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ELD13 Early Bird Registration Expires Friday
by AJ Kelton 07 May '13

07 May '13

The Emerging Learning Design (ELD) Conference is pleased to introduce the nearly two dozen amazing presentations at this year's conference. ELD13 will take place on Friday, June 7th, 2013 here at Montclair State University. Early Bird Pricing is schedule to expire on Friday, May 10th, so take advantage of the lower pricing. http://eld.montclair.edu/registration/ For the full schedule, times, and descriptions, please see http://eld.montclair.edu/schedule/ The titles of our sessions this year are: - Keynote - The Death Of Content:Why Universities and Schools are (and aren’t) being replaced by the Internet <http://eld.montclair.edu/2013/04/11/the-death-of-content-why-universities-a…> by Dr. Christopher Hoadley from New York University - Big Data Thinking and Learning 3.0 as Guides for Online Textbook Development<http://eld.montclair.edu/2013/02/26/big-data-thinking-and-learning-3-0-as-g…> - Choosing Effective Multimedia Simulations for Chemistry Learning<http://eld.montclair.edu/2013/04/22/choosing-effective-multimedia-simulatio…> - Design Rationale and Implications for Cultural Heritage Gaming: A Case Study of a Jewish Game for Learning<http://eld.montclair.edu/2013/04/30/design-rationale-and-implications-for-c…> - Digital Education, MOOCs and the Specter of the Cyberteacher<http://eld.montclair.edu/2013/04/30/digital-education-moocs-and-the-specter…> - Does your institution suffer from dissociative identity disorder?<http://eld.montclair.edu/2013/05/05/does-your-institution-suffer-from-disso…> - Emerging Technologies, Education, Exploration … and Ethics<http://eld.montclair.edu/2013/05/05/emerging-technologies-education-explora…> - Etextbook with Google Earth Development: Integrating SOA Technologies for Learning with Research<http://eld.montclair.edu/2013/05/02/etextbook-with-google-earth-development…> - Making student Wikipedians: Encouraging disruptive scholarly communication<http://eld.montclair.edu/2013/02/26/making-student-wikipedians-encouraging-…> - Mindfulness: Emerging Mobile Tools and the Potential to Help Learners<http://eld.montclair.edu/2013/04/19/mindfulness-emerging-mobile-tools-and-t…> - Navigating a Literacy Rich World: Untethering English Language Learners From the Classroom<http://eld.montclair.edu/2013/04/15/navigating-a-literacy-rich-world-unteth…> - PowerPoint: The Rules of Engagement - Technology and 21st Century Literacy in a Time of Accountability<http://eld.montclair.edu/2013/04/29/technology-and-21st-century-literacy-in…> - The Design of RPGs to Teach Ethics and Empathy<http://eld.montclair.edu/2013/04/30/the-design-of-rpgs-to-teach-ethics-and-…> - The Scratch Disruption: Video Game Design with Scratch<http://eld.montclair.edu/2013/02/21/the-scratch-disruption-video-game-desig…> - Virtual Enhancements to Physical Spaces: A QR Code Based Orientation Game<http://eld.montclair.edu/2013/05/05/virtual-enhancements-to-physical-spaces…> - Virtual Instructor – Student Interaction in an Asynchronous Learning Network<http://eld.montclair.edu/2013/02/21/virtual-instructor-student-interaction-…> - Visualizing American Literature with Pinterest<http://eld.montclair.edu/2013/04/30/visualizing-american-literature-with-pi…> - Where does 3D printing fit into your pedagogical thinking<http://eld.montclair.edu/2013/02/26/where-does-3d-printing-fit-into-your-pe…> ? Select proceeding will appear in the Journal of Emerging Learning Design ( http://eldj.montclair.edu) scheduled to be published in early 2014. The Inaugural Issue of the ELDJ is online, with two invited articles, one from each of the keynote speakers for ELD11 (Using the Tool Adoption and Alignment Model to Assess Pedagogical Fit of Social Communication Tools<http://eldj.montclair.edu/2013/04/19/using-the-tool-adoption-and-alignment-…> by Sarah Smith-Robbins, PhD<http://eldj.montclair.edu/2013/04/26/sarah-smith-robbins-phd/>) and ELD12 (Designing for Technology Enhanced Activity to Support Learning<http://eldj.montclair.edu/2013/04/19/designing-for-technology-enhanced-acti…> by Joshua A. Danish, PhD<http://eldj.montclair.edu/2013/04/26/joshua-adam-danish-phd/>.) Visit the ELDJ site and subscribe (URL) to receive an email when new articles and announcements are posted. -- -- ----- AJ Kelton Director of Emerging & Instructional Technology College of Humanities and Social Sciences Montclair State University http://eit.montclair.edu ---------- Emerging Learning Design 2013 http://eld.montclair.edu Twitter: @ELDConf <http://twitter.com/ELDConf> Hashtag: #ELD13 Journal of Emerging Learning Design http://eldj.montclair.edu ----------

