Lena-Maria Öberg

Success Factors For Police Investigations In A Hybrid Environment: The Jämtland Police Authority Case

Since information technology (IT) has been adopted in modern police work, it has become an important tool for increasing efficiency in police work. IT has also resulted in the phenomena of IT-related crimes and crimes that take place in both physical and digital worlds, ie, in what is defined as a hybrid environment. The hybrid environment forces police officers to collect information in both digital and physical worlds. This paper aims to gain new knowledge of police work practice in a hybrid work context. A case study approach is applied as the research method, and a large police investigation is used as the study object. In the police investigation, digital footprints played an important role in aggregating evidence. This research used the Synergy-4 model as an analytical lens to explain the multi-dimensions of IT use in a hybrid environment, and to increase knowledge on how police work is carried out in this environment. This research found that IT played an important role in the success of the investigation and in the management of digital footprints, but competence and management were as important.

Editorial introduction : Collaborative learning enhanced by mobile technologies

An introduction for the issue is presented discussing the focus of reports on collaborative learning and mobile technology.

Role of feedback in uniform learning situation

In this paper, we explore feedback in a Digital Learning Environment (DLE), based on a study performed in a Swedish military training context. DLEs make uniform learning possible, while allowing interaction (as opposed to a text book). However, it is unclear how interaction should be designed to be beneficial in a uniform learning situation. Feedback is needed in DLE, both for the learning itself, and for the functionality of the system. Through an evaluation framework the uniform learning situation is evaluated and feedback is mapped onto interaction lanes. Balanced feedback has the potential to offer a beneficial DLE for uniform learning. Although the importance of feedback is known in theory, our study shows that practical implementations lack complete feedback. Hence, we propose a design guideline to implement balanced (relative to the framework) feedback in general, and to pay specific attention to Feed-Forward when designing DLEs.

Examining the context of technical information use: special section introduction

On 9--10 October 2013, the information system research group at Mid Sweden University arranged an international scientific meeting on the theme Technical Information (TI). The events organizers consciously kept the theme broad, but they also intentionally paired this general theme with a number of subthemes, namely Organizational Learning, Information Design, Information Management and Organizational Benefit. The objective of this design was to examine this overall topic from a range of perspectives.

Provincial Designer Design: A Creative Mix of Hard Restrictions and Soft Visions of an Information Systems Educational Program

This paper presents a brief historical account of the unorthodox design of an educational program for information systems development. The design and development of this program was initiated in 1977 at the University College of Ostersund, today the Mid Sweden University. The presented account provides a description of the somewhat unusual context of this initiative, which was regarded as a weakness by conventional standards, but became an opportunity in this particular situation. The intellectual inspirations and sources for the design of this program are characterized and followed by a presentation of the very content and operating mode of the educational program. The final part presents the various outcomes that the program gave rise to, in terms of students’ professional careers observed.