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Stanford: Learning Analytics Summer Institute
by Caroline Haythornthwaite 12 Jan '13

12 Jan '13

SoLAR -- the Society for Learning Analytics Research -- is organizing a summer institute on learning analytics at Stanford July 1-5, 2013. Please see this site for details of the institute, plus info on live-streaming and some regional Institutes and local events that will run in parallel. http://www.solaresearch.org/events/lasi/ For more on SoLAR and learning analytics, see: http://www.solaresearch.org/ /Caroline Haythornthwaite

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Ada Lovelace Conference (18 October 2013, Stevens Inst. of Tech.)
by rhammerm 12 Jan '13

12 Jan '13

Dear Colleagues: Kindly share the CFP below with your colleagues and friends. *************** CALL FOR PAPERS Celebrating the Achievements and Legacies of Ada Lovelace 18 October 2013 Stevens Institute of Technology, College of Arts and Letters An interdisciplinary conference celebrating the achievements and legacies of the poet Lord Byron's only known legitimate child, Ada Byron King, Countess of Lovelace (1815-1852), will take place at Stevens Institute of Technology (Hoboken, New Jersey) on 18 October 2013. This conference will coincide with the week celebrating Ada Lovelace Day, a global event for women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). All aspects of the achievements and legacies of Ada Lovelace will be considered, including but not limited to: -Lovelace as Translator and/or Collaborator -Technology in the Long Nineteenth Century -Women in Computing: Past/Present/Future -Women in STEM- Past/Present/Future -Ada Lovelace and her Circle -Please submit proposals or abstracts of 250-500 words by 14 May 2013 to: Robin Hammerman (rhammerm(a)stevens.edu)

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Stanford: Learning Analytics Summer Institute (fwd)
by Barry Wellman 12 Jan '13

12 Jan '13

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2013 11:22:26 -0700 From: George Siemens <gsiemens(a)gmail.com> SoLAR is involved in organizing a summer institute on learning analytics at Stanford July 1-5, 2013. Can you please broadcast the call to your community/listservs/networks? http://www.solaresearch.org/events/lasi/ Can you either reply to this email to let me/us know where you've submitted or add the listserv community to this gdoc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JFsvPul-VFPWLxIgJivVQ1gCED0zIuMxHeRzG-N… . We'd like to track which communities the call has been shared with so we avoid duplication... Some regional events are being planned as well (run simultaneous with Stanford event, sessions will be streamed/recorded - if you're interested in running an event, contact Simon Buckingham Shum (s.buckingham.shum(a)gmail.com)) Thanks! George

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Which Wiki software has a good per user contribution summary to be used for student assessment?
by Dennis Wollersheim 12 Jan '13

12 Jan '13

Hi Aoir people I am teaching a subject, and I want the students to create a wiki textbook. Does anyone know which wiki software has a good per-user contribution summary page, to faciltate for assessment of student wiki contribution? Thanks Dennis -- Dennis Wollersheim, PhD Health Information Management Public Health | La Trobe University | Bundoora T: 03 9479 1763 | M: 0414 529 454 Apppointments: http://dewoller.youcanbook.me CRICOS Provider 00115M

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Tribes
by Reid, David 12 Jan '13

12 Jan '13

Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: > > > air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > > Hello > In 1871 Charles Darwin mentioned the notion of tribes in his book > 'Descent of Man'. > I am conducting some preliminary secondary research into the nature and > activities of online, primarily social media based 'tribes'. I am > looking for: > 1. sources of literature from a general Social Sciences / Humanities > perspective > 2. any research or case studies that exist (preferably qualitative) > Please note my interest and future focus is Australasian in nature, > however any sources would be helpful. > I am also particularly interested in any data on youth based (or managed > social media) tribal activity. > Any assistance / guidance at this very preliminary stage would be > greatly appreciated. > Regards > David W Reid > Lecturer, Advertising > SCCI, Faculty of Arts > Charles Sturt University > Australia > dareid(a)csu.edu.au > http://au.linkedin.com/in/dwreid Charles Sturt University | ALBURY-WODONGA | BATHURST | CANBERRA | DUBBO | GOULBURN | MELBOURNE | ONTARIO | ORANGE | PORT MACQUARIE | SYDNEY | WAGGA WAGGA | LEGAL NOTICE This email (and any attachment) is confidential and is intended for the use of the addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you must not copy, distribute, take any action in reliance on it or disclose it to anyone. Any confidentiality is not waived or lost by reason of mistaken delivery. Email should be checked for viruses and defects before opening. Charles Sturt University (CSU) does not accept liability for viruses or any consequence which arise as a result of this email transmission. Email communications with CSU may be subject to automated email filtering, which could result in the delay or deletion of a legitimate email before it is read at CSU. The views expressed in this email are not necessarily those of CSU. Charles Sturt University in Australia http://www.csu.edu.au The Grange Chancellery, Panorama Avenue, Bathurst NSW Australia 2795 (ABN: 83 878 708 551; CRICOS Provider Numbers: 00005F (NSW), 01947G (VIC), 02960B (ACT)). TEQSA Provider Number: PV12018 Charles Sturt University in Ontario http://www.charlessturt.ca 860 Harrington Court, Burlington Ontario Canada L7N 3N4 Registration: www.peqab.ca Consider the environment before printing this email. Disclaimer added by CodeTwo Exchange Rules 2007 http://www.codetwo.com