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Call for contributions: Society of the Query reader on search, search engines and alternatives
by René König 07 May '13

07 May '13

Dear colleagues, Please consider contributing to our reader on search (engines). Deadline for abstracts is June 15th, 2013. See below. Best, René René König, Dipl.-Soz. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS) P.O. Box 3640 76021 Karlsruhe Germany Tel.: +49 (0) 721 / 608-22209 Web/Skype: renekoenig.eu Twitter: r_koenig CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS Society of the Query Reader See also: http://networkcultures.org/wpmu/query/2013/05/07/call-for-contributions-soc… The INC Reader Series, edited by Geert Lovink, give an overview of the present day research, critique, and artistic practices in a thematic research field at once broad and limited. The set up is multidisciplinary, with academic (humanities, social sciences, software studies etc.), artistic, and activist contributors. Following the success of the previous INC readers we would like to put together an anthology with key texts considering online search and search engines. In parallel with the second Society of the Query conference which will take place in Amsterdam on November 7-8 2013, the Institute of Network Cultures is devoted to produce a reader that brings together actual theory about the foundation and history of search, the economics of search engines, search and education, alternatives, and much more. This publication is edited by René König and Miriam Rasch, and produced by the Institute of Network Cultures in Amsterdam, to be launched early 2014. It will be open access and available in print and various digital formats (see below for information on the INC reader series). POSSIBLE TOPICS Theory and Foundations of Search // Googlization: Mapping Google’s Dominance // Search Engines and Education // Searching Elsewhere: Non-Western Perspectives // Personalization: Testing the Filter Bubble // Regulation in a Globalizing World // Localization as the New Paradigm // Software Matters: Sociotechnical and Algorithmic Cultures // Showcasing Alternative Search Engines WE INVITE: Internet, visual culture and media scholars, researchers, artists, curators, producers, lawyers, engineers, open-source and open-content advocates, activists, conference participants, and others to submit materials and proposals. FORMATS : We welcome interviews, dialogues, essays and articles, images (b/w), email exchanges, manifestos, with a maximum of 8,000 words, but preferably shorter at around 5,000 words. For scope and style, take a look at the previous INC Readers and the style guide <http://networkcultures.org/_uploads/SotQ_Reader_styleguide.pdf> (pdf). WANT TO JOIN? Send in your proposal (500 words max.) before June 15th, 2013. You may expect a response before July 15th, 2013. DEADLINE FOR CONTRIBUTIONS: September 15th, 2013. EMAIL TO: Miriam Rasch (publications Institute of Network Cultures) at miriam[at]networkcultures[dot]org <mailto:miriam@networkcultures.org> MORE INFORMATION Society of the Query: http://networkcultures.org/query INC readers: http://networkcultures.org/publications ABOUT THE READER SERIES The INC reader series are derived from conference contributions and produced by the Institute of Network Cultures in Amsterdam. They are available (for free) in print and pdf; check http://networkcultures.org/publications. INC Reader #8: Geert Lovink and Miriam Rasch (eds), Unlike Us Reader: Social Media Monopolies and Their Alternatives, Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures, 2013. INC Reader #7: Geert Lovink and Nathaniel Tkacz (eds), Critical Point of View: A Wikipedia Reader, Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures, 2011. INC Reader #6: Geert Lovink and Rachel Somers Miles (eds), Video Vortex Reader II: moving images beyond YouTube, Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures, 2011. INC Reader #5: Scott McQuire, Meredith Martin, and Sabine Niederer (eds.), Urban Screens Reader, Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures, 2009. INC Reader #4: Geert Lovink and Sabine Niederer (eds.), Video Vortex Reader: Responses to YouTube, Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures, 2008.  INC Reader #3: Geert Lovink and Ned Rossiter (eds.), MyCreativity Reader: A Critique of Creative Industries, Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures, 2007. INC Reader #2: Katrien Jacobs, Marije Janssen and Matteo Pasquinelli (eds.), C’Lick Me: A Netporn Studies Reader, Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures, 2007.  INC Reader #1: Geert Lovink and Soenke Zehle (eds.), Incommunicado Reader, Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures, 2005.  CONTACT Miriam Rasch René König Publications Institute of Network Cultures ITAS, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology miriam[at]networkcultures[dot]org <mailto:miriam@networkcultures.org> <mailto:kontakt@renekoenig.eu> kontakt[at]renekoenig[dot]eu t: +31 (0)20 595 1865 t: +49 (0)721 608 22209

