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Re: [Air-L] copenhagen meetup
by Jeremy hunsinger 05 Jun '10

05 Jun '10

if you want to come to the copenhagen meetup, If it is sunny/warm we will meet at cafe europa on stroget, if it is chilly/raining we'll be at charlies bar which is just down the street from that. around 5pm on sunday. please distribute to interested parties:) -j

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Re: [Air-L] 1. Teaching in Second Life? Writing teachers in SL?
by Sue Malta 05 Jun '10

05 Jun '10

Just passing on this information which might be helpful. Although not his field directly, he may well have some good contacts for you. *************************************************************************** Michael Thomas is a professor at Nagoya University of Commerce & Business in Japan. His research interests are in language learning and technology and technology and society. Among his publications are Handbook of Research on Web 2.0 and Second Language Learning (2009) and Interactive Whiteboards for Education: Theory, Research and Practice (in press). and he is the convenor of the: InternationalAssociation of Teachers of English as a Foreign Language / LearningTechnologiesSIGEvent, A SimultaneousReal Time and Second LifeSymposium InAssociation with the JALT CALL SIG see http://wirelessready.nucba.ac.jp/ and Contact: michael.thomas(a)gmx.co.uk Good luck. Kind regards Sue PhD Candidate Department of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences (HASS) Faculty of Life & Social Sciences Swinburne University ............................................... Sue Malta Managing Editor International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Society (iJETS) Swinburne University of Technology John Street, Hawthorn, VIC 3122 Email: ijets(a)swin.edu.au Or: smalta(a)groupwise.swin.edu.au www.swin.edu.au/ijets >>> Gibrán Rivera 05/06/10 8:09 AM >>> Dear Deanya, As far as I am concerned, Sheila Webber, (University of Sheffield, UK) is involved in some educational issues using Second Life. Have a look at this: http://www.shef.ac.uk/is/staff/webber.html You may want to contact her directly --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gibrán Rivera González Room 224, Second Floor, Regent Court Department of Information Studies The University of Sheffield 211 Portobello Street S1 4DP Sheffield UK gibran.rivera(a)sheffield.ac.uk _________________________________________________________________ http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/197222280/direct/01/ We want to hear all your funny, exciting and crazy Hotmail stories. Tell us now _______________________________________________ The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/

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Re: [Air-L] 1. Teaching in Second Life? Writing teachers in SL?
by Gibrán Rivera 04 Jun '10

04 Jun '10

Dear Deanya, As far as I am concerned, Sheila Webber, (University of Sheffield, UK) is involved in some educational issues using Second Life. Have a look at this: http://www.shef.ac.uk/is/staff/webber.html You may want to contact her directly --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gibrán Rivera González Room 224, Second Floor, Regent Court Department of Information Studies The University of Sheffield 211 Portobello Street S1 4DP Sheffield UK gibran.rivera(a)sheffield.ac.uk _________________________________________________________________ http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/197222280/direct/01/ We want to hear all your funny, exciting and crazy Hotmail stories. Tell us now

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Re: [Air-L] Air-L Digest, Vol 71, Issue 4
by Jasmine Pues 04 Jun '10

