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Linguistic anthropology and ICT
by Francis Jervis 26 Nov '09

26 Nov '09

Has anyone come across studies on (or even better, is anyone working on) the application of linguistic anthro/ethnolinguistics techniques to the study of ICT by, in particular, indigenous/minority language groups? Preferably in English - I have come across some interesting Brazilian work but my Portuguese is ropey at best ;)

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Articles on Government 2.0?
by Marius Johannessen 26 Nov '09

26 Nov '09

Does anyone know of articles from refeered journals that discusses the topic "government 2.0"? I've seen it a lot in blogs and government web pages, but I haven't had much luck finding academic writing about it. As I am comparing "2.0" use (I need a good definition for 2.0-technologies as well...) in democracy and public service delivery, It'd be good to have an umbrella term rather than constantly haveing to write "participation and public service delivery"... Regards, Marius Johannessen Research fellow, information systems University of Agder

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Re: [Air-L] PHD-level courses in online research methods?
by "Minna Strömberg-Jakka" 26 Nov '09

26 Nov '09

Dear Karen, I picked your message concerning online research methods from this mailing list and have to say that in case you have some pdfs or other lecture material I would also be interested in receiving them. I also find this given internet link very useful. I would also like to ask which workshop were you talking about? Will there be an international conference and is it possible to get more information about it? My research subject is online counseling in social services, particularly social assistance here in Finland and that´s why these research methods are very much of my current interest right now since I´m planning to have some kind of a semi-structured inquiry in the internet for the users/clients of this online counseling service. Minna Strömberg-Jakka, MSSc.,Researcher Doctoral Student in Social Work Department of Social Policy 20014 University of Turku Finland Phone (work): +358 2 333 6642 Phone (home): +358 40 752 8457 Fax: +358 2 333 5093 Email: mimado(a)utu.fi

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Ubiquitous identity in mobile computing. Lovely, honest, true ad.
by live 26 Nov '09

26 Nov '09

Ubiquitous identity in mobile computing. Lovely, honest, true ad from HTC: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lUkF1vVudA

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HUSITA9 | Human Service Technology: call for abstracts
by Neil Ballantyne 26 Nov '09

26 Nov '09

*****CALL FOR ABSTRACTS ON TECHNOLOGY AND HUMAN SERVICES***** HUSITA9 - a human services technology conference - is being held in conjunction with the 2010 Joint World Conference on Social Work and Social Development on June 10-14, 2010 in Hong Kong, China. Late abstracts will be considered up until 31st December 2009. Read abstract guidelines: http://www.swsd2010.org/en/abstracts.html For tech related abstracts please select sub-theme III-25: Innovation / Technology / HUSITA Colleagues can also submit nominations for the "Best Human Services IT Application" (with an award of $1000 USD). The applications need to have been developed between January 1, 2007 and December 31, 2009. Please see nomination details and submit nominations before February 1, 2010 at: http://tinyurl.com/HUSITAaward Neil Ballantyne, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Connected Practice, Glasgow School of Social Work, University of Strathclyde, 76 Southbrae Drive, GLASGOW G13 1PP. t: +64 (0)21 400 193 | w: http://connectedpractice.ning.com

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HUSITA9 | Human Service Technology: call for abstracts
by Neil Ballantyne 26 Nov '09

26 Nov '09

*****CALL FOR ABSTRACTS ON TECHNOLOGY AND HUMAN SERVICES***** HUSITA9 - a human services technology conference - is being held in conjunction with the 2010 Joint World Conference on Social Work and Social Development on June 10-14, 2010 in Hong Kong, China. Late abstracts will be considered up until 31st December 2009. Read abstract guidelines: http://www.swsd2010.org/en/abstracts.html For tech related abstracts please select sub-theme III-25: Innovation / Technology / HUSITA Colleagues can also submit nominations for the "Best Human Services IT Application" (with an award of $1000 USD). The applications need to have been developed between January 1, 2007 and December 31, 2009. Please see nomination details and submit nominations before February 1, 2010 at: http://tinyurl.com/HUSITAaward Neil Ballantyne, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Connected Practice, Glasgow School of Social Work, University of Strathclyde, 76 Southbrae Drive, GLASGOW G13 1PP. t: +64 (0)21 400 193 | w: http://connectedpractice.ning.com

