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Citing Podcasts
by Alex Halavais 01 Aug '06

01 Aug '06

On 8/1/06, David Brake <d.r.brake(a)lse.ac.uk> wrote: <snip> > Negroponte, N. (2006) "Ted Talk: Nicholas Negroponte". in New York, > February, 2006, http://www.ted.com/tedtalks/ > > But that doesn't tell you it is a podcast and crucially it doesnt > tell you that the part I cited is 5 minutes, 42 seconds in. This > useful guide to Harvard citation http://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/library/ > using/harvard_system.html says BS:5605:1990 http://www.mamc.ac.in/ > British.pdf doesnt include recommendations for electronic sources. Is > there an advanced Harvard Style Lab somewhere coming up with > standards for this stuff? What would you do? Should I just make up my > own style? > I think that David's question worthwhile, and it comes up in citing blogs and other electronic media as well. In fact, we have earlier threads here, I believe, about whether citations to web sites should be by site, or by individual page, or some other indicator. I think what is most important about a citation is findability. So, generally, if I can find the resource at a URL, I'll list the URL. But given the capriciousness of URLs, more information is often needed as a "backup," if this original citation fails. For net resources I *expect* are likely to change, I have often considered citing a copy of the page archived by the Internet Archive, or my archived copy of the page. Or, alternatively, provide a link to a copy of the bibliography that can be automatically or manually updated. If the latter were used, it could also provide something like a trackback mechanism to do links forward. - Alex -- // // This email is // [X] assumed public and may be blogged / forwarded. // [ ] assumed to be private, please ask before redistributing. // // Alexander C. Halavais // Social Architect // http://alex.halavais.net //

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teaching with technology
by Irina Gendelman 01 Aug '06

01 Aug '06

Hello there, I am looking for some examples of innovative ways that "digital technologies" such as blogs, facebook/myspace, wikis, flickr sites, cell phones, clickers, etc. have been used in teaching college classes. These can be success or disaster stories, revelations, or suggestions of any articles about the topic. Thank you! irina Irina Gendelman PhD Candidate CIDR Consultant Box 352310 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195-2310 www.urbanarchives.org

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gaming and children
by Bunz, Ulla 01 Aug '06

01 Aug '06

I'm sending this message for someone else, so please contact Ed Vieira with any questions or comments. Ulla Bunz From: Edward T. Vieira, Jr. edward.vieira(a)simmons.edu Salutations Everyone: We are conducting a study that examines the influences of gaming, family communication patterns, and perspective-taking on children's (ages 8-13) moral reasoning. The questionnaire takes approximately 30-35 minutes to complete and requires primary caregiver consent, which is located on the survey Web site. We wish to extend an invitation to you to invite your children to participate in this worthwhile study. The questionnaire is located at http://www.onlineresearchlab.org. Click onto the first item in the directory: "Children's Gaming Study" to access the questionnaire. Should you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact me at edward.vieira(a)simmons.edu. Thank you for your time and consideration. Ed Vieira, Ph.D. --- Ulla Bunz Assistant Professor Department of Communication University Center C, Suite 3100 Florida State University Tallahassee, FL 32306 Email: ubunz(a)fsu.edu Phone: 850-644-1809 -----------------------------------------------

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Fwd: 20.128 Summer School on Collaborative Networks
by Jeremy Hunsinger 01 Aug '06

