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Final call for abstracts for Social Networking in Cyberspace conference (Wolverhampton, UK, 15th-16th July)
by Fullwood, Chris 08 Apr '13

08 Apr '13

SNIC 2013/ Social Networking in Cyberspace conference 2013<http://www.wlv.ac.uk/default.aspx?page=31194>The CRUW<http://www.wlv.ac.uk/default.aspx?page=17672> research group (Cyberpsychology Research at the University of Wolverhampton) based in the Psychology department will be hosting the 2nd Social Networking in Cyberspace conference in July, 2013. The conference will be a two-day event and will take place between Monday 15th and Tuesday 16th of July, 2013. The conference will be held on the main city campus of the University of Wolverhampton. For conference updates follow us on Twitter<https://twitter.com/SNIC2013> Call for Abstracts We invite potential presenters (from academia and industry) to submit an abstract (no longer than 300 words) for peer-review. We welcome submissions from scholars (including postgraduates) in the social and behavioural sciences and media and information disciplines, regardless of theoretical orientation. The deadline for submission of the abstract is Monday 15th of April, 2013. A decision on this abstract will be made after the submission deadline and authors will be notified via email soon after. Poster presentations are also welcome. Conference themes Although the conference theme encourages submissions relating to the social and communicative aspects of cyberspace, we welcome abstracts on a diverse range of topics relating to human interaction with the internet and emerging technology. The following themes are of particular interest: * Social networking * Blogging * Individual differences in online behaviour * Inequality issues in Internet use * Cybertherapy and online health * Gaming * Security and privacy * All aspects of cyberpsychologySubmissions by April 15th Abstracts should be submitted to snic2013(a)wlv.ac.uk<mailto:snic2013@wlv.ac.uk> Please include the names of all authors as well as your affiliations/institutions and a contact email address for the corresponding author with the abstract. -- Scanned by iCritical.

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CfP Political participation in a mediated age
by Jeffrey Wimmer 08 Apr '13

08 Apr '13

Call for papers ECREA conference (Mis)understanding political participation Munich (Germany), 11-12 October 2013. Organised by the ECREA’s Communication & Democracy, Gender & Communication sections. Supported by the Media and Communication sections of the German Communication (DGPuK) and Sociology Association (DGS) and YECREA. It is commonly accepted that political participation and civic engagement are cornerstones of a healthy democracy. Going beyond established academic discourses about the decline of citizens’ political participation in institutional politics, and the rise of alternative forms of political participation, this conference aims to explore the issues, the platforms, the actions, the locations, and the motivations of politically active citizens today. Political participation is nowadays characterised by ambiguities: Despite the evidence of growing disenchantment with institutional politics, electoral turnouts in some countries are increasing; despite increased possibilities for participation through online media, these are often dismissed as ‘clicktivism’; despite celebratory discourses on the uses of social media in the Arab spring, the Occupy movement, in the Pussy Riot case, the same-sex marriage debates in France and the UK and in recent LGBT+ protests, they were grounded and performed in particular physical spaces; despite their possibilities for challenging the mainstream, online media technologies are mostly profit-driven. We need to discuss the opportunities and challenges that these conditions entail for the ways in which digitally-mediated social interactions, practices and environments shape everyday participation, engagement or protest, and to analyse their implications for politics, culture and society. This includes asking whether “clicktivism” is eroding the physical or embodied participation constituting traditional offline activism, and if new ‘digital divides’ and political, social and cultural inequalities will result from mediated participation and engagement. Crucially, it also warrants critically re-assessing the relations and interplays between institutional and non-institutional politics, and traditional definitions of what is considered ‘political’. We invite paper and panel proposals from a wide range of disciplines (media and communication studies, cultural studies, gender studies, sociology, political sciences etc.) related to the central theme of the conference, including (but not limited to) the following topics: · Mediatisation of political participation and civic engagement · Media practices and mediation of political participation, engagement and protest · Relationships between national media systems and participation · NGOs, mainstream media and social media · Media representations of engagement, protest and new masculinities · Feminist protest and new media · Intersectionality and media · Gay and lesbian rights, the queer movement and the media · Issues of surveillance and data privacy · Digital divides, hierarchy and marginalisation in civic engagement · Historical accounts of mediatisation of participation and engagement We specially invite empirical case studies (comparative and/or single-case studies). Panel and paper proposals from PhD students and early career scholars are also very welcome. We also encourage authors to submit policy papers, applied case studies or artistic reflections for a special poster session. Extended abstracts should be no longer than 700 words, written in English and contain a clear outline of the argument, the theoretical framework, methodology and results. Panel proposals should consist of a rationale for the panel (max 400 words), abstracts for individual panel presenters (max 200 words each), name of panel chair/organiser, name and affiliations of participants. All proposals should be submitted by May 15th, 2013 to https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ecreapepms2013. Notifications of acceptance will be sent out after June 15th, 2013. Confirmed Keynote Speakers (more to come) Bart Cammaerts (LSE) Local Conference Organisers: Cornelia Wallner, Jeffrey Wimmer Conference venue: The conference will take place at the Department of Communication Science and Media Research at Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany. Conference date: October 11-12th, 2013. Go to http://www.ecrea-symposium.ifkw.uni-muenchen.de for more information on the conference venue and registration. Scientific Committee: Marian Adorf, Tina Askanius, Carla Cerqueira, Iñaki Garcia-Blanco, Frederik Dhaenens, Tanja Thomas, Iolanda Tortajada, Julie Uldam, Cornelia Wallner, Jeffrey Wimmer, Rainer Winter The conference is supported by the Chair for excellence in communication Rovira i Virgili University (URV)-REPSOL All the best, Jeffrey Wimmer ------------ Prof. Dr. Jeffrey Wimmer Assistant Professor Institute of Media and Communication Science Ernst Abbe Zentrum (EAZ) Ilmenau University of Technology Ehrenbergstr. 29 D-98693 Ilmenau, Germany Tel: +49-(0)3677 69 4642 Email: jeffrey.wimmer(a)tu-ilmenau.de http://www.tu-ilmenau.de/en/vwdg/team/jeffrey-wimmer/