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International Journal of Social and Organizational Dynamics in Information Technology <= new!
by Andrew Long 26 Nov '09

26 Nov '09

********************* CALL FOR PAPERS ********************* International Journal of Social and Organizational Dynamics in Information Technology (IJSODIT) Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Michael B. Knight Published: Quarterly (both in Print and Electronic form) www.igi-global.com/ijsodit MISSION OF IJSODIT: Social issues related to information technology represents one of the most often discussed underpinnings in information systems research throughout the tenure of the IS field. Social issues are those research topics most aligned with the human factor in terms of information systems planning, development and utilization. The International Journal of Social and Organizational Dynamics in Information Technology includes all aspects of social issues that are impacted by information technology affecting organizations and inter-organizational structures. This includes the conceptualization of specific social issues and their associated constructs, proposed designs and infrastructures, empirical validation of social models, and case studies illustrating socialization success and failures. Some key topics may include: (1) ethics, (2) culture, (3) relationships, (4) human interaction, (5) security, (6) design, (7) building relationships, and (8) diversity in the IT workforce. RECOMMENDED TOPICS: Topics to be discussed in this journal include (but are not limited to) the following: 1. Ethical issues * Codes of conduct and practice ○ Confidentiality agreements * Intellectual property rights ○ Electronic monitoring of employees * Impartiality of data utilization ○ Morality in information systems 2. Cultural issues * Politics ○Assimilation of emerging technologies * Developing trust ○Management structures * Power asymmetry ○Social barriers * Policy implementation ○Social environments * Cultural customs & digital divides ○Social capital 3. Relationship issues * Development partnerships ○Virtual teams * Group cohesiveness ○Networking & Collaboration * Group facilitation ○Buyer-supplier linkages 4. Human Interaction issues * Recruitment and retention ○Assessment and evaluation * Motivation ○Social presence * Asynchronous learning networks ○Leadership 5. Security issues * Models for IS security implementation ○Virus/worm creation * Misrepresentation in digital media ○Standards, laws, and regulations * IS Security design and management methods ○Fraud with systems use * Behavioral issues in IS security ○Security culture & awareness issues * Social, legal and ethical of IS Security ○Misuse of data * Strategic management issues in IS security ○Trust issues in IS Security 6. Design issues * Distributed projects ○Process changes * Soft-side development ○Modeling techniques * Social network knowledge 7. Building Relationships * Relationships between the information systems area and other academic disciplines * Development of information systems subspecialties * Contributions from information systems to the development of other academic disciplines * Reporting new developments in other reference disciplines * Research between the IS system areas and other established fields 8. Diversity in the IT Workforce * Diversity in virtual IT teams * Educational initiatives for increased diversity in the IT workforce * Gender, Race, Age, Education, and Socio-Economic Differences in IT * The Role of Community Technology Centers * Urban & Community Informatics * IT for Transformation and Wealth Creation * Information Technology as a Means for Increasing Social Capital TYPES OF SOCIAL CONSTRUCTS The types of constructs that will be considered for review and publication would include, but would not be limited to, the following: - Confidence - Commitment - Judgment - Flexibility - Certainty - Satisfaction - Utilization - Stability - Influence - Presence - Change - Support - Collaboration - Cohesiveness - Participation - Consent - Creativity - Understanding - Trust - Synergy - Perspective - Accountability - Excitement - Power INSTRUCTIONS FOR PAPER SUBMISSION SUBMITTING TO IJSODIT: Prospective authors should note that only original and previously unpublished articles will be considered. INTERESTED AUTHORS MUST CONSULT THE JOURNAL’S GUIDELINES FOR MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS at http://www.igi-global.com/development/author_info/guidelines submission.pdf<http://www.igi-global.com/development/author_info/guidelines%20submission.p…> PRIOR TO SUBMISSION. All article submissions will be forwarded to at least 3 members of the Editorial Review Board of the journal for double-blind, peer review. Final decision regarding acceptance/revision/rejection will be based on the reviews received from the reviewers. All submissions must be forwarded electronically to knightm(a)uwgb.edu<mailto:knightm@uwgb.edu>. PUBLISHER: The International Journal of Social and Organizational Dynamics in Information Technology is published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the “Information Science Reference” (formerly Idea Group Reference), “Medical Information Science Reference”, “Business Science Reference”, and “Engineering Science Reference” imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com<http://www.igi-pub.com/>. All inquiries and submissions should be should be directed to the attention of: Dr. Michael B. Knight Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Social and Organizational Dynamics in Information Technology E-mail: knightm(a)uwgb.edu<mailto:knightm@uwgb.edu> www.igi-global.com/ijsodit<http://www.igi-global.com/ijsodit>

