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l'Enquête canadienne sur l'utilisation d'Internet de 2009/Canadian Internet Use Survey 2009
by Peter Timusk 02 Aug '10

02 Aug '10

In English http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/100705/dq100705c-eng.htm Custom tabulations for the Canadian Internet Use Survey are now available for 2009. In French http://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/100705/dq100705c-fra.htm Il est maintenant possible d'obtenir des totalisations personnalisées sur l'Enquête canadienne sur l'utilisation d'Internet de 2009.

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Plagiarism Lines Blur for Students in Digital Age
by Gerry McKiernan 02 Aug '10

02 Aug '10

[snip] TRIP GABRIEL / August 1, 2010 / NYTimes [snip] Professors used to deal with plagiarism by admonishing students to give credit to others and to follow the style guide for citations, and pretty much left it at that. But these cases — typical ones, according to writing tutors and officials responsible for discipline at the three schools who described the plagiarism — suggest that many students simply do not grasp that using words they did not write is a serious misdeed It is a disconnect that is growing in the Internet age as concepts of intellectual property, copyright and originality are under assault in the unbridled exchange of online information, say educators who study plagiarism. Digital technology makes copying and pasting easy, of course. But that is the least of it. The Internet may also be redefining how students — who came of age with music file-sharing, Wikipedia and Web-linking — understand the concept of authorship and the singularity of any text or image. [snip] Ms. Brookover, who works at the campus library, has pondered the differences between researching in the stacks and online. “Because you’re not walking into a library, you’re not physically holding the article, which takes you closer to ‘this doesn’t belong to me,’ ” she said. Online, “everything can belong to you really easily.” In an interview, ... [Susan D. Blum University of Notre Dame anthropologist ... and author of "Word!: Plagiarism and College Culture" [Cornell Universiy Press, 2009], said the idea of an author whose singular effort creates an original work is rooted in Enlightenment ideas of the individual. It is buttressed by the Western concept of intellectual property rights as secured by copyright law. But both traditions are being challenged. [snip] In an interview, she said the idea of an author whose singular effort creates an original work is rooted in Enlightenment ideas of the individual. It is buttressed by the Western concept of intellectual property rights as secured by copyright law. But both traditions are being challenged. [more] A few years ago I gave a keynote at the 3rd International Plagiarism Conference / 23 - 25 June 2008 / City Campus East, Northumbria University / Newcastle-upon-tyne, UK / "Disruptive Scholarship: An Idea Whose Time Has Come: (Re)Use / (Re)Mix / (Re)New" Abstract Hadrian's Wall is a stone and turf fortification built by the Roman Empire across the width of modern-day England. ... [It was] 117 kilometres long, ... [I]ts width and height [were] dependent on the construction materials [that] ... were available nearby. ... [T]he wall in the east follow[ed] the outcrop of a hard, resistant igneous diabase rock escarpment ... Local limestone was used in the construction, except for ... section[s] in the west ... where turf was used instead ... . The Broad Wall was initially built with a clay-bonded rubble core and mortared dressed rubble facing stones, but this seems to have made it vulnerable to collapse, and repair with a mortared core was sometimes necessary.... [I]n time ... [Hadrian's] Wall was abandoned and fell into ruin. Over the centuries and even into the twentieth century a large proportion of the stone was reused in other local buildings. Throughout history, humans have (re)used local resources to create not only buildings and fortifications, but monuments, roads, and a wide variety of other structures. For countless generations, artists, composers, and writers have freely incorporated elements from local and distant cultures to create new visual, musical, and textual forms. In The Web 2.0 World, the open (re)combination of multiple media has become commonplace in many venues, practices that Lawrence Lessig [snip], founder of Creative Commons [snip]and others, would characterize as emblematic of a 'Remix ' or 'Read/Write' culture. Indeed, from his point of view, “the health, progress, and wealth creation of a culture is fundamentally tied to this participatory remix process” [snip] In the recently-released Horizon Report 2008 - a joint publication of the New Media Consortium (NMC) and the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI), six emerging information technologies and practices that are expected to significantly impact educational organizations are profiled: Grassroots Video, Collaborative Webs, Mobile Broadband, Data Mashups, Collaborative Intelligence, and Social Operating Systems. In this presentation, we will review the Read/Write Traditions of the Arts, Humanities, and Sciences; analyze key Past / Present / Future Participatory Technologies; and explore the potential of Web 2.0 for creating/fostering Disruptive Learning / Scholarship / Teaching in the 21st century. Links To NYTimes Article And The Director's Cut of the (150+ Slides) PPT is available from my _Scholarship 2.0_ blog at [ http://bit.ly/bEYvK7 ] I hope The Title and Abstract indicate that That I Have A Different View Of The P-Word [:-) Regards, /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 Follow Me On Twitter > http://twitter.com/GMcKBlogs " !!! Our Minds Must Not Be Confined Nor Defined By Our Place Or Time Or Technology !!! " [ http://bit.ly/cQWU8U ]