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2nd CFP: 2013 International Annual Conference on Social Media and Society
by Anatoliy Gruzd 06 Apr '13

06 Apr '13

Apologies for cross-posting ******************************** CALL FOR PAPER ABSTRACTS, PANEL PROPOSALS AND POSTERS What: 2013 International Conference on Social Media and Society Where: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada When: September 14-15, 2013 Website: http://SocialMediaAndSociety.com/ Twitter hashtag: #SMSociety13 CONFERENCE CHAIRS: Anatoliy Gruzd, Dalhousie University, gruzd(a)dal.ca (Primary Contact) Caroline Haythornthwaite, University of British Columbia Karine Nahon, University of Washington Stan Matwin, Dalhousie University IMPORTANT DATES: Paper & Panel Abstracts Due: May 1, 2013 Paper & Panel Notification: May 20, 2013 Poster Abstracts Due: May 30, 2013 Poster Notification: June 15, 2013 Conference dates: September 14-15, 2013 ABOUT THE EVENT: It is no secret that social media has become mainstream in recent years, and its adoption has skyrocketed. As a result of its growing popularity, users’ online contributions and membership in online social networks have exploded. The objective of this 2-day conference is to bring together experts in social media and online social networks from both the academic and business worlds, to share ideas on the best practices around how to study the impact of social media on our society. The conference will provide researchers in this area an opportunity to present and debate their ideas, and provide attendees with the opportunity to build academic and professional contacts, present their research, and learn about latest research in this area from a multidisciplinary perspective. TOPICS OF INTEREST INCLUDE (BUT NOT LIMITED TO): * BIG Data/Social Media Data Scalability Issues and Social Media Data Social Media Analytics Social Media Data Mining Social Media Mobile Applications Visualization of Social Media Data * Online Communities/Social Networks Online and Offline Communities Formed on Social Media Influential User Detection Online Community Detection Online Identity Trust and Credibility in Social Media * Social Media Impact on Society Social Media & Public Administration Political Mobilization & Engagement on Social Media Social Media and Academia Social Media and Business Social Media and Journalism Virality of Information in Social Media * Theories and Methods Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches Opinion Mining and Sentiment Analysis Social Network Analysis Theoretical Models for Studying Social Media TYPES OF SUBMISSIONS: (1) Paper abstracts Paper abstracts provide authors the opportunity to present their original work related to the broad theme of social media and society. (2) Panel presentations Panel presentations provide authors the option of organizing three related papers/talks together in a thematic session. (3) Research poster presentations The research poster session provides an interactive forum for authors to discuss their research. HOW TO SUBMIT: See more information at http://SocialMediaAndSociety.com/ For further inquiries, please contact Dr. Anatoliy Gruzd at gruzd(a)dal.ca