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2nd CFP: CSCW 2014, Papers due May 31st
by Irina Shklovski 07 May '13

07 May '13

[Please forward to those who might be interested -- Apologies for cross-posting] CALL FOR PAPERS, COMPUTER-SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK AND SOCIAL COMPUTING 2014 (CSCW 2014) Baltimore, MD, Feb 15-19, 2014 http://cscw.acm.org CSCW is an international and interdisciplinary conference focused on how technology intersects with social practices. To support diverse and high-quality contributions, CSCW employs a two-phase review process and does not impose an arbitrary length limit on submissions. IMPORTANT DATES * May 31, 5:00pm PDT, 2013: Submission due * July 6: First-round notification (Revise & Resubmit or Reject) * July 26, 5:00pm PDT: Revised papers due * August 23: Final notifications We invite submissions that detail existing practices or inform the design or deployment of systems or introduce novel systems, interaction techniques, or algorithms. The scope of CSCW includes, but is not limited to, social computing and social media, technologically-enabled or enhanced communication, education technologies, crowdsourcing, multi-user input technologies, collaboration, information sharing, and coordination. It includes socio-technical activities at work, in the home, in education, in healthcare, in the arts, for socializing and for entertainment. New results or new ways of thinking about, studying or supporting shared activities can be in these and related areas: - Social and crowd computing. Studies, theories, designs, mechanisms, systems, and/or infrastructures addressing social media, social networking, user-generated content, wikis, blogs, online gaming, crowdsourcing, collective intelligence, virtual worlds, collaborative information seeking, etc. - System design. Hardware, architectures, infrastructures, interaction design, technical foundations, algorithms, and/or toolkits that enable the building of new social and collaborative systems and experiences. - Theories and models. Critical analysis or organizing theory with clear relevance to the design or study of social and collaborative systems. - Empirical investigations. Findings, guidelines, and/or ethnographic studies relating to technologies, practices, or use of communication, collaboration, and social technologies. - Methodologies and tools. Novel methods or combinations of approaches and tools used in building systems or studying their use. - Domain-specific social and collaborative applications. Including for healthcare, transportation, gaming (for enjoyment or productivity), ICT4D, sustainability, education, accessibility, collective intelligence, global collaboration, or other domains. - Collaboration systems based on emerging technologies. Mobile and ubiquitous computing, game engines, virtual worlds, multi-touch technologies, novel display technologies, vision and gesture recognition systems, big data infrastructures, MOOCs, crowd labor markets, SNSes, sensor-based environments, etc. - Crossing boundaries. Studies, prototypes, or other investigations that explore interactions across disciplines, distance, languages, generations, and cultures, to help better understand how to transcend social, temporal, and/or spatial boundaries. Papers should detail original research contributions. Papers must report new research results that represent a contribution to the field. They must provide sufficient details and support for their results and conclusions. They must cite relevant published research or experience, highlight novel aspects of the submission, and identify the most significant contributions. Evaluation is on the basis of originality, significance, quality of research, quality of writing, and contribution to conference program diversity. SUBMISSIONS Paper submissions must be made via the Precision Conference System. A link to the submission site will be made available by early May. Papers will be presented at the CSCW conference and will be included in the conference proceedings archived in the ACM Digital Library. CSCW does not accept submissions that were published previously in formally reviewed publications or that are currently submitted elsewhere. Send queries about Paper submissions to papers2014(a)cscw.acm.org<mailto:papers2014@cscw.acm.org>. ============================================== Irina Shklovski Associate Professor Interaction Design Research Group (ID) Digital Media & Communication Research Group (DMC) IT University of Copenhagen Rued Langgaards Vej, 7 2300, København S. Danmark http://www.itu.dk/people/irsh/ ==============================================

