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Re: [Air-L] AoIR in Second Life - Scholar vs. researcher
by Denise N. Rall 01 Jun '09

01 Jun '09

Denise N. Rall, PhD. Special Projects, Faculty of Arts & Science, Southern Cross University, Lismore NSW 2480 AUSTRALIA Mobile +(61) (0)438 233 344 http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/esm/staff/pages/drall/ Join the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Internet Research 10.0, October 7-11, Milwaukee, WI, USA No offense taken from anyone! I've never had so much interest generated in e-research, and perhaps e-scholarship or digital scholarship. I have just reviewed for RCCS, I think it will be posted soon, Christine Borgman's Digital Scholarship (2007, MIT Press) and I found similar problems with her definitions there. We may all be very erudite, in generating definitions that are the most useful for us as scholars. In this case, I am an internet scholar, but a really lousey internet researcher or e-researcher as I do have more interest in how knowledge is derived rather than how it appears to be derived through online or e-research based methodologies. Let me just give one paragraph from my review of Borgman (2007) that may or may not make it through the editor's knife: Christine L. Borgman Scholarship in the Digital Age (2007) Cambridge MA: MIT Press 336 pp.; includes bibliography and indices Christine Borgman's scholarly exercise of “databasing the world” by Denise N. Rall Summary: The scholarly exercise of “databasing the world” (Borgman, citing Bowker, 2005) is a daunting task which Christine L. Borgman addresses with care in her text, Scholarship in the Digital Age: Information, Infrastructure and the Internet. For, the construction of a useful and universal archive for scholarly activity and achievement cannot rest on the voluntary contributions of individuals, as she aptly states, “the incentives are too low and the barriers too high” (2007:225). She details the project – the construction of an e-Research infrastructure that must serve scholars, researchers, governmental requirements, libraries, museums and other archival bodies in the sciences, social sciences and humanities – with appropriate and detailed references. Her literature includes the familiar classics (from authors such as Crane, Latour & Woolgar, Hughes, Merton, de Sola Price) as well as recent contributions (from authors such as Bowker, Hine, Star, Nentwich, Thelwall and Wouters, among others). She makes excellent use of Michael Nentwich’s Cyberscience (2003) throughout. While important scholars in new media are omitted, the information science side of the literature is thoroughly represented. Overall, the book is a valuable resource to anyone with an interest in the significance of e-Research infrastructures in both academe and within the community at large, with an emphasis on the necessity of appropriate policies and economic models to identify, maintain, and archive the ‘value chain’ of scholarly work. a closing note from the review: As mentioned above, the book is a valuable resource to anyone with an interest in the significance of e-Research infrastructures in both academe and within the community at large, with an emphasis on the necessity of appropriate policies and economic models to identify and maintain the ‘value chain’ of scholarly work. It is a rare commodity – a book both brief and thorough. The only drawback for me was a slightly skewed point of view. For example, Borgman states: “Scientists want e-Research infrastructure in order to do science” (2007:201, emphasis added) and continues that social scientists want e-Research to do social science, but they also want to interact with framework of knowledge that infrastructure holds in place. In my opinion, these confident assertions seem misplaced. Some scientists might want infrastructure, but many only tolerate the information requirements of their profession, and some despise the reporting aspects of their research. Scientists generally are interested in solving particular problems, not trolling through databases, and sometimes the literature review is delegated to students." Ok, perhaps too much on the subject, but there are critical differences between those who want to understand internet-based knowledge, its generation and its assumptions, those who would like to frame the approaches, and those who use it as a platform for research. Cheers, Denise --- On Sun, 31/5/09, Robert Ackland <robert.ackland(a)anu.edu.au> wrote: > From: Robert Ackland <robert.ackland(a)anu.edu.au> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] AoIR in Second Life - Scholar vs. researcher > To: "Jankowski" <nickjan(a)xs4all.nl> > Cc: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > Received: Sunday, 31 May, 2009, 12:27 PM > Nick, > > Thanks for your comment. I've also received some very > useful comments off-list > > I should apologise to Marj Kibby and Denise N. Rall for > jumping on this thread, which was initially unrelated to Need a Holiday? Win a $10,000 Holiday of your choice. Enter now.http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylc=X3oDMTJxN2x2ZmNpBF9zAzIwMjM2MTY2MTMEdG1fZG…

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call for nominations + election process, calendar
by Charles Ess 31 May '09

