Description of the tool

The central objective of the CASS-Memo design is that students and professionals will be able to use it anywhere, and transmit the data to the KP-Environment any time they are able to link to the Internet. CASS-Memo is supposed to be used in an interoperable fashion with the other KP-Lab tools. CASS-Memo should enable recording of audio, video, picture or textual material as well as saving the files and their metadata. CASS-Memo is ready to be launched when the user wants to take some recording of the situation, e.g., a video recording of group work or interview, or a picture of a design or a prototype.  The users will be able transmit the files wirelessly to the KPE server and select where each file is to be saved. Once a file is saved, it becomes a content item in a shared space. The users will also be able to browse the content items of the separate shared spaces in KPE and download them into their mobile phone by means of the CASS-Memo Software.

Prospective users

CASS-Memo is meant for the users working or studying  in the environments that do not permit the continuous access to a computer and laptop, but require flexible knowledge creation,  collection and management by means of note taking, video or audio recording and a virtual knowledge repository or working space in their daily activities.

The tool and knowledge creation

CASS-Memo opens up an opportunity to create knowledge on the  target phenomena that exist and develop in the form of practices, routines, procedural skills or various actors' unarticulated perceptions and understandings and, therefore, needs to be made visible and explicit for the further analysis and exploration.

Knowledge protection

The tool is available for external research and  development in the open-source terms.

Contact information

Hanni Muukkonen: hanni.muukkonen@helsinki.fi

Kari Kosonen: kari.kosonen@helsinki.fi