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Re: [Air-L] ipad, laptop, desktop
by Charles Ess 22 Jan '12

22 Jan '12

Two last comments - 1) Let me thank Annette for her reference to the essay by Daniel Chandler on the Phenomenology of Writing - I've now (finally) read it, and think it's terrific in many ways. Chandler's careful account of the different kinds of writers and writing techniques (from Hemingway's preference for pencil to the fluidity of composing with wordprocessors) provides a comprehensive spectrum and taxonomy for thinking about the many sorts of writings we can do, how these are shaped in part by personal style and perhaps gender, etc. - leading to a rich pluralism of possibilities for us to choose from, rather than the otherwise tempting move of asserting one modality as better than another per se (especially if it is somehow connected to more recent technologies and devices - technological determinism just doesn't want to go away, eh?) In particular, Chandler's account of how many different ways handwriting can be undertaken - and for many different ends - reminds me of a passage Naomi Baron quotes in the earlier mentioned volume: Reading is fast, but handwriting is slow it retards thought¹s due process, it consumes scupperfuls of time, it pushes every competing utterance away and that is its great virtue, in fact, over mere underlining, and even over an efficient laptop retyping of the passage: for in those secret interclausal tracts of cleared thought-space new quiet racemes will emerge from among the paving stones and foam greenly up in places they never otherwise would have prospered. -- Nicholson Baker, who ³copies out passages longhand when he wants to understand or reflect upon the words of others² (Baron 2008, 197) (Typed out for your reading and perhaps reflective pleasure on my nifty full-sized computer keyboard ...) Secondly, as regards tactility - enthusiasm for the importance of a specific feel is not restricted to pre-electric/ electronic writing tools. Consider the passion for the importance of the tactile dimension expressed by the fans of the IBM Model M Keyboards ("the best keyboard ever," as a google search will tell you). FWIW, this seems similar to the passion certain calculator enthusiasts show for the HP "voyager" series calculators (11-15) - i.e., because of the distinctive feel of the keys that, apparently, has never been duplicated, even by HP in later models, despite fervent pleas from fans. All of this is certainly, at least in part, a generational thing - but I suspect that in part it is also tied up with our being embodied beings who know and navigate the world in both overt and tacit ways (proprioceptively, as the neuroscientists tell us), such that the tactile dimensions of a given tool or technology make some difference in any event. Insofar as any of this is true, then it may be relevant for Internet research in ways that go beyond our simply sharing experiences and recommendations about good gear. In any event, in my mind the point is not, at the end of the day, to say one interface / modality is better than another. It is rather to recognize the wide range of possibilities that are available, and to make informed choices as to which we learn and take up in light of specific goals, personality styles, etc. And that's all I have to say about that ... Peace, - c. On 1/16/12 8:46 AM, "Tilton, Shane" <tiltons(a)ohio.edu> wrote: > A simple response.... > > http://www.shanetilton.com/2012/01/15/writing-from-the-ipad/ > > Sent from my iPhone >

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conference, technology, internet, and aging, The netherlands
by gene loeb 21 Jan '12

21 Jan '12

Here is a conference than many of this list will be interested in. Thanks, Gene Loeb, Ph.D. Member of the scientific committee. Dear colleague, Only 10 days are left to submit your contribution to ISG*ISARC2012 World Conference with the newest developments in Gerontechnology, and Automation and Robotics in Construction, including business models and marketing. Go to www.isg-isarc2012.org and submit your abstract (if you have not done this already). With your free reader-account you have also access to those contributions that have already been accepted after successful peer-review: http://www.futuresiteconferences.nl/index.php/isg-isarc/ISGISARC2012/schedC… June 26, 2012 – June 29, 2012 May we invite you to the biennial *World Conference* on technologies and technology use to serve the aging society* (Gerontechnology)*, in combination with the yearly ISARC conference dedicated to *Robotics* and * Automation* in *Construction*? ISG*ISARC2012 consists of *13 keynotes*, *25 symposia*, a maximum of both 36 *leading-edge technology events*, and 36 *chaired oral sessions*. In addition the *GeronTechnoPlatform* will have continuous video presentations and real-time virtual site visits. Under the theme “*Who is afraid of aging?*” issues pertaining to the aging society are addressed, such as quality of life with leisure and pleasure, home care, life-long working, retrofitting existing buildings and infrastructures, and the associated new technologies, such as ICT, automation, robotics and governance in the construction industry. We start from the *rights and needs of the aging person* living and working in built environments. The event takes place in Eindhoven (The Netherlands) under the umbrella of the European Year for Active Aging 2012 .

