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CFP: International workshop "Educational challenge: innovation in creative industries" Tallinn, Estonia, March 26-27
by I.Ibrus＠lse.ac.uk 26 Jan '10

26 Jan '10

Call For Papers! International workshop "Educational challenge: innovation in creative industries" Tallinn, Estonia, March 26-27, 2010 Workshop website: http://www.bfm.ee/web/?lang=en&page_id=457 Jointly organised by Tallinn University Baltic Film and Media School (BFM) and Stockholm School of Economics in Riga (SSE Riga) What are the specifics of innovation phenomena for the modern content industries operating in the evolving cross-media environment? What are the relations between innovation' and creativity' in these fields? How should innovation' be taught to the future professionals of these industries? These are some of the questions that the academic workshop "Educational challenge: innovation in creative industries" will aim to investigate. The workshop is part of a larger initiative, the EU project "First Motion" (Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007-2013) that is undertaken in the Baltic Sea Region to define the new challenges and prospects for the regional AV-industries in times of media convergence. The initiative is responsive to the issue that due to their small sizes most local industry actors are often unable to develop institutional capabilities and innovation skills that are necessary for effective utilization of the new distribution channels, for inventing new ways of product differentiation, for creating new forms of cross-media output and for managing all the related technological and legal challenges. In this context this workshop will investigate the issues of how to educate the future creative industries' professionals to make most of the converging media, how to teach the phenomena of media innovation and its management in higher education? The workshop is targeted to and aims to include three main groups: researchers of media and creative industries, academic educators of related subjects and representatives of media industries from the Baltic Sea Region. The workshop aims at establishing a dialogue among these groups for developing scenarios responsive to the educational challenge of how to teach innovation to students of creative subjects. The workshop is free of charge for all invited and accepted participants. CALL FOR PAPERS The workshop has three goals: 1. To explore the nature of innovation processes and related challenges for media and creative industries' small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with a special focus on new distribution channels, new forms of content output, product differentiation, participatory audiences, new IPR-regimes and other prospects enabled by the emerging cross-media ecology. 2. To explore ways to teach the complex and intertwining topics such as media innovation', cross-media production', creative industries management' or cultural entrepreneurship' in higher education with full academic rigour but also in ways relevant to the industry, especially to the regional SMEs. 3. To set up a related dialogue between university academics, researchers and educators, and the regional content industries by inviting participants and speakers from both of these fields. We invite papers that respond to the goals of the workshop. Possible paper topics are (but are not limited to): - Defining innovation in creative industries - Innovation management in creative industries - Innovation strategies for cross-media production - Cultural innovation and participatory audiences - Cross-media challenges and prospects for creative industries SMEs - Content production and cross-media output: policy challenges - Content production and cross-media output: business solutions - Content production and cross-media output: creative innovations - Contemporary challenges to content industries and academic response: principles of curricula design - Teaching of innovation management to students of creative subjects - Teaching of cross-media production - Teaching of creativity to students of economics and business - Joint teaching of students of creative subjects and students of business and economics - Challenges associated with teaching interdisciplinary fields (creative subjects+entrepreneurship+technology development) For participating: please submit a 250-word abstract with the name and institutional affiliation of the speaker (mailing address & email address) via email to following address: indrek.ibrus(a)tlu.ee. The deadline for abstract submission is 16. February, 2009. Publication. The workshop will lead to an academic publication on the conference theme. Authors of selected presentations will be invited to contribute to the book that will be edited by the organisers of the workshop. Workshop deadlines and important dates: Abstract submission deadline: February 16, 2010 Notifications of acceptance: February 20, 2010 Workshop days: March 26-27, 2010 Accomodation: Invited and accepted speakers and other selected participants will be offered free accommodation in the hotels of our partnering hotel group Reval Hotels. See: http://www.revalhotels.com/en/hotels/Estonia-Tallinn/Tallinn-Hotels/hotels-… Workshop website: http://www.bfm.ee/web/?lang=en&page_id=457 Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/planningAndCorporatePolicy/legalandComplia…

