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International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology
by smarshall＠uwichill.edu.bb 24 Feb '05

24 Feb '05

Dear all We are pleased to announce the launch of a new refereed e-journal: "International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology (IJEDICT)" located at http://ijedict.dec.uwi.edu/. Articles in the first issue will be published early in 2005. The journal is published on the WWW as an open resource journal, i.e., with free and open access to all, but it has the status of commercially published journals by having an International Editorial Board and academic peer-reviewed articles. The journal concentrates on ICT in education and development in hitherto less developed parts of the world, e.g., developing countries (especially small states), and rural and remote regions of developed countries. It has a research section for academic, peer-reviewed articles, and a "studies from the field" section for edited (but not peer reviewed) case studies/reports. Call for Papers *************** We are now calling for research papers, case studies, reports from the field, book reviews and other submissions you may wish to offer to this community. There is no set deadline - articles are published as soon as they have been reviewed and copyedited. For further details on how to submit your article, please visit the IJEDICT website located at http://ijedict.dec.uwi.edu/. Regards Stewart & Wal Professor Stewart Marshall Director, Distance Education Centre The University of the West Indies, BARBADOS phone: +1 246 417 4497 fax: +1 246 421 6753 email: stewart.marshall(a)uwichill.edu.bb url: http://www.dec.uwi.edu/smarshall Professor Wal Taylor Capetown University of Technology, SOUTH AFRICA phone: +27 21 460 3232 fax: +27 21 460 3985 email: TaylorW(a)ctech.ac.za url: http://www.cqnet.com.au/~user/waltaylor Please view the recently published books edited by Marshall, Taylor & Yu: "Closing the Digital Divide" http://www.greenwood.com/books/BookDetail.asp?dept_id=1&sku=Q602 Using Community Informatics to Transform Regions http://www.idea-group.com/books/details.asp?id=4146 "Encyclopedia of Developing Regional Communities with Information and Communication Technology" http://www.idea-group.com/encyclopedia/details.asp?ID=4460 _______________________________________________________

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Re: Hyperlink analysis tools
by Mike Thelwall 22 Jan '05

22 Jan '05

>Hello. > >I am a graduate student studying hyperlink analysis. I am looking for some >softwares to identifying the structures of web links. If anyone knows good >softwares for that, please, let me know. > >Thank you. >Jenghoon Lee I've put all my link analysis software on the web, including a web crawler and a link analyser. It integrates into Pajek for network diagrams and produces loads of statistics about counts of links between sites. The software is free for academic research and anyone is welcome to use it. http://socscibot.wlv.ac.uk A related link analysis web site is at: http://linkanalysis.wlv.ac.uk And a preprint of what I hope will be a useful overview paper is now also available online: Thelwall, M. (2005, to appear). Interpreting social science link analysis research: A theoretical framework. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. http://www.scit.wlv.ac.uk/%7Ecm1993/papers/Interpreting_SSLAR.pdf Mike Thelwall

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Re: MultiMediaStations in Austria, wikipedia etc
by David Brake 12 Jan '05

12 Jan '05

For what it's worth, British Telecom has 1,500 Internet kiosks around the country (certainly many in London) http://www.btplc.com/Innovation/Mobility/booth/ and I believe they have been around for at least two years - I have to say I have never seen anyone use them... As for collaborative content, there were several attempts before Wikipedia's success including http://www.everything2.com/ (mentioned in the Emigh & Herring paper), http://www.nupedia.com/ and my personal favourite, http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/ (the BBC purchased and took over Douglas Adams' Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy collaborative encyclopedia which specialises in the quirky and is built around a community but is more explicitly hierarchical than the other efforts). David Brake, PhD researcher in Media and Communications, London School of Economics & Political Science http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/media@lse/study/mPhilPhDMediaAndCommunicat… Also see http://davidbrake.org/ (home page) and http://blog.org/ (weblog) Author of Dealing With E-Mail - http://davidbrake.org/dealingwithemail/ gives ordering info and supplementary links

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Re: [Air-l] internet research and confidentiality
by Mark D. Johns 29 Dec '04