31 May '09

Dear all I am pleased to announce that AoIR has now commenced the process of electing a new Executive Committee to take office in October of this year to serve until October 2011. We are seeking members' interest in nominating for the new executive and providing notice for everyone of the voting timeline and procedures. Here is an overview of the election timeline, procedures and positions for nomination, as determined strictly by the Association's by-laws. Voting instructions will be provided later and separately. **Please note the different timing for officers and other positions** TIME FRAME OF THE ELECTION: 1. Call for Nominations: opens June 8, 2009 2. Nominations close for the 4 officer positions: July 15, 2009 Nominations close for the 1 grad student and 3 open seats on the executive: July 30, 2009 3. Ballot sent to members August 7, 2009 4. Voting begins: August 10, 2009 (Ballot-counter to be announced by 1. August, 2009) 5. Voting ends for 4 officer positions: August 24, 2009 Voting ends for 1 grad student and 3 open seats: September 7, 2009 The new committee is formally announced and assumes its duties at the end of the Annual General Meeting during the AoIR conference, 7-11 October 2009. (Specific time of the AGM to be announced soon.) During the period of voting, a forum will be available for discussion with candidates. Candidates' statements will also be made available with the ballot sent to members. A QUICK ORGANIZATIONAL PRIMER: The organizational structure of AoIR is simple. There are 4 officers, 3 open seat representatives, 1 graduate student representative and 2 appointed positions who together with the Immediate Past President make up the 11-member executive committee that runs the show. Elected officials hold their positions for two years. In this election, you are invited to nominate yourself or anyone else whom you think would do a good job, for any position other than the President - the current Vice President assumes the Presidency. Here are brief descriptions of positions 1. President: the "CEO", supervises the organization, performs certain legally required duties. [The Current VP becomes the President] 2. Vice President: "back up" for President, various duties as they arise; *becomes President after 2 years* 3. Secretary: Handles records and membership matters. 4. Treasurer: liaises with Secretary to maintain membership records; takes care of financial and related administrative duties (e.g., annual report to membership and U.S. tax authorities), including close attention to the annual Internet Research (IR) conference budget. 5. Graduate Student Representative: responsible for running graduate student activities (must be a grad student, but all can vote) 6-8. Open Committee Seats: Three open Seats on the Executive Committee Represent membership of AoIR, contribute to decision making. Take responsibility for specific projects or activities to promote the association within their term. 9-10. Appointed positions to manage systems and email lists 11. Immediate Past President Candidates should also familiarise themselves formal statement of duties and responsibilities in the Association's by-laws: <http://aoir.org/?page_id=10> NOMINATIONS AND ELECTION PROCESSES Only a member of AoIR can run for a position, nominated by anyone. If nominated for more than one position a nominee must choose to run for one (and only one) position in this election. You may nominate yourself or another person (or people). Self Nominations: Email AoIR Secretary Sabryna Cornish <sabrynac(a)niu.edu> and indicate the position for which you are nominating and you will be added to the list of nominees. Please provide, in your nomination email a short candidate statement addressing the questions below. Nominating Others: Email AoIR Secretary Sabryna Cornish <sabrynac(a)niu.edu> with the name of the person you want to nominate, the position for which you are nominating this person, contact information for that person, and an indication of whether you know if this person would accept this nomination (if you don't know, we'll contact them and ask). All candidates for election will be required to provide answers to the questions listed at the end of this email, have the answers posted to the AoIR election forum website, and participate in an online candidate forum. In addition the Graduate Student candidates must confirm in their response that they comply with the by-laws: the Graduate Student Representative must be actively enrolled in a degree program at the time of nomination and election and intends to be enrolled for the coming northern academic year (defined to be September 2009-June 2010) The voting system used by AoIR is one vote per member for each of the seven positions for election listed above. Votes are counted by a ballot counter who is a member of the Association but not a member of the executive. In the case of the four officers, the candidate with the highest number of votes shall be declared the winner; in the case of the open seats, the three candidates with the highest, second-highest and third highest votes shall be declared the winners of the open seats. In the case of the Graduate Student representative, the candidate with the highest number of votes shall be declared the winner In the case of tied results for the officer positions, the winner shall be determined by the ballot counter, by drawing of lots, using a method that ensures each of the tying candidates has an equal chance of success and witnessed by at least 1 person independent of the association. In the case of tied results for the open seat positions, the drawing of lots shall be used only when there are more tied candidates than seats available. QUESTIONS FOR CANDIDATES 1) What is your interest in this position? 2) What are your qualifications for this position (including prior experience and participation in AoIR)? 3) What are two or three short-term goals you would like to achieve through membership of the executive (include a rationale for each and how you would contribute to their achievement)? 4) What is your long-term vision for AoIR? 5) What else should voters consider when deciding whether or not to vote for you? In answering the questions, please be concise and give information specific to the position for which you are nominating and which will permit voters to assess your case for election to that position. In closing - please consider carefully contributing your time and energy to making AoIR even better in the upcoming years! I would also encourage persons interested in running for a specific position to contact the current office-holder(s) with any specific questions, etc. Looking forward to it! Many thanks in advance to all who will consider running and serving AoIR in this way. - charles ess Distinguished Research Professor, Interdisciplinary Studies Drury University, Springfield, Missouri 65802 USA Professor MSO (med særlige opgaver), Department of Information and Media Studies Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark President, Association of Internet Researchers Co-editor, International Journal of Internet Research Ethics <http://ijire.net/> Co-chair, CATaC conferences <www.catacconference.org> Exemplary persons seek harmony, not sameness. -- Analects 13.23

