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CFP Workshop: The Computational Turn
by David M. Berry 27 Dec '09

27 Dec '09

The Computational Turn in Arts and Humanities ====================================== SWANSEA UNIVERSITY 9TH MARCH 2010 David Berry, Department of Political and Cultural Studies, Swansea University. d.m.berry(a)swansea.ac.uk The application of new computational techniques and visualisation technologies in the Arts & Humanities are resulting in new approaches and methodologies for the study of traditional and new corpuses of Arts and Humanities materials. This new 'computation turn' takes the methods and techniques from computer science to create new ways of distant and close readings of texts (e.g. Moretti). This one-day workshop aims to discuss the implications and applications of what Lev Manovich has called 'Cultural Analytics' and the question of finding patterns using algorthmic techniques. Some of the most startling approaches transform understandings of texts by use of network analysis (e.g. graph theory), database/XML encodings (which flatten structures), or merely provide new quantitative techniques for looking at various media forms, such as media and film, and (re)presenting them visually, aurally or haptically. Within this field there are important debates about the contrast between narrative against database techniques, pattern-matching versus hermeneutic reading, and the statistical paradigm (using a sample) versus the data mining paradigm. Additionally, new forms of collaboration within the Arts and Humanities are emerging which use team-based approaches as opposed to the traditional lone-scholar. This requires the ability to create and manage modular Arts and Humanities research teams through the organisational structures provided by technology and digital communications (e.g. Big Humanities), together with techniques for collaborating in an interdisciplinary way with other disciplines such as computer science (e.g. hard interdisciplinarity versus soft interdisciplinarity). Papers are encouraged in the following areas: - Distant versus Close Reading - Database Structure versus Argument - Data mining/Text mining/Patterns - Pattern as a new epistemological object - Hermeneutics and the Data Stream - Geospatial techniques - Big Humanities - Digital Humanities versus Traditional Humanities - Tool Building - Free Culture/Open Source Arts and Humanities - Collaboration, Assemblages and Alliances - Language and Code (software studies) - Philosophical and theoretical reflections on the computational turn Participation Requirements Workshop participants are requested to submit a position paper about the computational turn in Arts and Humanities, philosophical/ theoretical reflections on the computational turn, research focus or research questions related to computational approaches, proposals for academic practice with algorithmic/visualisation techniques, proposals for new research methods with regard to Arts and Humanities or specific case studies (if applicable) and findings to date. Position papers will be published in a workshop PDF and website for discussion and some of the participants will be invited to present their paper at the workshop. Please ensure you put 'The Computational Turn' in the subject line of the email submission. Deadline for Position papers: February 10, 2010 Email papers to: d.m.berry(a)swansea.ac.uk Workshop funded by The Callaghan Centre for the Study of Conflict, Power, Empire, Swansea University. The Research Institute in the Arts and Humanities (RIAH) at Swansea University. References Clement, Tanya E. (2008) ‘A thing not beginning and not ending’: using digital tools to distant-read Gertrude Stein’s The Making of Americans. Literary and Linguistic Computing. 23.3 (2008): 361. Clement, Tanya, Steger, Sara, Unsworth, John, Uszkalo, Kirsten (2008) How Not to Read a Million Books. Retrieved 10/11/09 from http://www3.isrl.illinois.edu/~unsworth/hownot2read.html Council on Library and Information Resources and The National Endowment for the Humanities (2009) Working Together or Apart: Promoting the Next Generation of Digital Scholarship. Retrieved 10/11/09 from http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub145/pub145.pdf Hayles, N. Katherine (2009) RFID: Human Agency and Meaning in Information-Intensive Environments. Theory, Culture and Society 26.2/3 (2009): 1-24. Hayles, N. Katherine (2009) How We Think: The Transforming Power of Digital Technologies. Retrieved 10/11/09 from http://hdl.handle.net/1853/27680 Kittler, Fredrich (1997) Literature, Media, Information Systems. London: Routledge. Krakauer, David C. (2007) The Quest for Patterns in Meta-History. Santa Fe Institute Bulletin. Winter 2007. Retrieved 10/11/09 from http://www.intelros.ru/pdf/SFI_Bulletin/Quest.pdf Latour, Bruno (2007) Reassembling the Social. London: Oxford University Press. Manovich, Lev (2002) The Language of New Media. MIT Press. Manovich, Lev (2007) White paper: Cultural Analytics: Analysis and Visualizations of Large Cultural Data Sets, May 2007. Retrieved 10/11/09 from http://softwarestudies.com/cultural_analytics/cultural_analytics_2008.doc McLemee, Scott (2006) Literature to Infinity. Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved 10/11/09 from http://www.insidehighered.com/views/mclemee/mclemee193 Moretti, Franco (2005) Graphs, Maps, Trees: Abstract Models for a Literary History. London: Verso. Robinson, Peter (2006) Electronic Textual Editing: The Canterbury Tales and other Medieval Texts. Electronic Textual Editing. Modern Language Association of America. Retrieved 10/11/09 from http://www.tei-c.org/About/Archive_new/ETE/Preview/robinson.xml Schreibman, Susan, Siemens, Ray & Unsworth, John (2007) A Companion to Digital Humanities. London: WileyBlackwell. --- Dr. David M. Berry Department of Political and Cultural Studies Room KH029 Keir Hardie Building Swansea University Singleton Campus Swansea SA2 8PP Tel: 01792 602633 http://www.swansea.ac.uk/staff/academic/Arts/berryd/

