- Air-L - lists.aoir.org

Internet in Global Media Policy #IAMCR2015 Montreal, 13-16.07.2015
by Gerard Goggin 13 Jul '15

13 Jul '15

Dear AoIRists, Those attending IAMCR in Montreal this week may be interested in various Global Media Policy WG sessions with focus on Internet governance, media policy, and mapping - see below. Cheers, Gerard Goggin GLOBAL MEDIA POLICY (GMP) WORKING GROUP PROGRAM IAMCR Montreal 2015, UQAM, 13-16 July 2015, http://congresiamcr.uqam.ca/ Session 1: Tues 14 July, 16.00-17.30 hrs – Room DS-1545 Internet Governance: Updates & Critical Takes on a Policy Puzzle (Joint Session GMP & Taskforce on Media and Communications Policy) Session 2: Wed 15 July, 09.00-10.30 hrs – Room DS-1545 Mapping as Relevant Knowledge? Research, Politics, Practicalities Session 3: Wednesday 15 July, 14.00-15.30 hrs – Room DS-1545 Mapping Communications Governance – International Collaborations and Practical Challenges Session 4: Wednesday 15 July, 16.00-17.30 hrs – Room DS-1545 Business Meeting of Global Media Policy Working Group Session 5: Thursday 16 July 2015, 09.00-10.30 hrs - DS1525 Gendering Global Media Policy: Critical Perspectives on ‘Digital Agendas’ — In memory of Dr. Heike Jensen (Communication Policy and Technology Section & Global Media Policy Working Group) Full details of GMP program below & at http://bit.ly/1KIWZMg Global Media Policy Working Group program IAMCR Montréal 2015 Session 1: Tues 14 July Slot Code: GMP-T3a Time: 16.00-17.30 hrs Room: DS-1545 Title: Internet Governance: Updates & Critical Takes on a Policy Puzzle (Joint Session GMP & Taskforce on Media and Communications Policy) Chair: Jeremy Shtern (Ryerson University) The Internet is central to contemporary media, but its governance is complex, dynamic, and dispersed across different arena. This interactive session will feature latest updates and analyses from scholars and activists at the frontlines of global Internet governance, with a particular focus on the different civil society, policy, and research agendas in play. Topics will include: ICANN/IANA stewardship transition; Global Conference on Cyberspace; Internet Governance Forum; Internet Social Forum; Net Mundial; WSIS +10; civil society agendas. Participants: Stefania Milan (University of Amsterdam) James Losey (Stockholm University) Mallory Knodel (Association for Progressive Communications) Stephanie Perrin (University of Toronto) Julie Pohle (SMIT, Vrije Universiteit Brussel) Arne Hintz (Cardiff University) Session 2: Wed 15 July Slot Code: GMP-W1a Time: 09.00-10.30 hrs Room: DS-1545 Title: Mapping as Relevant Knowledge? Research, Politics, Practicalities Chair: Claudia Padovani (University of Padova) Given the number of ‘mapping projects’ that have emerged over the past few years related to communication and digital policies, this session reflects on two intertwined questions they pose: * how relevant is all this mapping to policy and advocacy engagement? To what extent, and in what conditions, do these initiatives may actually contribute to more participatory practices, better informed policy decisions, and better media (typicallly the common goals of different mapping initiatives). * what of the practical challenges in the establishment and development of these initiatives: platform population, content generation and sharing, sustainability of projects (expert knowledge, skills, human and financial resources), language diversity and accessibility, comprehensiveness or gaps in policy information and analysis. The session will feature interventions and discussions from leading policy scholars and experts. A key aim is to share ideas on how to better integrate critical research into existing initiatives, and develop forms of cooperation across these and other emergent forms of policy knowledge. Participants: Arne Hintz (Cardiff University) and Gerard Goggin (University of Sydney) — IAMCR Mapping Media Policy Samantha Grassle & Stefaan Verhulst (Govlab, New York University) Annabelle Sreberny (SOAS, University of London) Francesca Musiani (French National Centre for Scientific Research) Marjan de Bruin (University of West Indies) Robin Mansell (London School of Economics) Session 3: Wednesday 15 July Slot Code: GMP-W2a Time: 14.00-15.30 hrs Room: DS-1545 Title: Mapping Communications Governance – International Collaborations and Practical Challenges Internet governance is increasingly complex, fragmented and hard to navigate. A number of projects have emerged to map this complex landscape and identify issues, existing responses and policies, actors and actions. These include, among others, the European GIPO; Mapping Global Media Policy; the