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Re: [Air-L] Article/literature on "algorithms" and "geodata"?
by Taylor-Smith, Ella 30 Apr '14

30 Apr '14

Hi Daniel For a social look at algorithms, have a look at Gillespie, T. (2012). The Relevance of Algorithms, in Gillespie, T., Boczkowski, P.J. and Foot, K.A. (eds.) (2014). Media Technologies Essays on Communication, Materiality, and Society, Cambridge and London: MIT Press. http://www.tarletongillespie.org/essays/Gillespie%20-%20The%20Relevance%20o… -Ella Ella Taylor-Smith Institute for Informatics and Digital Innovation Edinburgh Napier University 10 Colinton Road Edinburgh, EH10 5DT Email: e.taylor-smith(a)napier.ac.uk http://www.iidi.napier.ac.uk/e.taylor-smith http://about.me/EllaTaylorSmith @EllaTasm Edinburgh Napier University offers industry informed courses and 92.3% of our graduates are in work or further study within six months of leaving. With over 17,000 students from over 110 countries, we are an international university and are also proud to be the largest UK provider of higher education in Hong Kong. In 2014, we are celebrating 50 years since we opened our doors as Napier Technical College. This message and its attachment(s) are intended for the addressee(s) only and should not be read, copied, disclosed, forwarded or relied upon by any person other than the intended addressee(s) without the permission of the sender. If you are not the intended addressee you must not take any action based on this message and its attachment(s) nor must you copy or show them to anyone. Please respond to the sender and ensure that this message and its attachment(s) are deleted. It is your responsibility to ensure that this message and its attachment(s) are scanned for viruses or other defects. Edinburgh Napier University does not accept liability for any loss or damage which may result from this message or its attachment(s), or for errors or omissions arising after it was sent. Email is not a secure medium. Emails entering Edinburgh Napier University's system are subject to routine monitoring and filtering by Edinburgh Napier University. Edinburgh Napier University is a registered Scottish charity. Registration number SC018373

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Vol. 10, No. 1 of JOLT (including special section on MOOCs) is available online
by Lee, Mark 30 Apr '14

30 Apr '14

Dear colleagues, Vol. 10, No. 1 of the MERLOT Journal of Online Learning and Teaching (JOLT at http://jolt.merlot.org/) is now available online. The contents of the issue are listed below. In this issue you will find 12 peer-reviewed scholarly articles, five of which comprise a Special Section on Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) that also includes an opening piece by open education pioneer, luminary, and JOLT Editorial Board member Sir John Daniel. The release of this special section follows the success of JOLT’s full Special Issue on MOOCs, guest edited by George Siemens, Valerie Irvine, and Jillianne Code, which was published last year as JOLT Vol. 9, No. 2. I hope you will find several articles in the current issue to be of interest, and that you will take the time to forward this notice to colleagues who might also be interested in JOLT. (If they, too, would like to register to receive notification of newly published JOLT issues, they may do so here: http://grapevine.merlot.org/joltnews/joltlistserv.php?action=add .) Kind regards, Mark J. W. Lee Editor-in-Chief, MERLOT Journal of Online Learning and Teaching *** CONTENTS – Vol. 10, No. 1 *** ** SPECIAL SECTION ON MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSES ** Foreword to the Special Section: MOOCs – Evolution or Revolution? Sir John Daniel i-iv * Research Papers * Challenges to Research in MOOCs Helene Fournier, Rita Kop, and Guillaume Durand 1-15 Participants' Perceptions of Learning and Networking in Connectivist MOOCs Mohsen Saadatmand and Kristiina Kumpulainen 16-30 * Case Study * MOOCs: Striking the Right Balance between Facilitation and Self-Determination Tita Beaven, Mirjam Hauck, Anna Comas-Quinn, Tim Lewis, and Beatriz de los Arcos 31-43 * Position Papers * MOOC Pedagogy: Gleaning Good Practice from Existing MOOCs Maha Bali 44-56 Teacher Experiences and Academic Identity: The Missing Components of MOOC Pedagogy Jen Ross, Christine Sinclair, Jeremy Knox, Siân Bayne, and Hamish Macleod 57-69 ** REGULAR PAPERS ** * Research Papers * Online and Face-to-Face Teaching: How Do Student Ratings Differ? Suzanne Young and Heather E. Duncan 70-79 Questions that Get Answered: The Construction of Instructional Conversations on Online Asynchronous Discussion Boards Dorothy J. Della Noce, Debora L. Scheffel, and May Lowry 80-96 Task Value, Self-Regulated Learning, and Performance in a Web-Intensive Undergraduate Engineering Course: How Are They Related? Oenardi Lawanto, Harry B. Santoso, Wade Goodridge, and Kevin N. Lawanto 97-111 Testing the Effect of Hybrid Lecture Delivery on Learning Outcomes Oskar R. Harmon, William T. Alpert, and James Lambrinos 112-121 Audio Feedback versus Written Feedback: Instructors' and Students' Perspectives Andrew J. Cavanaugh and Liyan Song 122-138 Facilitating Group Discussions in Second Life Charles Xiaoxue Wang, Scott Anstadt, Jamie Goldman, and Mary L. M. Lefaiver 139-152 * Position Paper * Strategies for Creating a Community of Inquiry through Online Asynchronous Discussions Aimee deNoyelles, Janet Zydney, and Baiyun Chen 153-165