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Online Data Visualization
by Yosem Companys 26 Dec '09

26 Dec '09

A nice visualization of New York Times site visits from around the world via various computing devices: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/17/a-day-in-the-life-of-nytimescom/?p… [image: crop of nytimes data visualization]The New York Times R&D LabsA snapshot of site traffic to NYTimes.com on June 25, 2009.

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Merry Christmas: Free Data Samples
by Stuart Shulman 25 Dec '09

25 Dec '09

All, http://www.umass.edu/qdap/data/HuffPo.zip {3817 blog posts from Huffington Post} http://www.umass.edu/qdap/data/ObamaHQBlog.zip {1428 blog posts from the Obama HQ blog} Data captured by the Blog Analysis Toolkit: https://surveyweb2.ucsur.pitt.edu/qblog/page_login.php Data from BAT was prepared for search and coding using PCAT: http://pcat.qdap.net *Coming soon in 2010: *Tools for capturing blog comments. ~Stu -- Dr. Stuart W. Shulman Assistant Professor Department of Political Science University of Massachusetts Amherst 200 Hicks Way Amherst, MA 01003 http://people.umass.edu/stu/ stu(a)polsci.umass.edu 413-545-5375 Editor, Journal of Information Technology and Politics http://www.jitp.net Director, QDAP-UMass http://www.umass.edu/qdap/ Associate Director, National Center for Digital Government http://www.umass.edu/digitalcenter/

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Re: [Air-L] Air-L Digest, Vol 65, Issue 23
by Arun Menon 25 Dec '09

