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Supervising the Doctorate Experience - Invitation to Participate in a Study
by Jeffrey Keefer 08 Dec '10

08 Dec '10

I am writing to invite you to participate in a research study entitled, Faculty Support: Doctoral Student Threshold Concepts. Gale Parchoma and I, from Lancaster University's Educational Research Department, Centre for Studies in Advanced Learning Technology (CSALT), are undertaking this project to better understand the experiences of faculty members who work with doctoral students -- at least in part via information and communications technology (including email and/or Skype communications) or technology-enhanced learning or e-learning (including use of learning management systems) -- and who have identified threshold concepts (i.e., ah-ha moments, trouble spots, breakthrough areas, or defining moments of epistemological or ontological shift that may be pivotal in one’s identity development) for their students and helped their learners through this troublesome knowledge. Participation in this study will involve: 1) an approximately one-hour interview via telephone or Skype, and 2) approximately one hour of your time to review and potentially revise your interview transcript. We will be organizing our interview schedule as soon as we receive confirmation of participants. We anticipate interviews taking place between December, 2010 and January, 2011. We hope to be able to return transcripts to participants before the end of February, 2011. A complete description of the study, along with the participant consent form, can be found on our research web page. Thank you for your consideration. Jeffrey Keefer Doctoral Student in e-Research & Technology Enhanced Learning Centre for Studies in Advanced Learning Technologies Department of Educational Research Lancaster University Dr Gale Parchoma Lecturer in e-Research & Technology Enhanced Learning Centre for Studies in Advanced Learning Technologies Department of Educational Research Lancaster University

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Invitation: Five years "Networked Systems" research programme at the Berlin University of the Arts
by Stephan Humer 08 Dec '10

08 Dec '10

Dear list members, this winter semester (or fall semester, according to American habits) we celebrate five years of our research programme called "Networked Systems" which is arguably the first and also the most comprehensive Internet Sociology Research Programme in Germany. It started as a small experiment, but tends to expand rapidly now with a lot of positive and interesting feedback. If you are interested in the Sociology of the Internet, media theory and design and if you are in Berlin next Tuesday (December 14th), just let me know. We´ll have a very interesting evening with respected colleagues, artists and supporting friends of this programme (and of course some finger food). More information: http://entropie.digital.udk-berlin.de/wiki/Networked_Systems Best Stephan

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CfP: 13th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services
by Pedro Sanches 08 Dec '10