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KM & Soc Media: reminder
by Robert Mason 21 Jan '12

21 Jan '12

Reminder: papers due March 15, 2012 Special issue of the Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce: Knowledge Management and Social Media: the Challenges (see call for papers at http://rmmason.net/special-issue-of-jocec/ ) Contact me or Dianne if you have questions.

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Invitation to Participate: Extended Deadline
by Yancey, Kathleen 21 Jan '12

21 Jan '12

Apologies for cross-postings, but please do circulate widely . . . Colleagues and friends~~ We are *still* pleased to issue a call to participate in the 7th cohort of the Inter/National Coaltion for Electronic Portfolio Research <ncepr.org>, an international group focusing on the learning fostered by electronic portfolios and documentation of same. You can find the application here: http://bit.ly/cohort7app. This particular cohort will focus on developing criteria congruent with digital texts, social networking practices, and eportfolios themselves. We believe this work will help us develop assessments responding to the affordances of eportfolios, and we believe it may be helpful to institutions working on various forms of accreditation. ***Because some institutions found preparing a Cohort VII application over the holidays very difficult and have asked for extensions, we will welcome applications through February 13, 2012. We hope that this extra month will support institutions that needed extra time to complete their applications. Selected teams will be notified by February 20, 2012. I'm happy to take questions offlist, and I hope you'll consider joining us. kathleen yancey The application form is available at http://bit.ly/cohort7app. If you'd like to discuss the possibilities, contact any of us: Kathi Yancey at kyancey@fsu; Darren Cambridge at dcambridge(a)air.org; or Barbara Cambridge at bcambridge(a)ncte.org.

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Jobs at Austin Peay
by Jim Parker 20 Jan '12