25 Dec '09

On 12/24/09, air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org <air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org> wrote: > Send Air-L mailing list submissions to > air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > air-l-owner(a)listserv.aoir.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Air-L digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. CFP -- Computational Stylistics at ESSLLI2010 -- March 15, > 2010 Deadline (Carl Vogel) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:19:57 +0000 > From: Carl Vogel <vogel(a)tcd.ie> > To: Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-L] CFP -- Computational Stylistics at ESSLLI2010 -- > March 15, 2010 Deadline > Message-ID: <20091223091957.GS22236(a)cs.tcd.ie> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > > [Apologies for postings; please circulate this as appropriate.] > > > CALL FOR PAPERS -- StylisticsMMX > > European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information 2010 > (ESSLLI 2010 Workshop): > > Computational Stylistics: > Beyond concordances and grammar checkers > > Methods of automatic text classification have been applied widely and > extensively, ranging in category granularity and with respect to both > solely internal properties of texts and text-external > variables. Coarse-grained categories include binary distinctions such > as spam vs. non-spam and three-way sentiment analysis of positive, > negative or neutral, and at the other extreme, fine grained categories > might derive from authorship attribution tasks or translation > re-ranking in machine translation. Recent studies have sought to > relate internal linguistic features of texts with external variables, > such as author gender or scores on personality indices. Approaches > driven by statistics amassed over corpora are compatible with (and > informed by) precision analyses over selected texts, as practiced > widely in the digital humanities and some approaches to discourse > representation theory. Neither the "macro" level analysis supplied by > corpus linguistics nor the "micro" level analysis of individual texts > is in any way new. However, the potential for their interaction, and > for assessing supra-lexical linguistic features of texts within > stylistic analysis is growing. The aim of this workshop is to > highlight current work that advances and applies computational > stylistics. > > Papers sought for presentation will address any of the topics related > to the theme of the workshop, including: > - relations between demographic and linguistic variables > - reliability and validity of complexity and other indices > - plot structure analysis > - sentiment, theme and semantic relation analysis > - dramatis personae analysis > - tracking stylistic change > - cross-cultural variations in effects > > Each of ten to fifteen presentations will have a tutorial element > situating the problem and hypotheses explored, as well as spelling out > the methods of analysis, followed by the main substance of the > research findings. Thus, the workshop proposes pedagogical value > appropriate to ESSLLI, at the same time as recording recent research > advances. > > > TIMELINE: > > Call for Papers -- November 15, 2009 > Submission Deadline -- March 15, 2010 > Notice of Acceptance or Rejection -- April 15, 2010 > Final Submissions -- May 15, 2010 > ESSLLI2010 -- August 9-20, 2010 > > > FORMATTING and SUBMISSION DETAILS: > > Final versions will be formatted using LaTeX via a style > sheet made available here: > > http://www.cs.tcd.ie/research_groups/clg/StylisticsMMX > > Submit pdf of full papers not exceeding 12 pages (inclusive of > bibliography and appendices) in 11 point text via EasyChair to: > > http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=stylisticsmm10 > > > IMPORTANT NOTE about the European Summer School in Logic Language > and Information: > > Authors of accepted papers to ESSLLI workshops must register as > participants in the whole of ESSLLI, even if they intend to > participate in only the week of ESSLLI in which the workshop is > scheduled. Traditionally, presenters of papers accepted to workshops > have been allowed to register with fees set at the student > early-registration rate. > > > Further details on ESSLLI 2010 are here: http://esslli2010cph.info/ > > > StylisticsMMX Program Committee: > > > Khurshid Ahmad, Trinity College Dublin > Walter Daelemans, University of Antwerp > Patrick Juola, Duquesne University > Fionn Murtagh, Science Foundation Ireland & Royal Holloway, University of > London > Harold Somers, Dublin City University/University of Manchester > Sarah Rauchas, Goldsmiths, University of London > Joseph Rudman, Carnegie Mellon University > Carl Vogel [Chair], Trinity College Dublin > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > > End of Air-L Digest, Vol 65, Issue 23 > ************************************* > -- Sent from my mobile device

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FW: Synthetic Reality Symposium, Haifa, Jan 10th 2010
by Friedman Doron 24 Dec '09

