January 2014 - Air-L - lists.aoir.org

when in doubt, make it up
by Barry Wellman 07 Jan '14

07 Jan '14

I suggest mobily as the adj. I had to make up the word "solidary" under similar needs: densely-knit tightly-bounded socially-cohesive Add to the English language Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ NetLab FRSC INSNA Founder Faculty of Information (iSchool) 611 Bissell Building 140 St. George St. University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 3G6 http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman twitter: @barrywellman NSA/CSEC: Canadian and American citizen NETWORKED:The New Social Operating System. Lee Rainie & Barry Wellman MIT Press http://amzn.to/zXZg39 Print $20 Kindle $16 Old/NewCyberTimes http://bit.ly/c8N9V8 ________________________________________________________________________

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Re: [Air-L] Air-L Digest, Vol 114, Issue 7
by joel＠uia.be 07 Jan '14

07 Jan '14

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2nd Call for Participation: Participatory Design with Persons Living with Cognitive or Sensory Impairments - Workshop@CHI2014
by Niels Hendriks 07 Jan '14

07 Jan '14

Are you interested in participatory design and do you work with users with impairments? We organize a workshop on participatory design for persons with cognitive or sensory impairments at CHI2014<http://pdwithimpairmentschi2014.wordpress.com/>in Toronto, Canada. This workshop will be held on April 26. Workshop on participatory design for users living with cognitive or sensory impairments Involving people with impairments in the design process is very challenging, especially when impairments affect cognitive or sensory functions. People with such impairments may have substantial problems with thought processes and communication, including understanding abstractions, sequencing thoughts and actions, understanding symbols, and interpreting social cues. Many participatory design techniques are based on these processes and are therefore not usable, or need to be adjusted for people with impairments. Workshop aims This workshop aims to: 1) bring together people who are active in the topic of the workshop to exchange ideas and experiences regarding participatory design techniques that were designed for, or adapted to people with impairments. 2) identify general guidelines for doing participatory design with people living with cognitive or sensory impairments. Workshop setup The workshop will start from the results of two workshops held at the Participatory Design Conference 2012 and INTERACT 2013 as well as from the experiences of the workshop's participants. Based on this, we will identify general guidelines for doing participatory design with people living with cognitive or sensory impairments. As such, much of the time schedule is reserved for formulating concrete guidelines that will help researchers and designers to streamline their activities and ‘standardize’ methodological practices. This full-day workshop has a creative, generative character. It will refrain from using a standard workshop setup of presentations and discussions. Sharing best practices, brainstorms and formulating guidelines in interactive group sessions will be at the core of all activities. Who should attend? Researchers and designers working on (a) design-oriented project(s) involving people with cognitive or sensory impairments are invited to participate. Especially those who have adjusted existing participatory design techniques to such users are encouraged to apply. Application People can apply by filling in one or more workshop cards (available from the workshop’s website <http://pdwithimpairmentschi2014.wordpress.com/>), describing their target group and a technique they used. In addition, applicants write a one-pager about their expectations of the workshop. At least one author of each accepted submission must attend the workshop. All participants must register for the workshop and for at least one day of the conference. Important dates - January 17: application deadline - February 10: notification of acceptance - April 26: workshop date Further information & contact Please visit our workshop website<http://pdwithimpairmentschi2014.wordpress.com/>for the workshop's programme and to apply for the workshop.. For more information and questions, please contact Karin Slegers: karin.slegers(a)soc.kuleuven.be We hope to see you in Toronto in April!

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Adverbal form of mobile?
by Rich Ling 07 Jan '14

07 Jan '14

Dear all, What is the adverbial form of mobile? The specific sentence I am trying to forge is "The network consisted of individual persons as nodes with mobially [sic.] mediated links connecting them." It might be that I can reformulate the sentence, but that still does not solve the problem of the adverbial form issue. I have tried mobally, mobily, etc, but nothing seems right. Further there is not much guidance on the internet. Thanks for any help. -- Rich L.

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Re: [Air-L] Social media text & Evolution of social network sites
by Vyacheslav Polonski 07 Jan '14