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Re: [Air-L] AoIR in Second Life - Scholar vs. researcher
by Jankowski 30 May '09

30 May '09

Robert: I personally consider the distinction you suggest, proposed by Marj Kibby, as unnecessarily constraining and I would not use it. Instead, I suggest 'scholarship' as the overall label for knowledge production and this includes 'research' as one of the enterprises for such production. This and other issues are elaborated in my introductory chapter to the following book to be released 23 June: 'e-Research: Transformation in Scholarly Practice'. For details, see: http://www.routledge.com/books/E-Research-isbn9780415990288 An early draft of the introductory chapter is (still) on SlideShare and can be found at: http://www.slideshare.net/nickjan/jankowski-chapter-1-e-research-introducti… Best, Nick Jankowski > I found the following definitions of research and scholarship to be > quite interesting and possibly useful in my efforts to distinguish > e-Research from digital scholarship. > > It seems to me that a lot of activities in the humanities, arts and > social sciences that are described (and funded) as e-Research are > actually digital scholarship since they involve setting > up/maintaining/providing access to digital collections of research > resources (e.g. social science datasets, images, video, audio), rather > than contributing to new knowledge. > > Does anyone else agree with or object to the definitions of > research/scholarship below, and my attempt to use them to distinguish > e-Research from digital scholarship? Any relevant scholarly references > would be much appreciated. > > Rob > > ------------------------------------- > Dr Robert Ackland > Fellow and Masters Coordinator, Australian Demographic and Social > Research Institute, The Australian National University > > e-mail: robert.ackland(a)anu.edu.au > project: http://voson.anu.edu.au > teaching: http://adsri.anu.edu.au/study/ssi.php > -------------------------------------- > > Marj Kibby wrote: >> Our promotions criteria differentiate research and scholarship - >> research is seen as contributing new knowledge to the field, scholarship >> as staying abreast of developments in the field published by others. >> >> Marj >> > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ >

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Blondie early majority > late majority
by Barry Wellman 30 May '09

30 May '09

Ted, Facebook ain't over. It's now become Late Majority. Now when Mom gets the webcam over Veronica/Archie's marital bed, that will be interesting! 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 Updating history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php _______________________________________________________________________ > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 30 May 2009 11:26:22 -0400 > From: Ted Coopman <ted.coopman(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [Air-L] Facebook "officially" over > All, > > This is clear cultural indicator that Facebook is SO last Tuesday. You know > you are over when your are referenced in... > > http://www.blondie.com/dailies/index.asp for Saturday May 30. > > -TED >

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Facebook "officially" over
by Ted Coopman 30 May '09

30 May '09

All, This is clear cultural indicator that Facebook is SO last Tuesday. You know you are over when your are referenced in... http://www.blondie.com/dailies/index.asp for Saturday May 30. -TED -- Ted M. Coopman Ph.D. Lecturer Department of Communication Studies Department of Television, Radio, Film, & Theatre San Jose State University

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Major/Major New Book: Researching Mobile Learning: Frameworks, Tools And Research Designs
by McKiernan, Gerard [LIB] 29 May '09

