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Web/CC Edition of *Good Faith Collaboration*
by Joseph Reagle 22 Sep '11

22 Sep '11

<http://reagle.org/joseph/blog/social/wikipedia/gfc-web-cc-announce> I'm pleased to announce that the Web/CC edition of *Good Faith Collaboration* is [now available]. In addition to all of the book's complete content, hypertextual goodness, and [fixed errata], there is a [new preface] discussing some of the particulars of this edition. [now available]: http://reagle.org/gfc [fixed errata]: http://reagle.org/joseph/2010/gfc/errata.html [new preface]: http://reagle.org/joseph/2010/gfc/preface-web.html

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CfP: 6TH INTERNATIONAL AAAI CONFERENCE ON WEBLOGS AND SOCIAL MEDIA
by Jan-Hinrik Schmidt 22 Sep '11

22 Sep '11

Dear colleagues, please find below and at http://www.icwsm.org/2012/index.php the Call for papers (and other contributions). Best, Jan ------ ICWSM-12 THE 6TH INTERNATIONAL AAAI CONFERENCE ON WEBLOGS AND SOCIAL MEDIA 4-8 JUNE 2012: TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN, IRELAND Call for Papers =============== Sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence Technical Paper Submission Site: Available November 1, 2011 Abstracts Due: January 13, 2012 Full Papers Due: January 18, 2012 (by midnight Pacific Time) The International AAAI Conference on Weblogs and Social Media (ICWSM) is a unique forum that brings together researchers from the disciplines of computer science, linguistics, communication, and the social sciences. The broad goal of ICWSM is to increase understanding of social media in all its incarnations. Submissions describing research that blends social science and computational approaches are especially encouraged. Though this conference is just in its sixth year, it has become one of the premier venues for social scientists and technologists to gather and discuss cutting-edge research in social media. This is largely due to a typical acceptance rate of 20% for full-length research papers published in our conference proceedings and support from the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI). For ICWSM-12, in addition to the usual program of contributed technical talks, posters and invited presentations, the main conference will include a selection of keynote talks from prominent social scientists and technologists. Building on the success of the first workshops program in 2011 and our regular tutorials day, ICWSM-12 will also hold a workshops and tutorials day just before the main conference. Disciplines ----------- * Computational linguistics/NLP * Text mining/data mining * Psychology * Sociology (including social network analysis) * Communication * Anthropology * Media studies * Visualization * Political science * Computational social science * HCI * Economics * Graph theory, concrete analysis and simulation of graphical models Media ----- * Weblogs, including comments * Social networking sites * Microblogs * Wikis (Wikipedia) * Forums, mailing lists, newsgroups * Community media sites (YouTube, Flickr) Topics Include -------------- * Psychological, personality-based and ethnographic studies of social media * Analyzing the relationship between social media and mainstream media * Qualitative and quantitative studies of social media * Centrality/influence of social media publications and authors * Ranking/relevance of blogs and microblogs; web page ranking based on blogs and microblogs * Social network analysis; communities identification; expertise and authority discovery; collaborative filtering * Trust; reputation; recommendation systems * Human computer interaction; social media tools; navigation and visualization * Subjectivity in textual data; sentiment analysis; polarity/opinion identification and extraction * Text categorization; topic recognition; demographic/gender/age identification * Trend identification and tracking; time series forecasting; measuring predictability of phenomena based on social media * New social media applications; interfaces; interaction techniques * Social innovation and effecting change through social media Keynotes -------- * Andrew Tomkins (Google+) * More to be announced Author Submission Account ------------------------- Authors must set up an account (or add ICWSM-12 to your list of conferences) at the ICWSM-12 web-based technical paper submission site, which will be available November 1, 2011. Please make a note of your password, as this will allow you to log on to submit an abstract and paper. In order to avoid a rush at the last minute, authors are encouraged to set up their account as soon as possible, and well in advance of the January 13, 2012 abstract deadline. Abstract and Paper Submission ----------------------------- Electronic abstract submission through the ICWSM-12 paper submission site is required on or preferably before January 13, 2012 at 11:59 PM PST. Full papers are due via the submission site no later than Monday, January 18, 2012 at midnight PST. We cannot accept submissions by e-mail or fax. Authors will receive confirmation of receipt of their abstracts and papers, including a paper number, shortly after submission. AAAI will contact authors again only if problems are encountered with papers. Content Guidelines ------------------ Submissions to other conferences or journals: ICWSM-12 will not accept any paper that, at the time of submission, is under review for or has already been published or accepted for publication in a journal or conference. This restriction does not apply to submissions for workshops and other venues