24 Dec '09

> > > We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this announcement > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > The Advanced Virtuality Lab (AVL), Sammy Ofer School of Communications > ,IDC, in cooperation with the > IBM Haifa Research Lab cordially invite you to a full-day seminar on > > > > Synthetic Reality: The science and applications of virtual, mixed, and > augmented reality to be held on Sunday, January 10, 2010. > The seminar will take place at the HRL site on the Haifa University > campus, > in the auditorium (room L100), from 09:30 to 18:00. > Lunch and light refreshments will be served. Participation is free. > > Please confirm your participation via the seminar website: > http://www.haifa.il.ibm.com/conferences/sr2010/program.shtml > > Agenda: > > 9:00 Registration > > > > 9:30 Opening Remarks > > > > 10:00 Keynote: Embodied Media and Mixed Reality for Social and Physical > Interactive Communication > Prof. Adrian David Cheok, Director of Mixed-Reality Lab, National > University of Singapore > > > > 11:00 The Matrix Challenge for Rehabilitation: Virtual Reality in the Real > World > Prof. Patrice L. (Tamar) Weiss, Department of Occupational Therapy, > Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Studies, University of Hiaifa > > > 11:30 Break > > 11:45 Session 1: Science & Technology > Session chair: Benny Cohen, IBM > Virtual Reality, Brain & Enhancement of Human Capabilities: Emerging > Technological Applications, > Miriam Reiner, Technion > Natural Multisensory VE-GameEvokes Behavioral & Neural > Enhancement, Irit Birnboim, Technion > In-Place Augmented Reality, Nate Hagbi, Oriel Bergig, Jihad > El- Sana, Klara Kedem, Ben Gurion > University. Mark Billinghurst, Uni. Of Canterbury, New Zealand > Virtual Worlds: State of Standards Q4 2009, Yesha Sivan, > Shenkar College of Eng. and Design & Metaverse > Labs > > 13:15 Lunch > > During lunch interactive demos will be presented in the lobby: > - Omek Interactive, Gersho Kultiroff: Depth Camera > (www.omekinteractive.com) > - David Burden and Hanan Gazit , Daden Limited, > MeraverSense system: Virtual Worlds for Education: the joy of > Creation PIVOTE system (http://ping.fm/AgQQU) > - IDC, Virtual Studio howreel > - IDC, Second Life Bots > - IDC, Heart-ate riven HalfLife2 > - SenseGraphics, Haptic-Visual VR > - Shachar Oz, Augmented Rality > > > 14:15 Session 2: Industry and Applications > Session Chair: Miriam Reiner, Technion > Augmented Reality for Gait Improvement in Movement Disorders > Patients, Yoram Baram, Technion > Museum Visits, Tsvi Kuflik and Eyal Dim University of Haifa > > 15:45 Break > > 16:00 Behavioral Neuroscience and VR Potential for Research and > Applications, > Dr. Maria Korman, Technion > 16:30 Session 3: Social & Cultural Implications > Session Chair: Doron Freidman,IDC > Acclair and the Neurocapital Model: Exploring the Economy of the > Brain through Fictional Reality, Eyal Fried, > Acclair Neurocapital services > Practicing Control in Video Games - All You Need to Know on 3 Ladies > in an Online Bingo Hall,Renard Gluzman, > Beit-Berl College & Bar Ilan University > Cultural Institutions Colonize Second Life, Susane Hazan, The Israel > Museum > The Post-Gutenberg Mind? The Differences Between Winners and > Non-Winners Playing a Video Game > about the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Ronit Kampf, Tel Aviv > University > Fabricating Space: Creating Virtual , Spaces through > Understanding the Human-Space Relationship in > Cinematic Space, H. Arad, Sonnino & S.Karlinsky, The Colman > College of Management > Comments and Philosophical Perspective Ayal Donenfeld, > independent researcher, philosophy of cyberspace > 17:30 Concluding Remarks > 18:00 Pancakes > > > > PDF version for printing (113 KB): (See attached file: > Synthetic_Reality_2010.pdf) > > > Gili Ginzburg (Aizen) > Administration Team Leader > Community Relations Coordinator > > IBM R&D Labs in Israel > Haifa University Mount Carmel > Haifa 31905, Israel > Tel: +972 4 8296203 Cell:+972 54 6976203 Fax:+972 4 8296112 > > > email: gili(a)il.ibm.com > > > > > > (Embedded image moved to file: pic30553.jpg) > > >

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Project Manager: National STEM Game Challenge
by jeremy hunsinger 24 Dec '09

