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Missouri Outlaws Student-Teacher Facebook Friendship
by Seda Guerses 17 Aug '11

17 Aug '11

i am wondering if the following article about a new new law in missouri is sign of a trend in the us or an exception? it also seems that in the law, the lawmakers in missouri have introduced types of communication that will be allowed and others that will not be, which is based on conceptions of what is public and private. in any case, its implications at first sight seem quite grave. it also raises questions about how the law will be enforced? s. Missouri Outlaws Student-Teacher Facebook Friendship A law signed into law last month in Missouri is making waves nationally, this week. A small part of the wide-ranging SB54, makes it illegal for teachers to be "friends" with students on any social networking site that allows private communication. That means teachers and students can't be friends on Facebook or can't follow each other on Twitter for example. http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/08/03/138932276/missouri-outlaws-s…

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PhD course: Current Topics in Technology-Enhanced Learning
by Stefan Hrastinski 17 Aug '11

17 Aug '11

PhD course Current Topics in Technology-Enhanced Learning, 7.5 ECTS Oct-Dec, 2011 KTH Royal Institute of Technology Graduate Programme in Mediated Communication Course leaders: Stefan Hrastinski, associate professor Martha Cleveland-Innes, visiting professor Ambjörn Naeve, head of the knowledge management research group Olle Bälter, associate professor The aim of this seminar course is to provide an overview of contemporary research topics in technology-enhanced learning (TEL). The course leaders will lead introductory seminars where they put forth current challenges and emerging TEL topics. Each participant will chose and present two research papers of high quality and provide a critical examination of its aims, theoretical framing, research approach, findings, analysis and implications. All participants will be expected to read and take part in a critical discussion of the selected papers. The papers should have been published in an established and well-known journal during 2010 or 2011. There are many high quality research journals that publish papers on online learning. We suggest the following journals included in the ISI journal index: Computers & Education, Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, British Journal of Educational Technology, Interactive Learning Environments, Journal of Educational Technology & Society and The Internet and Higher Education. We also recommend International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning and International Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning. The final assignment of the course will be to write a literature review on current TEL research. It should be related to the thesis topic of the PhD student and should encompass 3000-4000 words. The first set of papers will be discussed during a two-day session at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, October 10-11. The second set of papers will be discussed asynchronously by using KTH social. The final assignments will be discussed in video conference sessions, tentatively December 13-14. If you are enrolled as a PhD student and interested in taking this course, please send an e-mail with a bio to Stefan (stefanhr(a)kth.se) as soon as possible. The course will include up to ten PhD students. Stefan Hrastinski, associate professor Media Technology KTH Royal Institute of Technology Lindstedtsv. 3 SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden Office: +46 8 790 65 68 Mobile: +46 739 75 17 47 stefanhr(a)kth.se http://hrastinski.posterous.com

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Re: [Air-L] Recommendations on mobile (phone) tech books
by noah.arceneaux＠sdsu.edu 17 Aug '11

17 Aug '11

Something else for the growing list of suggestions.... The Cell Phone Reader, eds. Kavoori & Arceneaux (Peter Lang, 2006). It's a pretty diverse anthology that touches upon many topics. - N Noah Arceneaux Assistant Professor of Media Studies San Diego State University Noah Arceneaux Assistant Professor of Media Studies San Diego State University

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Egypt & Tunisia twitter network visualizations
by nativebuddha 17 Aug '11

17 Aug '11

does anybody have the links for the Egypt & Tunisia twitter network visualizations? thanks. -robert

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research on internet-based petitions
by Dan Ryan 16 Aug '11

16 Aug '11

Pavel, Not an empirical examination of efficacy per se, but some analysis of the old style of internet petitions in this old working paper of mine: "Please take a few minutes... : Using 'Pointless' Internet Petitions to Characterize the Shape of Acquaintance Networks" (http://djjr-courses.wdfiles.com/local--files/djjr-cv%3Aresearch/RYAN-petiti…) or 2007 CASBS Presentation (http://djjr-courses.wikidot.com/local--files/djjr-cv:research/CASBS-Petitio…) Sciences Dan ---- Dan Ryan I work at Mills College o 5000 MacArthur Blvd o Oakland, CA 94613 o 510-430-3242 I write at http://djjr.net/papers/index.html I blog at http://soc-of-info.blogspot.com/ I innovate at http://www.innovationexchange.com

