Journal article
Community Reminder: Participatory contextual reminder environments for local communities
T Sasao, S Konomi, V Kostakos, K Kuribayashi, J Goncalves
International Journal of Human Computer Studies | ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD | Published : 2017
Abstract
Many projects have looked at how communities can co-design shared online repositories, such as Wikimapia and Wikipedia. However, little work has examined how local communities can give advice and support to their members by creating context-aware reminders that may include advice, tips and small requests. We developed the Community Reminder environment, a smartphone-based platform that supports community members to design and use context-aware reminders. We have conducted a one-month field study of Community Reminder to crowdsource and deliver safety-relevant information in a local community. The results show the benefits of involving community members in reminder design and connecting diffe..
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Funding Acknowledgements
We thank all the participants who contributed to the study. This work is partially supported by MEXT under the Green Network of Excellence (GRENE) program, JSPS KAKENHI Grant No. 15J08542, and SS Avenue, Inc. under the joint research program on crowdsourcing tools for coping with crimes and disasters using spatial information. This work is also partially funded by the Academy of Finland (Grants 276786-AWARE, 285062-iCYCLE, 286386-CPDSS, 285459-iSCIENCE), and the European Commission (Grants PCIG11-GA-2012-322138, 645706-GRAGE, and 6AIKA-A71143-AKAI). The work only reflects the authors' views.