08 Dec '10

[ Apologies for cross-postings. Please send to interested colleagues and students. ] ################# MobileHCI2011 || Call for Papers ################# 13th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI 2011), August 30th - September 2nd, 2011, Stockholm Sweden www.mobilehci2011.org/ www.facebook.com/mobilehci2011 www.twitter.com/mobilehci2011 MobileHCI 2011 will be held between the 30th of August and the 2nd September, 2011, in Stockholm Sweden, Doctoral Consortium Day, Workshops and Tutorials on August 30th, 2011. MobileHCI 2011 is organised by the Mobile Life VinnExcellence Centre (Stockholm University, Interactive Institute and SICS) in collaboration with Ericsson, Nokia, Kista Science City, the City of Stockholm, and in cooperation with ACM SIGCHI and ACM SIGMOBILE. *Accepted papers will be published in the annual conference proceedings and will be included in the ACM digital library. Important Dates ---------------------------------------------------------------- - Full and Short Paper submission: 18th February, 2011 - Workshop submission (organisers): 28th January, 2011 - Tutorials submission: 18th February, 2011 - Posters submission: 8th April, 2011 - Demos and Experiences submission: 8th April, 2011 - Industrial Case Studies submission: 8th April, 2011 - Design Competition: 22nd April, 2011 - Doctoral Colloquium: 8th April, 2011 - Panels: 8th April, 2011 - Conference Dates: August 30th - September 2nd, 2011 Conference Scope and Description ---------------------------------------------------------------- The Mobile HCI conference is at the centre of the most expanding area of computing, i.e. the astonishing emergence of a mobile application market and the expansion of internet services to wide and mobile user groups. It is the leading conference in the field of Human Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services. The MobileHCI series provides a forum for academics and practitioners to discuss the challenges and potential solutions for effective interaction with mobile systems and services. It covers the design, evaluation and application of techniques and approaches for mobile and wearable computing devices and services. MobileHCI is now on its 12th Edition with some of the previous events taking place in Lisbon (2010, Bonn (2009), Amsterdam (2008), Singapore (2007), Espoo (2006), Salzburg (2005), Glasgow (2004), Udine (2003), Pisa (2002), Lille (2001), Edinburgh (1999), Glasgow (1998). Suggested topics ---------------------------------------------------------------- We solicit original research and technical papers not published elsewhere focusing on the following topics (but not limited to): - Novel user interfaces and interaction techniques - Mobile social networks - Context-aware systems - Multimodal interaction (including audio and speech) - User centred design tools and methods for mobile systems - Ethnographical and field studies with mobile technology - Group interaction and mobility - Mobile social networks - Interfaces for mobile communities - Services for mobile devices - The design of location based services for mobile devices - The design; evaluation and case studies-of-use of application development environments - Wearable computing, smart clothes, new devices and sensors - Mobile entertainment, storytelling and location based gaming - Aesthetic interaction and experience design - Affective Computing and mobile embodied interaction - Perception and modelling of the environment - Personal assistance with mobile devices - Mobile art - Mobility and work environments - Evaluation and usability of mobile devices and services - Mobile accessibility - Model-based design of interactive mobile systems - Visualization techniques for the mobile context (including 3D graphics on mobile devices) - Safety issues e.g., in-car user interfaces, payments - Trust, privacy, content protection, legal aspects & issues in mobile applications & services Chairs ---------------------------------------------------------------- - General: Markus Bylund, SICS, Sweden - Local: Maria Holm Mobile Life Centre, SICS, Sweden - Program: Oskar Juhlin, Mobile Life Centre, Stockholm University, Sweden and Ylva Fernaeus Mobile Life Centre, SICS, Sweden - Papers and notes chairs: Elizabeth Churchill, Yahoo! Research, USA and Albrecht Schmidt, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany - Doctoral consortium: Kristina Höök, Mobile Life Centre, Stockholm University and SICS, Sweden and Jofish Kaye, Nokia Research, USA - Demonstrations: Paul Coulton, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK and Jakob Eg Larsen, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark - Workshop: Giulio Jacucci, Helsinki Institute of Technology, Finland and Sara Ljungblad, Mobile Life Centre, SICS, Sweden - Design competition: Mauro Cherubini, Telefonica Research, Spain and Younghee Jung, Nokia Research, India - Industrial design case: Virpi Roto, Helsinki Institute of Technology, Finland and Tim Paek, Microsoft Research, USA - Poster: Henriette Cramer, Mobile Life Centre, Stockholm University and SICS, Sweden and rank Bentley, Motorola Research, USA - Tutorial: Cristian Norlin, Ericsson Research, Sweden and Johan Bornebusch, School of Communication, Media and IT, Södertörn University, Sweden - E-publication: Jarmo Laaksolahti, Mobile Life Centre, SICS, Sweden - Student volunteers: Zeynep Ahmet, Mobile Life Centre, Stockholm University and SICS, Sweden and Pedro Sanches, SICS, Sweden - Social buzz: Alexandra Weilenmann, Mobile Life Centre, Gothenburg University, Sweden and Mattias Rost, Mobile Life Centre, SICS, Sweden - Industrial exhibit: Tomas Bennich, Kista Mobile Showcase, Sweden Keynote Speakers ---------------------------------------------------------------- - Jeanna Kimbré, Manager, Colours & Materials, Creative Design Centre, Sony Ericsson Sweden - Professor Adrian Cheok, Graduate School of Media Design, Keio University, Japan Paper Submission ---------------------------------------------------------------- Submissions must be in an electronic form as PDF format and should be uploaded using the conference website. Submissions should be at most 10 pages in ACM MobileHCI format. Submissions will be peer-reviewed by at least 3 peer-reviewers, selected by meta-reviewers. Additional guidelines can be found on the conference's website. The conference Proceedings will be published by ACM and indexed by the ACM Digital Library.

