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AnyTime / AnyWhere Learning > Education In The iPhone Age
by gerrymck 24 Mar '10

24 Mar '10

Colleagues/ IMHO: A Most Excellent Online Conference !!! /Gerry Since 2004, the New Media Consortium (NMC) has profiled select emerging technologies and practices that an advisory board predicts will enter mainstream use in learning-focused organizations over the next one to five years. For several years, the adoption and use of mobile devices and services have been featured in its annual Horizon Report. In this presentation, we will review the mobile phenomenon and profile a wide array of initiatives and projects that offer anytime/anywhere access to a variety of educational and information resources, services, and sources. We will conclude with a review of current and potential challenges and opportunities that institutions and their departments face in the ever-expanding mobile environment. Gerry McKiernan is the owner of the personal blog _Spectrum > Mobile Learning, Libraries, and Technologies_, which is devoted to documenting activities, initiatives, and projects relating to mobile technologies and their applications in educational environments. Presentation At _Innovations For Libraries In The 21st Century_ | Online Conference | May 12 2010 | Program / Registration Options Links Available At [ http://tinyurl.com/yz4rj3j ] eJOY ! /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 Future Is Mobile" >>>

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Facebook Advertising Guidelines terms and conditions YOUR OPINION
by Donna Bulford 24 Mar '10

24 Mar '10

HI All My job is to bring advertisers into the Social Media through online casual games. Facebook has a strict advertising policy. I want everyone's academic opinion on the following terms and conditions..do you think they go beyond good taste and border on puritanical? Facebook T and C's ...excerpt: 1. Ads for dating sites, services, or related content must follow these targeting criteria (does not apply to ads on Facebook Platform): 1. the Relationship Status targeting parameter must be utilized and set to Single; 2. the Sex targeting parameter must be utilized and a single value of Male or Female must be selected; 3. the Age targeting parameter must be utilized and the age range selected must start at least at 18 years old; 4. the Interested In targeting parameter must be utilized and a single value of either Men or Women must be selected. Also prohibitied: 2. Ads cannot contain, facilitate, promote, or reference the following: .... 9. Adult content, including nudity, sexual terms and/or images of people in positions or activities that are excessively suggestive or sexual, or provocative images in violation of community standards; 10. Adult friend finders or dating sites with a sexual emphasis; 11. Adult toys, videos, or other adult products; Please chime in ...I wouldl ike to hear as many opinions as possible on the matter. I am trying to work with alternative dating sites...and many of them allow users to be "in a relationship" or "married" and still participate in the site. Obviously as the T and Cs state above ..Facebook doe snot allow this. Thanks

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DVDs for teaching internet/new media studies
by Kruse, Holly 24 Mar '10

24 Mar '10

Does anyone have any suggestions for recent DVDs that could be used in teaching internet studies or new media studies classes? There are a few that I use ("IRL," "Virtual Worlds: Inside Online Games," aka "Avatars Online"... I think that's right) that are getting a bit dated, although are still great. I am coming up with a list of more recent ones for my university's library to order. Thanks in advance! Holly Kruse Faculty of Communication The University of Tulsa 800 S. Tucker Drive Tulsa, OK 74104 918.631.3845 holly-kruse(a)utulsa.edu or holly.kruse(a)gmail.com http://personal.utulsa.edu/~holly-kruse

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Call for Applications: ESF-Liu Conference - "Paying Attention: Digital Media Cultures and Generational Responsibility"
by Nick Triggs 23 Mar '10

23 Mar '10

PAYING ATTENTION: DIGITAL MEDIA CULTURES AND GENERATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY September 6-10 Linkoping, Sweden "Paying Attention" concerns the politics, ethics and aesthetics of the attention economy. This is the social and technical milieu in which web native generations live much of their lives. It will address key questions like: - What architectures of power are at work in the attention economy? - How is it building new structures of experience? What kinds of value does this architecture produce? "Paying Attention" encourages dialogue between researchers from the fields of Cultural and New Media Studies, Education, Communications, Economics, Internet studies, Human Computer Interface Studies, Art and Design. It also seeks the input and insights of creative practitioners exploring critical and alternative uses of new media forms and technologies. Chairs: - Jonathan Dovey, Digital Cultures Research Centre, University of the West of England, UK - Patrick Crogan, Department of Culture, Media and Drama, University of the West of England, UK Invited Speakers will include: • Michel Bauwens, Foundation for Peer-to-Peer Alternatives • Ruth Catlow, Furtherfield .org Independent Net Art collective, UK • Jonathan Dovey, University of the West of England, UK • Aphra Kerr, National University of Ireland Maynooth, IE • Simon Poulter, Independent Digital Artist and Curator, UK • Stanza, Independent Digital Artist, UK • Bernard Stiegler, Institut de recherche et d’innovation, Centre Georges Pompidou, FR • Tiziana Terranova, University of Naples, IT Full conference programme, including list of invited speakers, and application form accessible online from www.esf.org/conferences/10316 Grants are available for students, early stage researchers and other applicants to cover the conference fee and possibly part of the travel costs. Grants are distributed based on financial need, ESF conference participation guidelines and scientific merit. Grantees must attend the entire conference in order to benefit from the grant. Closing date for applications: 1 May 2010. ESF Contact: Anne Blondeel - ablondeel(a)esf.org This conference is organised by the European Science Foundation (ESF), in partnership with the University of Linköping (LiU).