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Deadline extended: CFP Social Media, the fourth Transforming Audiences conference, London Sep 2013
by Graham Meikle 05 Apr '13

05 Apr '13

Hi all By popular demand, the deadline for submitting abstracts has now been extended to 26 April 2013. Please see full CFP below. Cheers, gm CALL FOR PAPERS Social Media The fourth international transforming audiences conference making connections | creative cultures | open everything Date: 2 – 3 September 2013 Venue: University of Westminster, 35 Marylebone Road, London, NW1 5LS The previous Transforming Audiences conferences, in 2007, 2009 and 2011, have seen this event become Europe’s major international conference series for audience/user studies, bringing together researchers from all over the world. Now we are delighted to invite you to Social Media, the fourth in the Transforming Audiences series, in central London in September 2013. The Social Media conference is organised by the Centre for Social Media Research at the University of Westminster’s Communication and Media Research Institute. The event will present a rich set of analyses of the current situation and raise important questions about the future. We strongly encourage papers from new scholars as well as more established researchers. Keynote speakers include Stuart Allan (author Citizen Witnessing), Megan Boler (co-editor DIY Citizenship and Critical Making), Larissa Hjorth (co-author Understanding Social Media) and D.E. Wittkower (editor Facebook and Philosophy). We particularly invite papers that connect with the themes making connections, creative cultures and open everything. Making connections — friends | followers | connections | networks | communities | tags | favourites | playlists | channels | emotions | affect | information | knowledge | circulation | movement | share Creative cultures — critical making | memes | do-it-yourself | do-it-with-others | collaboration | participation | read-write | edit | hacking | modding | coding | creativity Open everything — Big Data | data journalism | visualisation | mapping | activism | commons | business models | access | education | MOOCs | private | public | surveillance | visibility SUBMISSION GUIDELINES You can submit proposals for individual papers or for themed panels. Individual papers will each have 15 minutes plus discussion time. Panels should consist of three presentations of 15 minutes each, to be followed by fifteen minutes of discussion for a total session of one hour. For individual papers, please send a 300-word abstract and brief biographical note of up to 70 words. Abstracts should highlight the original theoretical or empirical contribution. They should also include the presenter’s name, institutional affiliation, title of paper, email and work address. Proposals for panels or alternative formats should include a 300-word overview as well as individual abstracts following the guidelines above. All proposals should be sent by 26 April 2013 to TA4(a)westminster.ac.uk<mailto:TA4@westminster.ac.uk> Electronic submissions only. Successful applicants will be notified by mid-May. REGISTRATION The registration fee for the two days will be £285, for one day will be £180. ICA, AoIR, IAMCR and ECREA members will be given a preferential rate of £245 for the two day event. The special rate for students will be £130 for the two days, or £75 for one day. This covers all conference documentation, refreshments, lunches, wine reception and administration costs. Registration will open mid-May. http://www.transformingaudiences.org.uk http://www.westminster.ac.uk/research/a-z/camri/events/camri-events-calenda… ----------------------- Professor Graham Meikle Communication and Media Research Institute, School of Media, Arts and Design, University of Westminster, HA1 3TP, UK Twitter: @graham_meikle Phone: +44 (0)20 7911 5000 ext 4755 http://www.westminster.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/directory/meikle-graham The University of Westminster is a charity and a company limited by guarantee. Registration number: 977818 England. Registered Office: 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2UW.