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NIST RFC: Cybersecurity, Innovation and the Internet Economy
by Richard Forno 02 Aug '10

02 Aug '10

Of possible interest to AIR'ers. -rick Source: http://cryptome.org/0002/nist072810.htm 28 July 2010 [Federal Register: July 28, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 144)] [Notices] [Page 44216-44223] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr28jy10-39] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Office of the Secretary National Institute of Standards and Technology International Trade Administration National Telecommunications and Information Administration [Docket No.: 100721305-0305-01] Cybersecurity, Innovation and the Internet Economy AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce; National Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce; International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce; and National Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce. ACTION: Notice of inquiry. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce's Internet Policy Task Force is conducting a comprehensive review of the nexus between cybersecurity challenges in the commercial sector and innovation in the Internet economy. The Department seeks comments from all stakeholders, including the commercial, academic and civil society sectors, on measures to improve cybersecurity while sustaining innovation. Preserving innovation, as well as private sector and consumer confidence in the security of the Internet economy, are important for promoting economic prosperity and social well-being overall. In particular, the Department seeks to develop an up-to-date understanding of the current public policy and operational challenges affecting cybersecurity, as those challenges may shape the future direction of the Internet and its commercial use, both domestically and globally. After analyzing comments on this Notice, the Department intends to issue a report that will contribute to the Administration's domestic and international policies and activities in advancing both cybersecurity and the Internet economy. DATES: Comments are due on or before September 13, 2010. ADDRESSES: Written comments may be submitted by mail to Diane Honeycutt, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 8930, Gaithersburg, MD 20899. Submissions may be in any of the following formats: HTML, ASCII, Word, rtf, or pdf. Online submissions in electronic form may be sent to cybertaskforce(a)doc.gov . Paper submissions should include a three and one-half inch computer diskette or compact disc (CD). Diskettes or CDs should be labeled with the name and organizational affiliation of the filer and the name of the word processing program used to create the document. Comments will be posted at http://www.ntia.doc.gov/internetpolicytaskforce and http:/ /csrc.nist.gov . FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions about this Notice contact: Jon Boyens, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room 2806, Washington, DC 20230, telephone (202) 482-0573, e-mail Jon.Boyens(a)trade.gov ; or Alfred Lee, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW., Room 4725, Washington, DC 20230, telephone (202) 482-1880, e-mail Alee(a)ntia.doc.gov . Please direct media inquires to the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Office of Public and Business Affairs at (301) 975-6478.

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40-minute interview on Wisconsin Public Radio about Twitter, New New Media, and Iran
by Paul Levinson 02 Aug '10

02 Aug '10

The interview was conducted at 7am this morning. You can listen to it anytime at http://clipcast.wpr.org:8080/ramgen/wpr/jca/jca090624b.rm PL

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Registration and Paypal Currency Conversion
by Ted Coopman 01 Aug '10

01 Aug '10

All, For those of you registering for AoIR 11.0 (and who isn't?) you need to be careful of the currency conversion rate offered by Paypal. You have the choice of using Paypal's or whatever your bank is charging. I looked twice at it since the total in USD was quite a bit higher than I had calculated. Many banks charge 1% (mine did) which was way less than Paypal. Paypal was offering 1 USD = 7.02 SEK while a 1% charge rate via my bank was 7.30 SEK. There is a link that allows you to select other conversion rates when it converts to your home currency. Click on it and you get to choose between the two. I do not convert a not of currency, so I could be confused (okay, more confused than normal). I did find some discussion on Paypals high rates for converting currency. I suggest you calculate your own and then make an informed choice. -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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