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Call for Chapters: Book 3 of Learning, Education & Games (LEG) - 100 Games to Use in the Classroom and Beyond
by Karen Schrier Shaenfield 11 Aug '17

11 Aug '17

Hi all, I am excited to announce a call for chapters for the third book in the Learning, Education & Games series, published by ETC Press: Learning, Education, & Games Volume 3: 100 Games to Use in the Classroom and Beyond Editor: Karen Schrier Quick summary: For the third volume, we aim to create a guide for educators who want to use games, virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) in the classroom (or in other educational contexts, such as libraries, homeschool environments, afterschool, or camps). This guide will include case studies of 100 games/interactive experiences that could be used for education (including K-12, preschool, and higher education). In each case study, we will explore how real educators have used the game – what they learned, their tips and techniques, and what worked and didn’t work. Each case study will be approximately 1000 words (or fewer). Who we are looking for: Previous case study authors/Revisers: For those authors who wrote case studies in books 1 and 2—we invite you to reshape your work into a case study for book 3! New Authors: We need some authors who can write brand new case studies and can either interview educators, work with educators, and/or write about their own use of games in the classroom. Educators: We need educators who have used games in their classrooms and can either write case studies, be interviewed by authors and offer examples of how they use games, and/or who can collaborate with authors to explore how they use these games in their classrooms. (This includes librarians, professors, afterschool educators, literacy specialists, music/art/technology teachers, adjunct faculty, pre-k teachers, tutors, camp counselors, homeschool teachers, religious school teachers, personal trainers, etc!) Interested? Here are the Next steps: Check out the full call for chapters <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FBy5o9huUyLONtmnJ45hwQvCykPQAwB5wyTqBs7…> for more information. ( https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FBy5o9huUyLONtmnJ45hwQvCykPQAwB5wyTqBs7… ) Deadline for Proposals: October 1st, 2017 Notification of Acceptance: November 1st, 2017 First Draft Due: January 15th, 2018 Submit your proposal <https://docs.google.com/forms/u/0/d/e/1FAIpQLSfKKZfaJDmlxqdwEllpadfP7WL-e6R…> at: https://docs.google.com/forms/u/0/d/e/1FAIpQLSfKKZfaJDmlxqdwEllpadfP7WL-e6R… Multiple submissions are welcome. Please contact kschrier(a)gmail.com with any questions. About the LEG Book Series: The Learning, Education & Games SIG (part of the IGDA – International Game Developers Association) created a series of books on games and learning with ETC Press called Learning, Education & Games. The first volume in the series focused on the design and curricular considerations related to creating and using games for learning, such as designing for diverse audiences or designing for social studies, STEM, or music learning. The book also delves into specific design issues, such as aligning goals, designing for an audience, playtesting, and assessment. Check it out: http://press.etc.cmu.edu/content/learning-education-and-games-volume-one-cu… The second volume focused on the challenges of creating games and implementing them in educational settings, and covered issues such as gamification, using games to support ASD (autism spectrum disorder) students, selecting games for the classroom and library, homeschooling and gameschooling, working with parents and policymakers, and choosing the right tools for game development. Check it out: http://press.etc.cmu.edu/content/learning-and-education-games-volume-two-br… A key component of the books were case studies of games, which were inset from the primary text of each chapter, and served to illustrate the concepts and frameworks described in the chapters. For instance, we had short case studies on games such as Quandary, Minecraft, Civilization, and Foldit. Each chapter had approximately three case studies of games in it, and each were approximately 500-750 words. What is LEG? The Learning, Education and Games (LEG) SIG is a community of game developers, designers, educators, policy-makers, researchers, and entrepreneurs interested in the intersection of learning and games. This could include issues related to the design, development, distribution, promotion, use, and assessment of games in both formal and informal learning contexts; as well as both commercial off-the-shelf games and games made primarily for educational purposes. LEG is affiliated with the International Game Developers Association as a recognized Special Interest Group. LEG “officially” meets annually at the Game Developers Conference. Otherwise, LEG hosts monthly virtual meetings via Slack. LEG’s mission: - Grow and sustain a robust community of developers, educators, policymakers, and researchers, through a series of virtual and in-person meetings, workshops, online dialogues, and other shared activities. - Serve as thought leaders and advocates for the intersection of games and learning, both in classrooms and other contexts (healthcare facilities, after school programs, not-for-profits, corporate sector, government, military), such as through new collaborative projects and grants, or through the use and promotion of our ETC Press series of Learning, Education, and Games books. - Create, promote, and share resources related to the design and use of games for learning, such as standards and guidelines, case studies, models and exemplars, and an online database. LEG Executive Committee President: Karen Schrier, Marist College Steering Committee: Elena Bertozzi, Quinnipiac University David Simkins, RIT Matt Nolin, 1st Playable Mark Chen, Pepperdine University; University of Washington; University of Ontario Institute of Technology Join our monthly meetings via Slack (https://igda-leg.slack.com/) Need an invite to the Slack channel? Invite yourself at: https://igda-leg.herokuapp.com/ Join our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/LearningEducationGames/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LearningEdGames Check out our mission and vision: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j1PIQmj28KUga2Jr_IMWssIfHWUrXym1WyuoHc3… Check out our ongoing goals and tasks: https://docs.google.com/document/d/16nqm90f1eAw4MZ9aS0ohaBgItb-saEWavbjXWO4… ----------------------------------------- Dr. Karen Schrier Shaenfield http://www.karenschrier.com http://www.knowledgegamesbook.com karen.schrier(a)marist.edu kschrier(a)gmail.com kls2108(a)columbia.edu kschrier(a)alum.mit.edu