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qualitative Google search results methdologies
by Amy 29 Apr '14

29 Apr '14

Hello All, I am wondering if anyone has come across good models of methodology for qualitative research that uses search terms and google results. What I'm thinking here is something like looking at page one search results as the sites a user interested in a particular topic is most likely to come across if they are using particular search terms, and Google Trends can also give some indication of the search terms' relative popularity. Thank you, ah -- Amy Hasinoff Assistant Professor Department of Communication University of Colorado Denver www.amyhasinoff.com

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Article/literature on "algorithms" and "geodata"?
by Daniel Kunzelmann 29 Apr '14

29 Apr '14

And if you could help me out on another issue? I'm also looking for an article/literature that deals with the relationship of "algorithms" and "geodata". Most of the work about algorithms that I could find seem very "technical", thus missing the social aspect of it. My main concern: What are and do algorithms: technically but as well as from a social anthropological perspective? How is geodata used within these algorithms causing what? How can one theorize and conceptualize the relationsship of geodata, algorithms and ethnography? Again, together with a colleague I will be holding a workshop to discuss ways in which numeric (geo-)data and ethnography can be joined in anthropological theory and methodology. We both think that algorithms and their relationship with geodata play an important part to understand these issues. Any ideas or suggestions of an article? Thanks you so much! Kind regards, Daniel Kunzelmann ---------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Kunzelmann, Ph.D.c Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich Institute of Cultural Studies/European Ethnology Email. daniel.kunzelmann(a)gmx.de Web. http://unibas.academia.edu/DanielKunzelmann Blog. http://www.transformations-blog.com/ Twitter. @der_kunzelmann ----------------------------------------------------------------

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Article/literature combining "geodata", "crowdmapping" and "participatory (politics)"?
by Daniel Kunzelmann 29 Apr '14

29 Apr '14

Dear community! I've been appreciatively reading this ml over the last couple of month. Now I really hope that you can help me out on the following issue. I'm looking for a specific social anthropological article (or literature in general) that covers three topics at once "geodata", "crowdmapping" and "participatory (politics)". My main concern: How does (big) geodata and the (crowd) mapping of it -- e.g. by combining geodata with other kinds of (big) data -- change civic engagement? Things like this http://www.theguardian.com/news/blog/2011/apr/07/ushahidi-crowdmap-kenya-vi…... The focus of the article: Together with a colleague I will be holding a workshop to discuss ways in which numeric (geo-)data and ethnography can be joined within anthropological theory and methodology. Thus the focus of the article should be empirical (giving examples), but it should also try to theorize and conceptualize the relationsship of geodata and ethnography. I would really appreciate your shared expertise on this one. Any ideas or suggestions? Thanks you so much! All the best, Daniel Kunzelmann P.S.: I do have another questions but I will split up the post... ---------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel Kunzelmann, Ph.D.c Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich Institute of Cultural Studies/European Ethnology Email. daniel.kunzelmann(a)gmx.de Web. http://unibas.academia.edu/DanielKunzelmann Blog. http://www.transformations-blog.com/ Twitter. @der_kunzelmann ----------------------------------------------------------------