20 Jan '12

*Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tennessee, *Department of Communication seeks to fill three tenure-track positions. *Instructor in Public Speaking*: the successful candidate will teach public speaking and other courses necessary to meet student needs. A Master’s degree in communication, as well as proven success in the classroom is required. Two years teaching experience required. Online teaching is an essential component of the position. Primary teaching responsibilities will include the basic speech course with other teaching opportunities a distinct possibility. Other duties will include the establishment of a Public Speaking Lab as well as student advising responsibilities. *Assistant Professor in Print and Web Journalism*: Ph.D. in communication is necessary for this position. ABD accepted if degree requirements completed by date of hire (August 2012). The primary teaching assignment of undergraduate and graduate courses in print and web journalism. The successful candidate should be prepared to teach multi-platform journalism, computer-assisted reporting, desktop publishing (InDesign), copy editing, and other journalism-related courses. Other duties include academic advising, supervision of graduate student research papers and theses, and oversight of a student organization. The successful candidate is expected to carry on an active schedule of scholarly research and/or creative activity appropriate to the primary teaching assignment. Two years of college teaching required. Online teaching is an essential component of this position. The successful candidate will be expected to take an active role in the online M.A. program in corporate communication including the advising of graduate students and the supervision of research projects and theses. Candidates for this position should visit our M. A. program website at http://CCMA.APSU.edu, review the graduate classes we currently offer, and identify in their letter of application additional courses they could teach at APSU. *Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Social Media/Social Networking Communication*: Ph.D. in communication is necessary for this position. ABD accepted if degree requirements completed by date of hire (August 2012). Rhetorically-based assistant professor with a primary teaching assignment of undergraduate and graduate courses in social media and networking as related to integrated corporate communication. The position provides opportunities to create and teach new graduate courses in social and cultural effects of media, as well as, developing and teaching other rhetorically-based graduate courses related to integrated marketing communication such as Rhetoric of social media, Rhetoric of storytelling, Business and Professional Communication and/or the Rhetoric of Corporate America. The successful candidate is expected to carry on an active schedule of scholarly research and/or creative activity appropriate to the primary teaching assignment. Two years of college teaching required. Online teaching is an essential component of this position. The successful candidate will be expected to take an active role in the online M.A. program in corporate communication including the advising of graduate students and the supervision of research projects and theses. Candidates for this position should visit our M. A. program website at http://CCMA.APSU.edu, review the graduate classes we currently offer, and identify in their letter of application additional courses they could teach at APSU. *Information for all positions: Positions open until filled. Review of applications will begin Feb. 15, 2012. Please go to * http://www.apsu.edu/human-resources/faculty/currentjobopenings *for additional information and online process. All applicants must use the online application process. All positions are full-time nine-month beginning August 15, 2012. * The Department of Communication is very active on and off-campus. The department operates a 24/7 radio station and 24/7 cable channel. The department broadcasts university events including sports, concerts, public forums, student productions, and other activities. The department has over 500 undergraduate majors and 100+ graduate students. The MA program in Corporate Communication is completely online through 8-week terms. All faculty members teach both online and on-campus courses each semester. Each University instructor is an integral part of a local, institutional framework for the cultivation, explication, development, and criticism of knowledge and ideas in the applicable discipline. Each instructor seeks to teach ably, to pursue research and write well, and to engage in public service related directly to the applicable discipline or the general good of society. The goal in all these endeavors is to balance tradition and innovation, knowledge and criticism, rationality and sensibility, so as to improve the intellectual and cultural lives of students, colleagues, and the community. Minorities, women and members of other protected groups are encouraged to apply. Austin Peay State University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Each applicant must include the names and contact information for three references, one of which must be from your most recent or current employer, with your application materials. If you would like to additionally attach Letters of Recommendation to your online application, letters must be dated one year or less from the date of your application. You may attach your letters of recommendation in the "Optional Documents" section under the "Letter of Reference" tab. Letters of recommendation may be sent by email to “facultyapplications(a)apsu.xn--edu-9o0a or hard copy to “Austin Peay State University, Human Resources Dept., PO Box 4507, Clarksville, TN 37044” with your name and desired position clearly indicated after your online application is completed. If granted an interview, unofficial transcripts will be required of applicants and official transcripts will be required of the selected candidate before the candidate will be offered a position. So as to not delay the interview process for this position, it is highly recommended that you attach unofficial transcripts in PDF format to your online application in the "Optional Documents" section under the "Unofficial Transcript" tab before finalizing and submitting your application. You will not be able to attach your letters of recommendation, unofficial transcripts or any other supplemental document(s) nor modify your application after it has been submitted. Applicant review will continue until the position is filled. Please refer all questions to facultyapplications(a)apsu.edu Applications taken online only at https://jobs.tbr.edu IT IS A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR TO MISREPRESENT ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS *Austin Peay State University, a TBR institution, is an AA/EEO employer.*** -- ...it's a crazy quilt reflected in a fun-house mirror! - Zippy the Pinhead

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The DML2012 Schedule is Now Live
by Jon Barilone 20 Jan '12

20 Jan '12

The full schedule for the 2012 DML Conference (DML2012) in San Francisco, March 1-3, is live at http://dml2012.dmlcentral.net/schedule/overview. The theme for DML2012 is "Beyond Educational Technology: Learning Innovations in a Connected World" and this year's Opening Keynote speaker is John Seely Brown. Registration for DML2012 will remain open through February 9. The conference is meant to be an inclusive, international and annual gathering of scholars and practitioners in the field, focused on fostering interdisciplinary and participatory dialog and linking theory, empirical study, policy, and practice. We are also extending our CFP deadline for Ignite Talks: short, high-energy talks that will close out the conference on March 3. The revised deadline is Friday, Jan. 27 and you can learn more at http://bit.ly/dml2012ignite. If you have any questions about DML2012, please feel free to contact us at dmlhub(a)hri.uci.edu. You can stay connected to DML2012 news by following @dmlhub and #DML2012 on Twitter. Thank you, Jon Barilone, Community Manager UC Humanities Research Institute Digital Media & Learning Hub

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CFP: Designing Badge Systems
by Sheryl Grant 19 Jan '12