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Re: [Air-L] Looking for syllabi for "communication: technology, culture, society"
by Jacqueline Vickery 11 Jan '13

11 Jan '13

Hi Eran, Here's a syllabus I used for a Communication, Technology, & Society class I used to teach. It was a large (100+) lower division undergrad course. Hope it's helpful: http://www.scribd.com/doc/104132789/RTF-309-Comm-Tech-Society-Syllabus. Best, - jacqueline ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Jacqueline Vickery, Ph.D. Assistant Professor College of Arts & Sciences Department of Radio, Television, & Film University of North Texas -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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my syllabus
by Barry Wellman 11 Jan '13

11 Jan '13

Dr Fisher, I am sending you my undergrad syllabus as a separate attachment. It's built around Rainie-Wellman Networked book. Either Lee Rainie or I will skype in to lecture to classes that order it. Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director Department of Sociology 725 Spadina Avenue, Room 388 University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 2J4 twitter:@barrywellman http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax:+1-416-978-3963 NETWORKED:The New Social Operating System. Lee Rainie & Barry Wellman MIT Press http://amzn.to/zXZg39 Print $19; Kindle $16 Old/newCybertimes http://bit.ly/c8N9V8 It's still rock & roll to me ________________________________________________________________________

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in Germany: BarCamp mobile User eXperience mUXCamp
by Steffen Schilke 11 Jan '13

11 Jan '13

Dear *, we will run a BarCamp in Germany (27.4.2013) - the city is called Worms (really ;-) and our topic is mobile User eXperience, hence the name mUXCamp. Usability, UI, UX, Mobile, Smartphone, Tablet, App's and mobile web. Information: http://www.muxcamp-wo.de We are on Twitter @muxcamp, Facebook, Xing, Google+ Kind regards sws

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Looking for syllabi for "communication: technology, culture, society"
by Eran Fisher 11 Jan '13

11 Jan '13

Dear colleagues, I am beginning work on an undergraduate course entitled Communication: Technology, Culture, Society for the Open University of Israel. The course will be comprised of a 600 pages textbook + a 200 pages reader, I've been able to find a handful of relevant syllabi but I'm sure there's many more out there. If you have any relevant syllabus of your own I would appreciate very much if your could share it with me. Thank you all, Eran Fisher -- Eran Fisher, PhD Department of Sociology, Political Science, and Communication The Open University of Israel ד"ר ערן פישר המחלקה לסוציולוגיה, מדעי המדינה ותקשורת האוניברסיטה הפתוחה Internet and Emotions<http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415819442/>(with Tova Benski), Routledge 2013 (forthcoming) Media and New Capitalism in the Digital Age<http://www.amazon.com/Media-New-Capitalism-Digital-Age/dp/0230616070/ref=sr…>, Palgrave 2010

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CfP ECPR Conference Panel on Young Citizens and Social Media
by Brian Loader 11 Jan '13

11 Jan '13

Brian Loader, Ariadne Vromen and Mike Xenos are currently organizing a panel entitled 'Young citizens’ socially mediated voice in a cold economic wind: bringing ‘old’ concepts of political inequality back in?' for the forthcoming ECPR General Conference to be held in Bordeaux, 5th-7thSeptember 2013. If you would like present a paper at the panel we invite you to submit a proposal online at * http://ecprnet.eu/Events/SectionList.aspx?EventID=5* under the section on Internet & Politics : towards new concepts in political science ? * * Abstract: Recent protests and campaigns undertaken predominantly by young citizens in Europe, the Middle East and North America, have focused attention on the elective affinity of social media, unconventional political youth cultures and the alienation of a new generation of citizens. The early hyperbole and simplistic accounts of ‘Twitter revolutions’ have been appropriately critiqued by political scientists. However more general discussion of social media still retains a largely unchallenged set of assumptions about its inherent democratic properties and socialising capabilities for engaging young people. Yet such optimism either ignores the well established negative relationship between socio-economic inequality and levels of political participation or it discounts the importance of traditional political concepts such collective action, social justice, participation and the public sphere for democratic governance. Set against a context of high youth unemployment in many countries (e.g. 50% in Spain and Greece, 19% in the UK, 17% in Ireland) and skilled graduates increasingly entering precarious occupations, this panel seeks to explore how socially differentiated (class, gender, ethnicity, sexuality) young citizens interact with social media and are politically influenced by it in pluralistic ways. It will reflect on whether social media use for political engagement ameliorates young people’s political inequality in a distinct period of time when they are experiencing increased social and economic precarity. The panel also seeks papers that will consider the value of research into social media as a means of informing our understanding of both contemporary normative values of young citizens and as evidence for emerging alternative models of political engagement. Discussant: Michele Micheletti (University of Stockholm) -- Brian D. Loader, Associate Director SATSU, Editor, Information, Communication & Society Programme Director, SPS Chair Sociology BoS Department of Sociology, Wentworth College, University of York, YORK YO10 5DD UK. Tel: +44(0)1904 432639 Fax:+44(0)1904 433043 www.york.ac.uk/satsu www.informaworld.com/ics www.york.ac.uk/sps

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