NETmundial Initiative. While these efforts serve different needs and audiences, there is a need to coordinate and collaborate. This session will reflect on the current state of play and conduct an examination of whether these mapping efforts can provide a joined-up infrastructure of both research and information exchange. The session, designed as a workshop, will address questions surrounding mapping best practices, effective methods to develop taxonomies, how to ensure interoperability and coordination among Mapping projects, and effective methods to populate data. Participants: Arne Hintz (Cardiff University), Gerard Goggin (University of Sydney), Claudia Padovani (University of Padova), Marc Raboy (McGill University) — Mapping Global Media Policy Samantha Grassle and Stefaan Verhulst (GovLab, New York University) — Netmundial Solutions Map Session 4: Wednesday 15 July Slot Code: GMP-W3a Time: 16.00-17.30 hrs Room: DS-1545 Title: Business Meeting of Global Media Policy Working Group Chair: Gerard Goggin (University of Sydney) Session 5: Thursday 16 July 2015 Slot Code: CPT-TH1a Time: 09.00-10.30 hrs Room: DS1525 Title: Gendering Global Media Policy: Critical Perspectives on ‘Digital Agendas’ — - In memory of Dr. Heike Jensen (CPT and the Global Media Policy Working Group) Convenors: Claudia Padovani (University of Padova) and Leslie Shade (University of Toronto) Chair: Lisa McLaughlin ( <mailto:mclauglm@miamioh.edu>Miami University) Discussant: Jo Pierson (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) Twenty years have passed since the international community committed to foster gender equity in communication by increasing ‘the participation and access of women to expression and decision-making in and through the media and new technologies of communication” (Beijing 1995, Platform for Action of the Fourth World Conference on Women, Section J). Much work remains to improve persistent gender inequalities across societies and major transformations – in technology and infrastructures, normative frameworks and policy arrangements - that have marked communication landscapes globally. 2015 also marks ten years since the World Summit on Information Society, a relevant moment in international debates about digital governance. This offers opportunities to the scholarly community and other stakeholders to assess the progress made in relation to the WSIS Plan of Action and to critically discuss gender-aware approaches to current trends in communication governance. This panel features expert speakers from diverse geo-cultural contexts, from academia and the advocacy and policy sector, to address questions related to ‘digital agendas’: overall frameworks and strategies for the development and implementation of digital policies being adopted in most regional and national contexts. It is now crucial to assess if and how such strategies live up to the commitment, made twenty years ago, of fostering women’s participation in communication and of mainstreaming gender across all sectors. These issues relate to the 2015 conference theme, as gendered-aspects of communication policies touch upon dynamics of empowerment, disempowerment, cultural hegemony and forms of resistance. The panel also contributes toward IAMCR’s collaboration with the Unesco-promoted Global Alliance on Media and Gender (Gamag) whose aim is to contribute to a research agenda and to produce policy-relevant knowledge based on sound theoretical approaches and gender-sensitive analytical frameworks. Presentations: Claudia Padovani (University of Padova): Gendering European Communication Governance: The Challenge of Gender Mainstreaming Twenty Years After Beijing. Leslie Regan Shade (University of Toronto): Missing in Action: Gender in Canada’s Digital Agenda. Anita Gurumurty (IT for Change): Whose Digital Agendas? Unpacking What Counts for Policy. Anne Webb (Independent consultant Gender research design, training and management):Information and Communication Technology in a Gender Inequality Context: Research in Africa and the Middle East. Fiona Martin and Gerard Goggin (University of Sydney): Reconstructing the Ubiquitous End-User: The New Politics of Gender and Media Policy in Digital Government Services in Australia. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Gerard Goggin ARC Future Fellow Professor of Media and Communications Department of Media and Communications University of Sydney e: gerard.goggin(a)sydney.edu.au <applewebdata://58CAECF0-6F6E-47A3-9980-953EE0F9094E/gerard.goggin@sydney.e du.au> p: +61 2 9114 1218 m: +61 428 66 88 24 w: http://sydney.edu.au/arts/media_communications/staff/gerard_goggin.shtml >