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Research on the uptake and uses of online video in scholarly communication
by Daniel Villar Onrubia 08 Dec '10

08 Dec '10

Hello, I am a doctoral student at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford. I am researching social scientists and humanities scholars who publish online video as part of their scholarly communication practices. It may consist of moving images of any kind, either pre-existing visual material, images produced ad-hoc during any stage of the research process, or a combination of both. Right now I am working on the design of my study and trying to identify potential case studies. If you are engaged in these kinds of activities or if you could provide me with any information on initiatives and experiences you think could be relevant to my research, I would very much appreciate hearing from you. I am particularly interested in the socio-technical contexts in which such content is made available for viewing or downloading. Both specific research projects (the work of particular researchers or teams) and institutional initiatives (e.g. repositories, training opportunities) are of interest to me. You may either respond to this mailing list or just contact me directly writing to daniel.villaronrubia(a)oii.ox.ac.uk I’d be very happy to share my findings and the results of this scoping exercise with the list if it is of interest. Many thanks in advance and apologies for crossposting. Best wishes, Daniel --- Daniel Villar Onrubia Doctoral Student at Oxford Internet Institute. University of Oxford daniel.villaronrubia(a)oii.ox.ac.uk | http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/

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Re: [Air-L] Air-L Digest, Vol 77, Issue 3
by Maria Chiara Pettenati 08 Dec '10

08 Dec '10

Dear CarrieLynn I don't know if it can help, but there is a study published by one of my PhD students which can be related to this topic. Antonio Fini, The Technological Dimension of a Massive Open Online Course: The Case of the CCK08 Course Tools The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning (www.irrodl.org) November – 2009 http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/viewArticle/643/1402 best, Maria Chiara Pettenati -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Maria Chiara Pettenati - Researcher University of Florence - Electronics and Telecomm. Dept. Telematics Laboratory Via S. Marta, 3 50139 FIRENZE - ITALY Tel. ++39 055 4796536 - Mob. ++39 329 6509041 http://knowbie.wordpress.com/about/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 07:49:21 -0800 (PST) From: "CarrieLynn D. Reinhard" <carrie(a)ruc.dk> To: AOIR <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> Subject: [Air-L] Teaching about multiplatform communication Message-ID: <810575.86093.qm(a)web55602.mail.re4.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > I'm thinking about creating a course on multiplatform communicating, or the rhetoric of the interface. The goal would be to help students understand how > the way you engage with the media technology impacts your understanding of the information being communicated, and what it says about who the intended > users are. The idea would be for them to develop multiplatform communication > projects, so understanding the role of the interface in content creation and dissemination. So it could draw in literature from various fields: > psychology of perception, film studies, HCI, social informatics, etc. If anyone has any > ideas for good literature, then I would be glad to hear it. CarrieLynn D. Reinhard, PhD Virtual Worlds Research Group http://worlds.ruc.dk/ Roskilde University Department of Communication, Business, and Information Technologies Building 43.3 Kommunikationsvej 1 DK-4000 Roskilde mbl: + 2280 5128

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Re: [Air-L] Online role-playing community study
by Vili Lehdonvirta 08 Dec '10

08 Dec '10

Dear Fabien, Welcome to study online games. My suggestion would be to re-think your approach, as it seems to rest on a dichotomous "real world" vs. "virtual world" notion, which in my opinion is fundamentally flawed (http://gamestudies.org/1001/articles/lehdonvirta ). You state that your goal is "to see if there is a difference between the real world and the virtual environment". But what is the "real world" against which you are comparing? The parliamentary politics of France, the politics of the world of finance, or the politics of game research are all different, yet all part of the "real world". It is obvious from the start that you will find the politics of a given online game to differ from your chosen point of comparison in some respects, and resemble it in others. Unless this online game is an important research subject in itself (e.g. because it engages so many people), such findings may not be very useful. My advice would be to look instead for a theoretical research question from the literature of your discipline, and then see if this theoretical question can be addressed with a study pertaining to the online game. Write your research question clearly. Good luck! Vili Lehdonvirta University of Tokyo / HIIT http://www.hiit.fi/~vlehdonv/ p.s. please do not worry about your English. > Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 21:52:27 +0100 > From: "Fabien Lorc'h" <fabien.lorch(a)gmail.com> > To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-L] Online role-playing community study > Message-ID: > <AANLkTinEb9QA+OzfZjfL4Us8g99ZQPh5b6vn6K+72XfK(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Ladies and Gentlemen, > > I am writing to you to present you my Master's dissertation subject . > > I am currently a student in the Master's program in Political > Science at the > University of Rennes 1 in France. > > For this Masters, I have decided to study an online role-playing > community : > The Renaissance Kingdoms: http://www.renaissancekingdoms.com/ > > > The purpose of this study is to make a political analysis of this > community, > in a global meaning and thencommunity considered as a whole, through > an > analysis of some data : > > - Register/Leave the game > - Identity (virtual or real, sociological analysis of the players (I > am > planing to get a questionnaire for this) > - Internal regulation and discipline (almost all institutions between > characters having been planned by players) > - Independence of this community with national culture and history > (the game > is in an alternate history of the 15th century in Europe) > > The goal of this study is to think in an Aristotelian sense of > Politics, and > to see if there is a difference between the real world and the virtual > environment. > It is also to consider if the community has a clear particularity. > > I would love to receive your help on possible research lines that > maybe I > have forgotten to study, or if you have ideas to concerning my > approach. > > If you have books or articles on this, please don't hesitate to > contact me > with suggestions. > > Thank you so much for your time and attention. > > -- > Fabien Lorc'h > > > PS: Sorry in advance for my English that I am sure is catastrophic.