19 Jan '12

Greetings all, Yes, it's another CFP for the Badges for Lifelong Learning Competition. This time, the call is for Stage Two of the Teacher Mastery and Feedback Badge Competition. If you learn well by watching what others have done, take a look at the proposals that were recently submitted for Stage Two of the Badges Competition<http://dmlcompetition.net/Competition/4/badges-projects.php?group=dmlc-4b2>. Keep in mind that these are submissions, not winners -- but perhaps these examples will help get your creative problem-solving processes going. Who might be interested in applying? Folks from learning sciences, information science, information systems, computer science, iSchools, education, human-computer interaction, new media artistis, game designers, people who like to code or build things, people who want to shake things up, hackers, tinkerers, thinkers, makers, doers. People who want to change things, and don't mind creating a whole new area of research for the rest of us to explore. *What it will take:* 1500 words or less, submitted by February 3, 2012. You'll be designing badge systems for the 16 Stage One winners from the Teacher Mastery and Feedback Badges Competition<http://www.dmlcompetition.net/Competition/4/winning-projects.php?group=dmlc…>. See details below. CALL FOR PROPOSALS: Stage Two (Badge Design & Tech) of the Teacher Mastery & Feedback Competition Please note: Applicants who applied to Stage Two of the Badges for Lifelong Learning Competition may submit proposals for Stage Two of the Teacher Mastery & Feedback Badge Competition. ** Stage Two <http://dmlcompetition.net/Competition/4/teachers-stage-2.php>applicants for the Teacher Mastery and Feedback Badge Competition<http://www.dmlcompetition.net/Competition/4/teachers.php>are invited to propose badging systems for the teacher learning and feedback content of Stage One winners<http://www.dmlcompetition.net/Competition/4/winning-projects.php?group=dmlc…>. Competitive submissions proposing badge systems that track and promote feedback regarding the competencies and skills as well as the programs and subjects over which teachers acquire expertise are a central part of the Stage One and Stage Two processes of the Competition. Deadline: Submissions for Stage Two are due no later than February 3, 2012 at 8pm EST / 5pm PST. ** Full details below and at http://dmlcompetition.net/Competition/4/teachers-stage-2.php To view Stage Two applications submitted to the Badges for Lifelong Competition, visit: http://dmlcompetition.net/Competition/4/badges-projects.php?group=dmlc-4b2 Cheers, Sheryl 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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2nd call for papers and panels -- I AMPRA/V ICUP
by Pilar Garces 19 Jan '12

19 Jan '12

Dear all, Please find attached I AMPRA & V ICUP's second call for papers and panels. The deadline for submissions is April 15, 2012. The UNC Charlotte team and I look forward to welcoming all of you in North Carolina next fall. Best, Pilar

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CFP: 4S/EASST Panel “Feminist Theory, Values & ICT Design” (Copenhagen, October 17-20, 2012)
by Judith Simon 19 Jan '12