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CALL FOR BOOK CHAPTERS (Second Call)
by Hakikur Rahman 05 Apr '13

05 Apr '13

CALL FOR BOOK CHAPTERS (Second Call) Proposal Submission Deadline: April 30, 2013 Full Chapter Submission Deadline: July 30, 2013 Information Systems and technology for Organizational Agility, Intelligence and Resilience A book edited by Dr. Hakikur Rahman and Dr. Rui Dinis de Sousa, Centro Algoritmi, University of Minho, Portugal To be published by IGI Global: http://www.igi-global.com (Call for the chapter: http://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/931) Introduction The contemporary global economy requires innovative organizations and employees with novel skills, attitudes, and intellectual agility. Organizations and individuals must be able to take advantage of scientific and technological developments to become more innovative and competitive by pursuing flexibility in communication and decision making, as well as knowledge sharing and collaboration, in a trustworthy and secure organizational and technological environment. In these aspects, information systems and information technology (IS/IT) play a central role as promoters of new initiatives to communicate, work, do business, relate, act, manage, and lead. Similarly, manifestations like e-/m-commerce, e-/m-markets, e-/m-business, e-/m-tourism, e-/m-governance, e-/m-learning, e-democracy, e-/m-collaboration, crowdsourcing, intermediation, and others have emerged in recent years, conveying IS/IT that influence the way individuals and organizations see themselves, others, and the possibilities for vibrant interaction. At the same time, Web technologies and IT applications such as decision support systems, workflow management systems, enterprise systems, value-chain management systems, and document and content management systems have allowed these systems to increase organizational productivity, bring the organization closer to its stakeholders, and create new forms of competition and inter-organizational collaboration. Foremost, a variety of theories, methods, best practices, and tools have been developed in different scientific areas to support the design and implementation of initiatives aimed in promoting organizational learning, organizational memory, and the transformation of organizational identity to improve organizational agility, intelligence, and resilience. Overall Objective of the Book The main contributor of this book is comprised of a group that carries out research on IS/IT through interdisciplinary research and development projects (such as transfer of knowledge, dissemination of knowledge, and various other research approaches including basic, transactional, and clinical research), as well as advanced training projects aiming to develop systematic and comprehensive strategies that promote overall organizational well-being. The main aim is to advise and support organizational agents who want ensure success in terms of financial, social, and environmental aspects as well as in the aspect of human development in a more sustainable way. The broad objective of this book will be to incorporate methods and technologies for the development of a sustained organization among the contemporary issues, such as increased globalization, economic crisis, short product life cycle, augmented competition, and amplified innovation. However, in specific, the scope of the book would like to include conceptual research, methodological aspects, empirical cases (using conventional instruments like survey, interview, literature review, case studies, and others), and especially success cases illustrating practices of the above mentioned instruments. Target Audience The target audience may incorporate academics, researchers, intermediaries, policy initiators, associations, subsidiaries, and individuals who would like to initiate a start-up, rejuvenate the existing enterprise, or collaborate with other partners for better competencies and value addition, not only in terms of finance, but also in respect to knowledge gain that, in the long run, assists in financial gain. In these aspects, this book will be a valuable asset to the small and medium entrepreneurs; associations dealing with small organizations; corporate business sectors; intermediaries; knowledge managers including academics, researchers, government, and non-government staffs; and policy initiators. Recommended topics for chapters include, but are not limited to, the following: Information Systems and Technologies in Organizations with a Broad Vision of the Field, like Issues of Research and Development in IST: e-/m-commerce e-/m-market e-/m-business e-/m-tourism e-/m-governance e-/m-learning e-democracy e-/m-collaboration e-research Innovation Crowdsourcing Intermediation The Future of IST in Organizations Emerging Issues in IST in Organizations of Various Industrial Sectors: Organizational Intelligence (OI) Frameworks and diagnostic tools Collective intelligence and IST that promote OI Distributed Cognition Open business models and technologies Open innovation Knowledge networks Social networks On-line communities Collaboration and future prediction Organizational Agility Frameworks and diagnostic tools Innovation strategies and technologies Organizational processes and structures Politics, culture, and IST IST role in building trust and reputation IST role in building identity and image Organizational Resilience Frameworks and diagnostic tools Adopting IST to become more resilient IST to monitor environment and predict changes Technologies to support individuals and organizations to connect, collaborate, and act collectively during the response and recovery phase of disasters Citizen engagement in the design, implementation, and evaluation of policies that increase resilience The IST Focus and Cases in Organizational Well Being: Knowledge & Innovation Management Business Process Management (BPM) IS Security Management IS Development Case Studies from Various Business Sectors and Organizations: Entrepreneurships Not-for-profit or non-profit entities (sustained cases) Government organizations Research organizations Submission Procedure Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before April 30, 2013, a 2-3 page proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by May 15, 2013 about the status of their proposals and sent case guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by July 30, 2013. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project. Publisher This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the Information Science Reference (formerly Idea Group Reference), Medical Information Science Reference, and IGI Publishing imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2014. Important Dates: April 30, 2013: Proposal Submission Deadline May 15, 2013: Notification of Acceptance July 30, 2013: Full Chapter Submission September 30, 2013: Review Result Returned October 30, 2013: Final Chapter Submission Editorial Advisory Board Members: João Alvaro Carvalho, University of Minho, Portugal Kevin DeSouza, Arizona State University, USA Anabela Mesquita, Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração do Porto, Portugal Gilberto Perez, Universidade Mackenzie de São Paulo, Brazil Amiram Porath, College for Academic Studies, Israel Paresh Rathod, Lauria University, Finland Inquiries and Submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word document) to: Prof. Hakikur Rahman University of Minho DSI, Azurem 4800-058 Guimaraes, Portugal Tel.: +351 253 510 319 FAX: +351 253 510 300 GSM: +351 960193872 e-mail: hakik(a)dsi.uminho.pt