29 Dec '04

At 11:48 AM 12/21/2004, you wrote: >We had this issue a while ago on this list, and I just want to repeat my view: > >Blogging, Webpublishing and Usenet posting are demonstrably public >activities. Unless you render the concept of "private" so ambigious that >it becomes virtually unusable, this is an empirical fact, not a normative >statement. > >Therefore, publishing research on these kinds of communications does not >violate any privacy/confidentialty laws. At least that is the case for >most countries that guarantee some freedom of speech rights. > >While I have no idea about the bylaws of specific universities or >professional associations, I would strongly caution against regulations >that curtail the rights of academics vis-a-vis non-affiliated citizens or >even journalists. > >Of course, some exceptions with respect to vulnerable persons apply, but >by and large vulnerable persons do not do blogging. > >BTW, you are not doing (experimental) research on human subjects, but on >communications. > >Thomas That is your view, it is a common one, and you are entitled to it. However, there are other views that are equally valid. If you read the guidelines you would understand that they are simply that, not regulations. But, like it or not, some regulations, created not by AoIR but by various governments and institutions, do apply. What is legal in one jurisdiction is not always legal in another. What is legal is not always ethical. And what is legal and ethical is not always approved by an IRB. I'm simply pointing out -- as is AoIR in adopting the guidelines -- that this is not a simple, "one size fits all" issue. Much depends on the researcher, the nature of the research, where the institution happens to be located, and the views of the individual IRB. The guidelines are intended to help researchers like Oriana sort it all out. ------ Mark D. Johns, Ph.D. Asst. Professor of Communication/Linguistics, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa http://faculty.luther.edu/~johnsmar/ ----------------------------------------------- "Get the facts first. You can distort them later." ---Mark Twain

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Call for Book Reviewers
by david silver 29 Dec '04

29 Dec '04

*** feel free to distribute *** Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies <http://www.com.washington.edu/rccs> The Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies invites all thinkers and doers to review a new batch of recently received books. Reviews may be written in any language you desire. Reviewers are sought for the following titles (organized under 3 categories): PEACE, ACTION, WAR, AND FEAR 11M: Redes Para Ganar Una Guerra (March 11: Networks to Win a War) David de Ugarte Barcelona: Icaria, 2004 (*Preference given to reviewer who can write review in Spanish and English) Cyberactivism: Online Activism in Theory and Practice Edited by Martha McCaughey and Michael D. Ayers Routledge, 2003 Cyberprotest: New Media, Citizens and Social Movements Edited by Wim Van De Donk, Brian D. Loader, Paul G. Nixon, and Dieter Rucht Routledge, 2004 Democracy and New Media Edited by Henry Jenkins and David Thorburn MIT Press, 2003 >From 9/11 to Terror War: The Dangers of the Bush Legacy Douglas Kellner Rowman & Littlefield, 2003 Future Active: Media Activism and the Internet Graham Meikle Routledge, 2002 POLICY, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND CIVIL SOCIETY Communication Researchers and Policy-Making Edited by Sandra Braman MIT Press, 2003 Connected for Development: Information Kiosks and Sustainability Edited by Akhtar Badshah, Sarbuland Khan, and Maria Garrido Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2003 Digital Nation: Toward an Inclusive Information Society Anthony G. Wilhelm MIT Press, 2004 >From Gutenberg to the Global Information Infrastructure: Access to Information in the Networked World Christine L. Borgman MIT Press, 2003 Shaping the Network Society: The New Role of Civil Society in Cyberspace Edited by Douglas Schuler and Peter Day MIT Press, 2004 Virtual Inequality: Beyond the Digital Divide Edited by Karen Mossberger, Caroline J. Tolbert, and Mary Stansbury Georgetown University Press, 2003 Virtual Publics: Policy and Community in an Electronic Age Edited by Beth E. Kolko Columbia University Press, 2003 CULTURAL DIFFERENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Asia.com: Asia Encounters the Internet Edited by K. C. Ho, Randy Kluver, and C.C. Yang RoutledgeCurzon, 2003 Building Diaspora: Filipino Cultural Community Formation On The Internet Emily Noelle Ignacio Rutgers University Press, 2005 E-Democracy in East Asia? How the Internet Affects Politics and Civil Society in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan Edited by Isa Ducke Berlin: Deutsches Institut fur Japanstudien, 2004 Getting It On Online: Cyberspace, Gay Male Sexuality, and Embodied Identity John Edward Campbell Harrington Park Press, 2004 Granny @ Work: Aging and New Technology on the Job in America Karen E. Riggs Routledge, 2003 Islam In The Digital Age: E-Jihad, Online Fatwas and Cyber Islamic Environments Gary R. Bunt London: Pluto Press, 2003 Technicolor: Race, Technology, and Everyday Life Edited by Alondra Nelson and Thuy Linh N. Tu, with Alicia Headlam Hines New York University Press, 2001 Women & Everyday Uses of the Internet: Agency & Identity Edited by Mia Consalvo and Susanna Paasonen Peter Lang Publishing, 2002 Women, Art, and Technology Edited by Judy Malloy MIT Press, 2003 In general, RCCS book reviews run about 1500-2000 words. They are offered to the widest possible intellectual community, including academic scholars from across the disciplines, community activists, digital artists, teachers, students, explorers, and builders of digital culture. If interested in reviewing one (please select only one) of these titles, email David Silver <dsilver(a)u.washington.edu> with the following information: * your name and affiliation; * the book you wish to review; * 2-3 sentences describing your qualifications and/or reasons for wanting to review the selected title. DEADLINE for expressing interest in reviewing a book: January 9, 2005. Thank you for your time, david silver http://faculty.washington.edu/dsilver To SUBSCRIBE to cyberculture-announce, a low volume announcement list for RCCS events and updates, email: listproc(a)u.washington.edu; No subject is needed. In the body, type: subscribe cyberculture-announce