with a limited audience. If in doubt please contact the PC Chairs. If duplicate submissions are identified during the review process then: * All submissions from that author will be disqualified from the current ICWSM conference; * And authors will not be permitted to submit papers to the ICWSM conference in the following year. _Format:_ Papers must be in trouble-free, high resolution PDF format, formatted for US Letter (8.5" x 11") paper, using Type 1 or TrueType fonts. Full papers must be no longer than 8 pages, including references, poster papers must be no longer than 4 pages, and demo descriptions must be no longer than 2 pages, and all must be submitted by the deadlines given above, and formatted in AAAI two-column, camera-ready style (see the author instructions page ). Please note that the formatting and submission instructions at the author site are for final, accepted papers; no additional pages can be purchased at the review stage. In addition, the copyright slug may be omitted in the initial submission phase and no copyright form is required until a paper is accepted for publication. _Anonymity:_ ICWSM-12 review is double-blind. Therefore, please anonymize your submission: do not put the author(s) names or affiliation(s) at the start of the paper, and do not include funding or other acknowledgments in papers submitted for review. Citations to authors’ own prior relevant work should be included, either by not specifying that this is the authors’ own work, or where this is not possible, by anonymizing the citation itself. It is up to the authors' discretion how much to further modify the body of the paper to preserve anonymity. The requirement for anonymity does not extend outside of the review process, e.g. the authors can decide how widely to distribute their papers over the Internet before the program committee meeting. Even in cases where the author’s identity is known to a reviewer, the double blind process will serve as a symbolic reminder of the importance of evaluating the submitted work on its own merits without regard to authors’ reputation. _Language:_ All submissions must be in English. Conference Registration ----------------------- All accepted papers and extended abstracts will be published in the conference proceedings. At least one author must register for the conference by the deadline for camera-ready copy submission. In addition, the registered author must attend the conference to present the paper in person. Publication ----------- All accepted papers and abstracts will be allocated eight (8) pages in the conference proceedings. Authors will be required to transfer copyright of their paper to AAAI. Datasets -------- This year, for the first time, we will be providing a service for hosting datasets pertaining to research presented at the conference. Authors of accepted papers will be encouraged to share the datasets on which their papers are based, while adhering to the terms and conditions of the data provider. Of these datasets, one will be selected for an award which will be based on the quality, scope, and timeliness of each dataset. More information will be available on our website. Conference Website ------------------ http://icwsm.org/ For general information regarding ICWSM-12, please write to icwsm12(a)aaai.org. Committee --------- General Chair: John Breslin, NUI Galway Programme Chairs: Nicole Ellison, Michigan State University James G. Shanahan, Church and Duncan Group Inc. Zeynep Tufekci, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Local Chairs: Derek Greene, University College Dublin Conor Hayes, Digital Enterprise Research Institute Sponsorship Chair: Meenakshi Nagarajan, IBM Data Chairs: Derek Ruths, McGill University Ian Soboroff, NIST Demos Chair: Alejandro Jaimes, Yahoo! Social Media / Publicity Chair: Max L. Wilson, Swansea University Tutorials Chair: Bernie Hogan, Oxford Internet Institute Workshops Chair: Sofus Macskassy, USC and Fetch Labs Regional Chairs: Americas: Raquel Recuero, Universidade Católica de Pelotas Asia Pacific: Hideaki Takeda, National Institute for Informatics Europe: Jan-Hinrik Schmidt, Hans-Bredow-Institut Middle East and Africa: Sihem Amer-Yahia, Qatar Computing Research Institute Webmaster: Ritesh Agrawal, AT&T Labs Research Venue ----- Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Student Awards -------------- We will be providing an increased number of student awards this year to help cover the cost of travel, subsistence, and registration to the ICWSM-12 conference. Details will be posted on the conference website. Important Dates --------------- Papers / Posters / Demos: Abstract Submission: January 13, 2012 Full Paper, Poster and Demo Submission: January 18, 2012 (by midnight Pacific Time) Notification of Acceptance: February 27, 2012 Camera Ready Due: March 12, 2012 ICWSM-12, Dublin: June 4-8, 2012 Tutorials: Tutorial Proposal Submission: January 9, 2012 Tutorial Acceptance: January 23, 2012 Workshops: Workshop Proposal Submission: December 14, 2011 Workshop Acceptance: January 6, 2012 Workshop Paper Submission: March 2, 2012 Workshop Paper Acceptance Notification: March 16, 2012 Workshop Paper Final Camera-Ready Copy Due: April 2, 2012 Kind regards, John ICWSM-12 General Chair John Breslin, NUI Galway -- ---- Dr. Jan-Hinrik Schmidt Wissenschaftlicher Referent für Digitale Interaktive Medien und Politische Kommunikation Hans-Bredow-Institut für Medienforschung Warburgstr. 8-10 D-20354 Hamburg Germany T: 040-450217-83 F: 040-450217-99 j.schmidt(a)hans-bredow-institut.de http://www.schmidtmitdete.de http://www.hans-bredow-institut.de