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CFP: OD2010 - Fourth International Conference on Online Deliberation 6/30-7/2/2010
by Todd Davies 26 Jan '10

26 Jan '10

*** SUBMISSIONS DUE MARCH 1 *** Fourth International Conference on Online Deliberation (OD2010) (http://www.od2010.dico.unimi.it/) 30 June 2 July, 2010 Leeds, UK Sponsored by: The University of Leeds, the Dipartimento di Informatica e Comunicazione Universit degli Studi di Milano, and the Public Sphere Project. discuss specific advances in online deliberation from a number of different disciplinary perspectives. The widespread diffusion of the Internet and a growing trend towards democratisation worldwide have encouraged new modes, projects and visions of citizen participation in decision making and governance. OD2010 aims to bring together researchers, developers and practitioners from a wide range of academic and applied backgrounds to provide a unique opportunity to better understand the notion of deliberation in a virtual environment and to discuss specific advances in online deliberation from a number of different disciplinary perspectives. The conference is aimed at those who wish to update themselves on recent developments in online deliberation, understand how other groups are applying the tools and techniques and exchange ideas with leading international experts. OD2010 follows the traditions of previous high-level scientific conferences. It is organized by key experts in the field and is supported by a multidisciplinary programme committee. This is the first time the conference has been held outside the USA. The fourth OD conference focuses on, but is not limited to, the following topics: * current research on online deliberation; * research challenges which deliberation, and in particular online deliberation, pose for researchers, governments, communities and citizens; * socio-technical design of online deliberative spaces; * links between theories of deliberative democracy with experience with online deliberation; * descriptions of tools and techniques that are already being tested or fielded; * deliberative platforms using novel or unusual settings, technology or approaches; * experiences and findings related to relevant technological theories (such as Web 2.0) and/or relevant social theories of deliberation and governance (such as public sphere, government 2.0 and civic intelligence); and * case studies in applying and evaluating online deliberation in various formal and informal engagement domains. Special Issue of Journal of Information Technology & Politics Conference participants are invited to submit their papers to a peer-review process for publication in a special issue of the Journal of Information Technology & Politics (www.jitp.net) connected with the conference. The special issue will focus on the development of online deliberation research and the future directions of the field. Guidelines for papers and other submissions The conference allows for four distinct types of submissions: 1. Research papers 2. Exploratory papers on ongoing research and innovative projects 3. Technology demonstrators 4. Panels on pertinent issues Research papers These papers should have a strong focus on scientific rigour and may be a maximum of 10 pages. Papers in this track will be peer reviewed for rigour, relevance, originality and clarity of presentation. Abstracts or incomplete papers will not be accepted. Exploratory papers These papers describe novel concepts, works-in-progress, reflections, manifestos or other ideas and issues that are not currently suitable for a complete research paper. They may be a maximum of 5 pages. Papers in this section will also be peer reviewed, but the focus is on relevance more than scientific rigour. Technology Demonstrators Proposals for technology demonstrators (two pages) should include a description, objectives, examples of testing and application and, if possible, a URL where the technology can be viewed. Panels Proposals for panels (two pages) should include motivation, objectives, expected outcomes, approach to audience interaction and panel members. Panels are currently planned to be 1.5 hours long. All submissions must be made via the conference submission system web site. Submissions should be written in English and foreign speakers are encouraged to have their submissions reviewed for language prior to submission. Submissions should be formatted using 11 point Times-Roman font on A4 sized paper. Accepted research and exploratory papers should be revised according to reviewer comments and resubmitted by the deadline. Important Dates (note new deadlines) January 1, 2010 Submission system available March 1, 2010 Early registration begins March 1, 2010 Research paper submissions due March 1, 2010 Exploratory papers due March 1, 2010 Technology Demonstrators & Panel proposals due March 31, 2010 Notices of paper acceptances May 1, 2010 Completed research and exploratory papers due May 1, 2010 Late registration begins June 30-July 2, 2010 OD 2010 Conference Chairs Stephen Coleman, Centre for Digital Citizenship, University of Leeds, UK Ann Macintosh, Centre for Digital Citizenship, University of Leeds, UK Fiorella De Cindio, Dipartimento di Informatica e Comunicazione, Universit degli Studi di Milano, Italy Organising Chairs Giles Moss, Deputy Director Centre for Digital Citizenship, University of Leeds, UK Cristian Peraboni, Dipartimento di Informatica e Comunicazione, Universit degli Studi di Milano, Italy Previous Conference Chairs and on-going supporters Robert Cavalier, Department of Philosophy and Digital Media Lab, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Todd Davies, Symbolic Systems Program, Stanford University, USA Douglas Schuler, The Evergreen State College, and The Public Sphere Project, USA Peter Shane, Moritz College of Law, The Ohio State University and Knight Commission on the Internet Needs of Communities in a Democracy, USA Programme Committee Simon Buckingham-Shum, Open University, UK Robert Cavalier, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Andrew Chadwick, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK Fiorella De Cindio, Universit degli Studi di Milano, Italy Steven Clift, Publicus.net/E-Democracy.org Stephen Coleman, University of Leeds, UK Clelia Colombo, Generalitat of Catalonia, Spain Todd Davies, Stanford University, USA Peter Day, University of Brighton, UK Simon Delakorda, Institute of Ecology, Slovenia Thomas Erickson, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, USA Marcus Foth, Queensland University of Technology, Australia Tom Gordon, Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communications Systems (FOKUS), Germany Mary Griffiths, University of Adelaide, Australia Andrea Kavanaugh, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA Brian Loader, University of York, UK Euripides Loukis, University of the Aegean, Greece Ann Macintosh, University of Leeds, UK Giles Moss, University of Leeds, UK David Osimo, tech4i2.com Cristian Peraboni, Universit degli Studi di Milano, Italy David Price, Debategraph, UK Paul Resnick, University of Michigan, USA Warren Sack, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA Peter Shane, The Ohio State University, USA Douglas Schuler, The Evergreen State College, and The Public Sphere Project, USA Stuart Shulman, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA Jennifer Stromer-Galley, University at Albany, USA Peter van den Besselaar, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Terry Winograd, Stanford University, USA Scott Wright, University of East Anglia, UK For further information please email: ics-conferences(a)leeds.ac.uk OD2010 website: http://www.od2010.dico.unimi.it/ Links to previous OD conferences: http://online-deliberation.net