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CfP: CSCW Horizon, Demonstrations, Interactive Posters, Panels, Videos and Student Volunteers; September 9 deadline
by Joe McCarthy 16 Aug '11

16 Aug '11

The *ACM 2012 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work* (http://cscw2012.org) is a premier venue for presenting research in the design and use of technologies that affect groups, organizations, and communities. CSCW encompasses both the technical and social challenges encountered when supporting collaboration. The development and application of new technologies continues to enable new ways of working together and coordinating activities. Although work is an area of focus, CSCW embraces research and technologies supporting a wide range of recreational and social activities using a diverse range of devices. The conference brings together top researchers and practitioners from academia and industry who are interested in both technical and social aspects of collaboration. CSCW 2012 will be held February 11-15, 2012, in Seattle, Washington, USA. A record number of Papers & Notes were submitted to CSCW 2012 in June. The Papers & Notes track is now closed, and we want to encourage CSCW researchers and practitioners -- including those who submitted Papers & Notes -- to submit contributions to one or more of the following open tracks, all of which have an deadline of *September 9, 2011*, 5:00pm PDT: /CSCW Horizon/, /Demonstrations/, /Interactive Posters/, /Panels/, /Videos/ and /Student Volunteers/ (http://cscw2012.org/participation.php) The Interactive Posters and Demos Reception on the first evening of the main conference represents an often under-appreciated opportunity for participants to make valuable connections with other researchers and learn what they find interesting or unclear about your work, get pointers to related work, and forge relationships that may lead to potential new paths, collaborations and/or future external letters of reference. Unlike most other tracks, where the number of accepted submissions is limited by available time in the program, we have ample space for a large number of Posters and Demos, and are hoping a record number of participants will help fill it with engaging people, ideas and conversations. *CSCW Horizon * (http://cscw2012.org/participation/horizon.php) CSCW Horizon provides an opportunity to showcase and discuss research that expands the boundaries of CSCW beyond its standard topics and approaches. We solicit creative, unorthodox, inspirational submissions that help advance the CSCW community constructively, by provoking debate, predicting beyond the research horizon, or revealing unresolved issues in the field. This can be a chance for authors to present work that: * Challenges the basdic questions being asked and approaches used in traditional CSCW work * Brings new perspectives from other fields * Is visionary, futuristic, or has not been previously explored * Is generally less represented at the conference * Is controversial * Could benefit from public discussion that would not be possible in a traditional session. *Demonstrations* (http://cscw2012.org/participation/demos.php) CSCW 2012 demonstrations present implementations of new CSCW systems and concepts. The peer-reviewed demonstrations allow conference participants to view novel and noteworthy CSCW systems in action, discuss the systems with those who created them, and try them out. Appropriate demonstrations include applications, technologies, and research prototypes, and may include work that has been previous published at CSCW or elsewhere. Demonstrations can also serve to showcase novel commercial products not previously described in the research literature. Demonstrations should be interactive and provide attendees a hands-on experience. The demo forum is not an opportunity for marketing or sales presentations. Presenters must have been directly involved with the development of the system and be able to explain the unique and novel contributions of the system. *Interactive Posters* (http://cscw2012.org/participation/posters.php) CSCW 2012 will include an interactive poster category for late-breaking and preliminary results, smaller results not suitable for a full or short paper, innovative ideas not yet validated through user studies, early student research, and other research best presented in an interactive forum. Posters will be presented in a special Poster Session where researchers will interact directly with conference attendees. The posters will then remain up throughout the remainder of the conference. Accepted Interactive Poster abstracts will be published in ACM Digital Library and distributed to conference attendees as part of the Conference Extended Abstracts *Panels* (http://cscw2012.org/participation/panels.php) Panels are a great way to generate debate and raise new and interesting issues at CSCW. With panels we want to provide a forum for discussing provocative, controversial, innovative, emerging, boundary-spanning and boundary-breaking issues. The best panels provide opportunities for audience participation. We especially encourage innovative formats that will engage the audience, that address critical and contemporary topics, and that engage multiple disciplines in productive dialog. Is a panel a kind of cooperative work that can benefit from some kind of computer support? Or not? While paper sessions provide detailed discussions of work recently completed, panels provide an opportunity to explore what is on the horizon --- or what is already here but not adequately recognized, acknowledged or discussed. *Videos* (http://cscw2012.org/participation/videos.php) The CSCW Videos provides researchers with opportunities to present their cutting-edge work in an interactive fashion in front of an expert audience. Videos are ideally suited to demonstrate the practical application of research results and the functionality of CSCW systems, visualize the outcome of research and development projects, or describe inspiring visions of future systems that are grounded in today's reality. The Videos Program provides a venue to present work that involves dynamic interaction, ranging from demonstrations of new systems to complex aspects of group communication and work practice. CSCW 2012 will accept both standalone full videos and video figures which illustrate papers in the Papers and Notes programs. Potential topics include, but definitely are not limited to: * demonstrations of innovative research prototypes * demonstrations of innovative aspects of commercial systems * studies of work practice that have implications for CSCW * retrospective collections of significant CSCW fields of work * visions of future technologies *Student Volunteers* (http://cscw2012.org/participation/sv.php) Student volunteers are essential to the success of the CSCW conference. In return for help at the conference, student volunteers receive a number of benefits including: * free conference registration * a fabulous t-shirt sure to be the envy of all conference goers * a complimentary Conference Reception ticket The complete Call for Participation, including more information about CSCW Horizon, Demonstrations, Interative Posters, Panels, Videos and Student Volunteers can be found on the CSCW 2012 web site (http://cscw2012.org/participation.php) You can also follow announcements about the conference on Twitter (http://twitter.com/ACM_CSCW2012) and/or "like" us on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/CSCW2012) We look forward to your participation! -- *The 2012 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work* 11-15 February 2012 Seattle, Washington, USA /Homepage/: cscw2012.org <http://cscw2012.org> /Twitter/: @ACM_CSCW2012 <http://twitter.com/acm_cscw2012> /Facebook/: www.facebook.com/CSCW2012 <http://www.facebook.com/CSCW2012>