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CFP HICSS minitrack Collective Intelligence and Crowds: Structure, Roles, and Identit
by Fichman, Pnina 29 Apr '14

29 Apr '14

[Apologies for cross-posting] CFP HICSS minitrack Collective Intelligence and Crowds: Structure, Roles, and Identity Track: Digital and Social Media Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) 48, January 5-8, 2015, Kauai, Hawaii http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/ Papers Due: June 15, 2014 via the HICSS conference system http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_48/apahome48.htm We live surrounded by socially constructed identities. Some examples are organizations, nations, websites, companies, products and even persons. These identities are constituted through a complex interplay of interactions, a kind of distributed cognition. Communication requires not only a representation in an individual’s mind but also the knowledge that there is a similar representation in the minds of others. Platforms built on top of the Internet have changed the way we can create such shared representations. They allow people to aggregate knowledge from socially distant areas. They also allow diverse groups of people – and maybe machines in the form of artificial intelligences – to negotiate identities. We can build collective intelligences that themselves will steer the quest for knowledge. The collectives can be self-catalyzing, deciding individually or collaboratively what to do next, out of which novel and practical ideas emerge. While these open design collectives rely on organic growth and slow embedding of members in the network, alternative structures based on crowds can be assembled more rapidly. Between the two extremes are a host of different organizational structures, in which already committed members of a community are deployed to create or improve ideas. And the traces of these new organizations are also varied, ranging from ephemeral short messages to curated collaborative knowledge repositories. The output often takes the form of digital media. We are interested in papers that observe, analyze, or visualize these organization structures and the innovations they produce, papers that simulate this production through software, papers that analyze the phenomena of crowdsourcing, collective intelligence and collaborative mass knowledge production, and design research that creates and evaluates new tools and processes. We are particularly open to papers that explore unusual ways of modelling emergent organizations: models that demonstrate or reflect the influence of social systems on user behaviours, models that consider the multiple connections between people, technology, and institutions, models of technological and social affordances, models that break personal identity into sub-relations, and models that examine the emergence of roles, identity, and institutions. We are interested in applying the ideas of James March, Mark Granovetter, Harrison White, Charles Tilly and related scholars to information systems. We are looking for papers about the mechanisms (in the sense of Bhaskar) that explain the emergence of collective identity. In sum, the content of the track is open to analysis of collective intelligence, new knowledge creation, and crowdsourcing. Included also is the analysis of social interaction as a way of describing underlying social structure, and in particular the social construction of identity and roles.. Thus the track is open to a wide range of content areas that lend themselves to the analysis of relations between people, collectives, and machines, as well as the products produced as a result of these relations. In this minitrack, we are aiming to attract an audience from five groups: first, those interested in collective intelligence and crowdsourcing and who find a home in information systems departments; second, those in information schools who study these topics; third, computer scientists who are interested in the analysis of network and crowd processes, fourth, those who use social networks to describe social structure and fifth, industry practitioners. Minitrack Organizers: Donald Steiny, The Institute for Social Network Analysis of the Economy; steiny(a)steiny.com<mailto:steiny@steiny.com> Pnina Fichman, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University, Bloomington; fichman(a)indiana.edu<mailto:fichman@indiana.edu> Jeffrey V. Nickerson, Wesley J. Howe School of Technology Management at Stevens Institute of Technology; jnickerson(a)stevens.edu<mailto:jnickerson@stevens.edu> About HICSS conferences: http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_48/apahome48.htm Now in its 48th year, the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) is one of the longest-standing continuously running scientific conferences. This conference brings together researchers in an aloha-friendly atmosphere conducive to free exchange of scientific ideas. Unique characteristics of the conference include: • A matrix structure of tracks and themes that enables research on a rich mixture of computer-based applications and technologies. • Three days of research paper presentations and discussions in a workshop setting that promotes interaction leading to additional research. • A full day of Symposia, Workshops, and Tutorials. See Program Components for additional detail. • A truly international experience with participants usually from over 40 countries, (approximately 50% non-US). • Papers published in the Proceedings by the IEEE Computer Society Press and carried in the IEEE digital library Xplore. Access to HICSS papers is in the top 2% of IEEE Conferences. • Paper presentations and discussions which frequently lead to revised and extended papers that are published in journals, books, and special issues. • A keynote address and distinguished lecture which explore particularly relevant topics and concepts. • Best Paper Awards<http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_47/bestpapers2014.htm> in each track which recognize superior research performance. • HICSS is the #1 IS conference in terms of citations as recorded by Google Scholar. Recent research that shows HICSS ranked second in citation ranking among 18 Information Systems (IS) conferences, ranked third in value to the MIS field among 13 Management Information Systems (MIS) conferences, and ranked second in conference rating among 11 IS conferences. The Australian Government's Excellence in Research project (ERA) has given HICSS an "A" rating. Important deadlines for authors: • June 15: Submit full manuscripts for review. Review is double-blind. • Aug 15: Review System emails Acceptance Notices to authors. • Oct 1: Early Registration fee deadline. (Fees will increase on Sept 16 and Dec 1.) Early Registration fee: $625 • Oct 2: General Registration Fee begins: $695 (Registration price remains through December 1, 2014) • Oct 15: Papers without at least one registered author will be deleted from the Proceedings; authors will be so notified. • Dec 2: Late Registration fee beings: $795 (Registration price remains through conference) ------------------------ Pnina Fichman Associate Professor, School of Informatics and Computing Director, Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics Affiliated Associate Professor, School of Global and International Studies 901 East 10th Street, Informatics West #301 Indiana University, Bloomington, 47408 Phone (812) 856-1587 E-Mail fichman(a)indiana.edu<mailto:fichman@indiana.edu> Web http://ella.slis.indiana.edu/~fichman/