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Dr.Abdullah Abdullah wants to stay in touch on LinkedIn
by Dr.Abdullah Abdullah 23 Mar '10

23 Mar '10

LinkedIn ------------Dr.Abdullah Abdullah requested to add you as a connection on LinkedIn: ------------------------------------------ Cristina, I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn. - Dr.Abdullah Abdullah Accept invitation from Dr.Abdullah Abdullah http://www.linkedin.com/e/YtWwTimNwHQ3MlNSWtgG6tiAwDFl0wYTf3do/blk/I1908621… View invitation from Dr.Abdullah Abdullah http://www.linkedin.com/e/YtWwTimNwHQ3MlNSWtgG6tiAwDFl0wYTf3do/blk/I1908621… ------------------------------------------ DID YOU KNOW you can use your LinkedIn profile as your website? Select a vanity URL and then promote this address on your business cards, email signatures, website, etc http://www.linkedin.com/e/ewp/inv-21/ ------ (c) 2010, LinkedIn Corporation

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Dissertation: Rough to the Board: Creating Performances in American Recording Studios now available through ProQuest!
by Meryl Krieger 22 Mar '10

22 Mar '10

Hi everyone: I announced my dissertation posting a few months ago, now here's the link to get it through ProQuest (free - I filed with a Commons copyright). Please let me know if you have comments or feedback and I am building on this research! http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=7&did=1962568871&SrchMode=1&sid=1&Fmt=… Regards to all, Meryl -- J. Meryl Krieger Ph.D., Folklore & Ethnomusicology Lab Consultant, Teaching and Learning Technology Center, Indiana University Bloomington Adjunct Instructor, Communications and Life Skills, Ivy Tech Community College Adjunct Faculty, Sociology, Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis Piano/Clarinet Teacher, Stafford Music Academy, Bloomington, IN http://www.linkedin.com/in/merylkrieger http://indiana.academia.edu/merylkrieger

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Software for Self Testing
by Tracy Ann Kosa 22 Mar '10

22 Mar '10

Hi All - Thanks kindly for everyone's feedback on mobile apps. Further on the same project, anyone familiar with testing, grading and / or evaluation software that can be used on a mobile device that's been implemented by a university?

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discussion and conference on wikipedia research
by geert lovink 22 Mar '10

22 Mar '10

Dear AoIR members, this week Friday and Saturday the second conference in a series will happen in Amsterdam about critical Wikipedia research. The project is organized by the Centre for Internet and Society (Bangalore) together with the Institute of Network Cultures (Amsterdam). Over the past weeks the online discussion on Wikipedia has really taken off. If you're interested, please join: http://p10.alfaservers.com/mailman/listinfo/cpov_listcultures.org The blog for Critical Point of View (March 26/27) is active as well. A reader is in the making, which will be ready late 2010. The Amsterdam program can be found here: http://networkcultures.org/wpmu/cpov/program/amsterdam-program/ Please come and join us if you're in Amsterdam! Geert

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CALL FOR BOOK CHAPTERS
by Hakikur Rahman 21 Mar '10