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faculty opening at the University of Minnesota
by Seth Lewis 16 Aug '11

16 Aug '11

Colleagues, Please spread the word about this faculty position in journalism, and direct further questions to Professor Dan Sullivan at dans(a)umn.edu ... School of Journalism and Mass Communication College of Liberal Arts University of Minnesota** Journalism Job Title: Assistant Professor Department Name: School of Journalism and Mass Communication Appointment Start Date: August 27, 2012 *Job Description:* The School of Journalism and Mass Communication invites nominations and applications for one 100%-time, nine-month, tenure-track faculty position at the rank of assistant professor. We are seeking an outstanding scholar with research and teaching interests in Journalism. Successful candidates will demonstrate a scholarly interest in research areas such as, but not limited to: the role of visual communication in journalism; the emergence of data, visualization and computational forms of journalism; the sociology of news; the flow of news through formal channels and informal/social networks; the development, roles and influences of journalism in relation to legal, social, political, economic, and technological processes, events, and trends; and economic and regulatory issues related to journalism innovation. Successful candidates for this position will demonstrate a commitment to sustaining a vigorous program of original research and publication with potential for external funding; show promise of excellence in graduate-level teaching and advising (both M.A. and Ph.D.); and demonstrate the capacity and commitment to teach undergraduate journalism context courses and professionally-oriented journalism skills courses in areas including, but not limited to: digital/interactive journalism, visual/video journalism, information visualization, journalism history, and journalism ethics. Meaningful professional journalism experience and the capacity to contribute to the ongoing development and delivery of a rapidly evolving curriculum focused on innovation in journalism are highly desirable. The salary will depend on the candidate's qualifications, consistent with collegiate and university policies. Applicants must hold a Ph.D. in Journalism, Mass Communication or relevant discipline by the date of appointment. *Applications will be reviewed beginning October 17, 2011, and will be accepted until the position is filled.* To apply, submit a cover letter describing interest in the position and a curriculum vitae online by going to employment.umn.edu or by clicking on “Apply for this posting” and following the instructions. In addition, please have letters of evaluation from three references mailed directly to the School. The address is: Chair, Journalism Faculty Search Committee School of Journalism and Mass Communication University of Minnesota 111 Murphy Hall, 206 Church Street S.E. Minneapolis, MN 55455 Additional application materials may be requested at a later date. Nominations of outstanding potential candidates for this position are also welcome. If you have additional questions about this position, please contact the search chair, Professor Dan Sullivan, at <dans(a)umn.edu>. -- *Seth C. Lewis* // Assistant Professor @ University of Minnesota School of Journalism & Mass Communication 111 Murphy Hall, 206 Church Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 // 612.626.8516 // sethlewis.org