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Asst. Prof. in Visual Analytics at Nanyang Tech. Univ., Singapore
by Rich Ling 11 Aug '17

11 Aug '17

Dear all, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore is currently carrying out a search for an Assistant Professor in Visual Analytics. In particular, we are looking for a person who approaches this from the perspective of human-computer interaction, interface design, perceptual psychology, and/or social consequences. The actual announcement is attached. If you are interested please contact us. -- Rich Ling, Shaw Foundation Professor of Media Technology Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information Nanyang Technological University, Singapore rili(a)ntu.edu.sg

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last minute postdoc opportunity at the I-School, UC-Berkeley
by Jenna Burrell 10 Aug '17

10 Aug '17

*Postdoc Position* We are seeking a postdoc to manage a year long project on *Algorithmic Opacity and Fairness* working with Professor Jenna Burrell and Professor Deirdre Mulligan at the School of Information, UC-Berkeley. Artificial intelligence is raising new concerns around topics of longstanding interest to sociologists, law, and media scholars including social equality, civil rights, labor and automation, and the evolution of the news media. Complex, non-linear algorithms, and particularly machine learning algorithms, are increasingly being used in domains of socially consequential classification. The development of approaches or solutions to address these challenges are still nascent. At UC-Berkeley we are bringing together faculty and students from sociology, law, computer science and other relevant disciplines to explore and develop ideas and new research directions on this topic. There will be opportunities to dialogue about this topic and its many dimensions with researchers employed in the Bay Area’s tech industry. The project is funded by a grant from Google research. The postdoc hired for this position will provide intellectual leadership and will handle the logistics of managing an on-campus working group of faculty and students as well as organizing a speaker series for the 2017-2018 academic year (likely to be extended into fall 2018). You will dedicate 50% of your time to this effort and will have the freedom to pursue your own research the rest of the time. For details on qualifications and how to apply -- see the attached job announcement. For questions contact Professor Jenna Burrell at jburrell(a)berkeley.edu We are hoping to find someone to fill this position as soon as possible, ideally someone who can start early in this upcoming fall semester. Jenna Burrell Associate Professor School of Information UC-Berkeley

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Exciting publicaton opportunity
by Barry Wellman 10 Aug '17

10 Aug '17

You're invited to submit your paper for consideration in a special issue of the journal Information, Communication & Society (ICS). For the 11th year, the journal ICS will publish a special issue in cooperation with CITAMS. It will be published speedily before the next ASA meeting in August 2018. Eligible papers are those presented at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, including roundtables, and the Media Pre-Conference in Montreal, CA. Youll have more than a month to polish up your presentations, as the full papers are not due until October 1, 2017 firm deadline. The special issue welcomes papers that focus on any facet of media, technology, communication, information, or related topics. This is a great opportunity to have your paper read by an interested audience, and the acceptance rate is quite good. ICS has enabled 'green open access,' meaning that authors may post pre-print versions of their paper on their own website, in an institutional repository or in a subject repository, such as the SocARXIV. Please submit manuscripts for consideration through ScholarOne, available at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/rics. If you do not have an account, you will need to create one. Also, be sure to check the box for Special Issue and indicate CITAMS in it, so that it will be routed appropriately. All accepted manuscripts must respect a word limit of 6,000-8,000 words (depending on the number of submissions accepted) and conform to the journal's submission guidelines. RELEVANT DATES: Full papers due: October 1, 2017 First round of reviews back to authors: December 1, 2017 Final decisions: March 1, 2018 Special issue publication (anticipated): June 2018 If you have any questions, please feel free to contact one of the co-editors: Co-Editor Jenny Davis: Jennifer.davis(a)anu.edu.au Co-Editor Barry Wellman: wellman(a)chass.utoronto.ca Associate Editor Jason Smith: jsm5(a)gmu.edu Barry Wellman A vision is just a vision if it's only in your head Step by step, link by link, putting it together Streisand/Sondheim _______________________________________________________________________ NetLab Network FRSC INSNA Founder http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman twitter: @barrywellman NETWORKED: The New Social Operating System Lee Rainie & Barry Wellman http://amzn.to/zXZg39 _______________________________________________________________________