21 Mar '10

FYI Please: CALL FOR BOOK CHAPTERS Proposal Submission Deadline: April 30, 2010 Full Chapter Submission Deadline: August 30, 2010 Cases on SMEs and Open Innovation: Applications and Investigations A book edited by Dr. Hakikur Rahman and Dr. Isabel Ramos, University of Minho, Portugal To be published by IGI Global: http://www.igi-global.com/requests/details.asp?ID=845 Introduction Successful entrepreneurship and value addition within an enterprise through open innovation strategies have adopted a paradigm shift from simple introduction of new ideas and products to accumulation of diversified actions, actors and agents along the process. Furthermore, when the innovation process is not being restricted within the closed nature of it, the process takes many forms during its evolution. Among these perspectives small and medium enterprises (SMEs) play a critical role in this transformation process for business promotion, value addition and economic gain in a country. However, in terms of SMEs adopting open innovation strategies for their benefit and sustenance much need to be explored. Overall Objective of the Book This book will gather relevant academic and research concepts applied in real-life cases illustrating open innovation strategies for SME development in a country. There are diverse aspects surrounding the open innovation concepts in terms of policy, politics, economy, and culture, including numerous opportunities, challenges and risks. By incorporating scientific, theoretical, academic and research concepts, including empirical and success cases focusing those concepts this book will present the context innovation in an open paradigm for SMEs development acting as catalyst of countrywide economic empowerment, whether developed, developing, transitional and under-developed. Target Audience The basic definition of open and collaborative innovation leads to the extent of periphery of the target group that one could think of. It comprises the entire community of a country, ranging from government or policy initiators; entrepreneurs and enterprises; researchers, practitioners and academics; users and intermediaries; and the population at large. Hence, the potential audience of this book consists of all these stakeholders of an economy. Furthermore, on regional and global scenarios, this book will target development partners, agencies and their mediators. Recommended topics for chapters include, but are not limited to, the following: - Concepts of open innovation management, - Researches on open innovation models and process development, - Local, regional and global open innovation strategies, - Technology supporting open innovation, - Socio-economic impact and implications of open innovation in SMEs, - Policies and laws related to public and social aspects of open innovation in SMEs, - Innovation marketing, communication and interactions, - Strategies in entrepreneurial ventures and IPR - Entrepreneurship operation, legal interpretation and legislation - Knowledge creation and collaboration among various actors, and - Risks and crisis management. Submission Procedure Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before April 30, 2010, a 2-3 page proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by May 15, 2010 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter submission guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by August 30, 2010. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project. Publisher This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the "Information Science Reference" (formerly "Idea Group Reference"), "Medical Information Science Reference", and "IGI Publishing" imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2011. Important Dates: April 30, 2010: Proposal Submission Deadline May 15, 2010: Notification of Acceptance August 30, 2010: Full Chapter Submission September 30, 2010: Review Result Returned November 30, 2010: Final Chapter Submission Editorial Advisory Board Members: Derya Altunbas, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Turkey Angela-Jo Medina, Financial Literacy Coalition of Central Texas, USA D.C. Misra, eGov Researcher and Consultant, India Ken Stevens, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada Kam Hou Vat, University of Macau, Macau Inquiries and Submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word document) to: Prof. Hakikur Rahman University of Minho DSI, Azurem 4800-058 Guimaraes, Portugal Tel.: +351 253 510 319 FAX: +351 253 510 300 GSM: +351 960193872 e-mail: hakik(a)dsi.uminho.pt

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2 PhD Positions in Text Analysis and Speech Synthesis, Trinity College Dublin
by Carl Vogel 21 Mar '10

21 Mar '10

[apologies for multiple postings; please circulate as appropriate] 2 Phd Positions involving speech and text analysis are open within TCD. http://www.tcd.ie/Graduate_Studies/InnovationBursaries/ The bursaries include payment of fees, some research costs, and a stipend of 16K per annum. The funding covers four years of study within a structured PhD program. This funding is equivalent to that provided by IRCSET awards. Position 1: Speaking the 1641 Depositions This innovative project under the theme of "Digital Humanities and Sustainable Records" will attract candidates who are interested in independent and advanced research linking speech synthesis and important historical documents. It will involve application of advanced linguistic and statistical methods, using the latest tools and technologies, for the analysis and rendering into speech of large bodies of annotated historical text. The project will last for four years and research costs, a stipend, and coverage of fees, etc., will be offered. Successful applicants will have a background in either history or computing. They will have keen analytical skills and will join a small team of researchers with similar interests in the way people speak and present information. They will be especially interested in expressing personality through speech synthesis, and in attempting to render historical texts in order to express character through the synthesised voices. Further details: http://www.tcd.ie/Graduate_Studies/InnovationBursaries/ Apply for course: www.pac.ie/tcd (code -- TRB01) Position 2: Technology for harmonising interpersonal communication We explore how contemporary modes of interaction, typically at a distance via electronic devices, can be supplemented to support the sorts of information flow and inference that evolution has endowed humans sensitivity to in face-to-face communications. The research entails that various prototype applications be constructed, deployed and analyzed. A successful candidate will have demonstrable expertise in computer programming, preferably with experience of end-user application delivery. The candidate will be engaged in the delivery of software alongside performance of quantitative and qualitative analysis of linguistic data. The background research topic is in discerning sentiment and other non-propositional content of textual communications (such as text messages) and projecting the same through appropriate vocal synthesis. Prior expertise in text and dialogue analysis as well as speech synthesis will be an advantage. Candidates should be comfortable with computational theoretical frameworks for syntax and formal semantics, as well as statistically oriented approaches to language analysis. Further details: http://www.tcd.ie/Graduate_Studies/InnovationBursaries/ Apply for course: www.pac.ie/tcd (code -- TRB08) ---------------------- Closing date for applications: Friday 9th April 2010 Applications should be made online through www.pac.ie/tcd

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