04 Jun '10

As for the teaching writing in Second Life, I know of at least one teacher (not through my institution) who is affiliated with the Caledon estates in Second Life. I myself am a Communications student who specialized in online communications, and who is now planning her doctoral studies to take place and use Second Life as an example of a virtual world (studying reputation/social investment in virtual worlds). Cheers, Jasmine Pues On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 6:00 PM, <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. Teaching in Second Life? Writing teachers in SL? > (M. Deanya Lattimore) > 2. New Dates: mLife Conferences 2010 (Prof. I Kushchu) > 3. Re: Teaching in Second Life? Writing teachers in SL? (Max Spotti) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 10:45:17 -0400 > From: "M. Deanya Lattimore" <mdlattim(a)syr.edu> > To: air-l(a)aoir.org > Subject: [Air-L] Teaching in Second Life? Writing teachers in SL? > Message-ID: > <AANLkTilDsYQ2eowGiWyO7Ae0G_KuTPwAMQhb_fCrB87i(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Are any of you using Second Life to teach? My dissertation advisor > would like me to find writing teachers particularly in SL, but I'm > curious about exactly who from this list is there. > > If you're thinking about it, I'd love to hear from you. If you > suspect that one of your colleagues is, I'd appreciate a push towards > that person as well. > > I am Deanya Zenfold in-world; I'll be glad to take any questions or > comments. Lots of contact info is in the sig line. > > Thank you all! > Deanya Lattimore > > -- > Deanya Lattimore > ABD PhD. Syracuse University > Adjunct, Gardner-Webb University > 704/466/3689 home; 704/406/3209 office > http://www.deanya.com > Diigo: http://www.diigo.com/profile/deanya > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/deanya.lattimore > Google Chat: deanyalattimore(a)gmail.com > Second Life: Deanya Zenfold > Skype: deanya.lattimore > Twitter: http://twitter.com/deanya > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 18:25:27 +0100 > From: "Prof. I Kushchu" <ik(a)mgovernment.org> > To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-L] New Dates: mLife Conferences 2010 > Message-ID: <7DFAF5A6-FC94-4B60-BDFC-2B9D8706FEEE(a)mgovernment.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes > > Dear Colleagues > > Due to conflicting date assigment by the venue, we are requested to > postpone the dates of the Mobile Life 2010 conference. All is now re- > arranged and the new dates for the conference is 27-28-29 October 2010 > at the same venue: The Grand Hotel, Brighton UK. > > Please also note that all submissions - research, practice, tutorial > and demos - to the conference are open. For submissions please visit http://www.m4life.org/conferences/ > > We are making all efforts to have a successful conference with a high > quality content. All our highly reputable plenary speakers have > confirmed the new dates and are able to attend the conference. Soon we > will post the draft program outline to the conference web site. > > Further information about the conferences can be found at http://www.m4life.org/conferences/ > and all enquiries regarding the conferences should be directed to conf(a)m4life.org > > On behalf of the organising committee, > > Kushchu > > ------- > IBRAHIM KUSHCHU, MBA, MSC., PHD > Associate Professor and Founding Director, > Mobile Government Consortium International, UK > http://www.mgovernment.org > ik(a)mgovernment.org > +44 1273 327876 > visit mLife Conferences www.m4life.org > mDevlet Konferansi www.mdevlet.org (Turkish) > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2010 19:42:36 +0200 > From: "Max Spotti" <M.Spotti(a)uvt.nl> > To: mdlattim(a)syr.edu > Cc: air-l(a)aoir.org > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Teaching in Second Life? Writing teachers in SL? > Message-ID: <1275673356.4212c1cMspotti(a)lyramail.uvt.nl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > I don't know of anyone using second life to teach but that would be a blast, we at Jyvaskyla University are putting together a project proposal on formal and informal learning looking, among other things, at what the formal brings into the informal and viceversa, as well as to the construction of routine through ritual actions. Let's keep this discussion going. > > Best, > Max > > -----Original Message----- > From: "M. Deanya Lattimore" <mdlattim(a)syr.edu> > To: air-l(a)aoir.org > Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 10:45:17 -0400 > Subject: [Air-L] Teaching in Second Life? Writing teachers in SL? > > Are any of you using Second Life to teach? My dissertation advisor > would like me to find writing teachers particularly in SL, but I'm > curious about exactly who from this list is there. > > If you're thinking about it, I'd love to hear from you. If you > suspect that one of your colleagues is, I'd appreciate a push towards > that person as well. > > I am Deanya Zenfold in-world; I'll be glad to take any questions or > comments. Lots of contact info is in the sig line. > > Thank you all! > Deanya Lattimore > > -- > Deanya Lattimore > ABD PhD. Syracuse University > Adjunct, Gardner-Webb University > 704/466/3689 home; 704/406/3209 office > http://www.deanya.com > Diigo: http://www.diigo.com/profile/deanya > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/deanya.lattimore > Google Chat: deanyalattimore(a)gmail.com > Second Life: Deanya Zenfold > Skype: deanya.lattimore > Twitter: http://twitter.com/deanya > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > > > Dr. Massimiliano Spotti > Babylon/ Dept. of Language and Culture Studies > Building D, Room 219 > Faculty of Humanities > Tilburg University > 5000LE - Tilburg > The Netherlands > Phone: *31-13-4662258 > Fax: *31-13-4662892 > http://www.tilburguniversity.nl/babylon > ------------------------------------ > Researcher > Finland Distinguished Professor Scheme > Department of Languages, University of Jyv?skyl? > Tel.: +358 14 260 1372 > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > 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 71, Issue 4 > ************************************ >

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Re: [Air-L] Teaching in Second Life? Writing teachers in SL?
by Max Spotti 04 Jun '10

