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This research aims to extend our knowledge about the factors for increasing participation and sustainability of digitally enhanced communities. Thus, the subject of the research is online community projects which act as the catalysts for collective behaviors exhibited through the crowd effect. Typical to online communities and their social orientation is the use of new forms of self-regulation and self-governance. Sustainable online communities can improve public services and lead to broader civic participation. The communities were analyzed in the course of experimental qualitative research that was conducted in Lithuania. Participants in digital urban communities and initiators of such platforms were interviewed face-to-face. Analysis of the empirical data revealed different motivational, socio-cultural, and organizational factors influencing the sustainable online community ecosystem. According to the research results, community organizers and IT developers should focus on online collaborations through technologies that create social value (collective decision-making tools, gamification, virtual brainstorming, and other technological solutions).
Aelita Skarzauskiene; Monika Mačiulienė. How to Build Sustainable Online Communities: Implications from Lithuania Urban Communities Case Study. Sustainability 2021, 13, 9192 .
AMA StyleAelita Skarzauskiene, Monika Mačiulienė. How to Build Sustainable Online Communities: Implications from Lithuania Urban Communities Case Study. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (16):9192.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAelita Skarzauskiene; Monika Mačiulienė. 2021. "How to Build Sustainable Online Communities: Implications from Lithuania Urban Communities Case Study." Sustainability 13, no. 16: 9192.
The new communication paradigm supported by Information and Communication Technology (ICT) puts end-users at the center of innovation processes, thereby shifting the emphasis from technology to people. Citizen centric approaches such as New Public Governance and Open Government in the public management research suggest that government alone cannot be responsible for creating public value. Traditional approaches to public engagement and governmental reforms remain relevant, however our research is more interested in the ability of a networked society to resolve social problems for itself, i.e., without government intervention. In seeking to gain insights into bottom up co-creation processes, this paper aims to collect and generalize information on the international civic technology platforms by focusing on three dimensions: identification of the objectives (content), classification of main stakeholder groups (actors), and definition of co-creative methods (processes). In view of a paucity of research on Civic Technologies, the content analysis will extend the understanding of this growing field and allow us to identify the patterns in their development.
Aelita Skaržauskienė; Monika Mačiulienė. Mapping International Civic Technologies Platforms. Informatics 2020, 7, 46 .
AMA StyleAelita Skaržauskienė, Monika Mačiulienė. Mapping International Civic Technologies Platforms. Informatics. 2020; 7 (4):46.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAelita Skaržauskienė; Monika Mačiulienė. 2020. "Mapping International Civic Technologies Platforms." Informatics 7, no. 4: 46.
The accessibility and quality of public open spaces (e.g., parks, gardens, squares and plazas) are critical for cultural identity development as they provide important gathering points in the urban fabric and offer a place for social activities, enabling interaction among people of different generations and ethnicities. Public open spaces enhance the urban environment by providing important ecological processes and ecosystem services. The current research generates knowledge about co-creation approach to be used to merge the application of information and communication technologies (ICT) with these essential functions of the public spaces. It explores new dynamics of open spaces as a trusted service for the community and expands our understanding of how meditated public open spaces function, paying attention to stakeholders, local context and different social groups. The paper presents the design of Digital Co-Creation Index and methodological guidelines for applying Digital Co-creation monitoring technique for evaluation of co-creation processes in designing attractive, inclusive and responsive public open spaces.
Aelita Skaržauskienė; Monika Mačiulienė. Assessment of Digital Co-Creation for Public Open Spaces: Methodological Guidelines. Informatics 2019, 6, 39 .
AMA StyleAelita Skaržauskienė, Monika Mačiulienė. Assessment of Digital Co-Creation for Public Open Spaces: Methodological Guidelines. Informatics. 2019; 6 (3):39.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAelita Skaržauskienė; Monika Mačiulienė. 2019. "Assessment of Digital Co-Creation for Public Open Spaces: Methodological Guidelines." Informatics 6, no. 3: 39.
Increasingly digital communication, social media and computing networks put the end-users at the center of innovation processes, thus shifting the emphasis from technologies to people. In the private sector, this shift to user-centricity has been conceptualized under such approaches as Service-Dominant Logic and Open Innovation 2.0. Public sector conceptualizes the change through the New Public Governance and Open Government paradigms and suggest that the public value is no longer created by the governments alone but in collaboration between the public entities, private sector, civil society organizations and citizens. While traditional approaches to public engagement and governmental transformations remain relevant, this article focuses on the growing potential of networked urban communities to solve the social problems. It expands the co-creation research field and suggests a typology discerning co-creation patterns when enhancing the public spaces with a community-wide participation with the use of creative, innovative and cooperative Information and Communication Technologies’ applications. The sample for web-based monitoring consists of 10 digital applications linked with design and improvement of public spaces in Vilnius, Lithuania. The proposed typology framework gives an overview of the state-of-art in the interaction between people, places and technology. The research helps to discern how different technological, organizational and other social factors influence and shape the patterns of co-creative initiatives.
Monika Mačiulienė. Mapping Digital Co-Creation for Urban Communities and Public Places. Systems 2018, 6, 14 .
AMA StyleMonika Mačiulienė. Mapping Digital Co-Creation for Urban Communities and Public Places. Systems. 2018; 6 (2):14.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMonika Mačiulienė. 2018. "Mapping Digital Co-Creation for Urban Communities and Public Places." Systems 6, no. 2: 14.
Traditional views on the public value creation focus on the public sector organizations as sole initiators of the value creation processes. The rise of interactive Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), however, opens new opportunities for broader engagement of civic stakeholders in the public value generation. The concept of co-creation is seen as a new framework describing the shift from considering organizations as the definers of the value to a more inclusive and collaborative processes involving the end-users and other external actors. The article proposes a conceptual framework providing holistic integration of current research efforts on the co-creation of public value by focusing on the initiatives originating outside governmental entities. The conceptual framework provides understanding on how ICT-enabled co-creation should be utilized in the generation of the public value.
Aelita Skarzauskiene; Monika Mačiulienė. Conceptualizing ICT-Enabled Co-creation of Public Value. Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV 2017, 93 -100.
AMA StyleAelita Skarzauskiene, Monika Mačiulienė. Conceptualizing ICT-Enabled Co-creation of Public Value. Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV. 2017; ():93-100.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAelita Skarzauskiene; Monika Mačiulienė. 2017. "Conceptualizing ICT-Enabled Co-creation of Public Value." Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency XV , no. : 93-100.
Empowering patients and professionals: case of Lithuanian e-health system
Aelita Skarzauskiene; Viktorija Stokaite; Monika Maciuliene. Empowering patients and professionals: case of Lithuanian e-health system. International Journal of Business and Management 2015, 3, 75 -89.
AMA StyleAelita Skarzauskiene, Viktorija Stokaite, Monika Maciuliene. Empowering patients and professionals: case of Lithuanian e-health system. International Journal of Business and Management. 2015; 3 (1):75-89.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAelita Skarzauskiene; Viktorija Stokaite; Monika Maciuliene. 2015. "Empowering patients and professionals: case of Lithuanian e-health system." International Journal of Business and Management 3, no. 1: 75-89.
Monika Mačiulienė. Power Through Things: Following Traces of Collective Intelligence in Internet of Things. Social Technologies 2014, 4, 168 -178.
AMA StyleMonika Mačiulienė. Power Through Things: Following Traces of Collective Intelligence in Internet of Things. Social Technologies. 2014; 4 (1):168-178.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMonika Mačiulienė. 2014. "Power Through Things: Following Traces of Collective Intelligence in Internet of Things." Social Technologies 4, no. 1: 168-178.