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looking for a collaborative real-time editor
by Kimberly Silk 28 Aug '09

28 Aug '09

Hello, I have 2 researchers who would like to work on the same document simultaneously, with the ability to see each other's edits in real time. Any suggestions out there? Thanks, Kim -- Kimberly Silk, MLS Data Librarian, Martin Prosperity Institute, University of Toronto President-elect, Faculty of Information Alumni Association, University of Toronto M: (416) 721-8955 kimberly.silk(a)gmail.com

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Quantitative research in information systems
by Hakikur Rahman 25 Jun '09

25 Jun '09

Dear Colleagues, I am looking for in-depth research papers and case studies on quantitative research in information systems and technologies. It would be great to have them for a research work. Thanking you in advance. Best regards, Hakik Hakikur Rahman Post-Doc researcher University of Minho.

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Social network site nomenclature
by Kevin Guidry 25 Jun '09

25 Jun '09

All, Much of the available research refers to services such as Facebook and MySpace as "social network(ing) sites/services (SNS)." Let's ignore for the moment the differences between those four permutations as I'm more interested in learning about why some researchers use "online social networks (ONS)." SNS seems to be much more common, particularly in the wake of the late 2007 JCMC special theme issue focusing on SNSs. Given that both terms are still in use, is there some sort of subtle cultural or discipline-based divide of which I am unaware? Or is this just an oddity that isn't important or indicative of anything more than personal preference? Kevin

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Re: [Air-L] Digital Divide
by Javier Pinzón 19 Jun '09

19 Jun '09

> Can anyone suggest an article or book with data that is as current as > possible on the digital divide? Hi Peter: In the book "Word Matters - Multicultural perspectives on information societies" there is a chapter on "Digital Divide" (May 2006) by Kemly Camacho. Find it here: http://vecam.org/article549.html I underline the following: "to talk about the digital divide and the strategies to face it, one should start out from the society we dream to be and not from the technology." Good luck, Javier -- http://funredes.org/javier

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hoover
by Barry Wellman 06 Jun '09

06 Jun '09

jeremey, you had it right the first time, altho my parents used the more traditional "damn hoover" instead of "hoover damn". Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director Department of Sociology 725 Spadina Avenue, Room 388 University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 2J4 twitter:barrywellman http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax:+1-416-978-3963 Updating history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php _______________________________________________________________________

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Re: [Air-L] AoIR in Second Life - Scholar vs. researcher
by Jankowski 31 May '09

31 May '09

Robert: I personally consider the distinction you suggest, proposed by Marj Kibby, as unnecessarily constraining and I would not use it. Instead, I suggest 'scholarship' as the overall label for knowledge production and this includes 'research' as one of the enterprises for such production. This and other issues are elaborated in my introductory chapter to the following book to be released 23 June: 'e-Research: Transformation in Scholarly Practice'. For details, see: http://www.routledge.com/books/E-Research-isbn9780415990288 An early draft of the introductory chapter is (still) on SlideShare and can be found at: http://www.slideshare.net/nickjan/jankowski-chapter-1-e-research-introducti… Best, Nick Jankowski > I found the following definitions of research and scholarship to be > quite interesting and possibly useful in my efforts to distinguish > e-Research from digital scholarship. > > It seems to me that a lot of activities in the humanities, arts and > social sciences that are described (and funded) as e-Research are > actually digital scholarship since they involve setting > up/maintaining/providing access to digital collections of research > resources (e.g. social science datasets, images, video, audio), rather > than contributing to new knowledge. > > Does anyone else agree with or object to the definitions of > research/scholarship below, and my attempt to use them to distinguish > e-Research from digital scholarship? Any relevant scholarly references > would be much appreciated. > > Rob > > ------------------------------------- > Dr Robert Ackland > Fellow and Masters Coordinator, Australian Demographic and Social > Research Institute, The Australian National University > > e-mail: robert.ackland(a)anu.edu.au > project: http://voson.anu.edu.au > teaching: http://adsri.anu.edu.au/study/ssi.php > -------------------------------------- > > Marj Kibby wrote: >> Our promotions criteria differentiate research and scholarship - >> research is seen as contributing new knowledge to the field, scholarship >> as staying abreast of developments in the field published by others. >> >> Marj >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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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Blondie early majority > late majority
by Barry Wellman 30 May '09

30 May '09

Ted, Facebook ain't over. It's now become Late Majority. Now when Mom gets the webcam over Veronica/Archie's marital bed, that will be interesting! Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director Department of Sociology 725 Spadina Avenue, Room 388 University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 2J4 twitter:barrywellman http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax:+1-416-978-3963 Updating history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php _______________________________________________________________________ > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 30 May 2009 11:26:22 -0400 > From: Ted Coopman <ted.coopman(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [Air-L] Facebook "officially" over > All, > > This is clear cultural indicator that Facebook is SO last Tuesday. You know > you are over when your are referenced in... > > http://www.blondie.com/dailies/index.asp for Saturday May 30. > > -TED >

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Facebook "officially" over
by Ted Coopman 30 May '09

30 May '09

All, This is clear cultural indicator that Facebook is SO last Tuesday. You know you are over when your are referenced in... http://www.blondie.com/dailies/index.asp for Saturday May 30. -TED -- Ted M. Coopman Ph.D. Lecturer Department of Communication Studies Department of Television, Radio, Film, & Theatre San Jose State University

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Major/Major New Book: Researching Mobile Learning: Frameworks, Tools And Research Designs
by McKiernan, Gerard [LIB] 29 May '09