1 0

New issue -- Journal of Peer Production #7: Policies for the Commons
by george dafermos 13 Jul '15

13 Jul '15

Dear friends and colleagues, It is our great pleasure to announce the public release of Issue #7 of the Journal of Peer Production! This issue, which has been edited by me and Vasilis Kostakis, features several articles which explore how the principles of the commons, of peer production and of the social economy can form the basis for a paradigm shift in society. We are hoping you will enjoy them and find them useful! Best, George and Vasilis *-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------* New issue -- Journal of Peer Production #7: Policies for the Commons <http://peerproduction.net/issues/issue-7-policies-for-the-commons/> *-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------* A spectre is haunting the world - the spectre of the Commons. Without a doubt, the world system is in a crisis of such magnitude that the existing state of affairs cannot possibly be maintained for much longer. At the same time, models based on the collective management of common goods and the social economy have sprung up amidst this state of permanent crisis, which suggest that another world is possible. Taking the policy proposals originally developed by the FLOK Society project in Ecuador as a starting point, this JoPP issue explores how the principles of the Commons, of peer production, of free software and of the social economy can constitute the basis for the development of appropriate policies enabling the transition to alternative, post-capitalist social and economic models. The articles collected in this issue address some crucial aspects of this transformation: the transition process from a capitalist knowledge economy towards a social knowledge economy; the transformation of the secondary sector of the economy, with an emphasis on manufacturing and energy; and the reconfiguration of the state and the commonification of public services in the direction of a "Partner State" in which the resources and functions of the state are primarily used to enable and empower autonomous social production. +=================================================+ | T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S | +=================================================+ +-----Editorial section---------------------------------------------------------------------+ Editorial notes: Public policy proposals for a society of the commons <http://peerproduction.net/issues/issue-7-policies-for-the-commons/editorial…> by George Dafermos and Vasilis Kostakis The FLOK doctrine <http://peerproduction.net/issues/issue-7-policies-for-the-commons/the-flok-…> by David Vila-Viñas and Xabier Barandiaran +-----Peer-reviewed papers-------------------------------------------------------------+ Transforming the productive base of the economy through the open design commons and distributed manufacturing <http://peerproduction.net/issues/issue-7-policies-for-the-commons/peer-revi…> by George Dafermos Transforming the energy matrix: Transition policies for the development of the distributed energy model <http://peerproduction.net/issues/issue-7-policies-for-the-commons/peer-revi…> by George Dafermos, Panos Kotsampopoulos, Kostas Latoufis, Ioannis Margaris, Beatriz Rivela, Fausto Paulino Washima, Pere Ariza-Montobbio and Jesús López Public policy for a social economy <http://peerproduction.net/issues/issue-7-policies-for-the-commons/peer-revi…> by John Restakis ICT, open government and civil society <http://peerproduction.net/issues/issue-7-policies-for-the-commons/peer-revi…> by John Restakis, Daniel Araya, Maria José Calderon and Robin Murray Towards a new configuration between the state, civil society and the market <http://peerproduction.net/issues/issue-7-policies-for-the-commons/peer-revi…> by Michel Bauwens and Vasilis Kostakis +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

1 0

help! video search (esp user-generated content)
by Elizabeth Anne Watkins 13 Jul '15