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Re: [Air-L] Air-L Digest, Vol 86, Issue 21
by Abbe Forman 22 Sep '11

22 Sep '11

re: Query re readings for course, "Gender, Information Technology, and Transnational Cultures" (McLaughlin, Lisa M. Dr.) Two good edited volumes on the topic: Women, Gender, and Technology...eds. Mary Frank Fox, Deborah G. Johnson, and Sue V. Rosser, 2006, University of Illinois Press Gender & Technology....eds. Nina E. Lerman, Ruth Oldenziel, Arwen P. Mohun, 2003,The Johns Hopkins University Press Good luck, sounds like a great class. Abbe E. Forman, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Temple University Associate Editor - International Journal of E-Politics<http://www.igi-global.com/bookstore/titledetails.aspx?TitleId=1147> Phone: 215-204-4207 <http://astro.temple.edu/%7Eafmusic> email: abbe.forman(a)gmail.com On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 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. Query re readings for course, "Gender, Information > Technology, and Transnational Cultures" (McLaughlin, Lisa M. Dr.) > 2. Re: Query re readings for course, "Gender, Information > Technology, and Transnational Cultures" (Rena Bivens) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 20:44:26 -0400 > From: "McLaughlin, Lisa M. Dr." <mclauglm(a)muohio.edu> > To: "air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org" <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: [Air-L] Query re readings for course, "Gender, Information > Technology, and Transnational Cultures" > Message-ID: <CA9EABAA.1A51A%mclauglm(a)muohio.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hello to all, > > I am in the process of searching for readings to assign in a > newly-developed/developing course that I will be teaching in Spring 2012 > semester. It's titled "Gender, Information Technology, and Transnational > Cultures" (long title, I know, but we couldn't figure out how to shorten > it). While I already have chosen several important readings for the course, > I'd like to take advantage of the expertise of members of this list in case > you have suggestions for other pertinent readings. Although there will be a > few readings on gender and IT in general, the focus really is on gender and > ICTs. After conducting a search, I don't think that it will be possible to > choose a primary text that is capable of capturing the breadth of this > course, but, if you have suggestions for one, I also would appreciate > hearing from you. > > [By the way, the course is cross-listed for junior and senior undergraduate > students and graduate students in Media Studies and Women's, Gender, and > Sexuality Studies.] > > Thanks and all the best, > > Lisa > > > -- > Lisa McLaughlin, Ph.D. > Associate Professor, Media, Journalism and Film Studies & Program in > Women?s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies > Editor, Feminist Media Studies > Miami University-Ohio > > Contact: > Mass Communication > Williams Hall > Miami University-Ohio > Oxford, Ohio 45056 > USA > Tele: 513-529-3547 > Fax: 513-529-1835 > Email: mclauglm(a)muohio.edu > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 21:28:38 -0400 > From: Rena Bivens <rena.bivens(a)gmail.com> > To: "McLaughlin, Lisa M. Dr." <mclauglm(a)muohio.edu> > Cc: "air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org" <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Query re readings for course, "Gender, > Information Technology, and Transnational Cultures" > Message-ID: > <CANcvQQ_t=mPQWeO3LC+XMMCa7wH8j2YdT-FgtdBKO1pdByWsPA(a)mail.gmail.com > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hi Lisa, > > I'm teaching a fourth year course right now called Gender and Social Media. > The theoretical framework draws largely from Wajman, Castells and Fuchs but > I have incorporated a large variety of readings based around > politics/social > justice, identity, gendered performances, privacy and surveillance, etc. If > you'd like more specifics, I can send them to you off-list. > > Best of luck with your course design, > Rena > > -- > > Adjunct Professor > > Pauline Jewett Institute of Women's and Gender Studies > > Dunton Tower, Room 1509 > > 1125 Colonel By Drive, Carleton University, Ottawa ON K1S 5B6 > > Office: (613) 520-2600 ext. 2904 > > Cell: (613) 618-4602 > > renabivens.com > > ca.linkedin.com/in/renabivens > > @renabivens > > > On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 8:44 PM, McLaughlin, Lisa M. Dr. < > mclauglm(a)muohio.edu> wrote: > > > Hello to all, > > > > I am in the process of searching for readings to assign in a > > newly-developed/developing course that I will be teaching in Spring 2012 > > semester. It's titled "Gender, Information Technology, and Transnational > > Cultures" (long title, I know, but we couldn't figure out how to shorten > > it). While I already have chosen several important readings for the > course, > > I'd like to take advantage of the expertise of members of this list in > case > > you have suggestions for other pertinent readings. Although there will be > a > > few readings on gender and IT in general, the focus really is on gender > and > > ICTs. After conducting a search, I don't think that it will be possible > to > > choose a primary text that is capable of capturing the breadth of this > > course, but, if you have suggestions for one, I also would appreciate > > hearing from you. > > > > [By the way, the course is cross-listed for junior and senior > undergraduate > > students and graduate students in Media Studies and Women's, Gender, and > > Sexuality Studies.] > > > > Thanks and all the best, > > > > Lisa > > > > > > -- > > Lisa McLaughlin, Ph.D. > > Associate Professor, Media, Journalism and Film Studies & Program in > > Women?s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies > > Editor, Feminist Media Studies > > Miami University-Ohio > > > > Contact: > > Mass Communication > > Williams Hall > > Miami University-Ohio > > Oxford, Ohio 45056 > > USA > > Tele: 513-529-3547 > > Fax: 513-529-1835 > > Email: mclauglm(a)muohio.edu > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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/ > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > 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 86, Issue 21 > ************************************* >

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[ MINA ] call for Mobile Films & [ MINA ] call for Papers - http://bit.ly/mina2011
by Max Schleser 22 Sep '11

22 Sep '11

Mobile Innovation Network Aotearoa [ MINA ] Call for Mobile Films: International Mobile Innovation Screening 2011 23rd – 26th November 2011 Film Archive, Wellington, New Zealand Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand The International Mobile Innovation Screening 2011 will showcase films produced on, for and with mobile devices by international filmmakers such as Dario Apostoli (Italy), Camille Baker (Canada/U.K.), Bebe Beard (U.S.A.),Felipe Cardona (Columbia), Louise Botkay Courcier (Brazil), Ayran Kaganof(South Africa), Adam Kossoff (U.K.), Anne Massoni (U.S.A.), Sylvie Prasad(U.K.) and Anders Weberg (Sweden) amongst others. In addition MINA will feature selected mobile film screenings from the Mobilefest (Brazil), Mobile Screenfest International (Australia) and Ohrenblick (Germany). The program is curated by the Mobile Innovation Network Aotearoa [MINA], which aims to explore the possibilities of interaction between people, content and the creative industries. Deadline for submission of Mobile Films: 30th September 2011 Please send proposals of approximately 250 words including the mobile film title, two still images, link to online preview (if available) and a brief biographical note to max(a)mina.pro Contact Max Schleser for further assistance regarding submission enquiries relating to mobile films [email: max(a)mina.pro | mobile: +64 [0] 22 692 0872].Work can be sent in digital format, via post or courier: Dr. Max Schleser, c/o MINA, Institute of Communication Design, Po Box 756, Wellington, New Zealand Call for Papers: [ MINA ] Symposium 26th November 2011 Film Archive, Wellington, NZ Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand As part of the International Mobile Innovation Screening, the [ MINA ] symposium will also take place on the 26th November 2011 in the Film Archive in Wellington. The symposium will provide a platform for filmmakers, artists, researchers, ‘pro-d-users’ and industry professionals to debate the prospect of wireless,mobile and ubiquitous technologies in art and design practice and the creative industries. [ MINA ] invites paper proposals relating to mobile technologies, mobile creativity and mobile filmmaking. Mobile aesthetics entered the mediascape from 2004 onwards and illustrate innovation in the creative application of wireless, mobile and ubiquitous technologies. Within the last decade mobile video technology developed from a low-res 3gp video format to HD video and simultaneously embraces the shift towards web 2.0/3.0. In 2006 mobile phones outnumbered the volume of film and digital cameras combined, whilst industry research forecasts a continuous development and innovation in the area of mobile technologies. Yet no industry standards for production and consumption of the emerging video format have been established. Concurrently a proliferation of creative mobile media practices surfaced within the field of documentary filmmaking,art and design practice. Paper proposals should be submitted by the 30th September 2011. Please send a proposal of approximately 250 words with a title and brief biographical note to max(a)mina.pro -- NEU: FreePhone - 0ct/min Handyspartarif mit Geld-zurück-Garantie! Jetzt informieren: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/freephone