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Engineering Ed > Learning In 140-Character Bites
by McKiernan, Gerard [LIB] 25 Nov '09

25 Nov '09

David Zax / ASEE Prism Magazine / October 2009 / Twitter can improve teacher-student communication, in and out of class. In most respects, Prof. Natasha Neogi's aerospace engineering class is like any other. It's a large, hour-long lecture-style course at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. But at the halfway mark, Neogi's class takes on a new twist. She invites her students to log on to Twitter - the "micro-blogging" service that limits messages to 140 characters - and write in with questions. Neogi sifts through the "tweets," in Twitter-speak, addressing the most common sticking point at the end of class. Of course, plenty of professors - engineering and otherwise - have long been using Twitter. They tweet about interesting links they've come across; they complain about their flight delays; they keep us updated on their cats. But there are also professors who, like Neogi, have begun to bring Twitter into the lecture hall or seminar room. [snip] [snip] Gordon Snyder, who directs the National Center for Information and Communications Technologies at Springfield Technical Community College in Massachusetts, has also experimented with the back channel. He assigned his class a "hashtag", [snip] He also has found Twitter useful for getting a read on a room. Professors are familiar with the inscrutable sight of a lecture hall full of mute students. Are they listening? Understanding? Many professors have adopted "clickers," polling devices used to quiz students on a topic recently covered or to gauge students' opinions when venturing into politically sensitive subject matter. Snyder, whose center is funded by the National Science Foundation, considers Twitter a "modern and much more effective" clicker. Of course, skepticism in academia remains the norm ... . But Twitter evangelists have ready answers for skeptics. Does it erase a necessary distance between professor and student, eroding professional authority? That depends on your view, says McDonald: If you think, "'Well, I'm the teacher, and people just need to listen to what I have to say'... then Twitter is not useful for you." Does Twitter distract students? "I see it as a way to keep students engaged," says Snyder. Besides, some argue, students often are already using these technologies in class; professors are simply co-opting a tool that would otherwise serve as a distraction. "If you can't beat 'em, might as well join 'em," sums up Kathy Schmidt, director of the Faculty Innovation Center for the College of Engineering at the University of Texas - Austin. [more] Links To Full Article Available At [ http://tinyurl.com/yad4e7b ] !!! Thanks To My ISU Colleague / Dr. Jacob D. Schroeder / For The HeadsUp !! As Previously Requested > I Am Greatly Interested In Any / All Library ; Educational Uses / Applications Of Twitter / Other Microblogging Technologies || Please Post As A Comment(s) On The Blog Entry ... Thanks A Million !!! Regards, /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu There Is No Answer, Only Solutions / Olde Irish Saying The Future Is Already Here, It's Just Not Evenly Distributed Attributed To William Gibson, SciFi Author / Coined 'Cyberspace

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Final Call for Papers for the Open Source Convention held at the Machine Translation Marathon 2010
by MT Marathon 2010 Organising Committee 25 Nov '09