07 Jan '14

Dear Bercu, I have recently written an analysis of the key trends that are driving the evolution of social network sites and social media. Hope you will find it interesting! Here is the article: http://www.dotrising.com/2014/01/07/the-evolution-of-social-network-sites-i… I am drawing on Bernie Hogan's work on online exhibition spaces, and context collapse theories, as well as danah boyd and Nicole Ellison's 2013 updated definition of social network sites (as opposed to social networking sites and online social networks). Best wishes, Slava ************************** Vyacheslav 'Slava' Polonski Doctoral candidate Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford Follow me @slavacm M: +44(0)7814612177 E: vyacheslav.polonski(a)oii.ox.ac.uk ________________________________________ From: air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org [air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org] on behalf of Barry Wellman [wellman(a)chass.utoronto.ca] Sent: 07 January 2014 14:43 To: bbakiogl(a)gmail.com Cc: aoir list Subject: [Air-L] Social media text Dear Bercu, et al At least 20 profs have found the Rainie-Wellman Networked book to be a good social media text, in part because it provides social context and in part, by happy chance, it is 11 chapters long. If you do adopt it for a class of 20 or more, then you get either Lee Rainie or me to do a guest lecture by Skype, if you want. Happy Winter, Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ NetLab FRSC INSNA Founder Faculty of Information (iSchool) 611 Bissell Building 140 St. George St. University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 3G6 http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman twitter: @barrywellman NSA/CSEC: Canadian and American citizen NETWORKED:The New Social Operating System. Lee Rainie & Barry Wellman MIT Press http://amzn.to/zXZg39 Print $20 Kindle $16 Old/NewCyberTimes http://bit.ly/c8N9V8 ________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ 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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OPENSYM 2014 (Berlin, Aug 27-29)'s calls for submission
by Nicolas Jullien 07 Jan '14

07 Jan '14

Happy new year to all of you! The 10th International Symposium on Wikis and Open Collaboration WikiSym / Open Sym 2014's calls for submission are published online. The general call and links to the specific tracks are available here: http://www.opensym.org/os2014/submission/general-call/ Each track has its own submission site, which you can find on EasyChair. Please select the appropriate track. Submission deadline is April 20th, 2014. Looking forward to seeing you in Berlin! Nicolas Jullien, chair of the Wikipedia track -- Maître de Conférences (HDR) / Associate Professor. LUSSI - iSchool, M@rsouin. Institut TELECOM Bretagne & UEB In charge of the Master "Information Systems Project Management and Consulting" http://www.telecom-bretagne.eu/studies/msc/information-systems-management/ http://nicolas-jullien.lussi-ischool.eu/ Skype: Nicolas.Jullien1 Tel +33 (0) 229 001 245 TELECOM Bretagne, Technopôle Brest Iroise CS 83818 29238 BREST CEDEX 3

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Social media text
by Barry Wellman 07 Jan '14

07 Jan '14

Dear Bercu, et al At least 20 profs have found the Rainie-Wellman Networked book to be a good social media text, in part because it provides social context and in part, by happy chance, it is 11 chapters long. If you do adopt it for a class of 20 or more, then you get either Lee Rainie or me to do a guest lecture by Skype, if you want. Happy Winter, Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ NetLab FRSC INSNA Founder Faculty of Information (iSchool) 611 Bissell Building 140 St. George St. University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 3G6 http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman twitter: @barrywellman NSA/CSEC: Canadian and American citizen NETWORKED:The New Social Operating System. Lee Rainie & Barry Wellman MIT Press http://amzn.to/zXZg39 Print $20 Kindle $16 Old/NewCyberTimes http://bit.ly/c8N9V8 ________________________________________________________________________

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Call for Papers: IEEE ICALT 2014 - Track 4. Digital Game and Intelligent Toy Enhanced Learning [deadline approaching]
by Maiga Chang 07 Jan '14

07 Jan '14

CALL FOR PAPERS [deadline approaching] ------------------------ The 14th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies - ICALT2014 Advanced Technologies for Supporting Open Access to Formal and Informal Learning Athens, Greece, July 7-10, 2014 http://www.ask4research.info/icalt/2014/ Track 4. Digital Game and Intelligent Toy Enhanced Learning (DIGITEL@ICALT2014) http://www.ask4research.info/icalt/2014/node/26 Track Program Chairs Maiga Chang, Athabasca University, Canada (maiga.chang(a)gmail.com) [Co-ordinator] Baltasar Fernandez-Manjon, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain Jimmy Ho Man Lee, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Track Description and Topics of Interest: Learning can take place anytime and anywhere, in particular in the context of lifelong learning. Learners have their own learning styles. Some may prefer reading alone over listening to a lecture and some may want to get their hands dirty in hands-on practices. While some may be impressed and can learn quickly through watching a documentary movie, some others may want to interact with peers either physically or virtually (sometimes via avatars or even with virtual characters). No matter what preference learners have, engagement and motivations are the key ingredients for effective and efficient learning. Toy, robot and game technologies attract learners’ attention, engaging them through highly interactive and immersive experiences. Such technologies also satisfy the various learning needs as well as to assessing learners' skills knowledge unobtrusively and implicitly. This track aims at providing researchers a platform to share and discuss innovative and advanced learning and assessment technologies utilizing toys, robots, and games. This track welcomes submissions in topics including, but not limited to: • Computer and video games include Kinect games for Xbox and Windows • Educational games • Serious games • Mobile games • Virtual worlds, e.g., second life, opensim, open wonderland, etc. • Edutainment • Simulation (skill, competence, vocational learning) • Augmented reality • Educational robots & toys • Natural user interface applications Important Dates February 1, 2014: Submissions of papers (Full paper, Short paper, Poster) March 17, 2014: Authors' Notification on the review process results April 18, 2014: Authors' Registration Deadline May 9, 2014: Final Camera-Ready Manuscript and IEEE Copyright Form submission May 26, 2014: Early Bird Registration July 7-10, 2014: ICALT2014 Conference Author Guidelines Full paper: 5 pages Short paper: 3 pages Posters: 2 pages Doctoral Consortium paper: 3 pages Authors are required to follow: IEEE Conference Publishing Services Formatting Guidelines. http://www.computer.org/portal/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=4cc57ba2-39…

