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CFP: Workshop Creativity and Attention in the age of the Web
by Claudia Roda 21 Feb '13

21 Feb '13

CALL FOR PAPERS WORKSHOP ON CREATIVITY AND ATTENTION IN THE AGE OF THE WEB http://ac.aup.fr/croda/tclab/creativity&attentionWorkshop2013.html AT ACM WEB SCIENCE 2013 PARIS, MAY 1 2013 OBJECTIVES Many researchers have highlighted the connection between attention and creativity. The Web environment significantly affects the manner in which we allocate attention to information, tasks, and people. This workshop addresses the question of what impact this has on creative pursuits. We look at creativity at many levels, from personal creativity (e.g. the different ways in which a student may solve a problem) to big-C creativity that generates new high impact findings. We concentrate on the effects that the Web environment has on on human attention and on all these types of creativity. In particular, we will focus on empirical/experimental as well as conceptual research connecting topics such as: new types of creativity enabled by the web; the influence of Web-based environments on human attention; cognitive offload and its consequences; group creativity; creativity outsourcing. INTRODUCTION We are living in the age defined by innovation driven economy. The ubiquity of the web in our lives (work and leisure time) forces us to reconsider our fundamental preconceptions regarding the creative and innovation processes. The complexity and the requirements of this new environment tell us that the age of the lone asocial romanticist genius is gone. Collaboration and collective creation is a must. Does the web facilitates these processes? And, if so,then in what way? What can we do to take advantage of what the web offers? How does it affect individuals? What are the consequences for education? All these questions have prompted an unprecedented academic interest on creativity that is well represented by several academic meeting such as the International ACM Conference on Creativity and Cognition 2013 in Sydney, the AAAI 2013 Spring Symposium on Creativity and Cognitive Development in Stanford, the Mobile Learning and Creativity Workshop in Saarbrücken (September 2012), and the Creative Web Symposium: Computational Creativity as a Web-Service in South Corea (December 2012). Our workshop, while aligning with the meetings above, aims at exploring more specific issues of creativity that are immediately related to the particular environment created by the Web. Every new medium introduces new creative opportunities and shortens the path from the creator to the consumer: from the invention of writing, the printing process, photography, movies, to the radio and TV, the telephone, digital computer to the current era of hyper connectivity, always-on, instant messaging, instant content producing and sharing. Unprecedented amount of all humane knowledge becomes easily available for many and our expectations of others (individuals and institutions) in terms of reactivity, productivity and efficiency is raised. Some researchers believe that the more constraints we have to overcome, the easier it becomes to create. Would then democratization of access to information and cheap communication actually lessen creativity, or reduce it to trivial creations? On the other hand, creative behaviour has been connected with breath of attention (e.g. Kasof 1997, Friedman et al. 2003) and in general, wide attention deployment and defocused attention are considered to lead to greater creativity. Several researchers share the view that creativity requires variations in the field of attention (Gabora 2007, Vartanian 2009) and some experimental results hint that distractions improve creativity (Baird et al. 2012; Gallate et al. 2012). Based on these considerations one could expect that forced changes in attention focus such as those generated by many Web 2.0 applications, may actually improve creativity. However, previous research also tells us of other related factors that may intervene with a possible negative effect. For example it has been observed that stress or arousal, generated for example by time pressure or evaluation apprehension, may reduce breadth of attention and therefore hinder creativity (Karau and Kelly 1992; Smith, Michael, and Hocevar 1990); that interruptions are more likely to hinder, rather than improve, creativity, and that different types of interruptions may have varying degree of impact on different creative activities (Roda et al. 2013). CALL FOR PAPERS AND DEMONSTRATIONS In this half-day workshop we invite researchers and practitioners for an exploration of the influence of the Web environment on human attention and creativity. We welcome short papers reporting empirical/experimental as well as conceptual research connecting topics such as: New types of creativity enabled by the web The influence of Web based environments on human attention Cognitive offload and its consequences Group creativity Creativity outsourcing We invite full papers (8 pages), short / position papers (2-4 pages), and/or demonstrations to be submitted to gstojanov(a)aup.edu<mailto:gstojanov@aup.edu> by March 21 Demonstrations should be available online and be accompanied by a short description (no more than 2 pages). All submissions will be reviewed by three members of the Program Committee. We will pursue the possibility of publishing a selected number of papers in the special issue of a journal. IMPORTANT DATES Papers/Demo due March 21 2013 Review feedback March 29 2013 Workshop May 2 2013 ORGANISATION Organising committee Georgi Stojanov - The American University of Paris (France) Claudia Roda - The American University of Paris (France) Bipin Indurkhya - International Institute of Technology, Hyderabad (India) and AGH University of Science and Technology, Cracow (Poland) Program committee Sandra Bruno, Université de Cergy-Pontoise Jayson P. Harsin, The American University of Paris Thomas Kirste, University of Rostock Mohammad Majid al-Rifaie, Goldsmiths' College, University of London Amitash Ohja International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad Sebastian Pannasch, Technische Universitaet Dresden Goran Trajkovski, Virginia International University Giovanni Vincenti, Towson University Sharon Wood, University of Sussex -- Claudia Roda Professor of Computer Science American University of Paris 147, rue de Grenelle, 75007 Paris +33(0)1.40.62.07.01 croda(a)aup.fr<mailto:croda@aup.fr> http://ac.aup.fr/roda