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Positions in Comparative Media Studies at MIT
by Holly Kruse 22 Sep '11

22 Sep '11

Forwarded on request. Please do not contact me with about the positions. Holly ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: Jobs to post to your list From: "Jessica Tatlock" <jtatlock(a)MIT.EDU> Date: Tue, September 20, 2011 2:08 pm To: air-l-owner(a)listserv.aoir.org -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi - Would it be possible to send the attached job opportunities at MIT's Comparative Media Studies program to your mailing list? Thanks!! Jessica Tatlock Comparative Media Studies Massachusetts Institute of Technology E15-331 617/715.5277 jtatlock(a)mit.edu The Comparative Media Studies Program at MIT seeks to fill two positions— (1) Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Comparative Media Studies/Game Studies, MIT MIT's Program in Comparative Media Studies in the School of Humanities, Arts and Social Science is seeking a tenure-track assistant professor of game studies to start in the fall of 2012. Candidates should have a Ph.D. with a record of significant publication (or the promise thereof), research activity and/or design experience relevant to game studies. We seek a candidate who will connect the work of our GAMBIT and Education Arcade research labs to the classroom, and who can direct innovative and multidisciplinary research. Relevant areas of specialization include the history, theory, sociology, psychology and criticism of games and play, and expertise in one or more of the following areas: game design; game engineering; player, playing and assessment methodologies; user behaviors and game economics; data analytics; and visual, narrative, and audio design. Fluency in a broader array of humanities-based media studies and experience in game production will be considered a plus. Applicants should have teaching experience. Please submit a letter of application, C.V., three letters of recommendation, and work samples online by December 1, 2011 at: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/1032. Hard copies of works samples may be sent to Prof. William Uricchio, Director, Program in Comparative Media Studies, MIT, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, E15-313, Cambridge, MA 02139. MIT is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer. (2) Tenured Associate/Full Professor, MIT Comparative Media Studies MIT’s Program in Comparative Media Studies seeks applications for a tenured Professor beginning in September 2012. A PhD and an extensive record of publication, research activity and leadership are expected. We encourage applicants from a wide array of disciplinary backgrounds. The successful candidate will teach and guide research in one or more of the Program’s dimensions of comparativity (historical, methodological, cultural) across media forms. Expertise in the cultural and social implications of established media forms (film, television, radio, audio and visual cultures, or print) is as important as scholarship in one or more emerging areas such as games, social media, media literacies, digital arts and culture, internet research, network cultures, software studies, media industries, and transmedia storytelling. The position involves teaching graduate and undergraduate courses, developing and guiding collaborative research activities, and participating in the intellectual and creative leadership of the Program and the Institute. Candidates should demonstrate a record of effective teaching and thesis supervision, significant research/creative activity, relevant administrative experience, and international recognition. CMS offers SB and SM programs and maintains a full roster of research initiatives and outreach activities [see http://cms.mit.edu] The program embraces the notion of comparativity and collaboration, and works across MIT’s various schools, and between MIT and the larger media landscape. Applications consisting of a curriculum vita, a statement of teaching philosophy and experience, a statement of current and future research plans, selected major publications 3 letters of recommendation should be submitted online by November 1, 2011 at: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/1036. Hard copies of work samples may be sent to: Professor William Uricchio, Director, Comparative Media Studies, MIT, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, E15-313, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA. MIT is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer.

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Badges Competition: Call for Proposals
by Sheryl Grant 21 Sep '11

21 Sep '11

CFP: HASTAC/MacArthur Foundation Badges for Lifelong Learning Competition Competition Overview: Bringing together badge content and program providers, designers and technologists - The "Badges for Lifelong Learning" Competition will gather leading organizations, learning and assessment specialists, designers and technologists to create and test working badge systems in the wild. - Together, competition participants will contribute to a robust badge ecosystem, where traditional and 21st century skills and achievements are inspired, recognized, translated across contexts, and displayed and managed across the web. - The result for learners: new learning and knowledge, real-world outcomes like jobs, credit for new skills and achievements, and whole new ways to level up in their life and work. Collaborate with leaders in education, industry and government - Badges for Lifelong Learning competition collaborators<http://dmlcompetition.net/Competition/4/badges-collaborators.php>include leading organizations exploring the potential of badges for their own work and programs. - These include NASA, the U.S. Departments of Education, Labor, Energy, and Veterans Affairs, Intel, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the National Association of Manufacturers, Microsoft, and many others<http://dmlcompetition.net/Competition/4/badges-collaborators.php> . - These organizations will provide real-world examples, content, programs, activities, and other learning resources for the competition, actively collaborating alongside select participants. - This is a unique opportunity for badge designers and technologists to work with some of the world's most innovative organizations, collaborate with other competition participants, or focus directly on their own project. Who should participate? - Organizations and groups with "badge friendly" content, programs, or activities. - Individuals or teams interested in advancing new approaches to learning. - Learning and assessment innovators interested in new ways of inspiring and recognizing learning across contexts. - Designers interested in badges and sets of badges. - Developers and technologists with ideas around building systems or tools to support badges. How to participate There are two main ways to participate. Applicants can submit: 1. Badge Content and Programs<http://dmlcompetition.net/Competition/4/badges-stage-1.php>- proposals focused on learning content, programs, and activities that present an opportunity for badges and badge systems. These applicants will submit to Stage One (see below). 2. Badge Design and Tech<http://dmlcompetition.net/Competition/4/badges-stage-2.php>- proposals focused on badge or badge system design and the supporting technology that makes them work. These applicants will submit to Stage Two (see below). NOTE: Applicants can submit proposals in a single category, or in both. The competition has three stages: 1) Content and Programs<http://dmlcompetition.net/Competition/4/badges-stage-1.php>; 2) Design and Tech<http://dmlcompetition.net/Competition/4/badges-stage-2.php>; 3) Match-making and Finals<http://dmlcompetition.net/Competition/4/badges-stage-3.php>. (View the timeline.) <http://dmlcompetition.net/Competition/4/badges-timeline.php> Winners - Winning badge systems will be selected from those presented at the Finals in Stage Three by an expert panel of judges and announced at the end of January 2012. - Criteria will include: - overall technical and pedagogical quality; - effectiveness of the badges' assessment process; - aesthetic and design quality; - likelihood of acceptance and adoption by learners, institutions, employers, and the general public. - Winners will receive up to $200,000 for their projects - Awards ranging from $10,000 to $200,000 will be granted to the winning teams from Stage Three. These awards will be granted based on project feasibility and complexity, team member expertise, length of time required to complete the work, and level of institutional support. - Time to complete winning projects is one year. - Representatives from winning teams will attend the Winner's Meeting and Digital Media and Learning Symposium in San Francisco on February 29, 2012, followed by the Digital Media and Learning Conference<http://dml2012.dmlcentral.net/>on March 1-3, 2012and present their projects at a special forum. Winners must also budget travel expenses to participate in the 2013 Digital Media and Learning Conference. - Winning badge systems will launch and join the badge ecosystem in early 2013. Sheryl Grant Director, Social Networking HASTAC/MacArthur Foundation Digital Media & Learning Competition <http://www.dmlcompetition.net/> Duke University Box 90403 114. S. Buchanan Blvd., Bay 5 Durham, NC 27708-0403 <http://www.youtube.com/user/video4hastac#g/p>