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ISCRAM 2014 deadline extension
by Andrea H. Tapia 07 Jan '14

07 Jan '14

ISCRAM 2014 ANNOUNCEMENT GENERAL paper deadline EXTENSION until December 1st, 2013 Please share very widely. Due to the typhoon in the Philippines and the involvement of many of our members in the recovery effort, the general deadline for full papers for ISCRAM 2014 has been postponed until December 1. However, no extensions can be granted beyond that date for full papers. Those who can are strongly urged to submit their papers before December 1, so that reviewers have a longer time and you are more likely to receive more reviews to help you with any revision. ISCRAM: The 11th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management CONFERENCE THEME: Empowering Citizens and Communities through Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management DATES: May 18-21 2014 LOCATION: Penn State University, Pennsylvania USA http://iscram2014.ist.psu.edu<http://iscram2014.ist.psu.edu/>

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Research Assistant vacancies for Social Semantic Archive Project
by Bahareh Heravi 07 Jan '14

07 Jan '14

The National University of Ireland, Galway, is seeking two outstanding candidates for Research Assistant positions in the Social Web and Semantic Web / Linked Data domain. The successful candidates will work within the Digital Humanities and Journalism group at the Insight Centre for Data Analytics at NUI Galway (formerly known as DERI), and will also closely collaborate with the Digital Repository of Ireland at the Royal Irish Academy. The successful candidate will conduct research in the area of the application of Linked Data technologies for creating a national social media repository, and will be focusing on topics such as social media event detection, social network analysis, Semantic Web and Linked Data, and the archival and contextualisation of social media content. The Insight Centre for Data Analytics at NUI Galway (former DERI) hosts one of the most internationally-recognised Linked Data research groups in the world, and is dedicated to research aimed at enabling Networked Knowledge using Semantic Web technologies. Our project partner the Digital Repository of Ireland is a key national aggregator of cultural and social data. Essential criteria for the applicant: - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Informatics, or relevant subjects. - Strong Java or Python programming skills. - Minimum two years software development experience. - Knowledge of software design, development and maintenance processes. -Experience in some, if not all, of the following: + Social event detection + Social network analysis + Semantic Web and Linked Data technologies + Stream processing - Proven ability to work independently or in a team environment. - The applicant should be creative and enthusiastic, with excellent communication skills. It is desirable that applicant will possess: - A Masters or MPhil degree in Computer Science, Informatics or relevant subjects. - A Masters degree in Humanities, Social Sciences, Journalism, Communication, Political Studies or relevant subjects. - Strong background in front- and back-end Web application development. - A good record of theoretical and applied research on the Social Web and the Semantic Web, warranted by a scientific publication record in workshops, conferences, journals and book chapters and/or awards in national or international challenges. - Industrial experience and the ability to collaborate with industry partners. - Experience in Web-related standardisation activities (including W3C) as both author and editor. - Excellent interpersonal communication and scientific writing skills. Salary range: €24,478 - €32,173 per annum. Position RA1 is available from 1st February 2013 and is full time for a fixed term of 12 months. Position RA2 is available from 1st February 2013 and is part time (0.5 full time) for a fixed term of 12 months, or full time for a fixed term of 6 months. For informal discussion about this post please visit http://hujo.deri.ie/ra-hujo-sr/ or contact Bahareh.Heravi(a)deri.org. To apply: Applicants should include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, a list of publications, a research statement and the names and addresses of at least three referees, via email (text, postscript or PDF only) to: hr.ie(a)deri.org. Please put reference number NUIG 2-14 for the full time and NUIG 1-14 for the part time position in subject line of e-mail application. Closing date for receipt of applications is 5pm, 31 January 2014. ------------------------------------------------------------ Dr. Bahareh R. Heravi Group Lead, Digital Humanities and Journalism (http://hujo.deri.ie/) INSIGHT @NUIG (DERI) Tel: +353 91 495339 Web: http://members.deri.ie/~bahher/ @Bahareh360 ------------------------------------------------------------

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