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Couch Award correction
by Mark D. Johns 08 Dec '10

08 Dec '10

Please note that there were errors in the previous award call. Please disregard it and replace with the text below: CALL FOR AWARD APPLICATIONS Carl J. Couch Internet Research Award 2011 Sponsored by the Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research http://www.cccsir.com/ The Carl Couch Center issues an annual call for student-authored papers to be considered for Carl J. Couch Internet Research Award. The Couch Center welcomes both theoretical and empirical papers that (1) apply symbolic interactionist approaches to Internet studies, (2) demonstrate interactive relationships between social interaction and communication technologies, and/or (3) develop symbolic interactionist concepts in new directions. Papers will be evaluated based on the quality of (1) mastery of symbolic interactionist approaches and concepts, (2) originality, (3) organization, (4) presentation, and (5) advancement of knowledge. Evaluation will be administered by a Review Committee of four: Mark D. Johns, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa Annette Markham, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Lois Ann Scheidt, Indiana University, Bloomington Dennis Waskul, Minnesota State University, Mankato Competition is open to graduate or undergraduate students of all disciplines. Works that are published or accepted for publication are not eligible for award consideration. Entries should not exceed 30 pages (approximately 7500 words) in length, including references and appendices. Limit of one entry per student per year. The top three papers will receive Couch Awards to be presented at the 2011 meeting of the Association of Internet Researchers (aoir.org) at the University of Washington, Seattle. The top paper will be awarded a certificate and a cash prize of $300 US, runner up will receive a certificate and a cash prize of $200 US, and a third paper will receive a certificate and a cash prize of $100 US. All three authors will be invited to present their work at a session of the AoIR conference, October 20-22, 2011 in Seattle. Those interested should send a copy of their paper, with a 100-word abstract, electronically to Mark D. Johns at mjohns(a)luther.edu Application deadline is April 30, 2011. Notification of award will be sent by June 15. Those with questions or comments about Couch Award application, please contact: Mark D. Johns Dept. of Communication Studies Luther College, Decorah, IA 52101 USA Tel: (563) 387-1347 E-mail: mjohns(a)luther.edu

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Map of WikiLeaks "Vital Facilities"
by Matthew Zook 08 Dec '10

08 Dec '10

More information (including the actual maps) is at http://www.floatingsheep.org/ One of the most interesting, and perhaps controversial, bits of information from the recent release of the Wikileaks US embassy cables has been the list of locations deemed vital to US security. Since this information is now in the public domain, we were interested in visualizing the data. The first step was to take the rather messy data and identify individual entries. In some cases it was no more specific then "Indonesia: Tin Mine and Plant", it other cases it named a pipeline, a port or city in which an undersea cable made landfall. Using the worldatlas.com geocoder (as well as some Wikipedia entries), we located an approximate latitude and longitude for each of the locations mentioned in the cables. We wish to emphasize that the locations in our mashup are only for the cities in which these critical facilities are located, and not the actual facilities themselves. In some cases the location in the map is no more detailed then the country. Given this relatively inaccuracy, this map does not present a security threat. Moreover, all the data sets used for this geo-codding are openly available on the Internet and could easily be replicated by anyone. Our purpose is to visualize (at a relatively high scale) the patterns exhibited by this particular data set illustrated below. The categories in the legend are our own classifications based on the information provided by Wikileaks. It is interesting to note that the vast majority of these facilities are not directly military related. Even the ones that we mark as military are industrial related military rather than actual bases. Instead the list seems to focus on non-military topics such as telecommunications, energy related facilities and pharmaceuticals. Much of the list is also focused on supplies of important raw materials (Bauxite, Chromite, and Rare Earth Minerals) as well as the ability to move products through ports and shipping channels. These data offer a fascinating insight into the ways that the national security priorities of the United States span the entire globe. This global web of essential facilities goes a long way to explain the fact that the US Department of Defense has more military facilities around the world than all other nations combined. The globalization of the world economy means that facilities that are vital to the communication, health, and economic needs of the U.S. are scattered across the planet; and this ultimately means that the U.S. (as well as other developed and developing countries) have to contend with new and changing notions of what "security" means in the 21st century. Dr. Matthew Zook, Ph.D. Department of Geography University of Kentucky