29 May '09

Colleagues/ Yet Another Major/Major New Book !!! /Gerry Researching Mobile Learning: Frameworks, Tools And Research Designs / Vavoula, Giasemi ; Pachler, Norbert ; Kukulska-Hulme, Agnes (eds) / Oxford, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Wien / 2009 / XXX, 367 pp., 25 ill., num. tables and graphs / ISBN 978-3-03911-832-8 / SFR 70.00 / €* 48.20 / €** 49.50 / € 45.00 / £ 45.00 / US-$ 69.95 Book Synopsis Learning with mobile technologies is an emerging field with a developing research agenda and many questions surrounding the suitability of traditional research methods to investigate and evaluate the new learning experiences associated with mobility and support for increasingly informal learning. This book sets out the issues and requirements for mobile learning research, and presents recent efforts to specify appropriate theoretical frameworks, research methods and tools. Through their accounts of particular mobile learning projects, leading researchers in the field present their experiences and approaches to key aspects of mobile learning research such as data capture and analysis, and offer structured guidance and suggestions on adopting and extending these approaches. Partial Table Of Contents Diana Laurillard: Foreword - Norbert Pachler: Research Methods in Mobile and Informal Learning: Some Issues - Mike Sharples: Methods for Evaluating Mobile Learning - D.W. Livingstone: Basic Research on Lifelong Learning: Recent Survey Findings and Reflections on «Capturing» Informal Learning - Phillip Kent: In the Workplace: Learning as Articulation Work, and Doing Articulation Work to Understand Learning - Norbert Pachler/John Cook/Claire Bradley: «I Don't Really See It»: Whither Case-based Approaches to Understanding Off-site and On-campus Mobile Learning? - Daisy Mwanza-Simwami: Using Activity-Oriented Design Methods (AODM) to Investigate Mobile Learning - Daniel Spikol: Exploring Novel Learning Practices through Co-Designing Mobile Games - Cristina Ros i Sole: The Fleeting, the Situated and the Mundane: Ethnographic Approaches to Mobile Language Learning (MALL) - John Traxler: Mobile Learning Evaluation: The Challenge of Mobile Societies [snip] Using Automatic Logging to Collect Information on Mobile Device Usage for Learning - Christine Dearnley/Stuart Walker: Mobile Enabled Research - Patrick McAndrew/Steve Godwin/Andreia Santos: Research 2.0: How Do We Know about the Users that Do Not Tell Us Anything? - Palmyre Pierroux: Newbies and Design Research: Approaches to Designing a Learning Environment using Mobile and Social Technologies [snip] Giasemi Vavoula: Issues and Requirements for Mobile Learning Research - Agnes Kukulska-Hulme: Conclusions: Future Directions in Researching Mobile Learning. About The Author(s)/Editor(s) The Editors: Giasemi Vavoula is RCUK Academic Fellow in Learning and Visitor Studies at the Department of Museum Studies, University of Leicester, UK ; Norbert Pachler is Reader in Education and Co-director of the Centre for Excellence in Work-based Learning for Education Professionals at the Institute of Education, London ; Agnes Kukulska-Hulme is Professor of Learning Technology and Communication in the Institute of Educational Technology, The Open University, UK. Since 2001, she has led several projects on mobile learning innovation in the UK. Full Table Of Contents and Links Top Publication Site / PDF TOC / and Flyer Available At [ http://tinyurl.com/nyps25 ] Happy Friday ! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu There is Nothing More Powerful Than An Idea Whose Time Has Come / Victor Hugo [ http://www.blogger.com/profile/09093368136660604490 ] Iowa: Where the Tall Corn Flows and the (North)West Wind Blows [ http://alternativeenergyblogs.blogspot.com/ ]

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PhD position, Utrecht University, the Netherlands Wired-Up
by Leurs, K.H.A. (Koen) 29 May '09