13 Jul '15

Hello AoIR-Listers, Calling on your expertise! I'm looking for video search engines and annotation tools, using either crowdsourced tagging (ie MTurk) or (super interested in) computational vision. I've found a few vid annotation tools so far: http://web.mit.edu/vondrick/vatic/ http://ant.umn.edu/ http://www.anvil-software.org/ http://www.annotations.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k80243&pageid=icb.pag… still searching for, well, search. Any ideas? Thanks very much! Elizabeth Anne Watkins MS in Art, Culture + Technology, MIT

2 1

Join AEJMC’s South Asia Initiative
by Aikat, Debashis 11 Jul '15

11 Jul '15

Join AEJMC’s South Asia Initiative to foster cross-disciplinary conversations and collaborative relationships In our commitment to the “Global Bridges” theme of the 2015 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) conference in San Francisco, a group of long-standing AEJMC members are convening the South Asia Initiative to bring together AEJMC members with interest and expertise in South Asia and the South Asian diaspora worldwide. The AEJMC South Asia Initiative will foster cross-disciplinary conversations and collaborative relationships. We invite you to the inaugural meeting: ~~ Time: 3:15-4:45 p.m., Aug. 7, 2015 (Friday) ~~ Place: Willow Room (B2 Golden Gate Level), San Francisco Marriott Marquis Hotel, San Francisco. ~~ See more details at http://goo.gl/aB2X18 We hope you’ll attend this meeting and share your ideas. Let us know if you are unable to attend the inaugural meeting, but wish to be a part of the AEJMC South Asia Initiative. We also welcome your ideas. Can you please share this note with graduate students and colleagues interested in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka? To facilitate an engaging interaction among attendees, we will discuss your ideas during the inaugural meeting. No pre-registration is required. Just show up. All are welcome. Are you interested in media and communication issues relating to South Asia or the South Asian diaspora? Email your ideas to Dr. Deb Aikat (da(a)unc.edu<mailto:da@unc.edu>) School of Media and Journalism, UNC Chapel Hill, USA. Mention “SAsia15” in the subject line of your email. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks. Cordially, Deb A. ************************* Debashis 'Deb' Aikat, Ph. D. Associate Professor School of Media and Journalism CB # 3365, Carroll Hall 374 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3365 Phone: 919 962 4090 (office) Fax: 919 962 0620 Email: da(a)unc.edu<mailto:da@unc.edu> URL: http://mj.unc.edu/directory/faculty/debashis-aikat *************************