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DEADLINE EXTENSION CfP: Third Joint EM+/CNGL Workshop (JEC2011) 'Bringing MT to the User: Research Meets Translators'
by Венцислав Жечев ( Ventsislav Zhechev) 16 Aug '11

16 Aug '11

======================================== FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS DEADLINE EXTENSION –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– “Bringing MT to the User: Research Meets Translators” Third Joint EM+/CNGL Workshop (JEC 2011) http://web.me.com/emcnglworkshop/JEC2011 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– The EuroMatrixPlus Project (http://www.euromatrixplus.eu) the Centre for Next Generation Localisation (CNGL) (http://cngl.ie) the Directorate-General for Translation (DGT, European Commission) (http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/translation) and Autodesk (http://www.autodesk.ch) are co-organising the Third Joint EM+/CNGL Workshop (JEC 2011), entitled “Bringing MT to the User: Research Meets Translators”. The JEC 2011 workshop will be hosted by the Directorate General for Translation (DGT) (http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/translation) in Luxembourg on October 14th, 2011. In keeping with previous JECs, the format of the workshop is highly interactive with research paper presentations, invited talks and a panel discussion. Premise: Recent years have seen a revolution in MT triggered by the emergence of statistical approaches and improvements in translation quality. MT (rule-based, statistical and hybrid) is now available for many languages for free (on the Web) or for a fee and MT technologies are making strong inroads into the corporate localisation and translation industries as well as large public and administrative organisations dealing with multi-lingual content. Open-source MT solutions are competing with proprietary products. Increasing numbers of (professional) translators are post-editing TM/MT output. MT is a reality for internet users accessing and gisting content which is not available in their native language. At the same time, there has been a degree of disconnect between mainstream academic research and conferences on MT, often (and rightly so) focusing on algorithms to improve translation quality, and many of the important practical issues that need to be addressed to make MT maximally useful in real translation and localisation workflows, with human translators and users in general. Objectives: JEC 2011 brings together translators, users, academic and industrial MT researchers and developers to discuss issues that are most important in real world industrial settings and applications involving MT, but currently under-represented in research circles. Call for Research Papers: We solicit full research papers with industry, academic and/or user background to highlight real-world issues that need to be tackled by new research and recent advancements that improve translation quality, as well as novel and successful methods for the integration of machine translation with translation memories, localisation workflows, human translators and users. Papers should present clearly identifiable problem statements, research methodologies, measurable outcomes and evaluation. Papers are reviewed anonymously. Papers should follow the submission guidelines listed on the workshop website (http://web.me.com/emcnglworkshop/JEC2011/Call_for_Papers.html) with the maximum length being 10 pages in A4 format, including references. Please, do