04 Jun '10

I don't know of anyone using second life to teach but that would be a blast, we at Jyvaskyla University are putting together a project proposal on formal and informal learning looking, among other things, at what the formal brings into the informal and viceversa, as well as to the construction of routine through ritual actions. Let's keep this discussion going. Best, Max -----Original Message----- From: "M. Deanya Lattimore" <mdlattim(a)syr.edu> To: air-l(a)aoir.org Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010 10:45:17 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Teaching in Second Life? Writing teachers in SL? Are any of you using Second Life to teach? My dissertation advisor would like me to find writing teachers particularly in SL, but I'm curious about exactly who from this list is there. If you're thinking about it, I'd love to hear from you. If you suspect that one of your colleagues is, I'd appreciate a push towards that person as well. I am Deanya Zenfold in-world; I'll be glad to take any questions or comments. Lots of contact info is in the sig line. Thank you all! Deanya Lattimore -- Deanya Lattimore ABD PhD. Syracuse University Adjunct, Gardner-Webb University 704/466/3689 home; 704/406/3209 office http://www.deanya.com Diigo: http://www.diigo.com/profile/deanya Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/deanya.lattimore Google Chat: deanyalattimore(a)gmail.com Second Life: Deanya Zenfold Skype: deanya.lattimore Twitter: http://twitter.com/deanya _______________________________________________ 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/ Dr. Massimiliano Spotti Babylon/ Dept. of Language and Culture Studies Building D, Room 219 Faculty of Humanities Tilburg University 5000LE - Tilburg The Netherlands Phone: *31-13-4662258 Fax: *31-13-4662892 http://www.tilburguniversity.nl/babylon ------------------------------------ Researcher Finland Distinguished Professor Scheme Department of Languages, University of Jyväskylä Tel.: +358 14 260 1372

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New Dates: mLife Conferences 2010
by Prof. I Kushchu 04 Jun '10

04 Jun '10

Dear Colleagues Due to conflicting date assigment by the venue, we are requested to postpone the dates of the Mobile Life 2010 conference. All is now re- arranged and the new dates for the conference is 27-28-29 October 2010 at the same venue: The Grand Hotel, Brighton UK. Please also note that all submissions - research, practice, tutorial and demos - to the conference are open. For submissions please visit http://www.m4life.org/conferences/ We are making all efforts to have a successful conference with a high quality content. All our highly reputable plenary speakers have confirmed the new dates and are able to attend the conference. Soon we will post the draft program outline to the conference web site. Further information about the conferences can be found at http://www.m4life.org/conferences/ and all enquiries regarding the conferences should be directed to conf(a)m4life.org On behalf of the organising committee, Kushchu ------- IBRAHIM KUSHCHU, MBA, MSC., PHD Associate Professor and Founding Director, Mobile Government Consortium International, UK http://www.mgovernment.org ik(a)mgovernment.org +44 1273 327876 visit mLife Conferences www.m4life.org mDevlet Konferansi www.mdevlet.org (Turkish)

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CALL FOR CASEBOOK CHAPTERS
by Hakikur Rahman 03 Jun '10

03 Jun '10

(The second call for a casebook, which is the second book on Open Innovation and SMEs to be edited by the undersigned. However, if you have a prospective manuscript on theoretical aspects, which the first book covers, we have space for a few chapters.) CALL FOR CASEBOOK CHAPTERS Proposal Submission Deadline: July 15, 2010 Full Chapter Submission Deadline: September 30, 2010 SMEs and Open Innovation: Global Cases and Initiatives 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=844 Introduction Recent years have seen a paradigm shift in operational and management aspects of successful entrepreneurship and value addition within an enterprise. They have been shifted from simple introduction of new ideas and product development to collaborative nature of innovation, in terms of products, processes and services. Innovation has been transformed into open innovation rather than closed innovation, which seems more traditional. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) play a critical role in this transformation of innovation strategies for business promotion, value gain and economic empowerment of a country. However, little is known on how open innovation is implemented in SMEs and what are the challenges and benefits associated. Overall Objective of the Book By incorporating academic, entrepreneurial, institutional, research, and empirical cases, this book will bring together knowledge on how SMEs can apply open innovation strategies to SME development, and empowering these enterprises to act as a catalyst for the economic empowerment of a country (developed, developing, transitional and under-developed). This book will ascertain diverse aspects of policy issues, economic issues, cultural issues, including numerous opportunities and challenges surrounding open innovation strategies; study relevant risks and risk management; analyze SMEs evolution pattern on adopting open innovation strategies through available measurable criteria; provide suggestions or recommendations along these contexts rehearsing possible operational scenarios; and assist practitioners to gain knowledge in designing action plans to empower SMEs in reaching out the grass roots communities utilizing open innovation strategies. Target Audience The target group dealing with SMEs development through open innovation strategies may accommodate the entire community of a country, ranging from government or policy initiators; entrepreneurs and enterprises; researchers, practitioners and academics; users and intermediaries. Hence, the potential audience of this book will consist 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: - Cases on open innovation management, - Open innovation models and processes, - Technology supported cases on open innovation, - Co-creation of sustained platforms for SMEs, - Studying, analyzing or evaluating success cases, - Innovation in marketing and communication, - Application of strategies in entrepreneurial ventures and IPR - Operation, legal interpretation and legislation aspects - Socio-economic impact and implications of open innovation in SMEs, - Knowledge creation and collaboration among various actors, and - Cases illustrating risks and crisis management. Submission Procedure Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before July 15, 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 July 30, 2010 about the status of their proposals and sent case guidelines. Full cases are expected to be submitted by September 30, 2010. All submitted cases 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: July 15, 2010: Proposal Submission Deadline July 30, 2010: Notification of Acceptance September 30, 2010: Full Chapter Submission October 30, 2010: Review Result Returned November 30, 2010: Final Chapter Submission Editorial Advisory Board Members: Derya Altunbas, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Turkey Ángela-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 Hakikur Rahman and Isabel Ramos Editors Casebook- "SMEs and Open Innovation: Global Cases and Initiatives" 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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copenhagen and/or vienna meetups this and next week.
by Jeremy hunsinger 03 Jun '10