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literature on e-learning in higher education?
by Marius Rohde Johannessen 21 Feb '13

21 Feb '13

I am trying to get a quick overview of research on e-learning in higher education, focusing on how universities apply digital tools in teaching and project work, as well as how technology is used to provide additional material for students. Does anyone have tips of relevant literature and/or literature reviews? Marius Rohde Johannessen PhD student University of Agder marius80[at]gmail.com

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Paperback Announcement--Wordplay and the Discourse of Video Games
by Paul, Christopher 20 Feb '13

20 Feb '13

Routledge just released my book, Wordplay and the Discourse of Video Games, in paperback and ebook. I'm excited that the book can now be procured at a more reasonable price point. The publisher blurb for the book is: In this timely new book, Christopher Paul analyzes how the words we use to talk about video games and the structures that are produced within games shape a particular way of gaming by focusing on how games create meaning, lead to identification and division, persuade, and circulate ideas. Paul examines the broader social discourse about gaming, including: the way players are socialized into games; the impact of the lingering association of video games as kid's toys; the dynamics within specific games (including Grand Theft Auto and EA Sports Games); and the ways in which players participate in shaping the discourse of games, demonstrated through examples like the reward system of World of Warcraft and the development of theorycraft. Overall, this book illustrates how video games are shaped by words, design and play; all of which are negotiated, ongoing practices among the designers, players, and society that construct the discourse of video game And the Table of Contents: Introduction: The New Rhetoric of Video Games I. The Context 1. Socializing Gamers 2. Video Games as 'Kid's' Toys 3. Talking Game Design 4. Consoles Read Rhetorically II. The Texts 5.GTA, Humor, and Protagonists 6. EA Sports and Planned Obsolescence 7. Rearticulating Rewards in WoW 8. Theorycraft and Optimization 9. Balance and Meritocracies III. Using Wordplay 10. Words, Design, and Play The book is on the Routledge web site at: http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415834995/

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Tenure track assistant professorship at HUMlab, Umeå University
by Patrik Svensson 20 Feb '13

20 Feb '13

Dear all, This is a remainder of an open position at HUMlab, Umeå University with focus on screen studies/digital humanities. It is an important recruitment, and I hope we will get many applications! The position is permanent and mainly includes research time during the first 4 years. Deadline: March 7 (slightly extended). HUMlab is an exciting platform for humanities, culture and the digital, and this position has a strong connection to our new lab, HUMlab-X, on the Umeå Arts Campus (http://www.kc.umu.se/en) as well as to our other lab on the main campus (it is a fifteen-minute walk between the two campuses). More information here: http://blog.humlab.umu.se/?p=4724. Patrik Svensson Patrik Svensson HUMlab Umeå University Sweden http://www.humlab.umu.se/en

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Bella Minw
by Bella Minw 20 Feb '13

20 Feb '13

http://www.mentallabor.eu/uhvs/za66idzxhvb4y&maqz8kv1xr83sk9pnl3dumfxn=c9jg…

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Reminder: Grieving and bereavement Panel IR14
by Mathias Klang 20 Feb '13

20 Feb '13

Hello, My colleague Ylva and I are hoping to organize a panel at IR14 in Denver http://ir14.aoir.org on the use of social media for coping with grieving and bereavement. If you are interested in participating please send us your short paper. In order to put together the panel application we need your submission by 1 March, please email your work to us. We will then put together the panel and submit everything to the final deadline by 14 March. Here are the instructions SHORT PAPERS (individual or multi-author) – Minimum 1000 words, 1200 word maximum not including bibliography. Papers should include: - Description/summary of the work’s intellectual merit with respect to its findings, its relation to extant research and its broader impacts. - A description of the methodological approach or the theoretical underpinnings informing the research inquiry. - Conclusions or discussion of findings. - Bibliography of work cited. - Submissions must adhere to the template for the conference. http://ir14.aoir.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/SPIR2013_template.doc Online instructions http://ir14.aoir.org/cfp/ We are also interested in gathering or joining a larger international network in this topic in order to carry out cross-cultural comparisons. Ylva Hård af Segerstad hardy(a)chalmers.se Mathias Klang klangm(a)chalmers.se -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mathias Klang, Ph.D., Docent/Associate Professor University of Göteborg University of Borås Phone: +46 (0) 31 786 55 63 Mobile: +46 705 43 22 13 http://twitter.com/klang67 http://digital-rights.net http://creativecommons.se ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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[TWO months left] Call for Papers for RPTEL Special Issue on Practical Applications of Mobile and Internet Educational Games
by Maiga Chang 20 Feb '13