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REMINDER - CALL FOR PAPERS: POST-SOVIET INTERNET
by Florian Töpfl 26 Jan '10

26 Jan '10

REMINDER CALL FOR PAPERS: POST-SOVIET INTERNET With this we want to make you aware of a conference, The Etiology and Ecology of Post-Soviet Communication, which we have planned for the weekend of May 7-8(-9) 2010 at the Harriman Institute of Columbia, in New York City. The focus of the conference will be the development of the internet in the post-Soviet space, first and foremost Russia, though comparative work that goes beyond this geographical focus is also of interest. We anticipate panels on such questions as: emergence and evolution of social networks; patterns of interlinking; the phenomenon of social contagion in online communications; political clustering in the blogosphere and beyond; public versus private identities; doublethink, cynicism, coded language; the emergence of opinion leaders in the blogosphere; freedom of the press on the internet; forms and degrees of censorship, online activism/social movements on the internet; dissenters and political activism; democracy to autocracy in the Russian internet. We would welcome one-page abstracts sent to nmc.conference(a)gmail.com by February 1, 2010. Yours truly, Catharine Nepomnyashchy, Alan Timberlake and Guobin Yang (Project Leaders) Eugene Gorny and Florian Toepfl (Project Coordinators) More information: <http://nmc.wikischolars.columbia.edu/Conference> http://nmc.wikischolars.columbia.edu/Conference