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CFP: CSCW 2014, Papers due May 31st
by Irina Shklovski 05 Apr '13

05 Apr '13

**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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Mixed methods Internet research follow-up
by Christine Hine 05 Apr '13

05 Apr '13

Thanks so much to everyone who sent me suggestions of mixed methods Internet research in response to my recent query. I'm still working my way through the responses in detail. It's been really enlightening to see the sheer amount of methodological mixing going on in Internet studies and clearly there's something about the multiple affordances of digital data that stimulate people to draw on multiple methodological traditions. I'm finding it very interesting to think through these examples of mixing in research according to the notion of "facet methodology" that I've just come across - see Mason (2011). I know several other people were interested to know about the outcomes of my query, so I've prepared a brief summary of the various projects and resources I heard about. It's a bit long to send out whole to this list, so I've put it here: http://christinehine.wordpress.com/ Best wishes, Christine Mason, J. (2011) Facet methodology: the case for an inventive research orientation. Methodological Innovations Online 6(3): 75-92 http://www.pbs.plym.ac.uk/mi/pdf/8-02-12/MIO63Paper31.pdf Christine Hine christine.hine(a)btinternet.com

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[10 DAYS left] Call for Papers for RPTEL Special Issue on Practical Applications of Mobile and Internet Educational Games
by Maiga Chang 05 Apr '13

