SpiCE

• Spime wrangling

• Culture of participation

• Ethical decision-making/praxis

http://ictevangelist.com/why-i-love-gapingvoid-conversation-on-educationux/

SpiCE

• Spime wrangling

• Culture of participation

• Ethical decision-making/praxis

http://www.infed.org/biblio/b-praxis.htm

People, Technology, ProcessIdeas & “Remixed” Innovations

People, Technology, ProcessIdeas & “Remixed” Innovations

People, Technology, ProcessIdeas & “Remixed” Innovations

FSF/Stallman SpiCE

The freedom to run a program for any purpose The freedom to openly cross-culturally learn and create knowledge without boundary

The freedom to study how a program works and adapt it to specific needs

The freedom to openly learn and reflect upon created knowledge for decision-making

The freedom to redistribute copies of the original software code and working program(s)

The freedom to collect, capture, and share unfiltered and unbiased structured data for knowledge creation

The freedom to (re)distribute copies of modified (adapted) versions of the software code and working program(s)

The freedom to interact with others to share and evolve knowledge and experiences to form habits that are sustaining, or that can enable praxis

People, Technology, ProcessIdeas & “Remixed” Innovations

http://gapingvoid.com/blog/2007/04/09/the-network/

People, Technology, ProcessIdeas & “Remixed” Innovations

People, Technology, ProcessIdeas & “Remixed” Innovations

http://sci2s.ugr.es/dicits/index.php?p=software

People, Technology, ProcessIdeas & “Remixed” Innovations

http://gerardnico.com/wiki/data_mining/association

People, Technology, ProcessIdeas & “Remixed” Innovations

People, Technology, ProcessIdeas & “Remixed” Innovations

People, Technology, ProcessIdeas & “Remixed” Innovations

Respect for Mepham TTL Imp

Stakeholder AutonomyFairnessWell-being

Social (people)Economic(profit)Environment (planet)

…

TTL = Triple Top Line | Imp = Implications

People, Technology, ProcessIdeas & “Remixed” Innovations

Egg SpiCE

• Food sustainability

http://www.sustainablecitiesinstitute.org/topics/food-systems

Egg SpiCE

• Food sustainability

• Building knowledge through narratives and surveys• 21 local participants with a variety of

background

http://www.storycoloredglasses.com/p/participatory-narrative-inquiry.html

Egg SpiCE

• Food sustainability

• Building knowledge through narratives and surveys• 21 local participants with a variety of

background

• Egg SpiCE configuration• Starting with the idea of SOLE food

Stakeholders

Producers

Consumers

Animals

Plants

Land

Egg SpiCE

• Food sustainability

• Building knowledge through narratives and surveys• 21 local participants with a variety of

background

• Egg SpiCE configuration• Starting with the idea of SOLE food

Respect for Mepham TTL Implication

Consumers Fairness:affordablefood

Economic Good price

Social Availability of quality selections

… … … …

Animals Autonomy: Behavioral freedom

Social Free range, maximum space

… … … …

Egg SpiCE

• Food sustainability

• Building knowledge through narratives and surveys• 21 local participants with a variety of

background

• Egg SpiCE configuration• Starting with the idea of SOLE food

Egg SpiCE

• Food sustainability

• Building knowledge through narratives and surveys• 21 local participants with a variety of

background

• Egg SpiCE configuration• Starting with the idea of SOLE food

Egg SpiCE

• Food sustainability

• Building knowledge through narratives and surveys• 21 local participants with a variety of

background

• Egg SpiCE configuration• Starting with the idea of SOLE food

• Technology design• Live demo: http://spice.cs.uregina.ca/

http://spice.cs.uregina.ca/

Egg SpiCE

• Food sustainability

• Building knowledge through narratives and surveys• 21 local participants with a variety of

background

• Egg SpiCE configuration• Starting with the idea of SOLE food

• Technology design• Live demo: http://spice.cs.uregina.ca/

• Follow-up/usability/utility study

http://vedhamanikandan.blogspot.ca/2012/06/user-experience-in-mobility.html

Conclusion, current & future work

• Context: • Lots of good frameworks for KM• Still the struggle in finding sustainable solutions

Conclusion, current & future work

• Context: • Lots of good frameworks for KM• Still the struggle in finding sustainable solutions

• Motivation: • Frameworks can be “remixed” to provide better blueprint for sustained KM success• Focus on people, technology, process key

Conclusion, current & future work

• Context: • Lots of good frameworks for KM• Still the struggle in finding sustainable solutions

• Motivation: • Frameworks can be “remixed” to provide better blueprint for sustained KM success• Focus on people, technology, process key

• SpiCE: • Successful in engaging interest• Deeper analysis is required for Egg SpiCE/Food SpiCE• SpiCE at eHealth > Quite successful

Conclusion, current & future work

• Context: • Lots of good frameworks for KM• Still the struggle in finding sustainable solutions

• Motivation: • Frameworks can be “remixed” to provide better blueprint for sustained KM success• Focus on people, technology, process key

• SpiCE: • Successful in engaging interest• Deeper analysis is required for Egg SpiCE/Food SpiCE• SpiCE at eHealth > Quite successful

• Future work: • Full implementation, analysis of social computing/KM engagement, and analysis of

SpiCE for life-long learning

Acknowledgements & Q/A• My wife and family: Nova Scheidt, Anna and Joe Maciag, Joey, Krista (Alex),

and Tess (Geoff, Harry, Ollie, and Ella) Park-Maciag, Ajay and Kim Fahlman• My supervisor: Daryl Hepting• My committee/chair: Katherine Arbuthnott, JoAnn Jaffe, Howard

Hamilton, Bob Hilderman, Dominik Slezak, Lisa Watson, Marjorie Delbaere, Paul Laforge

• My office mates: Richard Spring and Sean Targett• My work mates: Jacky Hoffert, Cindy Ikola-Gellner, Shannon Waugh,

Murray Webb, Ron Burnell, Kirsty Jewsbury, James Anderson, NorineJanzen, Tina Neudorf, Margo Brown, Danica Navarro, Adam Chomos, Sarah Wynn, Brenton Wilson, Chris Zimmer

• Others: Harvey Hill, Jim Wright (Nature’s Best), Andy Knoll (Body Fuel Organics), Rick Morrell (Eat Healthy Foods), The Pusch Brothers, JaneenCovlin, all of my study participants