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Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government 22-24 May 2013, Danube University Krems, Austria
by Noella Edelmann 07 May '13

07 May '13

Apologies for Cross-posting! ****************************** Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government 22-24 May 2013, Danube University Krems, Austria! Hope to see you at the CeDEM13! We have lots of wonderful presentations, workshops, reflections, networking opportunities, a fab social dinner on 22. May...... .... and we proudly present the following keynotes: - John Carlo Bertot from the University of Maryland - Karine Nahon from the University of Washington - Beth Noveck from New York University and MIT, and former United States Deputy Chief Technology Officer. - Tiago Peixoto from the World Bank, Washington For the programme and registration please go to: http://www.amiando.com/cedem.html Or see the programme here: http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/imperia/md/content/department/gpa/zeg/dokumente/… Find us on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/120470071343471/posts/156758537834321 Kind regards Noella Noella Edelmann BA, MSc, MAS Researcher CeDEM13 Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government www.donau-uni.ac.at/cedem JeDEM eJournal of eDemocracy and Open Government www.jedem.org Digital Government Blog http://digitalgovernment.wordpress.com/ Centre for E-Government Danube University Krems Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Strasse 30 3500 Krems Austria www.donau-uni.ac.at/egov

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Data Brokering
by Marc Hébert 06 May '13

06 May '13

Hello Peter, Could you give us more details about your new role as a "data broker?" What are the expectations of your manager in this position? Are you being asked to look for patterns in the data to inform policy implementation? If so, then will you also be tasked to think about how these statistical data integrate/could be informed by more qualitative data? Let me know if these sorts of reports<http://www.emc.com/resource-library/resource-library.esp?source=link&findRe…> overlap with your new position/responsibilities. Kind regards, Marc --------------------- Marc Hebert, Ph.D. UX/Ethnographic Researcher 2013 Code for America Fellow Collaborating with the City & County of San Francisco On May 4, 2013, at 3:00 PM, air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org wrote: > Send Air-L mailing list submissions to > air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > air-l-owner(a)listserv.aoir.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Air-L digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Readings on Data Brokers (Peter Timusk) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 4 May 2013 13:55:41 -0400 > From: Peter Timusk <ptimusk(a)sympatico.ca> > To: "aoir list" <air-l(a)aoir.org> > Subject: [Air-L] Readings on Data Brokers > Message-ID: <BLU0-SMTP37FB40CA4AE1889650418FDCBF0(a)phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > I am being asked to become a "Data Broker" in government. This seems an old > mid 1990's term yet I see nothing in the list archive around this concept or > role. While I know service behaviour I am looking to read something in the > nature of a business book or deeper study with a social science or technical > foundation that can help me move along to get into this role. The boss > asking this is also a former Internet Studies scholar so he may be lifting > this term "Data Broker" from the 1990's. I work in a national statistics > agency where sometimes I write about internet use statistics but this is > only a sometime job that I am allowed because I have read the work of many A > o IR scholars. My real in demand skills are statistical programming not my > knowledge of the Internet. > > > > > > So do you have any references to studies talking about "Data Brokers"? > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > > End of Air-L Digest, Vol 106, Issue 4 > *************************************

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Internet studies news from Curtin University
by Matthew Allen 05 May '13

05 May '13

Dear all While I am now Head of School and Professor of Internet Studies, School of communication and creative arts, Deakin University, I remain in touch with my former colleagues at Curtin University in the Department of Internet Studies. The information on this website about the future of the department's course might be of interest to AOIR members ... http://savenetstudies.net Thanks Matthew Allen -- Sent from Gmail Mobile

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Keeping and Cataloging Online and Multi-Media Material
by Stephanie Betz 05 May '13

05 May '13

Good morning everyone, I'm hoping to draw from the brains trust of internet researchers some tips for keeping and cataloging vast quantities of online multi-media materials. I'm doing a project that involves looking at Tumblr content, and am having difficulties coming up with an efficient and useful method for storing and retrieving material for later content analysis. Does anyone have any tried and true methods for content storage and retrieval? High or low-tech, I'm open to both - just some way to make sure I'm across this material, and will be able to retrieve it when I desperately need an example during my writing phase. Thanks all, Stephanie Betz. --- Stephanie Betz PhD Candidate, Anthropology School of Archaeology & Anthropology College of Arts and Social Sciences The Australian National University A.D. Hope Building #14 Canberra, ACT 0200 AUSTRALIA