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Mobile Learning 2.0: The Next Phase of Innovation in Mobility > March 3–4 2010
by gerrymck 26 Jan '10

26 Jan '10

EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative 2010 Online Spring Focus Session Although mobile learning has different meanings for different communities, we know that learning is deepened and enriched when students have options for their learning for multiple paths through course content. Mobile technology not only enables students to take their learning with them beyond the physical walls of the classroom, but it also makes possible a new array of interactions in the classroom as well. Mobile learning encompasses participating in learning activities anywhere, at any time, and utilizing mobile technologies that are rapidly evolving. Possible applications of mobile technology include enabling authentic learning engagements (such as real-time data collection), spontaneous mash ups (such as populating a map with local data), synchronous interactions with classmates and subject experts, and a rich variety of interactions with course content. Precisely because of its fluidity and independence from physical boundaries, mobile learning offers vast potential to enhance all types of instruction: face-to-face, blended, and online. The goal of this focus session is to re-assess the potential of mobile technologies and identify new ways in which mobility can contribute to the learning experience. Join us March 3-4 for "Mobile Learning 2.0: The Next Phase of Innovation in Mobility," the 2010 ELI Online Spring Focus Session. Hosted inside an Adobe Connect learning environment, this virtual event will be much more than just a "usual" online seminar. You’ll exchange ideas and collaborate interactively with the ELI community—all without leaving your campus. You'll also receive all the resources and guided activities you need to help frame discussion and organize team events locally in your department, college, or institution. We will work together to: •Develop an understanding of mobile learning and its diverse application to all learning environments: face-to-face, blended, and online •Explore various tools, devices, and instructional methodologies that support mobile learning •Create a framework for the design of meaningful and purposeful mobile learning activities •Reflect on the potential for mobile learning to promote critical thinking, student engagement, and success •Consider assessment strategies for mobile learning activitie Is This Event for You? [snip] You will receive the greatest value from this online session if you attend as member of a team or host a group event on your campus. Team participation can help your institution advance a current or upcoming project or encourage cross-disciplinary collaboration. Team members find that active discussion and engagement with each other during focus-session activities builds rapport, solidifies plans, and enriches collaboration. By sharing a common focus-session experience, participants can reflect on the implications for their campus. What We Will Do •Develop strategies to help faculty introduce and sustain mobile learning activities in their courses •Explore mobile learning opportunities across a variety of disciplines •Identify the role technology can play in the delivery and evaluation of mobile learning •Engage in dialogue with a community of professionals focused on how to integrate and evaluate mobile learning across the curriculum How You Will Prepare You’ll be asked to complete presession activities and a survey in preparation for the event. Please also visit the Getting Ready for the Focus Session page to read more about technical requirements and informal networking opportunities before the event begins. We recommend that teams consider the ways they can interact both inside the online learning environment and together on campus. Resources and guided activities will be provided in the Learning Commons to help you frame discussion on campus and organize team events. [snip] Registration > Activity/Event Through March 1, 2010 Online Focus Session Registration - *individual (ELI member) $125 Online Focus Session Registration - *individual (ELI nonmember) $150 Online Focus Session Registration - **team (ELI member) $275 Online Focus Session Registration - **team (ELI nonmember) $350 *Individual registration: Designed for those planning to participate in the event by themselves on their own computers. Registrants will receive a single login and will be assigned to virtual teams for discussions and team-based activities. **Team registration: Designed for those planning to participate in the event from a single campus location as part of a group. Team participation can build rapport, foster collaboration, and solidify or develop plans for teaching and learning. The person registering on behalf of the group will receive a single computer login for the session as well as access to a package of customizable team resources for hosting a face-to-face group event covering the focus session content. Links To Full Announcement / Preparation Page / And Registration Page Available At [ http://bit.ly/7BFN7i ] enJoY ! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 Follow Me On Twitter > http://twitter.com/GMcKBlogs >>> "The Future Is Mobile" >>>