29 May '09

Dear AIR-L members, I would like to inform you about a new PhD position available in Utrecht, Please spread to anyone (especially in the Netherlands) interested in digital media and migrant youth. Koen Leurs | Aio / PhD student OGC (Research Institute for Culture and History)| Utrecht University, the Netherlands | Janskerkhof 13, 3512 BL Utrecht | # 2.02 | (+31) 30 253 78 59 | (+31) 6 13108803 | ********************** The digital literacy practices of immigrant youth for the formation of identity and learning networks (0.9 fte) This project is focused on the analysis of the everyday digital literacy practices of Moroccan immigrant youth. While the past several years have seen an increasing amount of research on the digital literacy practices of youth, within and well beyond the Netherlands, relatively little of this work to date has focused on immigrant youth and their productions and interpretations of social media (e.g. web logs, Hyves, YouTube, texting, Twitter, gaming). This project will provide a unique contribution to the field by developing ethnographic studies of youth as they use social media and integrate it into their everyday lives in the Netherlands. We are particularly interested in how digital literacy practices are used to produce identities and learning networks. What are the shapes and scales of new media networks for Moroccan immigrant youth? How are these new networks changing, and how are they related to social networks with longer histories (e.g., extended family, community)? How do networks formed through practices with social media support the development of local, national, and transnational identities? How do such networks also structure new social spaces for learning? These questions are addressed in this project through ethnographic research that will be augmented with other research methods, including social network analysis and survey data. For more information see: www.uu.nl/wiredup http://www.academictransfer.nl/organisaties/?adm_pin=00351&fuseaction=detai… Koen Leurs | Aio / PhD student OGC (Research Institute for Culture and History)| Utrecht University, the Netherlands | Janskerkhof 13, 3512 BL Utrecht | # 2.02 | (+31) 30 253 78 59 | (+31) 6 13108803 | Current project: http://www.uu.nl/wiredup/ Please consider the environment before printing this email.

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Extended full paper deadline for Mindtrek 2009 Conference
by Olli Sotamaa 29 May '09