1 0

cfp - Social Media Use and Innovations
by Charles Ess 10 Jul '15

10 Jul '15

Dear AoIRists, Please distribute to potentially interested colleagues and/or listserves, etc. Many thanks in advance, - charles ess == *CALL FOR PAPERS:* Practitioners and researchers interested in social media for social or commercial innovation, as well as evolving patterns of social media use, are invited to submit manuscripts on their practical experience and scientific research for consideration in a special issue, titled “Social media use and innovations,” in *The Journal of Media Innovations* (< https://www.journals.uio.no/index.php/TJMI/>)*. * Submission deadline: October 10, 2015. *MOTIVATION AND KEY CHALLENGES:* Social media is evolving rapidly. New social media platforms appear, and established platforms are continuously modified in response to technological opportunities and emerging user needs. Furthermore, as social media is taken up by an ever-increasing range of users, new patterns of use are appearing. Hence, social media innovation and social media use are closely intertwined. Interestingly, social media are also applied for a wide range of innovation purposes of societal and commercial character. Social media are used by innovative companies for customer insight and involvement in product and service development, as well as for new and emerging practices in sharing and collaboration. This is, for example, seen in the use of social platforms for, social sharing, knowledge sharing, ideation and open innovation, and in the use of social networks for customer engagement in innovation. Social media are also used for social innovation to involve and inform citizens in public sector change projects. Increasingly, political parties use social media to engage and involve citizens in policy making. Formal and informal interest groups and various organizations use social media to generate civic engagement in causes aiming for social change. In this special issue of *The Journal of Media Innovations* we call for submissions that improve our insight in social media innovation, in terms of how social media are taken up and used in innovative ways, how emerging patterns of use affects social media platforms, and the use of social media for both commercial and social innovation. In particular we aim for submissions to target the following: · Emerging practices and patterns of use in social media, such as new sharing and collaboration practices · Design and utilizing of social media to support social or commercial innovation. · Social media and new forms of civic engagement among new groups of users and citizens, such as youth and young adults, in social or commercial innovation · Social media and service innovation. *IMPORTANT DATES: * October 10, 2015: Submission deadline (full paper) November 25, 2015: Authors notified of editorial decision December 20, 2015: Revised manuscripts due December 20, 2015: Authors receive 2nd round of comments from reviewers (if necessary) January 15, 2016: Final version of manuscript due February 1, 2016 Expected online publication date March 1, 2016 *SUBMISSION:* Contributions may be submitted as 6000-8000 word following the author guidelines in *The Journal of Media Innovations* https://www.journals.uio.no/index.php/TJMI/about/submissions#authorGuidelin… . Deadline for contributions: October 10, 2015. All submissions will be made subject to peer-reviewed by at least two independent reviewers (double blind). Manuscripts should be submitted via email before the indicated deadline above to pbb(a)sintef.no Please use subject SOCIAL MEDIA USE & INNOVATIONS in the email. See CFP webpage: http://ism14.org Warm wishes, Charles Ess, Professor in Media Studies, Department of Media and Communication (IMK), University of Oslo (UiO) Editor Anders Olof Larsson, Postdoctoral Fellow, IMK, UiO Editorial Assistant Asbjørn Følstad, PhD & Petter Bae Brandtzæg, PhD. Special Issue Editors - SINTEF <http://www.sintef.no/home/about-us/> *ABOUT THE JOURNAL:* *The Journal of Media Innovations *is an open access journal that explores changes in media technologies, media policies, organizational structures, media management, media production, journalism, media services, and usages. ISSN: 1894-5562 ------------------------------

1 0

cfp - Asian Communication Research, Theme Issue on Asian Popular Culture
by Charles Ess 10 Jul '15

10 Jul '15

Dear AoIRists, please distribute to potentially interested colleagues and/or relevant mailing lists: many thanks in advance, - charles ess == *Asian Communication Research* *Call for Papers* *Theme Issue on Asian Popular Culture* Asian Communication Research (ACR) is now accepting submissions for Vol. 12 N. 2 to be published in December 2015. ACR is an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal, published by the Korean Society for Journalism and Communication Studies since 2004 and is indexed on KCI (Korean Citation Index). *Themes:* Asia has been a site of both interests and controversies. Some have extolled it as a future center of global political economy, while others still view it as a lump of under-developed countries. For many years, Asia has been a test bed for development communication theories. When it comes to popular culture, Asian media capitals such as Hong Kong, Tokyo and Bombay have produced popular media content for global audiences for several decades. More recently, South Korea has joined their ranks by manufacturing popular TV dramas, pop music and films. Korean singer Psy’s *Gangnam Style* phenomenon a few years ago on the global stages confirmed the influence of Asian popular culture. Further, the influence of Bollywood films is gathering force with the global spread of diasporic audiences equipped with new media technologies. In addition, China is ready to appear as the global power of popular cultural production and consumption. At this critical juncture of Asian media and cultural development, *Asian Communication Research* invites papers that address any theme that are related to Asian popular culture for this special issue. *Submissions on following topics are welcome, but are not limited to:* Asian Popular Culture and Global Communication Global fandom of Asian Popular Culture Asian Popular Music Asian Cinema Media and cultural policies in Asia Cultural industries Critical and cultural studies, gender and communication Asian Game Industries and Cultural Studies International communication and cultural flow Diasporic Cultures and Asian Media Localization of Global Popular Culture Korean Wave Bollywood Japanimation Chinese media Thai cinema Digital mediation and global fandom of K-pop Pan-Asian media productions in Asia Sports, media and Popular Culture Social Media and popular culture Advertising and popular culture Popular media representations on international disputes in Asia *Key Dates:* Deadline for Abstract Submissions: 20 July, 2015 Deadline for Manuscript Submissions: 15 September, 2015 Published: December, 2015 *Submission Guidelines:* Original manuscripts should be prepared according to the APA author guidelines. Send inquiries and manuscripts to asiancommr(a)naver.com *Editors:* Sunny Yoon (Hanyang University) syoon(a)hanyang.ac.kr Doobo Shim (Sungshin University) doobo(a)sungshin.ac.kr Wonjun Chung (The University of Suwon) wjchun1(a)hotmail.com