19 Jan '12

CALL FOR PAPERS Panel *“Feminist Theory, Values & ICT Design”*at the Joint EASST/4S Conference 2012 on "*Design and Displacement – Social Studies of Science and Technology*" Copenhagen Business School, Denmark October 17-20, 2012 http://www.easst.net/conferences/easst2012.shtml http://www.4sonline.org/meeting ** PANEL CHAIRS Corinna Bath, Technical University Berlin, Germany Judith Simon, University of Vienna, Austria & Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany TOPIC STS researchers have pointed out that ICT as much as other design products have politics, since they produce inclusions and exclusion. Different social and political values in ICT artifacts can result from the designer’s assumption that it would be possible to copy or imitate “the world as it is”. This view often goes hand in hand with the so called “I-methodology” (Akrich, Rommes) by which designers unconsciously assume themselves as representatives of users. The results frequently are products biased towards young white male well-educated users. Besides such implicit values entangled in ICT artifacts, designers can have explicit values that they aim to implement in technologies (e.g. the goal to counter capitalist logics in parts of the open source community). Hence, it seems that both hegemonic as well as critically intended emancipatory values can implicitly as well as explicitly get inscribed into ICT design. Yet, as feminist STS researchers such as Barad, Haraway or Suchman have shown, such simple inscription concepts cannot adequately model the complex relationships of reality and knowledge, artifact design, use and impact. Rather, they introduce terms such as /entanglement, intra-action, diffraction /and/accountable cuts/ to describe these complexities and to denote the requirements they pose for designers, researchers and users. That is, they stress the ethical challenges different agents are facing and demand political engagement in that "cat's cradle" (Haraway). At the core of our panel lies the observation that the relationship between design and critical feminist theory appears to be characterized by an inherent tension: while feminist theory aims at multiplication, diversification and transgression, deconstructing and unmaking, design requires designers to make decisions, to fix things, to make cuts. We consider this tension between making and unmaking, between constructing and deconstructing to be the most difficult but also the most important task for feminist ICT design. The panel therefore wishes to address this tension by asking questions such as the following: -How can feminist theory be operationalized in ICT design? -What are practical and methodological strategies for dealing with the tension between construction and deconstruction? -What happens to feminist theory through this process of translation, application and operationalization in design? -In which ways do STS and feminist theory need to be modified, transformed and extended, in order to become useful tools for design processes? -How is it possible to avoid certain values in ICT design (e.g. the perpetuation of the existing structural-symbolic gender order) and implement others (e.g. allowing for multiple gender experiences) while taking the performativity of ICT design and usage serious? By asking not only what feminist STS theory can offer for the design of ICT, but also what ICT design can offer for feminist theory and STS, we aim to take interdisciplinarity seriously. We welcome theoretical as well as empirical contributions, case studies or examples addressing these and related issues. We adopt a broad notion of ICT arguing that feminist theory is needed to assess a diversity of different areas in ICT design: From infrastructures, protocols and database design to e-government/e-democracy tools, from semantic web technologyto robotics and ICT in health care or various work contexts, from social software to smartphone applications, from ubiquitous and organic computing to ontology design. -------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES March 11, 2012: Deadline for abstract submissions May 1, 2012: Acceptance notification -------------------------------------------------------------- PAPER SUBMISSION Authors should consult the instructions on the 4S website for submittingtheir papers electronically through the official submission system. For further inquiries please contact Corinna Bath (corinna.bath(a)tu-berlin.de <mailto:corinna.bath@tu-berlin.de>) and/or Judith Simon (judith.simon(a)univie.ac.at <mailto:judith.simon@univie.ac.at>). -- Judith Simon Department of Philosophy <http://philosophie.univie.ac.at/> - University of Vienna (PI: Epistemic Trust in Socio-Technical Epistemic Systems <http://www.fwf.ac.at/en/abstracts/abstract.asp?L=E&PROJ=P23770>) ITAS - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology <http://www.itas.kit.edu/english/index.php> (Senior Researcher) Institut Jean Nicod <http://www.institutnicod.org/notices.php?user=Simon> - Ecole normale supérieure - Paris (Associate Post-doctoral fellow)

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Game and Internet Studies: degree programme, University of Tampere
by Frans Mäyrä 19 Jan '12

19 Jan '12

Hi all, Hoping you could help spreading information about this new option for any prospective students: Master Degree Programme in Information Studies and Interactive media, Specialization in Internet and Game Studies (120 ECTS) University of Tampere, Finland Degree Programme in Information Studies and Interactive Media aims to provide an overview of contemporary information and media environments, with a focus on the fundamental character and application opportunities of information and interactive media systems, and the consequences from their adoption at individual and societal level. The Specialization in Internet and Game Studies is targeted at the questions of analysis, design and application of online services and digital games from user- and culturally focused perspectives. We have plans to start a new Master's Degree Programme in Internet and Game Studies in September 2013. However, as many programme course units are offered in English already from September 2012, it is possible to admit some international students in 2012. The total student intake in 2012 is 12. If you are interested in this this degree, please consult the web page to see more details on the structure of studies, eligibility criteria, financing of studies and other issues: http://www.uta.fi/sis/en/studies/disciplines/infim/studies/game.html The application period runs 1-29 February in 2012. You can forward this announcement to those with potential interest. Best regards, - Frans -- Frans Mäyrä, Professor, Digital Culture & Game Studies ** Information Studies and Interactive Media INFIM/TRIM ** School of Information Sciences SIS ** ** 33014 University of Tampere, Finland ** frans.mayra(a)uta.fi / fransmayra(a)gmail.com / frans(a)unet.fi ** gms 050 3367650 / fax 03 3551 7503 www.uta.fi/sis/ www.fransmayra.fi www.unet.fi www.uta.fi/~frans.mayra

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