24 Dec '09

A good group, I've worked with them in the past -jh Games for Change is Seeking a Project Manager: National STEM Game Challenge http://www.gamesforchange.org/main/newentry-features/games_for_change_is_se… In response to The President’s Innovate to Educate STEM (Science Technology Engineering Math) Initiative The project manager will be responsible for leading a high-profile, cutting-edge public-private partnership initiative dedicated to discovering the potential of videogames to promote STEM skills. Partners include Games for Change, the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Street and E Line Media. This 60% job will be based in the NYC offices of Games for Change and will last for nine months, with an opportunity to renew based on projected funding. Salary will be commensurate with experience. Working closely with a governing board from the three organizations, the project manager will provide day-to-day oversight throughout the year and have the following primary responsibilities: Primary Responsibilities: Develop and coordinate contest guidelines, jury engagement, public visibility and promotion. Organize outreach and develop needed incentives to attract a diverse group of game developers to apply their craft to STEM-based games. Foster connections between developers and marketing/distribution partners to help ensure the games reach target audiences in both formal and informal settings. Help define the “value add” of newly designed games for learning within school and community settings, with a particular emphasis on reaching historically underserved populations including girls and minority students. Promote alliances that will help young people become producers—in addition to consumers—by providing long-term partnering and mentorship opportunities with industry and youth development professionals. Take lead in responding to funders and media requests for information. Manage budget and project reporting requirements. Oversee web development, documentation of best practices and other multi-media production Supervise project staff and volunteers. The ideal candidate will have at least five years of professional experience and relevant educational credentials. S/he will have managed or produced in the following areas: Contests, competitions, or large scale media productions Collaboration of diverse teams with participants from backgrounds from academic, non-profit, and media sectors. Project management including fundraising, budget management, and timely delivery of expected outcomes/deliverables. The ideal candidate will have the following qualities and skills: Expertise in a relevant field of knowledge including science, math, digital media, learning, child and youth development Ability to work with a variety of personalities and skill sets Independent thinker and worker Innovative and flexible problem-solver Detail-oriented, multi-tasking wizardry Ability to “manage up” with diverse leadership styles Sense of humor This position is funded for a minimum of one year through a dedicated grant. We anticipate receiving additional funding for this position beyond the initial term. How to Apply Indicate the title of the position you’re applying for (“Project Manager”) in the SUBJECT line of an email to jobs(a)gamesforchange.org. Your cover letter should be BOTH included in the body of the email and attached along with your resume (in rich text, MS-Word or PDF format). In your letter, please let us know where you heard of the position, why you are suited to this role, and how the position relates to your career objectives and personal interests. Only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. This position is currently open and may be filled at anytime. About Games for Change Games for Change is a non-profit which seeks to harness the extraordinary power of video games to address the most pressing issues of our day, including poverty, education, global conflict and climate change. We are a voice for the transformative power of games, bringing together organizations and individuals from the nonprofit sector, government, journalism, academia, industry and the arts, to grow the sector and provide a platform for the exchange of ideas and resources. Through this work, Games for Change promotes new kinds of games that engage contemporary social issues in meaningful ways to foster a more just, equitable and tolerant society. www.gamesforchange.org About The Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Street The mission of the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop is to foster innovation in children’s learning through digital media. The Center supports action research, encourages partnerships to connect child development experts and educators with interactive media and technology leaders, and mobilizes public and private investment in promising and proven new media technologies for children. For more information, visit http://www.joanganzcooneycenter.org. About E Line Media E-Line Media is a publisher of digital entertainment that engages, educates and empowers with a core focus on computer/video games and webcomics/graphic novels. E-Line is in development on a slate of original games and comics that are fun, relevant and genuinely impactful in the areas of learning, health and youth empowerment. The E-Line team features seasoned executives who have helped build some of the world’s leading game and digital comic franchises as well as social entrepreneurs who are committed to harnessing popular media for impact.

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CFP -- Computational Stylistics at ESSLLI2010 -- March 15, 2010 Deadline
by Carl Vogel 24 Dec '09

24 Dec '09

[Apologies for postings; please circulate this as appropriate.] CALL FOR PAPERS -- StylisticsMMX European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information 2010 (ESSLLI 2010 Workshop): Computational Stylistics: Beyond concordances and grammar checkers Methods of automatic text classification have been applied widely and extensively, ranging in category granularity and with respect to both solely internal properties of texts and text-external variables. Coarse-grained categories include binary distinctions such as spam vs. non-spam and three-way sentiment analysis of positive, negative or neutral, and at the other extreme, fine grained categories might derive from authorship attribution tasks or translation re-ranking in machine translation. Recent studies have sought to relate internal linguistic features of texts with external variables, such as author gender or scores on personality indices. Approaches driven by statistics amassed over corpora are compatible with (and informed by) precision analyses over selected texts, as practiced widely in the digital humanities and some approaches to discourse representation theory. Neither the "macro" level analysis supplied by corpus linguistics nor the "micro" level analysis of individual texts is in any way new. However, the potential for their interaction, and for assessing supra-lexical linguistic features of texts within stylistic analysis is growing. The aim of this workshop is to highlight current work that advances and applies computational stylistics. Papers sought for presentation will address any of the topics related to the theme of the workshop, including: - relations between demographic and linguistic variables - reliability and validity of complexity and other indices - plot structure analysis - sentiment, theme and semantic relation analysis - dramatis personae analysis - tracking stylistic change - cross-cultural variations in effects Each of ten to fifteen presentations will have a tutorial element situating the problem and hypotheses explored, as well as spelling out the methods of analysis, followed by the main substance of the research findings. Thus, the workshop proposes pedagogical value appropriate to ESSLLI, at the same time as recording recent research advances. TIMELINE: Call for Papers -- November 15, 2009 Submission Deadline -- March 15, 2010 Notice of Acceptance or Rejection -- April 15, 2010 Final Submissions -- May 15, 2010 ESSLLI2010 -- August 9-20, 2010 FORMATTING and SUBMISSION DETAILS: Final versions will be formatted using LaTeX via a style sheet made available here: http://www.cs.tcd.ie/research_groups/clg/StylisticsMMX Submit pdf of full papers not exceeding 12 pages (inclusive of bibliography and appendices) in 11 point text via EasyChair to: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=stylisticsmm10 IMPORTANT NOTE about the European Summer School in Logic Language and Information: Authors of accepted papers to ESSLLI workshops must register as participants in the whole of ESSLLI, even if they intend to participate in only the week of ESSLLI in which the workshop is scheduled. Traditionally, presenters of papers accepted to workshops have been allowed to register with fees set at the student early-registration rate. Further details on ESSLLI 2010 are here: http://esslli2010cph.info/ StylisticsMMX Program Committee: Khurshid Ahmad, Trinity College Dublin Walter Daelemans, University of Antwerp Patrick Juola, Duquesne University Fionn Murtagh, Science Foundation Ireland & Royal Holloway, University of London Harold Somers, Dublin City University/University of Manchester Sarah Rauchas, Goldsmiths, University of London Joseph Rudman, Carnegie Mellon University Carl Vogel [Chair], Trinity College Dublin