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5 positions at U. of Toronto
by Greg Elmer 26 Dec '04

26 Dec '04

Information studies The University of Toronto is recruiting five faculty members to join the Faculty of Information Studies (FIS) in playing a leading international role in its field. As recognized in the Faculty’s 2004-2010 Academic Plan (available from http://www.fis.utoronto.ca/activities/planning/FISAcademicPlan.pdf) society’s information practices are being reconfigured and transformed by material shifts in underlying systems, technologies, and networked infrastructures. Candidates are sought from all ranks to collaborate in exploring these new and evolving practices, as part of a major, multi-year process of Faculty renewal. Consideration will be given to all specialisations fitting within the Plan - from historical roots through present practice to multiple emerging futures. Rank, tenure status, and salary would be commensurate with the candidate’s qualifications and academic accomplishments. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to: Documentary and Information Practices: The s election, representation, classification, organization, management, curation, and preservation of organizational and cultural records and objects, including provision of effective and equitable access, as transformed by emerging technologies of digitization, reproduction, classification, and distribution; Health and Medical Informatics: Information practices and behaviour in a wide variety of health fields - including novel uses of information systems, reconfigured knowledge and information practices, and other consequences for health care of evolving systems and networks; Communication, Culture, and Media: The social, cultural, and political aspects of the socio-technical practices of information system design, development, implementation, uptake, reconfiguration, and use; Books, Documents, and Records: The evolving nature and use of books, documents, collections, records, and other knowledge and information media, in a wide range of contexts, genres, organizations, and comm unities; Information Systems and Management: The strategic design, development, and management of new informational systems and practices, parlaying emerging technologies and infrastructures into new and reconfigured practices in business, education, the public sector, and civil society; Information Interaction and Retrieval: Human-computer interaction, information retrieval, web- and network-based systems for classification and organization, metadata schemes and standards, proposals for a semantic web, and other aspects of the design, configuration, and use of computer systems supporting information practice; and Information Policy: Issues of information policy, including privacy, identity, security, public access, intellectual freedom, intellectual property, etc., and how these are being influenced by on-going developments in information technology infrastructures and associated socio-economic transformations. Candidates must have a Ph.D., preferably with excellent teaching and research experience. Duties include research and teaching at the graduate level. Applicants should (i) send curriculum vitae, teaching dossier, copies of three representative papers/publications, and a statement outlining current and future research interests, and (ii) arrange to have three letters of recommendation sent, under separate cover, preferably electronically, to: Email: facultysearch(a)fis.utoronto.ca, or on paper to: Brian Cantwell Smith, Dean, Faculty of Information Studies, University of Toronto, 140 St. George St., Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G6, Canada; Phone: (416) 978-3202. Application review will begin on December 17, 2004, and continue until all positions are filled. The University of Toronto offers the opportunity to teach, conduct research and live in one of the most culturally diverse cities in the world. The Faculty of Information Studies provides a context in which to work in an emerging interdisciplinary environment and in a range of collaborative progr ams including Knowledge Media Design, Book History and Print Culture, Women’s Studies, and Aging and the Life Course. The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from visible minority group members, women, Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, members of sexual minority groups, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. Greg Elmer, PhD Bell Globemedia Research Chair Rogers Communications Centre/School of Radio-TV Arts Ryerson University 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, Ontario Canada M5B 2K3 416-979-5282 _______________________________________________ Co-Editor, Space and Culture: An International Journal of Social Spaces http://www.carleton.ca/space/