05 Apr '13

[Apologies if you receive multiple times, please circulate this to your colleagues who might be interested, thank you so much.] ------- Call for Papers for RPTEL Special Issue ----------- Special Issue on Practical Applications of Mobile and Internet Educational Games in Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning (http://www.apsce.net/RPTEL_CfP.aspx) ----------- The electronic version of this cfp can be seen at http://www.apsce.net/Download/RPTEL-2012-SI5_PracticalEducationalGames_CFP.… Commercial games, especially Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs) such as World of Warcraft and EverQuest are very popular nowadays. These types of games not only have fantasy interfaces and rich storylines, but they also give the players a lot of power to control what they want to do in the game world. This freedom of choice allows players to do what they want when they want, aligning well with the constructivist paradigm of learning. This opens up a host of possibilities for using these game approaches in education to potentially improve learner’s learning experience and performance. This special issue focuses on sharing experiences and innovations in theoretical and conceptual issues related to the development of practical mobile and internet-based educational games. The aim is to provide readers with evidences and experiments that account for learners' experiences and perceptions related to knowledge and concepts acquisition through game approaches in various disciplines and domains. Guest Editors: Dr. Maiga Chang (maiga.chang(a)gmail.com) Athabasca University, Canada Dr. Ming-Puu Chen (mpchen(a)ntnu.edu.tw) National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan Suggested topics: We cordially invite authors to submit high quality manuscripts for any application domain as long as the core of the manuscript falls into the scope of the special issue: - Artificial intelligence in educational games - Educational role-playing games - Internet-based educational game development - Mobile and Internet educational game genres - Mobile augmented reality games - Mobile educational game development - Mobile role-playing learning in museums - Experiences of using mobile educational games - Experiences of using Internet-based educational games - Practical applications of mobile or Internet-based educational games - Successful cases of using educational games in informal or formal education context and settings - Not-so-successful cases and the lessons learnt Manuscript guidelines: All submissions have to follow RPTEL journal manuscript guidelines and should be submitted to guest editors via emails (maiga.chang(a)gmail.com) by April 15, 2013. All submissions should be ready for double-blind review process and be reviewed by at least three reviewers. RPTEL manuscript guidelines: http://www.apsce.net/Download/RPTEL_CfP_authorguidelines.pdf For queries, please contact Dr. Maiga Chang (maiga.chang(a)gmail.com) ------------------------------------ Sincerely, Maiga Chang maiga.chang(a)gmail.com http://maiga.athabascau.ca 04, 04 '13 PM 07:40 in Edmonton --------------------------------- Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Technology for Education and Learning Executive Editor, International Journal of Distance Education Technologies (EI) Associate Editor, International Journal of Online Pedagogy and Course Design Learning Culture and Language through ICTs: Methods for Enhanced Instruction http://www.igi-global.com/reference/details.asp?ID=33419 ----------- Co-Chair of ICCE sub-conference on Digital Game and Digital Toy Enhanced Learning and Society (GTEL&S) http://icce2013bali.org/ Co-Chair of GCCCE sub-conference on Joyful Learning and Society http://www.gse.pku.edu.cn/gccce2013/gccceen.asp ----------- Guest Editor, Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning Special Issue on Practical Applications of Mobile and Internet Educational Games http://www.apsce.net/Download/RPTEL-2012-SI5_PracticalEducationalGames_CFP.… Guest Editor, International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning (SSCI) Special Issue on Technology Enhanced Information Retrieval and Processing for Online Learning (Vol. 13, No. 5) http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/issue/view/54 Guest Associate Editor, IEEE Technology and Engineering Education Special Issue on Cloud Computing Technology and Applications (Vol. 7, No. 2) http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/e/sac/itee/index.php/meem/article/viewFile/252/… http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/e/sac/itee/index.php/meem/issue/view/30 --------- School of Computing and Information Systems (http://scis.athabascau.ca/) Athabasca University 1200, 10011-109 Street Edmonton, T5J-3S8 AB, Canada --------------- Phone: +1-866-916-8646 Website: http://maiga.dnsalias.org and http://maiga.athabascau.ca CV: http://scis.athabascau.ca/scis/staff/faculty.jsp?id=maigac Leave me an Audio/Video message with JoinNet (required to install in Microsoft Windows OS first) http://meeting.athabascau.ca/gotomeeting.php?u=5&c=visit JoinNet software: http://www.homemeeting.com/en_US/download_joinnet.html

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Networks Seminar - Brunel University
by Sanjay Sharma 04 Apr '13

04 Apr '13

Hello All Please find attached details of a free event: Will Networks solve the world’s problems? Answers from the social sciences and beyond. Workshop 1: New Media and the Internet - Digital Democracy or Complex Chaos? Date: 24 May 2013 Location: Brunel University, UK kind regards sanjay sharma

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Second Call: Digital Methods Summer School 2013: On the Challenges of Studying Social Media Data
by Anne Helmond 04 Apr '13