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m-Learning EOI en Onda Madrid
by McKiernan, Gerard [LIB] 22 Dec '09

22 Dec '09

Colleague/ IMHO > A Major / Major Mobile Learning Initiative !!! /Gerry >>> Google Translation <<< The integration of mobile devices and free software most innovative modern trends to meet the training needs of today's society: creativity, teamwork, lifelong learning and open collaboration. Within this framework, the m-Learning project EOI bid to experiment with networking capabilities, ubiquity and multimedia production that enable the next generation smartphone, on the one hand, and bases its development on the open source system Android, on the other . Starting next academic year 2009/2010 EOI [Escuela de Organización Industrial = School of Industrial Organization] [Madrid / Spain] students will have a 3G Android mobile phone to tap its potential as a learning tool and network communication. Thus, both teachers and students can share educational resources and communicate with each other anytime, anywhere. In this sense, the EOI m-Learning project is another step in the adoption of free software and backing for the social web that the School of Industrial Organization has achieved in recent months. This process can be seen both in terms of technological tools (with the integration of Moodle learning platform and communication 2.0 on blogs, social networking and multimedia repositories) as well as the research, with the recent publication of the report The opportunity for free software: capabilities, law and innovation. Highlights of m-Learning project EOI >From a pedagogical point of view: *Is part of an educational approach to open learning backbone network throughout the new educational model EOI. *Is part of the training-skills that are considered essential for long-life learning and networking within the digital age. *Promotes learning through networked multimedia production by their school community, teachers and students (podcasts, videos, blogs, etc.). *Expand access to knowledge beyond time and space classes. *Strengthens social networks among its members and more meaningful learning experience. *It is linked to the EOI Moodle learning platform within a comprehensive online learning system. *Explore the educational possibilities of cloud-computing and network management in integrating the Google Apps application sharing in collaborative learning methodology. *It is an action research project on the practice itself as an educational tool and communication. >From the technical point of view: *Supports the Android developer community within the EOI manifest support for free software and interoperability. *Connects students and teachers with administrative streamlining (news flashes, consult calendars, academic information, etc.). *This blog was created as support for m-Learning project EOI to go telling the latest news of its development, and collect research results being generated in international academia. Links to original source, blog entries, and news coverage are available at [ http://tinyurl.com/ygq2q56 ] !!! Thanks To Lara Tíscar / Deputy Dean in the Digital Culture / EOI / For The HeadsUp !!! BTW: >I Am Most Interested In Any / Other Mobile Learning Initiatives In Any/All Academic Contexts > > While I Track These From A Variety Of Sources (And Will Blog Many Of Them Over The Coming Weeks/Months) > >I Am Most Interested In Learning Of Any/All Which My CyberSpace Colleagues Are Involved (Or Aware) > Please Do Send Me All Available Details > >>> !!! Thanks A Million !!! <<< Season's Greetings ! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 Follow Me On Twitter > http://twitter.com/GMcKBlogs "The Truth?, You Can't Handle The Truth !" > "It's All A Battle Of Ideas ... ."