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About NEGOPY, network analysis software
by LEE JENG HOON 24 Dec '04

24 Dec '04

Hello. I am looking for some information about a computer software, known as NEGOPY. I am interested in the software. While I could get some instructions from the software website, I don't know how to get the software. I sent a message to the web site but I have not received any responses yet. I am wondering the web site is no longer valid or the software is no longer available to the public. Anyone knows the story, please let me know. Merry Christmas. Jenghoon Lee _________________________________________________________________ Don't just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.com/

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IAMCR-CP&T call for papers
by Jo Pierson 24 Dec '04

24 Dec '04

*** Apologies for possible cross-postings *** CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS - IAMCR Communication Policy & Technology section Taipei, 26-28 July 2005 The Communication Policy & Technology section (CP&T) of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) invites submissions of abstracts for papers to be presented at the 2005 Conference in Taipei, Taiwan, 26-28 July 2005. The Conference will be held under the theme: Media Panics: Freedom, Control and Democracy in the age of Globalisation. More information about the conference is available at: http://iamcr2005.shu.edu.tw/. The CP&T Section's focus is on communication policy, with a keen interest in socio-economic aspects of technological change. The Section welcomes research that bridges between theory and practice, theoretical and empirical studies, by offering scientific reflection as well as guidelines for political action. The CP&T Section does not adhere to any single philosophical or theoretical school but encourages research that is critical and counter-intuitive. For the Taiwan conference, we plan to hold sessions on: Emerging ICTs and user empowerment Peer-to-peer exchange, blogging, wiki, smart mobs, social software, location-based services, are emerging ICT applications that seem to allow the user to adopt an active role in 'configuring' and 'domesticating' technology. However, all technological change is embedded in, and constrained by the social context of everyday life and work. The question therefore remains to what extent these new applications really enable users to participate in political, economic and cultural life. Internet governance: who rules? The question of Internet governance is high up on many agendas. Governments are discussing how to deal with unwanted content on the web, whereas market players are becoming increasingly creative in competing for the control of the Internet. The Section welcomes contributions that address the question who controls the Internet, why and with what effects. The digital media in Asia: the 'geo'-factor Papers for this session are to be situated in Asia and have either a regional, national or local focus. They highlight geo-political, geo-economical or geo-cultural factors as possible explanations for the evolution of digital information and communication systems. Papers that discuss Asian information and communication systems in relation with other continents are also welcomed. Digital Divide Digital divide being an indication of unequal access and use of ICT is provoked by factors of economic, socio-political, educational, gender, and cultural nature. In different national contexts digital divide results in inequality, media illiteracy and decreased communication competence. Papers for the joint session of the CP&T and Working Group on Digital Divide, convened by Elena Vartanova, are invited to discuss new models of national and global communication policy to overcome the digital divide with a special focus on the role of various social agents such as states, NGOs, content and access providers and users. Criteria for selection of abstracts The CP&T welcomes abstracts from the global research community. Younger researchers from all regions are especially encouraged to submit abstracts for evaluation. The CP&T has a tradition for keeping high academic standards. In evaluating abstracts, we look at criteria such as: 1.The scientific or policy relevance of the research problem 2.The formulation of the research question 3.The clarity of the objective of the paper 4.The consistency of the proposed argument 5.The theories and/or methodologies used 6.The nature of the empirical evidence presented. Abstracts may be rejected on the basis that they do not meet these criteria or that the information provided is of insufficient quality. Abstracts of about 500 words should be submitted by 1 February 2005 to Tanja Storsul (tanja.storsul(a)media.uio.no) All prospective presenters will be advised by 1 April 2005 of the outcome of their applications. The full text of accepted papers would be due for submission no later than 1 June 2005. Joint Heads: Hopeton S. Dunn & Pascal Verhoest Deputy Heads: Jo Pierson & Tanja Storsul

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5 new papers and 2 new theses on opensource.mit.edu
by Karim R. Lakhani 23 Dec '04