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Bartle Test
by katie vizenor 20 Sep '11

20 Sep '11

Hi I am wondering if anyone has ever used the Bartle test? I see that the survey seems to be maintained at gamerdna. Is there a way to get a copy of this survey? I am interested in using it (or some modified version of it) to examine the make up of the disability community in Second Life. Has anyone ever used this to look at the difference between user content created worlds vs MMORPGs? How could I get a copy of the survey for use? Is this test even worthwhile? Thanks for any and all help. Katie Vizenor, MA, MLS Anthropology PhD Candidate, University at Buffalo Senior Researcher, American Foundation for the Blind

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Faculty position in Social Computing at UM School of Information
by Soo Young Rieh 19 Sep '11

19 Sep '11

Faculty Position in Social Computing Rank: Assistant Professor The University of Michigan's School of Information (SI) seeks a tenure-track assistant professor in the field of social computing. We define social computing as computing about social relations, computing in support of new forms of social interactions, and research focusing on the social relations enabled by computing. Its applications include: the analysis and design of online communities; social media and networking; user-contributed content; and new frontiers such as crowdsourcing, collective intelligence and new forms of virtual organizations. A successful candidate will be passionate about interdisciplinary work and could be trained in a social science (e.g., communication studies, economics, psychology or sociology), design sciences, computer science, or a natural science (as applied to social behavior). The crucial characteristic is that the candidate be focused on understanding patterns of human interactions using computational techniques, designing and evaluating technologies that enable new forms of interaction, or understanding the role of social media in society. SI faculty have been leaders in the development, application and analysis of many of the underlying techniques used in social computing technologies, including recommender and reputation systems, prediction markets, online communities, and systems for computer-supported cooperative work. For all SI positions, we favor candidates whose research interests complement our existing expertise in such areas as computer-supported cooperative work; digital archives and preservation; human-computer interaction; incentive-centered design and information economics; information seeking, sharing and use; Internet-scale data, network and text analysis; social computing and informatics. The mission of the School of Information is to create knowledge so people can use information and technology to build a better world, and to educate socially-engaged information professionals. A successful candidate will be committed to, and will directly contribute to our goal of being the best research and teaching institution in socially engaged information and computing. The School is home to a dynamic and vibrant research and teaching program, with 35 FTE faculty, over 50 doctoral students, and over 400 students in its professional program, the Master of Science in Information. The School is commencing a new master’s program, in Health Informatics, in fall 2012, offered jointly with the School of Public Health. In partnership with other units, we recently launched an undergraduate informatics major. Founded in 1817, the University of Michigan has a long and distinguished history as one of the first public universities in the nation. It is one of only two public institutions consistently ranked among the nation's top ten universities. The University has one of the largest health care complexes in the world and one of the best library systems in the United States. With more than $1 billion in research expenditures annually, the University has the second largest research expenditure among all universities in the nation. The University has an annual general fund budget of more than $1.4 billion and an endowment valued at more than $7.57 billion. Qualifications: * Ph.D. in a relevant area, such as psychology, economics, sociology, computer science, informatics, or other areas in the social or technical sciences * Demonstrated potential for successful teaching at the undergraduate and graduate level * Demonstrated potential for high scholarly impact * A strong commitment to teaching, interdisciplinary research, and cultural diversity Review of applications will begin November 1 and continue until the position is filled. For more information or to apply, please visit http://www.si.umich.edu/aboutsi/social-computing The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action educator and employer. ---------------------------------------------------------Soo Young Rieh Associate Professor University of Michigan School of Information http://rieh.people.si.umich.edu/

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HASTAC Scholar applications due - extensions granted
by Fiona Barnett 19 Sep '11