1 0

Crowdsourcing and the Academy. Symposium at UC Berkeley Nov. 6. Pre-registration and CFP now open
by Lina Eklund 09 Jul '15

09 Jul '15

Crowdsourcing and the Academy. Symposium at UC Berkeley Nov. 6. Pre-registration and CFP now open The Humanities and Social Sciences Association<http://hssa.berkeley.edu/> will present a symposium on November 6, 2015 at UC Berkeley, California, to explore the premises, promises, and risks of crowdsourcing in the social sciences and humanities. Long the arena of industry, and more recently, the physical sciences, the humanities and social sciences increasingly are turning to networked knowledge production, enabling new scales and modes of public participation in academic research. The half-day event will open with an introductory keynote presentation, to be followed by two panels, and close with a buffet lunch. The first panel will feature scholars who are engaged in crowdsourcing projects, and the second panel will offer analysis of the cultural and social implications of this method. We invite scholars and educators of all academic levels that are currently involved in a crowdsourcing project to submit a short abstract for consideration for Panel 1, "Talking from experience." For more information click here<http://hssa.berkeley.edu/crowdsourcing-symposium> or view the call for proposals in the attached pdf file. Space for this symposium is limited. If you are interested in attending, please pre-register here<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1XvGQ2EuqfJFJEzqBOjwgKbgZ6XFOLyYqaMPwls3qbg…>. We will get back to you with the official registration about 4 weeks prior to the event. For additional information please consult the event website<http://hssa.berkeley.edu/crowdsourcing-symposium> or the attached call. We look forward to seeing you in Berkeley! Isabell Stamm, Post-Doc, Department of Sociology, UC Berkeley Wanda Katja Liebermann, Visiting Scholar, Department of Architecture, UC Berkeley Lina Eklund, Visiting Scholar, Department of Sociology, UC Berkeley

1 0

INTCIVSOC - a study of civil society organisation participation in internet governance (3-year full-time research post at the University of Exeter)
by Joly MacFie 09 Jul '15

09 Jul '15

> > >Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2015 10:07:58 +0000 >From: "Radaelli, Claudio" <C.Radaelli(a)exeter.ac.uk> >Subject: [Regulation] Research post three years - Centre for European > Governance University of Exeter > >Dear colleagues, > >please find below the advertisement for a 3 year full-time research post >at the University of Exeter on our new project INTCIVSOC International >professional fora: a study of civil society organisation participation in >internet governance. The project is funded by the Economic and Social >Research Council, the major public funding body for the social sciences >in the UK and is led by Professor Alison Harcourt. > >Job title: Associate Research Fellow >Institution name: University of Exeter >Deadline for applications: 16/08/2015 >Direct weblink to the full job >description: https://jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC107GF.open?VACAN… > >Any question about the content of this job, pls contact Alison Harcourt > A.Harcourt(a)ex.ac.uk > >Best regards, > >Claudio >Professor Claudio M. Radaelli | Director, Centre for European Governance >| Dept. of Politics | University of Exeter| Amory Building, Room A236F| >Rennes Drive >Exeter| EX4 4RJ| United Kingdom > >Phone: ++ 44 (0) 1392 723-176 >C.Radaelli(a)exeter.ac.uk<mailto:C.Radaelli@exeter.ac.uk> > -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org -------------------------------------------------------------- -