04 Apr '13

Second Call: Digital Methods Summer School 2013: On the Challenges of Studying Social Media Data New Media & Digital Culture, University of Amsterdam, 24 June - 5 July 2013 University of Amsterdam Turfdraagsterpad 9 1012 XT Amsterdam Directions and Map<https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Station+Amsterdam-Centraal,+Stationsplei…> Dear All, The Digital Methods Initiative (DMI) will host its 7th annual Summer School from 24 June to 5 July 2013 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. This year's theme is dedicated to the challenges of studying social media data. The summer school program is open to PhD candidates, advanced master's degree students, recent graduates and motivated scholars. The DMI Summer School is a full-time training program, an intensive and rewarding workshop environment, following which the participants receive a certificate of completion. The DMI summer school also features special guests as resource people presenting their research and projects during morning lectures. There is a final presentation afternoon where the Summer School projects are showcased to participants and invitees. As of this year, the DMI Summer School is officially a part of the University of Amsterdam Summer School<http://www.uva.nl/en/education/other-programmes/summer-winter>programme and there are opportunities for scholarships if your home university belongs to LERU or/and U21 networks. Below please find the call for participation. The application deadline is 25 April 2013 and the candidates will be notified on 26 April. Feel free to forward the call to interested individuals. Looking forward to your application and to welcoming you in Amsterdam during the Summertime! Simeona & Natalia DMI'13 Summer School organisers Call for Participation - Digital Methods Summer School 2013 https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/SummerSchool2013 Digital Methods Summer School 2013: On the challenges of studying social media data New Media & Digital Culture, University of Amsterdam, 24 June - 5 July 2013 University of Amsterdam Turfdraagsterpad 9 1012 XT Amsterdam Directions and Map<https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Station+Amsterdam-Centraal,+Stationsplei…> You are not the API I used to know: On the challenges of studying social media data A set of #hashtagged tweets and @follow networks visualised to study crisis response to a natural disaster. Facebook likes, shares, comments, and liked comments tabulated over time for an activist page to study relationships between content formats and engagement. LinkedIn profile completeness percentages measured for a group of civil servants to study online grooming. Social media data are employed increasingly for work in the arts and social sciences, and are even becoming an expected research strategy alongside the fieldwork, surveys and interviews when studying contemporary states of affairs. The 2013 Digital Methods Summer School would like to examine critically the status of the findings, while at the same time reviewing and actively employing the techniques. Is there increasingly a unified approach to the study of social media data? Are there recipes and preferred tools (or utensils)? Are we still allowed to hack the graph? The question of how to study online data is increasingly a piece with how big data companies provide them. More specifically, has polling APIs supplanted scraping as the appropriate means of data collection? What are the effects of the research ethics debate on social media research practice? There are also the information graphics and data visualisations to consider. The preferred outputs mark the return of the graph visualisation, if it ever went away. What does the graph visualisation mean for the interpretation and presentation of research findings? There is also the question of what is actually being measured, apart from activity in social media. How to ground the findings? In even more online data? About "Digital Methods" as Concept Digital methods is a term <https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/MoreIntro> employed as a counter-point to virtual methods, which typically digitize existing methods and port them onto the Web. Digital methods, contrariwise, seek to learn from the methods built into the dominant devices online, and repurpose them for social and cultural research. That is, the challenge is to study both the info-web as well as the social web with the tools that organize them. There is a general protocol to digital methods. At the outset stock is taken of the natively digital objects that are available (links, tags, threads, etc.) and how devices such as search engines make use of them. Can the device techniques be repurposed, for example by remixing the digital objects they take as inputs? Once findings are made with online data, where to ground them? With more online data? About the Summer School The Digital Methods Summer School, founded in 2007 together with the Digital Methods Initiative, is directed by Professor Richard Rogers, Chair in New Media & Digital Culture at the University of Amsterdam. The Summer School is one training opportunity provided by the Digital Methods Initiative (DMI). DMI also has a Winter School<https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/WinterSchool>, which includes a mini-conference, where papers are presented and responded to. Winter School papers are often the result of Summer School projects. The