not include your name in the paper text and avoid overt self-references to facilitate the blind review process. If a paper is accepted, at least one author will have to register for JEC 2011 and travel to Luxembourg to present the paper. Workshop proceedings will be made available in hard-copy by DGT, and will be available for download on the JEC 2011 website. Publication of selected revised and expanded papers from JEC 2010 and JEC 2011 in journal or book form is currently under negotiation. Topics include but are not limited to: • Human Factors and MT • Introducing MT into large organisations • MT and language technologies for SMEs • MT/TM in Localisation/Translation and Content Management Workflows • MT/TM Combinations • Post-Editing Support for MT • MT and Monolingual Post-Editing • Smart Learning from Post-Edits • Interactive MT • MT Confidence Scores and Post-Editing Effort • Training Data for MT: Size, Domain and Quality • Data Cleanup and Preparation for MT • Meta-Data Mark-Up/Annotation and MT • Terminology and MT • Interoperability and Localisation/Translation Workflows • Standards and Localisation/Translation Workflows • MT Evaluation • Costing/Pricing MT • MT for Free/for a Fee • Rule-Based, Statistical and Hybrid MT • Linguistic resources for MT • Computing Resources for MT • MT in the Cloud • MT and the Crowd • MT, Games, Video and TV Localisation • (Machine) Translation in Context • Social Aspects of (Machine) Translation: Access to Information as a Human Right Deadlines (all 23:59 GMT -11): 21th August: Submission deadline for papers (EXTENDED DEADLINE) 12th September: Announcement for submitted papers 30th September: Camera-ready deadline for accepted papers 14th October: Workshop takes place at DGT in Luxembourg Submission URL: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=jec2011 Workshop Chair: Ventsislav Zhechev (Autodesk) Workshop Senior PC: Ventsislav Zhechev (Autodesk) Andreas Eisele (DGT) Philipp Koehn (Univ. of Edinburgh) Josef van Genabith, Declan Groves (CNGL) Program Committee: Submitted papers will be reviewed by a joint industry–academia committee. Industry members: Pedro L. Diez-Orzas (Linguaserve), Tony O’Dowd (Xcelerator), Marc Dymetman (XRCE), Andreas Eisele (DGT of the EC), Daniel Grasmick (Lucy Software), Michael Jellinghaus (EU Parliament), Will Lewis (Microsoft), Yanjun Ma (Baidu), Spyridon Pilos (DGT of the EC), Alexandros Poulis (EU Parliament), Johann Roturier (Symantec), Andy Way (Applied Language Solutions), Zoran Zakic (DGT of the EC), Ventsislav Zhechev (Autodesk) Academic members: Michael Carl (CBS, Denmark), Jinhua Du (Xi’ian Univ. of Technology), Josef van Genabith (CNGL, EM+), Declan Groves (CNGL), Philipp Koehn (EM+), Philippe Langlais (University of Montreal), Alon Lavie (CMU), Ruslan Mitkov (RIILP, UK), Michel Simard (NCR, Canada), Lucia Specia (RIILP, UK), Eiichiro Sumita (NICT, Japan), John Tinsley (CNGL, PLuTO), Hans Uszkoreit (DFKI, Germany), David Vilar (DFKI, Germany), Martin Volk (UZH, Switzerland) For inquiries please contact Dr. Ventsislav Zhechev at emcnglworkshop(a)me.com For up-to-date information, please visit http://web.me.com/emcnglworkshop/JEC2011 For information about the First Joint EM+/CNGL Workshop, please visit http://www.euromatrixplus.eu/cngl2009 For information about the Second Joint EM+/CNGL Workshop, please visit http://web.me.com/emcnglworkshop/JEC2010

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call for proposals, database narrative and video
by Adrian Miles 16 Aug '11