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Re: [Air-L] SOS: want to randomly fill address field in a spreadsheet
by Raphael Velt 29 Apr '14

29 Apr '14

Hello, I think it depends a lot on what you want your sample to be. Should it be evenly distributed in terms of geographic area, in terms of population, etc.? Possible approaches may be: - Generate random GPS coordinates then use some reverse geocoding service (I think Google does it) - Use public open data, such as the areas covered by voting locations - Parse the Open Street Map database for a certain type of amenities I think it varies from country to country. In the UK, the Post Office database has all addresses and can be licensed, but I don't know about equivalents elsewhere. Regards, Raphael Velt PhD student, Mixed Reality Lab, University of Nottingham Sent from my Windows Phone ________________________________ From: Babiga Birregah<mailto:bbirregah@gmail.com> Sent: ‎29/‎04/‎2014 00:30 To: Lovaas,Steven<mailto:Steven.Lovaas@colostate.edu> Cc: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org<mailto:air-l@listserv.aoir.org> Subject: Re: [Air-L] SOS: want to randomly fill address field in a spreadsheet thanks but my concerns is that: 1) how to pick a list of postal addresses corresponding to a given area or city (from a map) 2) and then randomly choose some of them to fill my excel column of addresses regards Babiga 2014-04-29 1:26 GMT+02:00 Lovaas,Steven <Steven.Lovaas(a)colostate.edu>: > I would number another column in your address list and then run your > random-number generator against that. > > Steve Lovaas > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Apr 28, 2014, at 5:11 PM, "Babiga Birregah" <bbirregah(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Dear all > > I am wondering if anyone knows how to fill randomly a spreadsheet with a > > list of address picked from a given area or region or city? > > thanks for your help > > > > Regards, > > Babiga > > -- > > > > -- > > BIRREGAH Babiga, Phd > > Enseignant-Chercheur/ Assistant professor > > ICD UMR-CNRS 6279 STMR > > Sciences et Technologies pour la Maîtrise des Risques > > Joint Research Unit in Sciences and Technologies for Risk Management > > Department of Operational Research, Applied Statistics and Simulation > > UTT - ROSAS LM2S H107 > > 12 Rue Marie Curie > > CS 42060 > > 10004 TROYES CEDEX > > Tél. +33 (0) 325715869 > > Fax. +33 (0) 325715649 > > QR: http://goo.gl/Et0A4 > > _______________________________________________ > > 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/ > -- -- BIRREGAH Babiga, Phd Enseignant-Chercheur/ Assistant professor ICD UMR-CNRS 6279 STMR Sciences et Technologies pour la Maîtrise des Risques Joint Research Unit in Sciences and Technologies for Risk Management Department of Operational Research, Applied Statistics and Simulation UTT - ROSAS LM2S H107 12 Rue Marie Curie CS 42060 10004 TROYES CEDEX Tél. +33 (0) 325715869 Fax. +33 (0) 325715649 QR: http://goo.gl/Et0A4 _______________________________________________ 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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What Swear would You Use?
by Hansika Kapoor 29 Apr '14