23 Dec '04

<sorry for any x-posting> Dear all, Hope everyone is taking it easy for the Winter/Summer Holidays. Looks like we might get a White X-mas in Boston. I have been a bit delayed with my update on the website. Apologies to the patiently waiting authors :) - Any way here is some brain food to enjoy for the holidays. Many thanks to all the authors for the submissions. We are now approaching the 200 paper mark - and whoever submits the 200th paper will get some MIT knick knacks! So hurry up and submit! Have a great holiday! Warmly, Karim Paper - 1 Authors: Lerner, Josh & Jean Tirole Title: The Economics of Technology Sharing: Open Source and Beyond http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/lernertirole3.pdf Abstract: This paper reviews our understanding of the growing open source movement. We highlight how many aspects of open source software appear initially puzzling to an economist. As we have acknowledge, our ability to answer confidently many of the issues raised here questions is likely to increase as the open source movement itself grows and evolves. At the same time, it is heartening to us how much of open source activities can be understood within existing economic frameworks, despite the presence of claims to the contrary. The labor and industrial organization literatures provide lenses through which the structure of open source projects, the role of contributors, and the movement's ongoing evolution can be viewed. Paper - 2 Authors: Dalle, J.-M., P. A. David, Rishab A. Ghosh, & W. E. Steinmueller Title: Advancing Economic Research on the Free and Open Source Software Mode of Production http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/davidetal.pdf Abstract: Early contributions to the academic literature on free/libre and open source software (F/LOSS) movements have been directed primarily at identifying the motivations that account for the sustained and often intensive involvement of many people in this non-contractual and unremunerated productive activity. This issue has been particularly prominent in economists' contributions to the literature, and it reflects a view that widespread voluntary participation in the creation of economically valuable goods that is to be distributed without charge constitutes a significant behavioral anomaly. Undoubtedly, the motivations of F/LOSS developers deserve to be studied more intensively, but not because their behaviors are unique, or historically unprecedented. In this essay we argue that other aspects of the "open source" phenomenon are just as intriguing, if not more so, and possibly are also more consequential topics for economic analysis. We describe the re-focusing and re-direction of empirical and theoretical research in an integrated international project (based at Stanford University/SIEPR) that aims at better understanding a set of less widely discussed topics: the modes of organization, governance and performance of F/LOSS development -- viewed as a collective distributed mode of production.. We discuss of the significance of tackling those questions in order to assess the potentialities of the "open source way of working" as a paradigm for a broader class of knowledge and information-goods production, and conclude with proposals for the trajectory of future research along that line. Paper - 3 Berry, David M. Title: Internet Research: Privacy, Ethics and Alienation – An Open Source Approach http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/berry2.pdf Abstract: This paper examines some of the ethical problems involved in undertaking Internet research and draws on historical accounts as well as contemporary studies to offer an analysis of the issues raised. It argues that privacy is a misleading and confusing concept to apply to the Internet, and that the concept of non-alienation is more resourceful in addressing the many ethical issues surrounding Internet research. Using this as a basis, the paper then investigates the Free/Libre and Open Source research model and argues for the principles of ‘open source ethics’ in researching the online world, which includes a participatory and democratic research method. Paper - 4 Berry, David M. Title: THE CONTESTATION OF CODE: A preliminary investigation into the discourse of the free/libre and open source movements http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/berry1.pdf Abstract: This paper uses discourse analysis to examine the free/libre and open source movements. It analyses how they fix elements within the order of discourse of computer code production. It attempts to uncover the key signifiers in their discourses and trace linkages between the sedimented discourses of wider society. Using discourse theory and critical discourse analysis, the theoretical foundations underpinning each of the movements are critically examined and the effect on the wider developer and Internet community is discussed. Additionally, this paper seeks to recommend discursive strategies that could be employed to avoid the threat of colonization by neoliberal discourse and the consequent challenge this has for the ideas of freedom, liberty and community within the developer communities’ own discourses. Paper - 5 Crowston, Kevin & James Howison Title: The social structure of Free and Open Source software development http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/crowstonhowison.pdf Abstract: Metaphors, such as the Cathedral and Bazaar, used to describe the organization of FLOSS projects typically place them in sharp contrast to proprietary development by emphasizing FLOSS’s distinctive social and communications structures. But what do we really know about the communication patterns of FLOSS projects? How generalizable are the projects that have been studied? Is there consistency across FLOSS projects? Questioning the assumption of distinctiveness is important because practitioner-advocates from within the FLOSS community rely on features of social structure to describe and account for some of the advantages of FLOSS production. To address this question, we examined 120 project teams from SourceForge, representing a wide range of FLOSS project types, for their communications centralization as revealed in the interactions in the bug tracking system. We found that FLOSS development teams vary widely in their communications centralization, from projects completely c entered on one developer to projects that are highly decentralized and exhibit a distributed pattern of conversation between developers and active users. Thesis - 1 Author Escher, Tobias Title: Political Motives of Developers for Collaboration on GNU/Linux http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/escher.pdf Abstract: This paper examines to what degree developers of the collaboratively produced computer operating system GNU/Linux are politically motivated for their contributions. It first states that software is politically relevant. It then goes on to argue for the political significance of Free Software/Open Source Software (FS/OSS) and discusses the developers ambivalent attitude towards a politicisation of FS/OSS. Centrepiece is a survey carried out with 85 GNU/Linux developers that showed that most of them are conscious of the social relevance of FS/OSS and that their engagement is of a deliberately political nature. Thesis - 2 Author: Görling, Stefan Title: A critical approach to Open Source Software http://opensource.mit.edu/papers/gorling.pdf Abstract: The purpose of this masters' thesis was to discuss a number of assumptions regarding the benefits of Open Source software projects. By studying what has been written about Open Source combined with a number of own data collections, this thesis argues that: • Brooks law is still valid in Open Source projects • Many Open Source projects are failures • Open Source culture is a product of the 90s, not the 70s • Open Source is no guarantee for reduced lock-in effects • Our most famous Open Source projects are not built up by nerds working for free, but professionals, employed by commercial companies to contribute to the projects. • Large Open Source projects are often hierarchical and bureaucratic • Opening your source does not automatically lead to a large number of contributors • Open Source breeds diversity, not a single winner • Open Source projects often targets the community itself, rather than external actors • Companies benefiting from Open Source are often based on traditional business models rather than revolutionary visions • Open Source is not necessarily an efficient way to develop software -- Karim R. Lakhani MIT Sloan | The Boston Consulting Group Mobile: +1 (617) 851-1224 http://spoudaiospaizen.net http://web.mit.edu/lakhani/www | http://opensource.mit.edu