01 Aug '06

Begin forwarded message: > From: "Humanist Discussion Group (by way of Willard > McCarty <willard.mccarty(a)kcl.ac.uk>)" > <willard(a)LISTS.VILLAGE.VIRGINIA.EDU> > Date: August 1, 2006 2:01:16 AM EDT > To: humanist(a)Princeton.EDU > Subject: 20.128 Summer School on Collaborative Networks > Reply-To: "Humanist Discussion Group (by way of Willard > McCarty <willard.mccarty(a)kcl.ac.uk>)" > <willard(a)LISTS.VILLAGE.VIRGINIA.EDU> > > Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 20, No. 128. > Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London > www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/humanities/cch/research/publications/ > humanist.html > www.princeton.edu/humanist/ > Submit to: humanist(a)princeton.edu > > > > Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 08:54:39 +0100 > From: ecoss(a)labe.felk.cvut.cz > Subject: ECOLEAD Summer School on Collaborative Networks > > ECOLEAD Summer School on Collaborative Networks Helsinki, 28.-29.9.06 > > http://labe.felk.cvut.cz/eco-summerschool/ > > Conference, http://www.pro-ve.org/ > > "Collaborative networks of organizations provide a basis for > competitiveness, world-excellence, and agility in turbulent market > conditions. They can support SMEs to identify and exploit new > business potential, boost innovation, and increase their knowledge. > Networking of SMEs with large-scale enterprises also contributes to > the success of the big companies in the global market. Reinforcing > the effectiveness of collaborative networks, mostly based on SMEs, > and creating the necessary conditions for making them endogenous > reality in the European industrial landscape, are key survival > factors." > > ECOLEAD (European Collaborative networked Organizations LEADership > initiative), is an "Integrated Project" co-funded by the European > Commission within 6th Framework Programme (2002-2006). ECOLEAD > started in April 2004 and involves 27 partners from 15 countries > across Europe, see http://virtual.vtt.fi/virtual/ecolead/. This > project aims to create the necessary strong foundations and > mechanisms for establishing the most advanced collaborative and > network-based industry society where "most enterprises will be part > of some sustainable collaborative networks that will act as > breeding environment for the formation of dynamic virtual > organizations in response to fast changing market conditions". > > Program committee: > Hamideh Afsarmanesh (UvA, The Netherlands), Luis M. Camarinha-Matos > (UNINOVA, Portugal), Mitja Jermol (JSI, Slovenia), Arturo Molina > (ITESM, Mexico), Martin Ollus (VTT, Finland), Ricardo José Rabelo > (UFSC, Brazil), Olga Stepankova (CTU, Czech Republic), Klaus Dieter > Thoben (BIBA, Germany) > > Content. > The Summer School will present the current state of the art in > theoretical foundations of Collaborative Networked Organizations > (CNO), Virtual Organizations Management, Professional Virtual > Organizations, Virtual organisations Breeding Environment as well > as demonstrate recent advances in design and development of > corresponding ICT Infrastructures. The presentations of recognized > experts in the field will highlight different aspects and > viewpoints of this recently established and very active scientific > domain with high promises for business world. > > Audience. > The presented topics will be of specific interest both to attendees > from academia (Computer Science, Electronic and Mechanical > Engineering, Business and Economics or Industrial Sociology > students, academics and researchers) as well as to engineering and > technical professionals and managers. Irrespective of whether you > are novice or experienced in the domain of Collaborative Networks > the Summer School will be of benefit for you! > > For details and registration see http://labe.felk.cvut.cz/eco- > summerschool/ Jeremy Hunsinger Center for Digital Discourse and Culture () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments http://www.aoir.org The Association of Internet Researchers http://www.stswiki.org/ stswiki http://cfp.learning-inquiry.info/ LI-the journal http://transdisciplinarystudies.tmttlt.com/ Transdisciplinary Studies:the book series

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Re: [Air-l] India Rejects One Laptop Per Child
by Jean Burgess 01 Aug '06

01 Aug '06

See also the Guardian just now: "Poverty-stricken Rwanda puts its faith and future into the wide wired world: A mobile in every pocket is motto of tiny country aiming to be hub of technology" http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1834623,00.html And for the political economists, this bit further down the page: "Meanwhile, the government is offering incentives to attract private investment. The home of the senate, a modern seven-storey building, is being turned into an "ICT park" for hi-tech companies that will receive free rent and utilities." ---- Original message ---- >Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 11:14:09 +0100 >From: David Brake <d.r.brake(a)lse.ac.uk> >Subject: Re: [Air-l] India Rejects One Laptop Per Child >To: AoIR mailing list <air-l-aoir.org(a)listserv.aoir.org> > >I was just listening to Negroponte talking about the OLPC at the TED >Talks back in February and he said to my astonishment, "When you see >that kind of thing [referring to favourable reports of trials of >conventional laptops after 3.5 years in Maine], this is not something >you have to test - the days of pilot projects are over. When people >say 'well we'd like to do three or four thousand in our country to >see how it works' - screw you. Go to the back of the line - someone >else will do it and then when you figure out that this works you can >join as well." > >I know that he has now resigned as chair of the Media Lab to run the >OLPC project and he is understandably passionate about it but to say >that because of a few small-scale pilots of different kinds in >different developed and developing world countries, there can be no >doubt his radically different design of laptop will work in any given >country is just irresponsible. > >I only hope this is merely hyperbole on his part and not typical of >the attitude of the whole organization. It seems that Nigeria has >decided to gamble that Negroponte is right (http://allafrica.com/ >stories/200607120369.html). > >(See http://groupblog.workasone.net/archives/2006/06/the-100-laptop- >debate/ for more on the OLPC project). > >Incidentally, I find I am listening to more and more academic >podcasts and I am not sure how to cite them. At the moment I guess >that this one should be treated as a conference proceeding - >something like this: > >Negroponte, N. (2006) "Ted Talk: Nicholas Negroponte". in New York, >February, 2006, http://www.ted.com/tedtalks/ > >But that doesn't tell you it is a podcast and crucially it doesnt >tell you that the part I cited is 5 minutes, 42 seconds in. This >useful guide to Harvard citation http://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/library/ >using/harvard_system.html says BS:5605:1990 http://www.mamc.ac.in/ >British.pdf doesnt include recommendations for electronic sources. Is >there an advanced Harvard Style Lab somewhere coming up with >standards for this stuff? What would you do? Should I just make up my >own style? > >--- >David Brake, Doctoral Student in Media and Communications, London >School of Economics & Political Science ><http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/media@lse/study/ >mPhilPhDMediaAndCommunications.htm> >Also see http://davidbrake.org/ (home page), http://blog.org/ >(personal weblog) and http://get.to/lseblog (academic groupblog) >Author of Dealing With E-Mail - <http://davidbrake.org/ >dealingwithemail/> >callto://DavidBrake (Skype.com's Instant Messenger and net phone) > >_______________________________________________ >The air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list >is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > >Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >http://www.aoir.org/