29 Apr '14

Dear all, Please spend some time participating in research about what swear word you would be likely to use in various contexts. Please note that the study below contains abusive language, and you must be over the age of 16 to participate. Do share with others who would be interested! Best, Merin If you have trouble viewing or submitting this form, you can fill it out online: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/12TJ8xbTK4uFDAJGiwvPeKumkO404R4R7WpIyUYHvpb… Swears in Context Please consider the following information before deciding to participate in this research. PURPOSE: To study the contexts in which swear words/phrases are used. WHO IS CONDUCTING THIS STUDY: This study is being conducted by Merin Sanil, Research Intern at the Department of Psychology, Monk Prayogshala ( mes(a)monkprayogshala.in) under the supervision of Hansika Kapoor, Research Author at Monk Prayogshala (hk(a)monkprayogshala.in) HAS THIS STUDY BEEN APPROVED? Yes, this study has received Ethical Approval from the IRB at Monk Prayogshala, in November 2013 (#013-001). For queries regarding the same, you may contact aa(a)monkprayogshala.in WHAT YOU WILL DO: You will first begin by providing some basic information about yourself. Following this you will be presented with a few statements and asked to select how likely you would use the swear words/phrases in a similar situation. The task will take about 15 minutes to complete. There are no right or wrong answers to any of the items and this test is in no way a test of your intelligence. Please respond honestly. RISKS: Your participation in this study is completely voluntary and there are NO anticipated risks with participating. Please note however that the study contains the use of profanity and abusive language and you can choose to withdraw at any given point during the study if you begin to feel uncomfortable. To do so, you may exit the study by closing your browser window. BENEFITS: On completion, your email id will be entered into a raffle where you can win a Rs. 500/- Flipkart voucher! :) PLEASE NOTE THE MORE PEOPLE YOU GET TO FILL IN THIS FORM, THE BETTER CHANCE YOU HAVE OF WINNING! Also, your email id will only be used to enter you into the raffle and will not be associated with your identity in any way. [If you are not a resident of India, and if your email id is selected, you will be eligible for an Amazon gift card of the equivalent amount.] CONFIDENTIALITY: Your participation will remain strictly confidential and your responses will not be associated with your identity. The results may be published in a research paper, and you may request to have a copy of the same once it’s published. CONTACT: If you have any questions, comments or feedback regarding this study, you can contact us at mes(a)monkprayogshala.in By clicking on the continue button, you are stating that you are over 16 years of age, and that you understand the provided information and consent to participate in the study being conducted. [image: Captionless Image] Powered by [image: Google Drive] <http://drive.google.com?usp=form_footer> This form was created inside of मंक प्रयोगशाला ।. Report Abuse<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/12TJ8xbTK4uFDAJGiwvPeKumkO404R4R7WpIyUYHvpb…>- Terms of Service <http://www.google.com/accounts/TOS> - Additional Terms<http://www.google.com/google-d-s/terms.html> -- Thanks & Regards, For Monk Prayogshala, Hansika Kapoor Department of Psychology +91 9167226464 This email message has been dispatched using Monk Prayogshala's Daak communication service.The email message and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email message in error please notify Monk Prayogshala immediately. If you are not the intended recipient you are notified that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. Warning: Computer viruses can be transmitted via email. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses.Monk Prayogshala does not accept any liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted along with this email message. All e-mail transmissions cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. Monk Prayogshala does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this email message, which arise as a result of e-mail transmission.