1 0

Follow Up--Survey for Archiving Events for Digital Humanities Project
by Heather Noel Turner 09 Jul '15

09 Jul '15

Hi everyone, In case you missed our first email, we would like to invite you again to participate in a study that aims to understand how researchers archive internet-based data for research purposes. We are working on a project sponsored by the USA's National Endowment for the Humanities to create an archiving tool for scholars working with digital content. We have several research questions as we work on this project. We want to find out if researchers are archiving in groups or alone. We want to learn whether or not there are issues of privacy and security with data capturing and data sets. We want to find out if researchers need their own private data sets or if they want to publicly share it. Below is a link to a short survey that will help us learn more about archiving internet-based data. It should take approximately 20 minutes to complete: https://wide.typeform.com/to/tiCier After you complete the survey, we may invite you to speak with one of our researchers to learn more about internet-based archiving if you include your email address. Thank you! -- Heather Turner PhD Student, Rhetoric and Writing Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures Department Michigan State University younghe5(a)msu.edu heathno(a)gmail.com www.heathernoelturner.com

1 0

CfP: IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE) 2015
by Lee, Mark 09 Jul '15

09 Jul '15

CALL FOR PAPERS Fourth IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE 2015) 10 - 12 December 2015, Zhuhai, China http://www.tale-conference.org/tale2015/ info(a)tale-conference.org The IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE) is the IEEE Education Society’s flagship Asia-Pacific conference. The aim of TALE 2015 is to provide a forum for academicians and professionals from various educational fields and with cross-disciplinary interests to network, share knowledge and engage in dialogue around the theme of fostering innovation and excellence in engineering education. To this end, both research and practice-oriented papers are invited that encompass all aspects of education in the engineering fields (including computing, computer science, information technology and cognate disciplines). The conference will feature traditional paper presentations, workshops, as well as keynotes by renowned educational experts and authorities. There will also be a Special Session on Computing Education (please see http://www.tale-conference.org/tale2015/cfp_SSCE.php) *** Conference Topics *** Topics of interest include but are not limited to: * Academic Staff/Faculty Development * Accreditation and Quality Assurance * Assessment and Evaluation * Online/E-Learning and Blended Learning * Capstone Projects * Computer-Based Learning and Courseware Technologies * Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning * Curriculum Design * Distance, Open and Flexible Education * Educational Games and Simulations * Educational Policy, Leadership and Administration * Entrepreneurship Programs * Ethical and Social Justice Issues (e.g., Access, Equity) * Gender and Diversity * Generic Skills (e.g., Communications, Teamwork) * Industry Linkages and Partnerships * Instructional Design * Interdisciplinary Teaching Approaches * Introductory Engineering and Computing Courses * K-12 Initiatives and Partnerships * Laboratory Experiences (On-Campus and Remote) * Learning Analytics * Learning Management Systems * Marketing and Outreach for Engineering Programs * Mobile Learning * Open Educational Resources * Research Training (Undergraduate and Graduate) * Service Learning * Work-Based and Work-Integrated Education *** Presentation Formats *** Proposals for participation in TALE 2015 can be submitted in the formats listed below. Each of these formats is described in detail on the conference website. * Papers: full paper * Papers: work-in-progress (WIP) * Special Sessions * Panels * Workshops *** Paper categories *** TALE 2015 welcomes full papers up to eight pages and work-in-progress papers up to four pages that address the broad tracks of (1) innovative practice, (2) research-to-practice, and (3) research. Work-in-progress papers are typically in areas where it is understood the work is in an early or intermediate stage and authors are seeking feedback from the community. Additional information may be found on the TALE 2015 web site. *** Important Dates *** Paper submission deadline: 19 September 2015 Notification of review outcomes: 19 October 2015 Final paper submission and conference registration deadline: 31 October 2015 Conference dates: 10 - 12 December 2015

1 0