19 Sep '11

Sorry - my links were stripped out of the last email! ----------------------- Hi everyone, Don't forget - nominations for HASTAC Scholars are due *TODAY* - Monday, September 19. *I have received many emails asking for extensions. I'm happy to grant them for a few days if you contact me today!* The HASTAC Scholars program is comprised of ~200 graduate and undergraduate students who are engaged with innovative projects and research at the intersection of digital media & learning, 21st century education, the digital humanities, and technology in the arts, humanities and sciences. We blog, host forums, organize events and discuss new ideas, projects, experiments, and technologies that reconceive teaching, learning, research, writing and structuring knowledge. For more information and to see our discussion forums, please see the HASTAC Scholars website. Recent forums: - FEEL THE NOISE: Sound, Music and Technology http://hastac.org/forums/hastac-scholars-discussions/feel-noise - Openness in Academia http://hastac.org/forums/hastac-scholars-discussions/openness-academia - Race, Ethnicity and Diaspora in the Digital Age http://hastac.org/forums/hastac-scholars-discussions/race-ethnicity-and-dia… - Critical Code Studies and the companion forum with actual code critiques http://hastac.org/forums/hastac-scholars-discussions/critical-code-studies - Blogs and Beyond: Teaching with Technology and Curiosity http://hastac.org/forums/hastac-scholars-discussions/teaching-technologies - Grading 2.0: Evaluation in the Digital Age http://hastac.org/forums/hastac-scholars-discussions/grading-20-evaluation-… - Queer and Feminist New Media Spaces http://hastac.org/forums/hastac-scholars-discussions/queer-feminist-new-med… HASTAC Scholars are interested in questions such as: - What kinds of projects and ideas are included in the Digital Humanities, New Media Arts, or Science & Technology Studies? What do these kinds of projects make possible and how do they reimagine notions about culture, knowledge, aesthetics, science, the body or communication? - What might our research, technology design, and thinking look like if we took seriously the momentous opportunities and challenges for learning posed by our digital era? - How do we use technologies in our teaching & learning endeavors, not just to replace traditional media and assignments, but to fundamentally address different student approaches, needs, and possibilities afforded by new ways of thinking? - How do we work across and transform our different disciplines and fields? We have Scholars working in a huge array of projects: race and technology, equal access, architecture of digital spaces, digital historiography, queer and feminist theory, science studies, critical coding, education, nonprofit and government projects, biotechnology & medicine, media studies & more! As a Scholar you can participate in various ways: - Blog about your own work and research projects, questions, ideas - Host and comment in the energetic discussion forums - Report on activities at your local institution and department - Share insights from conferences and performances - Blog, tweet, podcast, or participate on the wiki - Network with other students, professors, artists, scholars and researchers, both online and in local meet-ups - Conduct interviews, book reviews, project reviews, etc. - Lots of new opportunities to connect using our new website - to be launched this summer! - Your idea here we are collaborative and rely on your ideas and feedback! Not sure why you should apply? Not sure if it's worth your time? Do you already blog, but want a larger community? Are you trying to figure out how to move forward with your dissertation, master's thesis or teaching? Are you new to your Ph.D. program, and not sure how you'll fit into a more traditional department? Some Stats on the HASTAC Scholars: - last year there were over 200 Scholars, from over 75 universities and 5 countries, including the US, Canada, Spain, Korea, England, Australia and New Zealand. - this will be the 4th annual HASTAC Scholars cohort - In the last two years, our forums have generated well over 1000 comments -- many of which are mini-essays! - not to mention hundreds of blog entries, comments and further conversations - 350,000 visitors to the ten HASTAC Scholars Forums since September of 2009 Results of the Scholars program. Many Scholars have reported good news such as: - generating conference panels from their participation in blogs and forums - being invited to speak at other workshops, conferences and classes - class readings generated from the forums and blogs - forums and conversations used to justify preliminary exam fields and the scope of a dissertation - being invited to collaborate with digital humanities projects, civic advocacy groups, public policy advisories, university technology consulting - involvement with Scholars was frequently identified as the tipping point in the job search - success on the #alt-ac job market (i.e. jobs at university centers, non-profits, museums, and other jobs outside of the tenure-track market) - benefited from creating a community beyond traditional departments - many Scholars have expressed excitement at finding other students like them! - useful practice of working through conference paper drafts as blogs - beneficial practice explaining their own research and interests to a wider audience - keeping up with interesting news, policies, academic trends, technology applications for both teaching & research - meeting other like-minded folks on their own campuses, and meeting good contacts on campus & in their local city This year is going to be amazing - with our new website, and lots of new & old Scholars, we're going to hit the ground running and have lots of smaller groups for specific topics. This program is ENTIRELY student-run and participant-driven, which means that if you have an idea, and we can make it happen, we will! The program's energy is entirely built around current HASTAC Scholar interests. What