29 May '09

Hi all, and apologies for x-posting. The full paper deadline for Mindtrek 2009 Conference (September 30th – 2nd October) has now been extended to June 7th. The conference organized in Tampere, Finland accepts papers for three different tracks: 1) Digital gaming, 2) Social media and 3) Ambient and ubiquitous media. More info below. Please consider submitting! Best, Olli ============================================================================================= CALL FOR PAPERS, TUTORIALS, AND WORKSHOPS Academic MindTrek 2009: Everyday Life in the Ubiquitous Era Ambient Media *** Social Media *** Games September 30th – 2nd October, 2009, Tampere, Finland confirmed speakers (more are to come): - Ignacio Correas, CEO, eBox Technologies - Peter Cheng, Open Source Camp, Hihoo.org; - Jani Penttinen, CTO, XIHA - Francesca Rosella, Co-Founder, Cute Circuit EXTENDED Submission Deadlines: - EXTENDED TILL 7th JUNE 2009: submission of tutorial and workshop proposals - EXTENDED TILL 7th JUNE 2009: submissions of long papers (6-8 pages) - 15th June 2009: submission of short papers (3-4 pages) - 30th June 2009: submission of poster presentations (1 page) - 15th June 2009: submissions of workshop papers for accepted papers http://www.mindtrek.org http://www.mindtrek.org/academic In cooperation with ACM, ACM SIGMM and ACM SIGCHI Publications will be published in the ACM digital library Selected set of high-level contributions will published as book chapters or in journals =============================================================================================== Academic MindTrek 2009 Call for Papers, Tutorials and Workshops We are pleased to invite you to the Academic MindTrek conference from September 30th – 2nd October, which brings together a cross-disciplinary crowd of people to investigate current and emerging topics of media in the ubiquitous arena. Media to be discussed range from business, social and technical to content-related topics. September 30th is the main Academic day, featuring the following three tracks: * Social Media Social media and Web 2.0 technologies are applied in ever diverse practices both in private and public communities. Traditional communication and expression modalities are challenged and totally new practices are constructed in the collaborative, interactive media space; * Ambient and Ubiquitous Media “The medium is the message!” – This conference track focuses on the definition of ambient and ubiquitous media with a cross-disciplinary viewpoint: ambient media between technology, art, and content. The focus of this track is on applications, theory, art-works, mixed reality concepts, the Web 3.0, and user experiences that make ubiquitous and ambient media tick; * Digital Games Digital play and games are currently undergoing many transformations: gaming devices are becoming truly connected, players are finding more possibilities for collaboration, and simultaneously games are being applied into novel uses and mobile use contexts. In addition, special academic sessions (e.g. tutorials, workshops, and multidisciplinary sessions) will be held on Oct 1st & 2nd, parallel to the MindTrek business conference. Academic speakers and authors are warmly welcome to attend the business conference tracks as part of the academic conference fee during these days as well. The MindTrek Association hosts MindTrek as a yearly conference, where the Academic MindTrek conference has been a part of this unique set of events comprising competitions, world famous keynote speakers, plenary sessions, media festivals, and workshops since 1997. It is a meeting place where experts and thinkers present results from their latest work regarding the development of Internet, interactive media, and the information society. MindTrek brings together researchers and practitioners from diverse disciplines that are involved in the development of media in various fields, ranging from sociology and the economy, to technology. The organizing committee invites you to submit original high quality full papers, long or short, addressing the special theme and the topics, for presentation at the conference and inclusion in the proceedings. We are interested in contributions in the topic areas social media, ambient/ubiquitous media, and games such as: - case-studies (successful, and especially unsuccessful ones) - oral presentation of fresh and innovative ideas - artistic installations and running system prototypes - user-experience studies and evaluations - technological novelties, evaluations, and solutions - scientific, business, or media oriented contributions - proposals for own workshops. Paper Proposals All submissions will be peer-reviewed double blinded, therefore please remove any information that could give an indication of the authorship. The scientific part of the conference is organized in cooperation with ACM SIGMM, and ‘ACM SIGCHI. Conference proceedings will be published in the ACM Digital Library. Selected high quality papers will be published in international journals, as book chapters, edited books, or via open access journals. There will also be a reward for the overall best paper from the academic conference. Workshop Proposals Feel free to suggest workshops which are co-organized with MindTrek 2009. Workshop proposals should include the organizing committee, a 1 page description of the theme of the workshop, a short CV of organizers, duration, the proceedings publisher, and the schedule. Workshop organizers also have the possibility to add publications to the main conference proceedings. Tutorial Proposals Tutorial proposals should include a 2-page description of the tutorial, intended audience, a short CV, timetable, required equipment, references, and a track record of previous tutorials. The target length of tutorials is 2 hours. EXTENDED Submission Deadlines: - EXTENDED TILL 7th JUNE 2009: submission of tutorial and workshop proposals - EXTENDED TILL 7th JUNE 2009: submissions of long papers (6-8 pages) - 15th June 2009: submission of short papers (3-4 pages) - 30th June 2009: submission of poster presentations (1 page) - 15th June 2009: submissions of workshop papers for accepted papers Key-Dates - 15th July 2009: notification of acceptance/rejection for long and short papers - 10th August 2009: camera ready papers, copyright forms, and conference registration - 30th September – 2nd October 2009 MindTrek academic conference Conference Themes 1. Social Media - business models, service models, and policies - questions related to identity, motivation and values - blogs, wikis, collaboration and social platform designs in practice - user-created content and social networks - mashups - enterprise 2.0 and social computing in work organizations - evaluation and research methods of social media - ‘old’ and ‘new’ social media - social media and community design 2. Ambient and Ubiquitous Media - between Technology, Services, and Art - applications and services utilizing ubiquitous and pervasive technology - ubicom in eLearning, leisure, storytelling, art works, advertising, and mixed reality contexts - next generation user interfaces, ergonomics, multimodality, and human-computer interaction - art works for smart public or indoor spaces, mobile phones, museums, or cultural applications - context awareness, sensor perception, context sensitive internet, and smart daily objects - personalization, multimodal interaction, smart user interfaces, and ergonomics - ambient human computer interaction, experience design, usability, and audience research - software, hardware, middleware, and technologies for pervasive and ubiquitous - theoretical methods and algorithms in ubiquitous and ambient systems - business models, service models, media economics, regulations, x-commerce, and policies 3. Digital Games - theoretical and analytical studies of games and play - game design research - playful experiences in and around games: social play and funware - non-entertainment uses for games: serious games, persuasive games - games as services: new business models, service models - games and user-created content - pervasive and ubiquitous gaming - online, mobile, casual and cross-media gaming Paper Submission - Please follow the style guidelines on http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates for formatting your position paper and final paper. - Note that since the papers will be published by ACM, all authors need to sign an ACM copyright form. (For further guidelines see: http://www.acm.org/pubs/copyright_form.html) Submit papers here www.mindtrek.org/cfp Organizing Committee Artur Lugmayr (General Chair) Heljä Franssila, Olli Sotamaa, Jukka Vanhala (Conference Co-chairs) Pertti Näränen (Workshop and Tutorial Chair) Karen Thorburn (Local Arrangements Chair) Programme Committee Pradeep K.Atrey, The University of Winnipeg, CANADA Staffan Björk, Chalmers University of Technology, SWEDEN Irek Defee, Tampere University of Technology (TUT), FINLAND Nicole Ellison, Michigan State University, USA Jussi Holopainen, Nokia, FINLAND Abdelmagid Salem Hammuda, Qatar University, QATAR Sal Humphreys, Queensland University of Technology, (QUT), AUSTRALIA Aki Järvinen, IT University of Copenhagen, DENMARK Juha Kaario, NOKIA, FINLAND Jan Kallenbach, Helsinki University of Technology (HUT), FINLAND Jonas Kronlund, ELISA, FINLAND Kai Kuikkaniemi, HIIT - Helsinki Institute for Information Technology, FINLAND Cai Melakoski, TAMK University of Applied Sciences, FINLAND Frans Mäyrä, University of Tampere (UTA), FINLAND Marko Nieminen, Helsinki University of Technology (HUT), FINLAND Marianna Obrist, ICT & S Centre, University of Salzburg, AUSTRIA Hannu Paunonen, Metso Automation, FINLAND Matthias Rauterberg, Eindhoven University of Technology, NETHERLANDS Calin Rusu, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, ROMANIA Antti Salovaara, Helsinki Institute for Information Technology (HIIT), FINLAND Kirsi Silius, Tampere University of Technology (TUT), FINLAND Manfred Tscheligi, ICT & S Centre, University of Salzburg, AUSTRIA Kaisa Väänänen-Vainio-Mattila, Tampere University of Technology (TUT), Finland Annika Waern, Swedish Institute of Computer Science, SWEDEN Karsten D.Wolf, University of Bremen, GERMANY Zhiwen Yu, Kyoto University, JAPAN Contact Questions concerning academic content, papers, tutorials, workshops, scientific contributions: Email: academic.chairs (at) mindtrek.org General questions concerning payments, administration, copyright forms, local arrangements, and the venue: Email: academic.info (at) mindtrek.org Submit papers here www.mindtrek.org/cfp Further Information http://www.mindtrek.org Supported by: City of Tampere, Nokia Oyj, Ubiquitous Computing Cluster, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere University, TAMK University of Applied Sciences, Technology Centre Hermia, Neogames, Digibusiness cluster, Sombiz, COSS The Finnish Centre for Open Source Solutions, and the Ambient Media Association (AMEA).