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SOS: want to randomly fill address field in a spreadsheet
by Babiga Birregah 29 Apr '14

29 Apr '14

Dear all I am wondering if anyone knows how to fill randomly a spreadsheet with a list of address picked from a given area or region or city? thanks for your help Regards, Babiga -- -- BIRREGAH Babiga, Phd Enseignant-Chercheur/ Assistant professor ICD UMR-CNRS 6279 STMR Sciences et Technologies pour la Maîtrise des Risques Joint Research Unit in Sciences and Technologies for Risk Management Department of Operational Research, Applied Statistics and Simulation UTT - ROSAS LM2S H107 12 Rue Marie Curie CS 42060 10004 TROYES CEDEX Tél. +33 (0) 325715869 Fax. +33 (0) 325715649 QR: http://goo.gl/Et0A4

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tonight @6pm @MIT: Cyberscholars working group
by Amy Johnson 28 Apr '14

28 Apr '14

Wondering how to start your week off on the right foot? Come join us at the inter-institutional Cyberscholars working group meeting tonight at 6 pm at MIT, at the Center for Civic Media (E15-344) for dinner and discussion! IANA Transfer: To fear or not to fear -- Pranesh Prakash The impacts and ethics of open data standards -- Tim Davies Event page here: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/cyberscholars/2014/04/mit ~Amy (1) IANA Transfer: To fear or not to fear On March 14, 2014, the N.T.I.A. announced their "intent to transition key Internet domain name functions to the global multistakeholder community". The popular media in the U.S.A. is all doom and gloom on this issue, Sarah Palin's been posting about it on Facebook, Bill Clinton's been quizzing Jimmy Wales about it and expressing his concerns, and a number of Congresspersons have banded up to prevent this from happening through the awfully-titled Domain Openness Through Continued Oversight Matters, or DOTCOM Act. In his talk, Pranesh Prakash will attempt to a) explain what "key domain name functions" the N.T.I.A. currently performs -- including how the DNS root server system works -- and what they want to "transition"; b) examine what positions have historically been taken by some of the actors to the N.T.I.A. performing this function, and how those positions are changing post-Snowden, post-Montevideo Declaration, pre-NetMundial, and post-N.T.I.A announcement, positing that there's an interesting change and even a reversal of positions that we've seen post-Montevideo Declaration; and c) provide tentative views on what aspects of this transition announcement are important and can be influenced and what were decided in 1998. Pranesh Prakash is a Postdoctoral Associate in Law and Access to Knowledge Fellow for the Information Society Project. He also served as the Policy Director for the Centre for Internet and Society, a Bagalore-based non-profit that engages in research and policy advocacy. *Education *LL.M., National Law School of India University B.A., National Law School of India University (2) The impacts and ethics of open data standards As the movement to publish Open Government Data on the web matures, attention is shifting from simply placing datasets online, to constructing new public data infrastructures, developing and adopting common data standards to allow data from diverse sources to be aggregated, integrated and linked together. From the General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) for describing public transport schedules, and Open311 standards for reporting issues to local government, to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) standard for aid project information, and the emerging Open Contracting Data Standard, governments across the globe are using common specifications to make their data available. Although development and implementation of open data standards is often approached as a purely technical choice, it involves many decisions with political and social impact. Whilst fields such as infrastructure studies can offer a descriptive account of how standards come about and embody socio-technical choices, transforming this critical awareness into principles for the design of open data standards remains a gap. In this talk Tim Davies will seek to highlight the trend towards new public data infrastructures, and, in light of this, will explore critical questions and approaches for evaluating, and constructing, open data standards. Tim Davies is coordinator of the Exploring the Emerging Impacts of Open Data in Developing Countries project at the World Wide Web Foundation, where he also works on the development of new public contracting open data standards for the Open Contracting Partnership. He is a PhD candidate in Web Science at the University of Southampton, and a fellow of the Berkman Centre for Internet and Society. He previously worked on creating tools to work with data from the International Aid Transparency Initiative. --- @shrapnelofme

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