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Fwd: Ethics in a Virtual World: London
by jeremy hunsinger 22 Dec '04

22 Dec '04

since we are on the topic.... Begin forwarded message: > From: Ragna Zeiss <R.Zeiss(a)fsw.vu.nl> > Date: December 22, 2004 1:19:40 PM EST > To: Eurograd(a)lists.utwente.nl, STSGRAD-L(a)cornell.edu > Subject: Ethics in a Virtual World: London > Reply-To: R.Zeiss(a)fsw.vu.nl > > The Second International Conference on Teaching Applied and > Professional Ethics in Higher Education will take place at Roehampton > University, London from 30th August to 1st September 2005 . The theme > is Ethics in a Virtual World. http://www.roehampton.ac.uk/bss/cape/ > > The scope of the conference is broad. Papers and other conference > contributions are invited on any aspect of teaching applied and > professional ethics in higher education; and on any ethical issue that > gives rise to questions about how the issue needs to be addressed in > higher education. Contributions that address issues arising in the > virtual world are particularly welcome but the conference will remain > broad in its scope of ethics. > > Proposals are invited for papers and other types of academic event. > > - Proposals for papers should take the form of an abstract not > exceeding 500 words. Full papers when presented should take no more > than 25 minutes delivery time leaving up to 15 minutes for discussion > in 40 minute sessions. > > - Proposals for other types of academic event will also be welcome. > > An innovation for the 2005 conference will be the inclusion of > facilitated discussions introduced by ten minute introductions. > Proposals to facilitate such round table discussions should include:- > > - full text of the ten minute introduction; > > - brief descriptions of the process of the event including the manner > of opening discussion, questions to be posed, facilitation of > discussion, closure. > > Proposals are also invited for other formats for exchanging ideas in > an academic context. These might include demonstrations of specific > pedagogies such as the use of debates in teaching ethics. Details of > what is proposed should be described. > > All proposals should be submitted by 4th February 2005. Abstracts for > papers must not exceed 500 words. Papers should be submitted to the > CAPE Administrator at the > > Centre for Applied and Professional Ethics > > Duke of Kent Building > > University of Surrey > > GUILDFORD > > Surrey GU2 5TE > > UK > > Or to CAPE(a)surrey.ac.uk > > > > Lynne Hamill > > Digital World Research Centre, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 > 7XH, UK > > > > > > > Centre for Applied and Professional Ethics > jeremy hunsinger jhuns(a)vt.edu www.cddc.vt.edu jeremy.tmttlt.com www.tmttlt.com () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments Jeremy Hunsinger Center for Digital Discourse and Culture () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments

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