do you want this group to be? What do you want us to cover? Join us and make it happen! FIND THE HASTAC SCHOLARS APPLICATION HERE! http://hastac.org/news/apply-2011-2012-hastac-scholars-program Requirements for Nominators: Any faculty or staff member at a post-secondary institution may nominate an undergraduate or graduate student to be a HASTAC Scholar. Making such a nomination puts you in the official category of "mentor" and the Mentor will be responsible for the following: - Registering yourself as a user on this website - Agreeing to subsidize each HASTAC Scholar nominee with a $300 fellowship paid by the Mentor's institution. The payment process is entirely decentralized; the Mentor and the Scholar need to work out their own process. For participants outside the US, this $300 fellowship can be waived if necessary -- please email fiona.barnett(a)duke.edu for more information. - Check in with your HASTAC Scholar(s) throughout the year, suggest material/events to blog about or post on the HASTAC website, and help to promote your HASTAC Scholar within your institution. - We hope you will joins us too - you're invited to blog, comment in the forums, or participate in any other HASTAC activity. Requirements for HASTAC Scholars: - The HASTAC Scholar will fill out the application form - take note of all the required information before submitting - Blog before October 1, introducing yourself and your projects, interests & ideas! - Report on at least ONE local relevant event any conference, talk, art project, symposium, experiment or collaboration during the year - Introduce at least one other technology project to the greater HASTAC community this could be a new technology, a new coding language, a new use of technology in the non-profit sector, a new game for learning, an interesting new book, etc. Share your research or personal interests, and help other Scholars learn about a new idea or implementation! - Contribute to HASTAC Scholar Discussion Forums, either by hosting or commenting. These very lively discussions are part of the backbone of the HASTAC Scholars program. You will be invited to propose topics for forums and to help facilitate forums, and everyone is invited to join in the discussion. For previous forum examples, see the HASTAC Scholars site: www.hastac.org/scholars - Build community and conversation by commenting, tweeting, covering conferences, and helping organize local meet-ups. - Sharing relevant job info, fellowship opportunities, conference CFPs, and publishing opportunities. This community is only as strong as we make it! FAQs Q: Are previous Scholars eligible again? A: Yes! Previous Scholars ARE eligible to be re-nominated through this form. On the application form, the Scholar must mention their previous HASTAC involvement and how they have participated in previous years. Q: Does HASTAC administer the fellowships? Does HASTAC supply fellowships to the program? A: All fellowships are decentralized and provided by the Mentor, the department, or local institution. HASTAC does not process or arrange the payments; all financials are organized between the Scholar and Mentor. Q: I'm not from the US - can I still be nominated? How do fellowships work? A: Absolutely! We have Scholars from many countries, including Canada, UK, New Zealand, Germany & Spain and we welcome you! Were happy to discuss the fellowship process for international students please contact me at the email below. Q: I'm not a student - can I be a HASTAC Scholar? A: We are generally keeping the program limited to current students. However, if you have recently graduated and would like to be nominated, drop me a line and give me the details. Remember you can absolutely participate on the HASTAC website even if youre not an official Scholar! Q: My school isn't listed as a member organization, or none of my professors have been involved with HASTAC before. Can I still join? A: Absolutely! Some of our mentors and Scholars have been involved with HASTAC before, but many many folks are joining the community or nominating a Scholar for the first time. By nominating a Scholar, your instituiton will be linked as a HASTAC organization and you will both become members! Q: Can HASTAC find a Mentor or Nominator for me? I don't know anyone involved with HASTAC. A: So far everyone who has really tried to find a mentor at their institution has succeeded -- I'm sure we can find one for you too! Write to your department chair, dean of the graduate school, or other related programs that deal with technology, culture, learning, or new media. If you need some help with wording, drop me a note and we can draft an email for you to use. We really want you to join if you're motivated and we're happy to help find the support you need! Q: Can a Mentor nominate more than one Scholar? A: Yes! The only requirement is that the Mentor must still fund the $300 to each Scholar. We'd like to keep each Mentor to 4-5 Scholars, but email me if you'd like to nominate more than this. Nomination process Applications require the following information for both Scholar and Mentor: - Name - Title/Year (ex. Associate Professor/4th Year Graduate Student/Senior) - Program/Department - Institution - Preferred E-mail Address - Mailing Address - Telephone Number - Link to HASTAC User profiles - Scholar only - brief bio paragraph (no more than 250 words) that mentions research projects and interests (including dissertation if applicable) and their HASTAC-related interests and work. All nominations due on September 19, 2011 but please contact me if you need an extension. Please email me with any questions! Fiona Barnett Director, HASTAC Scholars http://www.hastac.org/scholars Ph.D. candidate Literature Program and Women's Studies Duke University fiona.barnett(a)duke.edu @HASTACScholars _______________________________________________ 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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HASTAC Scholars nominations - extensions granted!
by Fiona Barnett 19 Sep '11