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Map of WikiLeaks "Vital Facilities"
by Matthew Zook 07 Dec '10

07 Dec '10

Thought this would be of interest to the list given the recent discussions. Matt ----------------------------------- More information (including the actual maps) is at http://www.floatingsheep.org/ One of the most interesting, and perhaps controversial, bits of information from the recent release of the Wikileaks US embassy cables has been the list of locations deemed vital to US security. Since this information is now in the public domain, we were interested in visualizing the data. The first step was to take the rather messy data and identify individual entries. In some cases it was no more specific then "Indonesia: Tin Mine and Plant", it other cases it named a pipeline, a port or city in which an undersea cable made landfall. Using the worldatlas.com geocoder (as well as some Wikipedia entries), we located an approximate latitude and longitude for each of the locations mentioned in the cables. We wish to emphasize that the locations in our mashup are only for the cities in which these critical facilities are located, and not the actual facilities themselves. In some cases the location in the map is no more detailed then the country. Given this relatively inaccuracy, this map does not present a security threat. Moreover, all the data sets used for this geo-codding are openly available on the Internet and could easily be replicated by anyone. Our purpose is to visualize (at a relatively high scale) the patterns exhibited by this particular data set illustrated below. The categories in the legend are our own classifications based on the information provided by Wikileaks. It is interesting to note that the vast majority of these facilities are not directly military related. Even the ones that we mark as military are industrial related military rather than actual bases. Instead the list seems to focus on non-military topics such as telecommunications, energy related facilities and pharmaceuticals. Much of the list is also focused on supplies of important raw materials (Bauxite, Chromite, and Rare Earth Minerals) as well as the ability to move products through ports and shipping channels. Share of Facilities by Type Telecommunications 28% Energy 18% Pharmaceuticals 13% Border_Crossing 11% Raw_Material 10% Port 7% Military 5% Industrial 4% Shipping 3% Dam 2% These data offer a fascinating insight into the ways that the national security priorities of the United States span the entire globe. This global web of essential facilities goes a long way to explain the fact that the US Department of Defense has more military facilities around the world than all other nations combined. The globalization of the world economy means that facilities that are vital to the communication, health, and economic needs of the U.S. are scattered across the planet; and this ultimately means that the U.S. (as well as other developed and developing countries) have to contend with new and changing notions of what "security" means in the 21st century. More information at http://www.floatingsheep.org/ (You can view a larger, non-embedded version of our mashup or download a KMZ file of the mashup here that should automatically load into Google Earth. The kmz version allows you to turn on and off categories as you wish.) Dr. Matthew Zook, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Geography University of Kentucky 1457 Patterson Office Tower Lexington, KY 40506-0027 859.257.8334 (phone) 859.323.1969 (fax) zook(a)uky.edu http://www.zook.info/

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Online role-playing community study
by Fabien Lorc'h 07 Dec '10

07 Dec '10

Ladies and Gentlemen, I am writing to you to present you my Master's dissertation subject . I am currently a student in the Master's program in Political Science at the University of Rennes 1 in France. For this Masters, I have decided to study an online role-playing community : The Renaissance Kingdoms: http://www.renaissancekingdoms.com/ The purpose of this study is to make a political analysis of this community, in a global meaning and thencommunity considered as a whole, through an analysis of some data : - Register/Leave the game - Identity (virtual or real, sociological analysis of the players (I am planing to get a questionnaire for this) - Internal regulation and discipline (almost all institutions between characters having been planned by players) - Independence of this community with national culture and history (the game is in an alternate history of the 15th century in Europe) The goal of this study is to think in an Aristotelian sense of Politics, and to see if there is a difference between the real world and the virtual environment. It is also to consider if the community has a clear particularity. I would love to receive your help on possible research lines that maybe I have forgotten to study, or if you have ideas to concerning my approach. If you have books or articles on this, please don't hesitate to contact me with suggestions. Thank you so much for your time and attention. -- Fabien Lorc'h PS: Sorry in advance for my English that I am sure is catastrophic.

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