25 Nov '09

FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS OPEN SOURCE TOOLS FOR MACHINE TRANSLATION The Fourth Machine Translation Marathon, which will take place 25–30 January 2010 in Dublin, Ireland, is hosting an Open Source Convention to advance the state of the art in machine translation. The MT Marathon is organised by the National Centre for Language Technology and the Centre for Next Generation Localisation at Dublin City University on behalf of the EuroMatrixPlus Consortium. We invite developers of open source tools to present their work and submit a paper of up to 10 pages that (a) describes the underlying methodology and (b) includes instructions how to use the tools. We are looking for stand-alone tools and extensions of existing tools, such as the Moses open source systems. Accepted papers will be presented during the MT Marathon and published as a special issue of the Prague Bulletin of Mathematical Linguistics (http://ufal.mff.cuni.cz/pbml) Possible Topics: • training of machine translation models • machine translation decoders • tuning of machine translation systems • evaluation of machine translation • visualization, annotation or debugging tools • tools for human translators • interfaces for web-based services or APIs • extensions of existing tools • other tools for machine translation This is the second time that the MT Marathon will host the Open Source Convention. The papers from last year are available online: http://ufal.mff.cuni.cz/pbml-91-100.html Papers will be reviewed by two reviewers appointed by the program committee. Important Dates: Deadline for paper submission: strictly December 1, 2009 Notification of acceptance: December 7, 2009 Camera-ready paper due: December 14, 2009 Presentations: January 25–30, 2010 (at the MT Marathon in Dublin) A preliminary program for the MT Marathon is now available at http://MTMarathon2010.info/web/Program.html For the submission guidelines and requirements, please visit the MT Marathon website: http://MTMarathon2010.info Please note, that the camera-ready versions will only be accepted in the Xe(La)TeX format described on the website (i.e. MS Word and other formats or a PDF without source files will not be accepted). We also invite all interested parties to submit short descriptions of open-source projects that fit within the format of the MT Marathon and can be accomplished within five days. For submission, please visit http://MTMarathon2010.info/web/Projects.html The proposed projects may focus on anything from the development of new tools to the modification or extension of existing open-source tools. These projects will run during the MT Marathon and will be undertaken by the participants. Program Committee: Philipp Koehn Chris Callison-Burch Ventsislav Zhechev

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CfP: ICTs-and-Society. A new Transdiscipline?
by Celina.Raffl＠sbg.ac.at 25 Nov '09