19 Sep '11

Hi everyone, Don't forget - nominations for HASTAC Scholars are due *TODAY* - Monday, September 19. *I have received many emails asking for extensions. I'm happy to grant them for a few days if you contact me today!* The HASTAC Scholars program is comprised of ~200 graduate and undergraduate students who are engaged with innovative projects and research at the intersection of digital media & learning, 21st century education, the digital humanities, and technology in the arts, humanities and sciences. We blog, host forums, organize events and discuss new ideas, projects, experiments, and technologies that reconceive teaching, learning, research, writing and structuring knowledge. For more information and to see our discussion forums, please see the HASTAC Scholars website. Recent forums: - FEEL THE NOISE: Sound, Music and Technology - Openness in Academia - Race, Ethnicity and Diaspora in the Digital Age - Critical Code Studies and the companion forum with actual code critiques - Blogs and Beyond: Teaching with Technology and Curiosity - Grading 2.0: Evaluation in the Digital Age - Queer and Feminist New Media Spaces HASTAC Scholars are interested in questions such as: - What kinds of projects and ideas are included in the Digital Humanities, New Media Arts, or Science & Technology Studies? What do these kinds of projects make possible and how do they reimagine notions about culture, knowledge, aesthetics, science, the body or communication? - What might our research, technology design, and thinking look like if we took seriously the momentous opportunities and challenges for learning posed by our digital era? - How do we use technologies in our teaching & learning endeavors, not just to replace traditional media and assignments, but to fundamentally address different student approaches, needs, and possibilities afforded by new ways of thinking? - How do we work across and transform our different disciplines and fields? We have Scholars working in a huge array of projects: race and technology, equal access, architecture of digital spaces, digital historiography, queer and feminist theory, science studies, critical coding, education, nonprofit and government projects, biotechnology & medicine, media studies & more! As a Scholar you can participate in various ways: - Blog about your own work and research projects, questions, ideas - Host and comment in the energetic discussion forums - Report on activities at your local institution and department - Share insights from conferences and performances - Blog, tweet, podcast, or participate on the wiki - Network with other students, professors, artists, scholars and researchers, both online and in local meet-ups - Conduct interviews, book reviews, project reviews, etc. - Lots of new opportunities to connect using our new website - to be launched this summer! - Your idea here we are collaborative and rely on your ideas and feedback! Not sure why you should apply? Not sure if it's worth your time? Do you already blog, but want a larger community? Are you trying to figure out how to move forward with your dissertation, master's thesis or teaching? Are you new to your Ph.D. program, and not sure how you'll fit into a more traditional department? Some Stats on the HASTAC Scholars: - last year there were over 200 Scholars, from over 75 universities and 5 countries, including the US, Canada, Spain, Korea, England, Australia and New Zealand. - this will be the 4th annual HASTAC Scholars cohort - In the last two years, our forums have generated well over 1000 comments -- many of which are mini-essays! - not to mention hundreds of blog entries, comments and further conversations - 350,000 visitors to the ten HASTAC Scholars Forums since September of 2009 Results of the Scholars program. Many Scholars have reported good news such as: - generating conference panels from their participation in blogs and forums - being invited to speak at other workshops, conferences and classes - class readings generated from the forums and blogs - forums and conversations used to justify preliminary exam fields and the scope of a dissertation - being invited to collaborate with digital humanities projects, civic advocacy groups, public policy advisories, university technology consulting - involvement with Scholars was frequently identified as the tipping point in the job search - success on the #alt-ac job market (i.e. jobs at university centers, non-profits, museums, and other jobs outside of the tenure-track market) - benefited from creating a community beyond traditional departments - many Scholars have expressed excitement at finding other students like them! - useful practice of working through conference paper drafts as blogs - beneficial practice explaining their own research and interests to a wider audience - keeping up with interesting news, policies, academic trends, technology applications for both teaching & research - meeting other like-minded folks on their own campuses, and meeting good contacts on campus & in their local city This year is going to be amazing - with our new website, and lots of new & old Scholars, we're going to hit the ground running and have lots of smaller groups for specific topics. This program is ENTIRELY student-run and participant-driven, which means that if you have an idea, and we can make it happen, we will! The program's energy is entirely built around current HASTAC Scholar interests. What do you want this group to be? What do you want us to cover? Join us and make it happen! FIND THE HASTAC SCHOLARS APPLICATION HERE! Requirements for Nominators: Any faculty or staff member at a post-secondary institution may nominate an undergraduate or graduate student to be a HASTAC Scholar. Making such a nomination puts you in the official category of "mentor" and the Mentor will be responsible for the following: - Registering yourself as a user on this website - Agreeing to subsidize each HASTAC Scholar nominee with a $300 fellowship paid by the Mentor's institution. The payment process is entirely decentralized; the Mentor and the Scholar need to work out their own process. For participants outside the US, this $300 fellowship can be waived if necessary -- please email fiona.barnett(a)duke.edu for more information. - Check in with your HASTAC Scholar(s) throughout the year, suggest material/events to blog about or post on the HASTAC website, and help to promote your HASTAC Scholar within your institution. - We hope you will joins us too - you're invited to blog, comment in the forums, or participate in any other HASTAC activity. Requirements for HASTAC Scholars: - The HASTAC Scholar will fill out the application form - take note of all the required information before submitting - Blog before October 1, introducing yourself and your projects, interests & ideas! - Report on at least ONE local relevant event any conference, talk, art project, symposium, experiment or collaboration during the year - Introduce at least one other technology project to the greater HASTAC community this could be a new technology, a new coding language, a new use of technology in the non-profit sector, a new game for learning, an interesting new book, etc. Share your research or personal interests, and help other Scholars learn about a new idea or implementation! - Contribute to HASTAC Scholar Discussion Forums, either by hosting or commenting. These very lively discussions are part of the backbone of the HASTAC Scholars program. You will be invited to propose topics for forums and to help facilitate forums, and everyone is invited to join in the discussion. For previous forum examples, see the HASTAC Scholars site: www.hastac.org/scholars - Build community and conversation by commenting, tweeting, covering conferences, and helping organize local meet-ups. - Sharing relevant job info, fellowship opportunities, conference CFPs, and publishing opportunities. This community is only as strong as we make it! FAQs Q: Are previous Scholars eligible again? A: Yes! Previous Scholars ARE eligible to be re-nominated through this form. On the application form, the Scholar must mention their previous HASTAC involvement and how they have participated in previous years. Q: Does HASTAC administer the fellowships? Does HASTAC supply fellowships to the program? A: All fellowships are decentralized and provided by the Mentor, the department, or local institution. HASTAC does not process or arrange the payments; all financials are organized between the Scholar and Mentor. Q: I'm not from the US - can I still be nominated? How do fellowships work? A: Absolutely! We have Scholars from many countries, including Canada, UK, New Zealand, Germany & Spain and we welcome you! Were happy to discuss the fellowship process for international students please contact me at the email below. Q: I'm not a student - can I be a HASTAC Scholar? A: We are generally keeping the program limited to current students. However, if you have recently graduated and would like to be nominated, drop me a line and give me the details. Remember you can absolutely participate on the HASTAC website even if youre not an official Scholar! Q: My school isn't listed as a member organization, or none of my professors have been involved with HASTAC before. Can I still join? A: Absolutely! Some of our mentors and Scholars have been involved with HASTAC before, but many many folks are joining the community or nominating a Scholar for the first time. By nominating a Scholar, your instituiton will be linked as a HASTAC organization and you will both become members! Q: Can HASTAC find a Mentor or Nominator for me? I don't know anyone involved with HASTAC. A: So far everyone who has really tried to find a mentor at their institution has succeeded -- I'm sure we can find one for you too! Write to your department chair, dean of the graduate school, or other related programs that deal with technology, culture, learning, or new media. If you need some help with wording, drop me a note and we can draft an email for you to use. We really want you to join if you're motivated and we're happy to help find the support you need! Q: Can a Mentor nominate more than one Scholar? A: Yes! The only requirement is that the Mentor must still fund the $300 to each Scholar. We'd like to keep each Mentor to 4-5 Scholars, but email me if you'd like to nominate more than this. Nomination process Applications require the following information for both Scholar and Mentor: - Name - Title/Year (ex. Associate Professor/4th Year Graduate Student/Senior) - Program/Department - Institution - Preferred E-mail Address - Mailing Address - Telephone Number - Link to HASTAC User profiles - Scholar only - brief bio paragraph (no more than 250 words) that mentions research projects and interests (including dissertation if applicable) and their HASTAC-related interests and work. All nominations due on September 19, 2011 but please contact me if you need an extension. Please email me with any questions! Fiona Barnett Director, HASTAC Scholars http://www.hastac.org/scholars Ph.D. candidate Literature Program and Women's Studies Duke University fiona.barnett(a)duke.edu @HASTACScholars

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