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Buzz/word-of-mouth measurement
by Hadas Eyal 26 Jan '10

26 Jan '10

Hello everyone, A search of the databases I have access to resulted in just a handful of journal articles that offer ways to measure buzz/word-of-mouth on social media such as blogs and Facebook as well as on websites that are not predetermined (meaning the internet at large). An article in Adweek from October 2005 said the code to doing this has not yet been cracked. Has anything changed since then? Can anyone suggest articles and/or books and/or ways to operationalize and measure buzz/word-of-mouth? A commercial tool maybe? Please respond to hadas.eyal(a)mail.huji.ac.il and I will compile responses (I'm an optimist!) and post it for everyone. Thanks! Hadas ****************************************************** Hadas Eyal PhD Candidate, Department of Communication and Journalism Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel hadas.eyal(a)mail.huji.ac.il

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Ethics of Instructional Design--Resources?
by Annette Markham 26 Jan '10

26 Jan '10

Dear Colleagues, I need some help: I'm working on a review of the ethics of instructional design and proposing a course that would focus on ethical guidelines for online course development. Although I do some stuff with internet research ethics, this particular niche is not my specialty area, so I'm wanting to make sure I'm hitting the latest trends, debates, or codes of practice in this area. As well, I'm seeking some interesting case studies that students can use for thought exercises. And as long as I'm begging, I might as well add that I'm looking for readings. I've found some in-depth codes of ethical practice in tertiary areas, and lots of policies by universities, but I would appreciate any guidance you have on readings you've found helpful for students. Thanks for any help you can provide. I'll happily provide a compilation to the list of any resources I collect, Cheers, Annette ***************************************************** Annette N. Markham, Ph.D. Senior Research Fellow, Internet Research Ethics Center for Information Policy Research University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee amarkham(a)gmail.com http://www.cipr.uwm.edu/ http://markham.internetinquiry.org/ Co-Editor, International Journal of Internet Research Ethics http://www.ijire.net

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Skill acquisition through non instrumental ICT uses
by Judith Yaaqoubi 26 Jan '10

26 Jan '10

We are at the beginning of a study to investigate how non instrumental ICT uses (like playing video games, social networking, creating multimedia etc.) contribute to ICT skill acquisition and how those play-acquired skill sets transfer to other, more instrumental, domains. We have a solid literature review of academic work and current projects like MacArthur's Digital Media and Learning Initiative. At this point we're curious to see whether anyone else is starting similar work with whom it might be useful to share materials. Also, our project is in Brazil, so if there are other people doing research in pontos de cultura/LAN houses/telecenters who'd be interested in talking, let us know. Thanks, Judith Judith Yaaqoubi Research Assistant Human Centered Design & Engineering University of Washington judithy(a)uw.edu

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Fwd: [DW] Future of Media Online Town Hall hosted by US Federal Communications Commission
by jeremy hunsinger 26 Jan '10