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Open Position: Senior Lecturer/Lecturer in Screen Studies - Monash University Malaysia
by Julian Hopkins 10 Aug '17

10 Aug '17

Dear All, there is an opening at our School of Arts and Social Sciences. Monash University Malaysia is a campus of Monash University, and all our staff and students are part of a global academy with an international reputation for excellence in teaching and research. The position is for a Senior Lecturer/Lecturer in Screen Studies, and candidates with a demonstrable experience in digital screens are welcomed. See here for more detail: http://careersmanager.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/job/566727/senior-lecturer… Regards, Julian --- *DR JULIAN HOPKINS* Lecturer in Communication School of Arts & Social Sciences Building 2, Level 6, Room 16 (2-6-16) Monash University Malaysia Jalan Lagoon Selatan 47500 Bandar Sunway Selangor Darul Ehsan Malaysia T: +60 3 5514 4920 E: julian.hopkins(a)monash.edu W: sass.monash.edu.my <http://www.sass.monash.edu.my/>

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New book – Taipale, Wilska & Gilleard (eds.) Digital Technologies and Generational Identity: ICT Usage Across the Life Course
by Taipale, Sakari 09 Aug '17

09 Aug '17

I am pleased to announce that our new book Digital Technologies and Generational Identity: ICT Usage Across the Life Course (Routledge, 2017) is out now. https://www.routledge.com/Digital-Technologies-and-Generational-Identity-IC… Digital Technologies and Generational Identity: ICT Usage Across the Life Course Edited by Sakari Taipale, Terhi-Anna Wilska and Chrid Gilleard Table of Contents Chapter 1. Introduction (Sakari Taipale, Terhi-Anna Wilska and Chris Gilleard) Section I: Historical, theoretical, and methodological perspectives Chapter 2. The place of age in the digital revolution (Chris Gilleard) Chapter 3. Generational analysis as a methodological approach to study mediatised social change (Göran Bolin) Chapter 4. Generational analysis of people’s experience of ICTs (Leslie Haddon) Section II: Family generations and ICT Chapter 5. Mobile life of middle-aged employees: fragmented time and softer schedules (Mia Tammelin and Timo Anttila) Chapter 6. Intergenerational solidarity and ICT usage: empirical insights from Finnish and Slovenian families (Sakari Taipale, Andraž Petrovčič and Vesna Dolničar) Chapter 7. Gendering the mobile phone: a life course approach (Carla Ganito) Chapter 8. How young people experience elderly people’s use of digital technologies in everyday life (Leopoldina Fortunati) Chapter 9. ICTs and client trust in the care of old people in Finland (Helena Hirvonen) Chapter 10. Mobile phone use and social generations in rural India (Sirpa Tenhunen) Section III Consumption, lifestyles and markets Chapter 11. Necessities to all? The role of ICTs in the everyday life of the middle-aged and elderly between 1999 and 2014 (Terhi-Anna Wilska and Sanna-Mari Kuoppamäki) Chapter 12. A risk to privacy or a need for security? Digital domestic technologies in the lives of young adults and late middle-agers (Sanna-Mari Kuoppamäki, Outi Uusitalo and Tiina Kemppainen) Chapter 13. Personality traits and computer use in midlife: leisure activities and work characteristics as mediators (Tiia Kekäläinen and Katja Kokko) Chapter 14. Electronic emotions, age and the life course (Jane Vincent) Chapter 15. Conclusions (Chris Gilleard, Terhi-Anna Wilska and Sakari Taipale) Sakari Taipale, Ph.D. Adjunct Professor Academy of Finland Research Fellow Senior Lecturer of Social and Public Policy (LOA) Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy Opinkivi-building (Room 212.1) P.O. Box 35 40014 University of Jyväskylä, Finland Mobile (work) +358 40 0728 852 https://staff.jyu.fi/Members/saktaipa