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Call For Papers
by Laurie Henry 22 Dec '09

22 Dec '09

CALL FOR PAPERS Special issue of NmediaC, The Journal of New Media and Culture Topic: New Media, Sex, and Culture in the 21st Century Submission Deadline: April 15, 2010 NmediaC invites submissions of research articles, essays, and web-based art for a special issue on New Media, Sex, and Culture in the 21st Century. Sex has a long history of being subjected to technologies of observation, regulation, enhancement, and representation. Certainly many of the discourses and technologies of the Internet have been preoccupied with it, even though the U.S. government and other groups have tried to make it harder for people to find sex online. One of the messages of the "cyberporn scare" of the mid to late 1990s in the U.S. was: It's here, and it's bad! But in the drawn-out process of letting everybody know about it, online porn became somewhat normalized. As van Doorn (2009) argues: “pornography has been involved in a ‘mainstreaming’ process over the past decade...simultaneously, the public discourse on sex and sexuality has grown exponentially.” Foucault observes how sundry discourses of sexuality espouse a veil of silence and prudishness towards sex while at the same time positioning people to seek knowledge about it, observe it and talk about it. The rhetoric of the cyberporn scare asked society to wall up and hide pornography, but ended up forcing people to accept it and engage it more directly, whether it is to talk about it, joke about it, actively seek it, or actively avoid it. Web2.0 publishing tools and social media networks have made it easier for people to publically talk about sex and to publish their own sex online for anyone to see. Scholars and artists who explore any aspects of online pornography, NetPorn, the sexualization of Web2.0, sexual identities in postmodern society, and many other subject areas are invited to submit their work. This special issue of NmediaC will be launched in collaboration with a juried art exhibit in Detroit, Michigan set for the summer of 2010. The articles and web-art from the special issue will be featured in the show. Submission: Email submissions in Word, HTML or PDF to jlillie(a)loyola.edu The editor for this issue will be Jonathan Lillie of Loyola University. Submissions and inquiries about the on-site art show in Detroit should be directed to Steve Coy at: loucoy(a)hotmail.com -- Laurie A. Henry, Ph.D. Assistant Editor NmediaC: Journal of New Media and Culture University of Kentucky Lexington, KY 40506 Email: LaurieHenry(a)uky.edu http://lauriehenry.ning.com Office: (859) 257-7399 Cell: (270) 945-8808

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facebook and ethnicity
by Seda Guerses 22 Dec '09

22 Dec '09

hello again, thank you for all the comments. i was very curious about the facebook study, also because of the names of the researchers who executed the story. lars backstorm has been one of the first authors to tackle the problem of impoosibility of "anonymity" in social network like data structures ***. his paper together with cynthia dwork (the person who developed differential privacy) and jon kleinberg (a prominent social network/graph analyst) was one of the first to show that simple anonymization of a social network by simple de-identification of nodes in the network does not work. i am just wondering why and to which objective there now is this collaboration between social network service providers and researchers that are keen social network analysts? i am curious as to if this is about providing tools that make the information on social networks transparent, and if so, for whom? for marketers, scientists, politicians etc. more interestingly, who decides what transparency is, and how the results are constructed, validated, and made open to questioning and contestation. this is obviously not talked about at all, there is only a pointer that these researchers are now working together with facebook. on a related note, i am concerned with such studies and their construction of statistical identity or truth. first of all, what counts as race in itself can be very controversial, as was evident from the many points raised in the different emails. quantification of race, as necessary as sometimes that may be for equal opportunity actions or political projects, also re-produces what race is. so, it seems what we have a mix of three things: (1) a construction of race (2) a construction of names and racial order, and (3) social networks and its user "diversity". the result is a study that melts these three elements together. i am just wondering, how such a complex statistical and social matter becomes so smooth that it can be fit onto one page with no open questions and what are ways of questioning the study. i would appreciate any further comments you may have in the direction. and, once again, thank you for all the others, especially with respect to references on race and class on social networks, the topic, regardless of facebooks ability to water it down to some mind turning statistics, remains complex and interesting. s. ***Wherefore art thou r3579x?: anonymized social networks, hidden patterns, and structural steganography. Lars Backstrom, Cynthia Dwork, Jon M. Kleinberg. WWW 2007 Disclaimer: http://www.kuleuven.be/cwis/email_disclaimer.htm

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