Summer School is coordinated by two PhD candidates in New Media at the University of Amsterdam, or affiliates. This year the coordinators are Michael Stevenson and Simeona Petkova both of the University of Amsterdam. The Summer School has a technical staff as well as a design staff. The Summer School also relies on a technical infrastructure of some nine servers hosting tools and storing data. Participants bring their laptops, learn method, undertake research projects, make reports, tools and graphics and write them up on the Digital Methods wiki. The Summer School concludes with final presentations. Often there are guests from non-governmental or other organizations who present their issues. For instance, Women on Waves<http://www.womenonwaves.org/> came along during the 2010 and Fair Phone <http://www.fairphone.com/> to the 2012 Summer School. Digital Methods people are currently interning at Greenpeace International and the Global Reporting Initiative<https://www.globalreporting.org/Pages/default.aspx> . Previous Digital Methods Summer Schools, 2007-2012, https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/DmiSummerSchool. What's it like? Digital Methods Summer School flickr stream 2012<http://www.flickr.com/photos/silvertje/sets/72157630494878374/with/75352335…> The Digital Methods Initiative was founded with a grant from the Mondriaan Foundation, and the Summer School is supported by the Center for Creation, Content and Technology (CCCT), University of Amsterdam, organized by the Faculty of Science with sponsorship from Platform Beta. Applications and fees To apply for the Digital Methods Summer School 2013, please send a one-page letter explaining how digital methods training would benefit your current work, and also enclose a CV. Mark your application "DMI Training Certificate Program," and send to info [at] digitalmethods.net. The regular deadline for applications for the Summer School is 25 April. Notices will be sent on 26 April. Please address your application email to the Summer School coordinators, info [at] digitalmethods.net. Informal queries may be sent to Simeona, simeona [at] digitalmethods.net or Natalia, natalia [at] digitalmethods.net The Summer School costs EUR 295 per person. Accepted applicants will be informed of the bank transfer details upon notice of acceptance to the Summer School. The fee must be paid by 24 May 2013. Housing and Accommodations The Summer School is self-catered, and there are abundant cafes and a university mensa nearby. The Digital Methods Summer School is located in the heart of Amsterdam. There are limited accommodations available to participants at reasonable rates. Please contact the local organizers for details. For those who prefer non-University accommodations, we suggest airbnb or similar. For shortest stay, there is Hotel Le Coin<http://www.lecoin.nl/indexEN.html>, where we have a university discount. Summer School Training Certificate The Digital Methods Summer School issues completion certificates to participants who follow the Summer School program, and complete a significant contribution to a Summer School project. For previous Summer School projects, see for example https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/WikipediaAsASpaceOfControversy. Schedule The Summer School meets every day. Please bring your laptop. We will provide abundant connectivity. We start generally at 9:30 in the morning, and end around 5:30. There are morning talks two-three days per week. On the last Friday we have a boat trip on the canals of Amsterdam. Preparations: Online Tutorials and Lectures Digital Methods researchers have given tutorials and talks which are useful and sometimes even entertaining! Audio and Video Tutorials <https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/DmiTutorials> Social Media & User-Generated Content Twitter hashtag #dmi13 We shall have a list of summer school participants on Twitter How to do Digital Methods? Presentation materials from the 2012 Summer School There are many highlights, including a digital methods tool medley! Summerschool 2012 Presentations<https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/Summerschool2012Presentations> Together with an overview of all Summer School projects from last year: Projects 2012 <https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/Dmi2012Projects> Suggestions for Evening Hangouts Amsterdam suggestions for the evenings<https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/Summerschool2012Eveninghangouts> . Digital Methods Winter School 2012 and 2013 Revisited Apart from the Summer Schools, the other opportunity for training and organized workshops (as well as presenting a paper from a project that you worked on during the Summer School) is the Winter School. The Digital Methods Winter School 2012 was dedicated to "Interfaces for the Cloud<https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/WinterSchool2012>" and API critique, where Metahaven, the critical Dutch design group, presented their work that actually renders the politics of the cloud. See Daniel van der Veldens articles<http://www.e-flux.com/journal/captives-of-the-cloud-part-i/>. The Winter School 2013 was dedicated to short-form method<https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/WinterSchool2013> and the book sprint. We will share Adam Hyde's talk online. We look forward to welcoming you to Amsterdam in the Summertime!

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