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Last Days - Training School, Madeira, 20-24 November - "On the collaborative economy. Learning from critical perspectives"
by Maurizio 09 Aug '17

09 Aug '17

Dear all first of all, apologies for cross-posting but the available travel grants are a good opportunity, imho. There are still two days to apply for the Training School "On the collaborative economy. Learning from critical perspectives" that will take place in Madeira from the 20th to the 24th of November. The TS combines contributions from design, social sciences, and literature, in an effort to provide PhD students and early career researchers with the coordinates to frame research and design projects related to the collaborative economy in a wide perspective. It does so by mixing lectures by established academics and hands-on activities to critically interrogate platform capitalism and to learn about research strategies for investigating and promoting the collaborative economy. Lecturing and hands-on activities will be complemented by group discussions, moderated by instructors, on the research projects of the participants in order to stimulate a lively intellectual exchange among the participants. Participants coming from countries participating in the COST Action CA16121, "From Sharing to Caring: Examining Socio-Technical Aspects of the Collaborative Economy", whose applications for participation are accepted, may receive financial contribution in the form of a COST Trainee Grant up to €550 per person (for a maximum of 26 participants). This will support the cost of travel, accommodation and meals. There are no participation fees. Deadline for application is August 11th, 2017. You can find more information at this webpage: https://sharingandcaringcostaction.wordpress.com/activities/training-school… Early-career researchers are encouraged to apply. Anybody else is invited to share this email with anybody who can be interested. Best Maurizio

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Observation log for online research
by Loup Cellard 09 Aug '17

09 Aug '17

Hi all, Everyone has good examples of "observation log" to conduct research on online behaviors ? Interesting ways to collect and categorize notes. Especially to study social media interactions. Maybe some extract from assignments or past research. I am thinking maybe for examples that come from digital ethnography/anthropology and design related contributions from HCI, UI/UX design... Thanks, Loup -- *Loup Cellard*PhD Student - Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies <http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/cim/>, Warwick University, Coventry, UK. <http://www.loupcellard.com>Email : loupcellard(a)gmail.com Mobile : +33 7 87 00 84 22 Site Web : loupcellard.com <http://www.loupcellard.com/> Twitter : @CellardLoup <https://twitter.com/CellardLoup>

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Platform Journal New Issue: Cunning Knowledge and Media Technologies
by Christopher O'Neill 09 Aug '17

09 Aug '17

**With apologies for cross posting** *Platform: Journal of Media and Communication* is an open-access online graduate publication. Founded and published by the Media and Communications Program, School of Culture and Communication, at the University of Melbourne. + NEW ISSUE + Cunning Knowledge and Media Technologies, edited by Christopher O'Neill available online from http://platformjmc.com/ *Editorial: Cunning Within, and Not Before* Christopher O'Neill, University of Melbourne *Mētic Action in Digital Culture* Martin Zeilinger, Anglia Ruskin University *“A Way of Life That is Not Entirely Unfortunate”: The Peripheral Cunning of Chronic Pain* Vyshali Manivannan, Rutgers University *Technology Resistance and de Certeau: Deceptive Texting as a Tactic of Everyday Life* Kate Mannell, University of Melbourne *Streaming Tactics* Benjamin Burroughs, University of Nevada, Las Vegas *Dazzles, Decoys, and Deities: The Janus Face of Anti-Facial Recognition Masks* Patricia de Vries, Institute of Network Cultures ----------- http://platformjmc.com/ platformjmc(a)gmail.com -- Christopher O'Neill PhD Candidate School of Culture and Communication University of Melbourne Australia

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Anita Hill: Class Actions Could Fight Discrimination in Tech
by Becky Lentz 08 Aug '17

08 Aug '17

Dear AOIR Colleagues, I¹m writing to ask if folks might email me off-list information about how the Internet Studies field (globally, not just in the U.S.) has been approaching/addressing scholarship and thought leadership related to gender discrimination in tech. Many thanks in advance for links, sources, etc! https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/08/opinion/anita-hill-women-in-tech-should-t ake-sexism-to-court.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-head ing&module=opinion-c-col-left-region&region=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav =opinion-c-col-left-region&_r=0 Becky Becky Lentz Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director for the Dept. of Art History & Communication Studies McGill University Faculty of Arts 853 Sherbrooke Street West 3rd floor Arts Building WEST-265 Montreal, QC, Canada H3A 0G5 Phone 514.398.4995 | Fax 514.398.8557 Department website: http://www.mcgill.ca/ahcs Regular email: becky.lentz(a)mcgill.ca Graduate program director contact: gpd-ahcs.arts(a)mcgill.ca

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