20 Feb '13

[Apologies if you receive multiple times, please circulate this to your colleagues who might be interested, thank you so much.] ------- Call for Papers for RPTEL Special Issue ----------- Special Issue on Practical Applications of Mobile and Internet Educational Games in Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning (http://www.apsce.net/RPTEL_CfP.aspx) ----------- The electronic version of this cfp can be seen at http://www.apsce.net/Download/RPTEL-2012-SI5_PracticalEducationalGames_CFP.… Commercial games, especially Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs) such as World of Warcraft and EverQuest are very popular nowadays. These types of games not only have fantasy interfaces and rich storylines, but they also give the players a lot of power to control what they want to do in the game world. This freedom of choice allows players to do what they want when they want, aligning well with the constructivist paradigm of learning. This opens up a host of possibilities for using these game approaches in education to potentially improve learner’s learning experience and performance. This special issue focuses on sharing experiences and innovations in theoretical and conceptual issues related to the development of practical mobile and internet-based educational games. The aim is to provide readers with evidences and experiments that account for learners' experiences and perceptions related to knowledge and concepts acquisition through game approaches in various disciplines and domains. Guest Editors: Dr. Maiga Chang (maiga.chang(a)gmail.com) Athabasca University, Canada Dr. Ming-Puu Chen (mpchen(a)ntnu.edu.tw) National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan Suggested topics: We cordially invite authors to submit high quality manuscripts for any application domain as long as the core of the manuscript falls into the scope of the special issue: - Artificial intelligence in educational games - Educational role-playing games - Internet-based educational game development - Mobile and Internet educational game genres - Mobile augmented reality games - Mobile educational game development - Mobile role-playing learning in museums - Experiences of using mobile educational games - Experiences of using Internet-based educational games - Practical applications of mobile or Internet-based educational games - Successful cases of using educational games in informal or formal education context and settings - Not-so-successful cases and the lessons learnt Manuscript guidelines: All submissions have to follow RPTEL journal manuscript guidelines and should be submitted to guest editors via emails (maiga.chang(a)gmail.com) by April 15, 2013. All submissions should be ready for double-blind review process and be reviewed by at least three reviewers. RPTEL manuscript guidelines: http://www.apsce.net/Download/RPTEL_CfP_authorguidelines.pdf For queries, please contact Dr. Maiga Chang (maiga.chang(a)gmail.com) ------------------------------------ Sincerely, Maiga Chang maiga.chang(a)gmail.com http://maiga.athabascau.ca 02, 19 '13 PM 10:07 in Edmonton --------------------------------- Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Technology for Education and Learning Executive Editor, International Journal of Distance Education Technologies (EI) Associate Editor, International Journal of Online Pedagogy and Course Design Learning Culture and Language through ICTs: Methods for Enhanced Instruction http://www.igi-global.com/reference/details.asp?ID=33419 ----------- Co-Chair of ICCE sub-conference on Digital Game and Digital Toy Enhanced Learning and Society (GTEL&S) http://icce2013bali.org/ Co-Chair of GCCCE sub-conference on Joyful Learning and Society http://www.gse.pku.edu.cn/gccce2013/gccceen.asp ----------- Guest Editor, Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning Special Issue on Practical Applications of Mobile and Internet Educational Games http://www.apsce.net/Download/RPTEL-2012-SI5_PracticalEducationalGames_CFP.… Guest Editor, International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning (SSCI) Special Issue on Technology Enhanced Information Retrieval and Processing for Online Learning (Vol. 13, No. 5) http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/issue/view/54 Guest Associate Editor, IEEE Technology and Engineering Education Special Issue on Cloud Computing Technology and Applications (Vol. 7, No. 2) http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/e/sac/itee/index.php/meem/article/viewFile/252/… http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/e/sac/itee/index.php/meem/issue/view/30 --------- School of Computing and Information Systems (http://scis.athabascau.ca/) Athabasca University 1200, 10011-109 Street Edmonton, T5J-3S8 AB, Canada --------------- Phone: +1-866-916-8646 Website: http://maiga.dnsalias.org and http://maiga.athabascau.ca CV: http://scis.athabascau.ca/scis/staff/faculty.jsp?id=maigac Leave me an Audio/Video message with JoinNet (required to install in Microsoft Windows OS first) http://meeting.athabascau.ca/gotomeeting.php?u=5&c=visit JoinNet software: http://www.homemeeting.com/en_US/download_joinnet.html