03 Jun '10

(apologies if you get two copies and sorry it is short notice for copenhagen) send me a note to jhuns(a)vt.edu if you are interested in doing a researchers/colleagues meetup in copenhagen this sunday, and/or vienna next saturday or sunday. In copenhagen, we were thinking about Sundary around 5pm either at Charlies Bar or Cafe Europa(if it isn't raining/chilly) . (both easy to find off, close to Stroget) In Vienna, it is just me and probably a few locals at some local establishment, but we have a week to decide that one. meetups are just opportunities to get together and chat with people you don't get opportunities to chat with, various people have been doing them for years, they aren't official business, though frequently they can lead to more collaborations. etc. -- jeremy hunsinger Center for Digital Discourse and Culture Virginia Tech Information Ethics Fellow, Center for Information Policy Research, School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (www.cipr.uwm.edu) www.tmttlt.com () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments http://www.stswiki.org/ sts wiki http://transdisciplinarystudies.tmttlt.com/ Transdisciplinary Studies:the book series I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it. -Pablo Picasso

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OD2010, the Fourth International Conference on Online Deliberation, University of Leeds, 30 June- 2 July
by Kheira Belkacem 03 Jun '10

03 Jun '10

===================================================== OD2010, the Fourth International Conference on Online Deliberation ===================================================== 30 June - 2 July, 2010 Leeds University Business School, UK The widespread diffusion of the Internet and a growing trend towards democratisation worldwide have encouraged new modes, projects and visions of citizen participation in decision making and governance. OD2010 aims to bring together researchers, developers and practitioners from a wide range of academic and applied backgrounds to provide a unique opportunity to better understand the notion of deliberation in a virtual environment and to discuss specific advances in online deliberation from a number of different disciplinary perspectives. KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Richard Allan, Head of Public Affairs for Facebook Europe, 'Social Politics - Lessons from the UK Election on Facebook' Beth Noveck, director of the White House Open Government Initiative, 'The View from the White House' (through video link) RESEARCH PAPER SESSIONS see details at http://www.od2010.dico.unimi.it/index.php?pgid=3 PANELS Why Online Deliberation? chaired by Scott Wright, University of East Anglia Emerging Technologies for Online Deliberation, chaired by Simon Buckingham Shum, Open University Online Deliberation in the Post-Soviet Context, chaired by Yuri Misnikov, University of Leeds The Leeds Declaration: The Future of Citizenship: The Loudest Shout or the Best Argument?, chaired by Giles Moss, University of Leeds REGISTRATION FEE £100 Registration fee £50 Registration fee for students Details on the conference web site http://www.od2010.dico.unimi.it/

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SmartPlanet > Museum Of The Future: Mobile Augmented Reality
by gerrymck 03 Jun '10

03 Jun '10

Joe McKendrick / June 1 2010 Museums serve to document the growth of arts and sciences of our society, and in recent years, have been able to reach across the miles to new audiences, thanks to the proliferation of the Internet. A new report suggests that museums are also becoming part of the mobile revolution — yes, if you want to visit the Museum of London without flying all the way to Heathrow Airport, there’s an app for that. [snip] “The museum of London has launched an iPhone application which brings its extensive art and photographic collections alive in advance of the opening of spectacular new galleries next week. The free app, called “StreetMuseum,” takes users to various sites in London where, via their iPhone screen, historical images of the city appear. Over 200 sites have been selected where users can look through their iPhones and see the past emerge.” Now you may ask why someone would be inclined to squint at images on a mobile device, versus using a standard laptop or desktop computer. The advantage of a handheld museum is that users could access photos and details of historic buildings or locations while they are physically at the subject of their curiosity.[snip] What’s really neat is you can superimpose older images over a current shot of a streetscape or building — [snip]. The Museum of London is showing some great innovation in expanding its knowledge beyond the walls of the actual museum itself. As the report says, “Forward-thinking museums, libraries, archives, and universities will embrace placing interactive tools in the hands (literally) of everyone from history buffs to tourists walking through an unfamiliar city.” Links Available At [ http://tinyurl.com/26s2d23 ] BTW: Shakespeare Meets The iPad [ http://tinyurl.com/39lphb2 ] EnJOY ! /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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