29 May '09

Colleagues/ Yet Another Major/Major New Book !!! /Gerry Researching Mobile Learning: Frameworks, Tools And Research Designs / Vavoula, Giasemi ; Pachler, Norbert ; Kukulska-Hulme, Agnes (eds) / Oxford, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Wien / 2009 / XXX, 367 pp., 25 ill., num. tables and graphs / ISBN 978-3-03911-832-8 / SFR 70.00 / €* 48.20 / €** 49.50 / € 45.00 / £ 45.00 / US-$ 69.95 Book Synopsis Learning with mobile technologies is an emerging field with a developing research agenda and many questions surrounding the suitability of traditional research methods to investigate and evaluate the new learning experiences associated with mobility and support for increasingly informal learning. This book sets out the issues and requirements for mobile learning research, and presents recent efforts to specify appropriate theoretical frameworks, research methods and tools. Through their accounts of particular mobile learning projects, leading researchers in the field present their experiences and approaches to key aspects of mobile learning research such as data capture and analysis, and offer structured guidance and suggestions on adopting and extending these approaches. Partial Table Of Contents Diana Laurillard: Foreword - Norbert Pachler: Research Methods in Mobile and Informal Learning: Some Issues - Mike Sharples: Methods for Evaluating Mobile Learning - D.W. Livingstone: Basic Research on Lifelong Learning: Recent Survey Findings and Reflections on «Capturing» Informal Learning - Phillip Kent: In the Workplace: Learning as Articulation Work, and Doing Articulation Work to Understand Learning - Norbert Pachler/John Cook/Claire Bradley: «I Don't Really See It»: Whither Case-based Approaches to Understanding Off-site and On-campus Mobile Learning? - Daisy Mwanza-Simwami: Using Activity-Oriented Design Methods (AODM) to Investigate Mobile Learning - Daniel Spikol: Exploring Novel Learning Practices through Co-Designing Mobile Games - Cristina Ros i Sole: The Fleeting, the Situated and the Mundane: Ethnographic Approaches to Mobile Language Learning (MALL) - John Traxler: Mobile Learning Evaluation: The Challenge of Mobile Societies [snip] Using Automatic Logging to Collect Information on Mobile Device Usage for Learning - Christine Dearnley/Stuart Walker: Mobile Enabled Research - Patrick McAndrew/Steve Godwin/Andreia Santos: Research 2.0: How Do We Know about the Users that Do Not Tell Us Anything? - Palmyre Pierroux: Newbies and Design Research: Approaches to Designing a Learning Environment using Mobile and Social Technologies [snip] Giasemi Vavoula: Issues and Requirements for Mobile Learning Research - Agnes Kukulska-Hulme: Conclusions: Future Directions in Researching Mobile Learning. About The Author(s)/Editor(s) The Editors: Giasemi Vavoula is RCUK Academic Fellow in Learning and Visitor Studies at the Department of Museum Studies, University of Leicester, UK ; Norbert Pachler is Reader in Education and Co-director of the Centre for Excellence in Work-based Learning for Education Professionals at the Institute of Education, London ; Agnes Kukulska-Hulme is Professor of Learning Technology and Communication in the Institute of Educational Technology, The Open University, UK. Since 2001, she has led several projects on mobile learning innovation in the UK. Full Table Of Contents and Links Top Publication Site / PDF TOC / and Flyer Available At [ http://tinyurl.com/nyps25 ] Happy Friday ! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu There is Nothing More Powerful Than An Idea Whose Time Has Come / Victor Hugo [ http://www.blogger.com/profile/09093368136660604490 ] Iowa: Where the Tall Corn Flows and the (North)West Wind Blows [ http://alternativeenergyblogs.blogspot.com/ ]

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PhD position, Utrecht University, the Netherlands Wired-Up
by Leurs, K.H.A. (Koen) 29 May '09

29 May '09

Dear AIR-L members, I would like to inform you about a new PhD position available in Utrecht, Please spread to anyone (especially in the Netherlands) interested in digital media and migrant youth. Koen Leurs | Aio / PhD student OGC (Research Institute for Culture and History)| Utrecht University, the Netherlands | Janskerkhof 13, 3512 BL Utrecht | # 2.02 | (+31) 30 253 78 59 | (+31) 6 13108803 | ********************** The digital literacy practices of immigrant youth for the formation of identity and learning networks (0.9 fte) This project is focused on the analysis of the everyday digital literacy practices of Moroccan immigrant youth. While the past several years have seen an increasing amount of research on the digital literacy practices of youth, within and well beyond the Netherlands, relatively little of this work to date has focused on immigrant youth and their productions and interpretations of social media (e.g. web logs, Hyves, YouTube, texting, Twitter, gaming). This project will provide a unique contribution to the field by developing ethnographic studies of youth as they use social media and integrate it into their everyday lives in the Netherlands. We are particularly interested in how digital literacy practices are used to produce identities and learning networks. What are the shapes and scales of new media networks for Moroccan immigrant youth? How are these new networks changing, and how are they related to social networks with longer histories (e.g., extended family, community)? How do networks formed through practices with social media support the development of local, national, and transnational identities? How do such networks also structure new social spaces for learning? These questions are addressed in this project through ethnographic research that will be augmented with other research methods, including social network analysis and survey data. For more information see: www.uu.nl/wiredup http://www.academictransfer.nl/organisaties/?adm_pin=00351&fuseaction=detai… Koen Leurs | Aio / PhD student OGC (Research Institute for Culture and History)| Utrecht University, the Netherlands | Janskerkhof 13, 3512 BL Utrecht | # 2.02 | (+31) 30 253 78 59 | (+31) 6 13108803 | Current project: http://www.uu.nl/wiredup/ Please consider the environment before printing this email.

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