25 Nov '09

Please forward this CfP to interested people and apologize for any cross-postings. Call for Papers Special Issue of tripleC (http://www.triple-c.at) ? ICTs-and-Society. A new Transdiscipline? http://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/announcement/view/6 Guest Editors: Celina Raffl and Joseph Brenner For inquiries about potential papers please contact Celina Raffl (celina.raffl(a)sbg.ac.at) Deadline for full paper submission: February 28th, 2010. Further Information: Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have changed our lives significantly over the last few decades, and they will continue to do so. ICTs influence the way we live, work, and organize. These changes we are facing as societies (and as individuals) bear positive and negative side effects that concern academia as well, since science and research serve a function in and for society. What kind of academic field do we need to meet the challenges of the information age? Many different research approaches have emerged over the last decades that aim at explaining, shaping, and forecasting social change related to an increasing penetration, miniaturization, and convergence of ICTs. tripleC suggests the designation of this research area as ICTs-and-Society to indicate its broad perspective. The term ICTs itself is broad enough to capture Internet, Web, Web 2.0, Social Media, Social Networks, new mobile technologies, ambient technologies, etc. Society too, can refer to society at large, or to certain aspects, of society, such as economy, ecology, politics, culture, etc., and includes both individuals and organizations. However this research area is defined, and from which disciplinary background it is viewed, there are several shared problems, since ICTs-and-Society is not (yet?) an established discipline. Disciplines share central themes, shared terminology with (assumed) common definitions, a canon of literature considered essential. There are agreed-on methodologies, theoretical structures, and evaluative criteria to assess research [...] (Baym 2005, 230). Internet or ICT-research therefore is more like an organization with a core problem. For Shrum (2005, 274) it is an indiscipline where [e]veryone is welcome, no matter what your perspective, no matter whom you cite, no matter what method you choose for your research. Researchers such as Hunsinger (2005), Fuchs (2008), Hofkirchner et al (2007), suggest that ICTs-and-Society research should be considered as a transdiscipline. Transdisciplinarity and Transdisciplines There is still no common understanding of the term transdisciplinarity, especially regarding theoretical foundations, methodologies used, or evaluation criteria. Many scholars agree that transdisciplinary research transgresses not only disciplinary boundaries, but those of academia in general and thus should include stakeholders in the research process. Nevertheless, all acceptations of transdisciplinarity include the concept of integrative research concept based on cooperation, with greater or lesser emphasis on theory vs. the pragmatics of problem-solving. The fact that ICTs-and-Society involves the disciplines of information and computer science, economics, sociology and political science, psychology and philosophy and perhaps more suggests that ICTs-and-Society is a transdisciplinary field of research par excellence. The Special Issue of tripleC In this special issue of tripleC we are seeking answers to the following questions in the areas of ICTs-and Society and ICTs-and-Society as a transdiscipline: - Is ICTs-and-Society a research field? If not, should it be? - What is current practice and methodology? - What are the main questions and challenges? - Which topics does it cover? - What kind of models of ICTs, Society and Transdisciplines are most appropriate? - How can ICTs-and-Society be located in the academic landscape? - What kinds of interdisciplinary and/or transdisciplinary theory, empirical research, epistemology, and ethics are needed for ICTs and Society? These questions are not intended to be exclusive, but as suggestions of topics of general interest. Their answers could lead to a new understanding of the field as such. It will allow for an assessment of its future perspectives as well as concerns of how it should emerge. It will help to answer the question of its possible impact on future programs, on education of students and early stage researchers. In summary, this special issue of tripleC calls for high quality research papers from any theoretical, professional, or disciplinary perspective that offer innovative analysis that promote and provoke further debate about ICTs-and-Society as a subject of study.? tripleC Cognition, Communication, Co-operation: Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society The tripleC Mission: The mission of tripleC is to encourage uncommon sense, fresh perspectives and unconventional ideas, and connect leading thinkers and young scholars in inspiring reflections. Therefore we ask for papers that go beyond traditional disciplinary boundaries. tripleC (http://www.triple-c.at) promotes contributions in an emerging science of the information age with a special interest in critical studies following the highest standards of peer review. tripleC accepts theoretical as well as sound empirical research, literature reviews, or practice examples. Submissions must be formatted according to tripleCs guidelines (http://triplec.at/index.php/tripleC/about/submissions#authorGuidelines) make use of APA style, and use the style template (http://triplec.at/files/journals/1/template-0.dot) Papers should be submitted online by making use of the electronic submission system (http://triplec.at/index.php/tripleC/user/register, http://triplec.at/index.php/tripleC/login) When submitting to the electronic system, please select Special issue on crisis & communication as the journals section. Issue Co-Editors: Celina Raffl (celina.raffl(a)sbg.ac.at) and Joseph E. Brenner, Ph.D. (joe.brenner(a)bluewin.ch) Celina Raffl is research fellow and PhD student at the University of Salzburg. Her research focus is on free and open source software (F/OSS) (www.uti.at/raffl) Joseph E. Brenner has a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin. He is member of the International Center for Transdisciplinary Research (CIRET), Paris and has published a book and articles dealing with and metaphysics and non-standard logic. Deadline for full paper submission: February 28th, 2010. All papers will be reviewed by at least two independent reviewers. The special issue will be published in autumn 2010. Deadline for author notification: June 30th, 2010. tripleC Cognition, Communication, Co-operation: Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society (http://www.triple-c.at) promotes contributions within an emerging science of the information age with a special interest in critical studies following the highest standards of peer review. Submissions must be formatted according to tripleCs guidelines (http://triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/about/submissions#authorGuidelines) make use of APA style, and use the style template (http://triple-c.at/files/journals/1/template-0.dot) Papers should be submitted online by making use of the electronic submission system (http://triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/user/register, http://triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/login) When sub-mitting to the electronic system, please select Special issue: ICTs and Society A New Transdiscipline? as the journals section. References: Baym, Nancy K. (2005). Introduction: Internet Research as It Isn't, Could Be, and Should Be. The Information Society 21 (4): 229-232. Fuchs, Christian (2008.) Introduction to the special issue on ICTs and Society: PhD Students Transdisciplinary Research Projects. tripleC 6 (2) (http:/www.triple-c.at): i viii. Hofkirchner, Wolfgang/Christian Fuchs/Celina Raffl/Matthias Schafranek/Marisol Sandoval/Robert Bichler (2007). ICTs and Society the Salzburg Approach. Towards a theory for, about and by means of the information society. ICT&S Research Paper Number ICT&S Center: Salzburg 3, URL http://icts.sbg.ac.at/media/pdf/pdf1490.pdf. Hunsinger, Jeremy (2005). Toward a Transdisciplinary Internet Research. The Information Society 21 (4): 277-279. Shrum, Wesley (2005). Internet Indiscipline: Two Approaches to Making a Field. The Information Society 21 (4): 273-279. _______________________________ Mag. Celina Raffl ICT&S Center, Universität Salzburg Center for Advanced Studies and Research in Information and Communication Technologies and Society Sigmund-Haffner Gasse 18 A - 5020 Salzburg Tel.: +43/ 662/ 8044 - 4822 Mail: Celina.Raffl(a)sbg.ac.at Web: http://www.icts.sbg.ac.at _______________________________

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