16 Aug '11

hi all this is something that has come out of the Database Narrative Archive symposium held in May in Montréal. The work will be published via Scalar, a multimedia authoring/publishing platform (we do the work in Scalar, not you). a. the original outline: http://www.dnasymposium.com/2011/08/15/cfp/ b. blog entry of the actual call for proposals (which is only available as a pdf at above site) http://vogmae.net.au/vlog/2011/08/call-for-proposals-dna-post-symposium-pub… c. summary of the questions: 1. What new ethical considerations arise for producers/directors of nonlinear digital storytelling? (Sheila Schroeder) 2. What new inventions, tools and methods can be used for digital and database narrative? (Kim Sawchuk) 3. What about the Plot? (David Clark) 4. How do we give shape to a user’s cognitive and emotional engagement with database narratives? (Will Luers) 5. How do we think about the lifespan of a web-based project? (Dayna McLeod) 6. How might scholars explore interactive and digital technologies as forms of ‘procedural scholarship’? (Chris Hanson) 7. How do directors, audiences, and texts change as a consequence of database narrative? (Adrian Miles) feel free to distribute far and wide an appropriate closing Adrian Miles about.me/vogmae

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CFP for Workshop "From SMS to Smartphones" (Deadline: 15 September 2011)
by Sun Sun LIM 16 Aug '11

16 Aug '11

>From SMS to Smartphones: Tracing the Impact and Developmental Trajectory of the Mobile Phone in Asia 13-14 February 2012, National University of Singapore Asia is widely regarded as a region that has enthusiastically embraced information technology. This observation is especially true of the region's adoption and appropriation of the mobile phone. The affordability, versatility and ubiquity of the mobile phone has had a discernible impact on Asia. Despite the significance of mobile phones in the Asian landscape, research on this topic has been shaped by studies on the US and Scandinavia, while research on Asia is growing, but in its nascent stages. This workshop seeks to address the imbalance by bringing together researchers who are studying mobile phone trends in Asia and collectively, workshop participants will discuss and deliberate over the global implications of their research findings and the developmental trajectory of the mobile phone. The workshop will be held at the Department of Communications and New Media, National University of Singapore from 13-14 February 2012. The workshop aims to be multi-disciplinary, comprising up to fifteen speakers who will have the opportunity for sustained discussion and engagement over two days. Based on the quality of proposals and the availability of funds, partial or full funding is available for successful applicants. Full funding would cover air travel to Singapore by the most economical means, plus board and lodging for the duration of the workshop. Priority for funding will be accorded to applicants who are based in Asia. We invite those interested in participating in the workshop to submit original paper proposals which should include a title, an abstract of 500 words, a short biography of 250 words by 15 September 2011. Papers that have been selected will be notified by 30 September 2011. If accepted, the full paper must be submitted by 30 November 2011. Selected papers will be developed and included in a special journal issue or edited volume. Please see the workshop website <http://blog.nus.edu.sg/cnmblog/2011/08/16/call-for-papers-for-workshop-from…> for submission details. Set within the Asian context, the workshop seeks to address questions including, but not limited to the following: * does a digital divide exist in Asia with regard to mobile phone penetration and usage trends and if so, how can and should they be remedied? * what are the implications of the development of mobiles - especially smartphones and mobile Internet - for contemporary media in Asia? * how is the growing proliferation of the smartphone facilitating unprecedented forms and scales of communication? * how are the location based services offered by smartphones altering user behaviour? * how does mobile Internet use complement and possibly complicate fixed location Internet use? * what implications does the growth of smartphone apps have for the cultural complexion of Asian countries? * to what extent do smartphones and the behaviour which they enable test the boundaries of existing regulatory frameworks? * how does the rising ubiquity of the smartphone and by implication, that of always-on, always-available Internet access challenge prevailing theoretical frameworks relating to inter alia, technology acceptance, mobility, communication, social influence and identity? Workshop Convenors Associate Professor Sun Sun LIM (sunlim(a)nus.edu.sg<mailto:sunlim@nus.edu.sg>) Department of Communications and New Media, National University of Singapore Prof Gerard GOGGIN (ggoggin(a)usyd.edu.au<mailto:ggoggin@usyd.edu.au>) Department of Communications, University of Sydney

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