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Re: [Air-l] India Rejects One Laptop Per Child
by David Brake 01 Aug '06

01 Aug '06

I was just listening to Negroponte talking about the OLPC at the TED Talks back in February and he said to my astonishment, "When you see that kind of thing [referring to favourable reports of trials of conventional laptops after 3.5 years in Maine], this is not something you have to test - the days of pilot projects are over. When people say 'well we'd like to do three or four thousand in our country to see how it works' - screw you. Go to the back of the line - someone else will do it and then when you figure out that this works you can join as well." I know that he has now resigned as chair of the Media Lab to run the OLPC project and he is understandably passionate about it but to say that because of a few small-scale pilots of different kinds in different developed and developing world countries, there can be no doubt his radically different design of laptop will work in any given country is just irresponsible. I only hope this is merely hyperbole on his part and not typical of the attitude of the whole organization. It seems that Nigeria has decided to gamble that Negroponte is right (http://allafrica.com/ stories/200607120369.html). (See http://groupblog.workasone.net/archives/2006/06/the-100-laptop- debate/ for more on the OLPC project). Incidentally, I find I am listening to more and more academic podcasts and I am not sure how to cite them. At the moment I guess that this one should be treated as a conference proceeding - something like this: Negroponte, N. (2006) "Ted Talk: Nicholas Negroponte". in New York, February, 2006, http://www.ted.com/tedtalks/ But that doesn't tell you it is a podcast and crucially it doesnt tell you that the part I cited is 5 minutes, 42 seconds in. This useful guide to Harvard citation http://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/library/ using/harvard_system.html says BS:5605:1990 http://www.mamc.ac.in/ British.pdf doesnt include recommendations for electronic sources. Is there an advanced Harvard Style Lab somewhere coming up with standards for this stuff? What would you do? Should I just make up my own style? --- David Brake, Doctoral Student in Media and Communications, London School of Economics & Political Science <http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/media@lse/study/ mPhilPhDMediaAndCommunications.htm> Also see http://davidbrake.org/ (home page), http://blog.org/ (personal weblog) and http://get.to/lseblog (academic groupblog) Author of Dealing With E-Mail - <http://davidbrake.org/ dealingwithemail/> callto://DavidBrake (Skype.com's Instant Messenger and net phone)

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drugging oz
by Barry Wellman 01 Aug '06

01 Aug '06

One other caution for going to Australia. I travel with blood pressue, diabetes and headache meds. A junior officer of Australian immigration at the Sydney airport was the only perso/place (out of 40ish countries) that wanted to see my doctors' prescription letters. Which I didn't have. Fortunately, a supervisor told her to forget about it, or otherwise, I might have blown a gasket in Oz. (This in 2002.) Barry _____________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman Professor of Sociology NetLab Director wellman at chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 You're invited to visit & contribute to the new version of "Updating Cybertimes: It's Time to Bring Our Culture into Cyberspace" http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php _____________________________________________________________________

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Re: [Air-l] drugging oz
by Sarah Stewart 01 Aug '06

01 Aug '06

the other thing is: your duty free allowance is shockingly stingy! We;re much more generous in New Zealand Sarah Sarah Stewart PhD Candidate Senior Lecturer School of Midwifery Otago Polytechnic Forth St Private Bag 1910 Dunedin New Zealand Tel: 0800 762786 sarahs(a)tekotago.ac.nz >>> M.Allen(a)exchange.curtin.edu.au 08/01/06 12:00 PM >>> Ah Barry, it's all about protecting our community *grin* I will also add to the list of nasty horrible things that Aussies do at the airport... we xray ALL incoming luggage for banned imports - ie fruit, flowers etc - that pose biohazard. If you are coming from a farm, get all the mud off your shoes. That said, we are an incredibly friendly bunch in Australia...... ;) M Dr Matthew Allen Associate Professor Internet Studies Curtin University of Technology, CRICOS 00301J Australia m.allen(a)curtin.edu.au http://smi.curtin.edu.au/netstudies/allen.htm <https://email.curtin.edu.au/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://smi.curtin.edu…> +61 8 92663511 (v) +61 8 9266 3166 (f) President, Association of Internet Researchers http://www.aoir.org <https://email.curtin.edu.au/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.aoir.org/>

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