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Memetics
by Theo Plothe 19 Feb '13

19 Feb '13

Cassian, The Journal of Visual Culture recently called for abstracts for a special issue on memetics, so there should be a very helpful special issue coming soon. In the meantime, I would suggest my paper on the nuclear meme as possibly helpful. You can find the paper as a digital research project at: http://theoplothe.com/meme/index.html -- Theo Plothe Ph.D. Student Remix Culture and Gaming American University School of Communication

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CFP: Radical Ecologies: (Re)Grounding Digital Pedagogy (MLA 2014 Special Session) 3/1/13
by Pavel Cenkl 19 Feb '13

19 Feb '13

Please note the deadline for this MLA special session is March 1st. -- Radical Ecologies: (Re)Grounding Digital Pedagogy A Special Session proposal for the 2014 MLA Convention This special session seeks dynamic workshop-style presentations to engage participants in new ecologies of learning and leading edge ideas that connect ecological and educational systems. The session aims to explore the idea that technology and ecology need not be mutually exclusive and that they can play an essential role in the humanities classroom. Drawing on points of intersection between experiential liberal arts education, digital humanities, biomimicry, sustainability, and ecopsychology, ‘Radical Ecologies’ will engage instructors and administrators in course development strategies and in helping students plan their own learning by using a systems approach to curriculum design. This session is proposed to be an interactive and engaging series of workshops that enable participants to (1) take away tangible first steps to implementing ecologically-based digital course and curriculum design and (2) recognize the opportunities for learners at all levels in thinking experientially and ecologically about curriculum design. Questions might include: How can ecological thinking provide a model for a more intentional and dynamic liberal arts pedagogy? Can digital technologies help us develop more ecologically focused learning environments and curricula? How can teachers integrate ecological thinking into new and existing courses, units, and overall curriculum design? Is there a role for ecological thinking in developing humanities curricula? How can ecological concepts (re)shape digitally-inflected pedagogy? Please email questions and/or a 250-400 word abstract by 1 March 2013 to Pavel Cenkl at pcenkl(a)sterlingcollege.edu. -- Pavel Cenkl Dean of the College Sterling College Craftsbury Common, VT 05827 pcenkl(a)sterlingcollege.edu 802-586-7711 ext.140 www.sterlingcollege.edu

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[REMINDER] Lisbon Summer School * July 8-12 * STTF2013 ISCTE-IUL
by Susana Nascimento 19 Feb '13

19 Feb '13

*** Please Disseminate Widely *** Apologies for Cross-Posting *** *SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES AND TRANSDISCIPLINARY FUTURES:* *FROM COLLABORATIVE DESIGN TO DIGITAL FABRICATION* *STTF2013 Summer School * July 8-12 * ISCTE-IUL University Institute of Lisbon* [ sttf2013.iscte-iul.pt ] [ facebook.com/sttf2013 ] [ twitter.com/sttf2013 ] STTF2013 invites you to apply for a one week intensive programme of social and technical methods, in a transdisciplinary environment that will engage participants in both conceptual and practical activities with all four pillars of sustainability as background. STTF2013 is intended for Master and PhD students, researchers, and professionals from STS, Product and Service Design, Social Sciences and Humanities, Architecture and Engineering, Communication and Media, Environmental Studies, Economics and Management, Computer Sciences, and others. Regardless of individual experience, everyone will have the opportunity to work in sociotechnical processes of design, construction and discussion of concrete objects, through Introductory Sessions, Masterclasses and Hands On Workshops. *KEYNOTE SPEAKERS* > Jerry Ravetz (University of Oxford, UK) > Liz Sanders (MakeTools, US) > Tomas Diez (FabLab Barcelona, ES) > Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent (Université Panthéon-Sorbonne, FR) > Alex Schaub (FabLab Amsterdam, NL) *IMPORTANT DATES* > Application Deadline – APRIL 1 > Notification of Selected Participants – APRIL 15 > Early Registration and Payment Deadline – MAY 1 > Late Registration and Payment Deadline – JUNE 1 *FIND OUT MORE* > For more information on How To Apply, Fees, Programme, Speakers, or Venue, please visit our website sttf2013.iscte-iul.pt > STTF2013 is a joint initiative of VitruviusFabLab-IUL<http://www.vitruviusfablab.iscte-iul.pt/>(Digital Fabrication Laboratory) and CIES-IUL <http://www.cies.iscte-iul.pt/en/> (Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology), research units of ISCTE-IUL<http://www.iscte-iul.pt/en/home.aspx> (University Institute of Lisbon) > For any additional inquiries, contact us at sttf2013(a)iscte.pt or call CIES-IUL Front Desk +351 210 464 018 <00351210464018> Best regards, STTF2013 Scientific and Organizing Committee

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