26 Jan '10

>> >> On Jan 26, 2010, at 10:48 AM, Steven Clift wrote: >> >>> From: >>> http://reboot.fcc.gov/futureofmedia >>> >>> Welcome to the website for The Future of Media and the Information >>> Needs of Communities in a Digital Age. The media landscape is changing >>> rapidly. On the one hand, there are many innovative new sources for >>> news and information. On the other hand, citizens may find significant >>> gaps, including in the availability of some kinds of local news and >>> information. This could have dire consequences for democracy and the >>> health of communities, hindering citizens’ ability to hold their >>> leaders and institutions accountable. >>> >>> This Future of Media project will review the state of the traditional >>> sources of news and journalism, and new models for providing >>> information to consumers and communities (e.g., information about >>> disaster procedures, schools, crime, and public health matters, etc). >>> The goal: to help ensure that all Americans have access to vibrant, >>> diverse sources of news and information that will enable them to >>> enrich their families, communities and democracy. >>> >>> Please tell us about the media in your community, and give us your >>> views about how policymakers should think about these issues. >>> >>> Join the Discussion >>> Media In Your Community >>> >>> Tell us about your community and its media. Do you have a newspaper? >>> Local TV news stations? Great websites? Anything else? What works >>> well? What works poorly? How have things changed over time? What >>> information do you wish you could get but can't? >>> >>> * Share stories about media in your community >>> >>> Improving the Media >>> >>> Creative ideas are needed. Please tell us what could be done to >>> improve information and news in this digital era. >>> >>> * What government policies could improve the news and information media? >>> * How should media companies change their approaches to delivering >>> news and information? >>> >>> >>> Steven Clift - http://stevenclift.com >>> Executive Director - http://E-Democracy.Org >>> Follow me - http://twitter.com/democracy >>> New Tel: +1.612.234.7072 >>> >>> ----------------------------------------- >>> Group home for Newswire - Steven Clift's Democracies Online Newswire: >>> http://groups.dowire.org/groups/newswire >>> >>> Replies go to members of Newswire - Steven Clift's Democracies Online Newswire with all posts on this topic here: >>> http://groups.dowire.org/r/topic/6zbRGj9N9mjEmFkyX8RscO >>> >>> For digest version or to leave Newswire - Steven Clift's Democracies Online Newswire, >>> email newswire(a)groups.dowire.org >>> with "digest on" or "unsubscribe" in the *subject*. >>> >>> Newswire - Steven Clift's Democracies Online Newswire is hosted by Democracies Online - http://dowire.org. >> >>

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Pre-conference workshop: Legal aspects of cyberbullying, May 26th, Antwerp (Belgium)
by Van Cleemput Katrien 26 Jan '10

26 Jan '10

Pre-conference workshop: Legal aspects of cyberbullying, May 26th, Antwerp (Belgium) COST action IS0801 is pleased to announce an international workshop on legal issues regarding cyberbullying amongst youngsters (peer-to-peer and student-versusauthority). This workshop will be held on Wednesday May 26th 2010, in Antwerp (Belgium). It will be followed by the "E-youth: Opportunities and risks"-conference (http://www.ua.ac.be/eyouth) on May 27th-28th 2010, organized by UCSIA and the University of Antwerp. We welcome a broad audience including researchers, educators, students, parents, ISPs and mobile phone companies, law enforcers, policy makers and media representatives, to 1) describe the general legislative framework for cyberbullying, 2) share their concrete experiences and 3) discuss the desirability of legal actions in the context of cyberbullying (in educational settings). Call for posters The pre-conference workshop steering group welcomes researchers, legal experts, police and courts representatives, ISPs and mobile phone companies to share their knowledge and experiences with regard to the legal aspects of cyberbullying in school settings, during a poster session. Proposals for posters (in the form of an abstract of max. 350 words) can be submitted using the electronic submission form on the pre-conference website (http://www.ua.ac.be/main.aspx?c=.EYOUTH&n=80218) The deadline for submissions is: February 1st, 2010. All abstracts will be peer-reviewed. Authors will be notified if their abstract has been selected or not for poster presentation, along with a schedule and guidelines for presentation by March 1st 2010. If you do not receive any notification of your abstract's status, please contact: COST(a)ua.ac.be All accepted abstracts will be published on the website of COST action IS0801.

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Political Economy of the Internet in the Middle East
by John Paul Laprise 26 Jan '10

26 Jan '10

I am seeking scholars on behalf of a colleague who is looking for current research on the political economy of the Internet in the Middle East. Please email me directly with any suggestions or interest. Best regards, John Laprise, Ph.D. Visiting Assistant Professor in the Communication Program Northwestern University in Qatar

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