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Readings on Data Brokers
by Peter Timusk 04 May '13

04 May '13

I am being asked to become a "Data Broker" in government. This seems an old mid 1990's term yet I see nothing in the list archive around this concept or role. While I know service behaviour I am looking to read something in the nature of a business book or deeper study with a social science or technical foundation that can help me move along to get into this role. The boss asking this is also a former Internet Studies scholar so he may be lifting this term "Data Broker" from the 1990's. I work in a national statistics agency where sometimes I write about internet use statistics but this is only a sometime job that I am allowed because I have read the work of many A o IR scholars. My real in demand skills are statistical programming not my knowledge of the Internet. So do you have any references to studies talking about "Data Brokers"?

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submission deadline extension: IR14 doctoral colloquium
by Annette Markham 03 May '13

03 May '13

Hi All, Apparently we had some contradictory information on the AOIR website for the submission deadline for the doctoral colloquium. So we've decided to extend the deadline to *May 31, 2013.* Sorry for any confusion, annette * * * Announcing the Doctoral Colloquium at the IR14.0 conference in Denver, October 23, 2013 *Submission deadline: Friday, May 31, 2013 ** * * In keeping with its commitment to students’ scholarship in the Association of Internet Researchers, the IR14.0 Doctoral Colloquium offers PhD students working in internet research or a related field a special forum on October 23, 2013. For many years, this pre-conference event has provided students with the opportunity to spend some hours with senior scholars talking about their research projects, addressing methodological and theoretical challenges, and getting informal advice on juggling the multiple pressures associated with job searching, publishing, and finishing the dissertation. This year, Annette Markham will coordinate the Doctoral Colloquium and will be joined by colleagues including: Tom Boellstorf, University of California, Irvine Steve Jones, University of Illinois at Chicago Mia Consalvo, Concordia University Charles Ess, University of Oslo Alice Marwick, Fordham University Michele Jackson, University of Colorado, Boulder Adrienne Russell, University of Denver Lori Kendall, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Klaus Bruhn Jensen, University of Copenhagen Michael Zimmer, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee ....Others to be announced later. Details forthcoming on the IR14 conference website: http://ir14.aoir.org/ SUBMISSION/PARTICIPATION If you're an interested student, you should prepare a brief application including: a) a two-page summary of your research. This should provide a context for the research, describe the methods being used, the progress to date, and primary concerns and issues; and b) A brief statement indicating why you want to participate in this doctoral colloquium and what you’d like to get out of it. Submission format: Single PDF document Submission address: amarkham(a)gmail.com *Submission deadline: Friday, May 31, 2013 * Applicants will be notified of acceptance by July 1, 2013. Successful applicants will be asked to prepare a four-page paper on their research and the issues they wish to discuss by August 31, 2013. Feel free to contact me with questions, annette ****************************** Annette N. Markham, Ph.D. Guest Professor, Department of Informatics, Umeå University, Sweden Guest and Affiliate Professor, School of Communication, Loyola University, Chicago amarkham(a)gmail.com http://markham.internetinquiry.org/ Twitter: annettemarkham

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Website of the EU COST Action Dynamics of Virtual Work
by Christian Fuchs 03 May '13

03 May '13

We are proud to announce the launch the website of the EU COST Action "Dynamics of Virtual Work": http://dynamicsofvirtualwork.com/ The network is funded by COST: European Cooperation in Science and Technology and led by the University of Hertfordshire. With 28 European countries and two non-European ones already signed up, this COST Action is already marking out and consolidating an important new field of research on the dynamics of virtual work, bringing together scholars from different disciplinary backgrounds. Over the next four years, we will be holding a series of conferences and workshops http://dynamicsofvirtualwork.com/events/ addressed by leading international experts. Training workshops will be held for PhD students and new researchers who can apply for funding to attend. New researchers can also apply for grants to visit institutions in other signed-up COST countries: http://dynamicsofvirtualwork.com/new-researchers/ We will also be organising workshops and briefings for policymakers: http://dynamicsofvirtualwork.com/policy/ News of forthcoming events: http://dynamicsofvirtualwork.com/events/ News on new publications: http://dynamicsofvirtualwork.com/documents/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/costis1202 -- Christian Fuchs Professor of Social Media University of Westminster Communication and Media Research Institute c.fuchs(a)westminster.ac.uk Tel +44 (0) 20 7911 5000-extension 67380 http://fuchs.uti.at

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