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EXTENDED SUBMISSION DEADLINE for Academic MindTrek 2009 conference CfPs: 7th June 2009
by Helja Franssila 29 May '09

29 May '09

============================================================================================= CALL FOR PAPERS, TUTORIALS, AND WORKSHOPS Academic MindTrek 2009: Everyday Life in the Ubiquitous Era Ambient Media *** Social Media *** Games September 30th – 2nd October, 2009, Tampere, Finland confirmed speakers (more are to come): - Ignacio Correas, CEO, eBox Technologies - Peter Cheng, Open Source Camp, Hihoo.org; - Jani Penttinen, CTO, XIHA - Francesca Rosella, Co-Founder, Cute Circuit EXTENDED Submission Deadlines: - EXTENDED TILL 7th JUNE 2009: submission of tutorial and workshop proposals - EXTENDED TILL 7th JUNE 2009: submissions of long papers (6-8 pages) - 15th June 2009: submission of short papers (3-4 pages) - 30th June 2009: submission of poster presentations (1 page) - 15th June 2009: submissions of workshop papers for accepted papers http://www.mindtrek.org http://www.mindtrek.org/academic In cooperation with ACM, ACM SIGMM and ACM SIGCHI Publications will be published in the ACM digital library Selected set of high-level contributions will published as book chapters or in journals =============================================================================================== Academic MindTrek 2009 Call for Papers, Tutorials and Workshops We are pleased to invite you to the Academic MindTrek conference from September 30th – 2nd October, which brings together a cross-disciplinary crowd of people to investigate current and emerging topics of media in the ubiquitous arena. Media to be discussed range from business, social and technical to content-related topics. September 30th is the main Academic day, featuring the following three tracks: * Social Media Social media and Web 2.0 technologies are applied in ever diverse practices both in private and public communities. Traditional communication and expression modalities are challenged and totally new practices are constructed in the collaborative, interactive media space; * Ambient and Ubiquitous Media “The medium is the message!” – This conference track focuses on the definition of ambient and ubiquitous media with a cross-disciplinary viewpoint: ambient media between technology, art, and content. The focus of this track is on applications, theory, art-works, mixed reality concepts, the Web 3.0, and user experiences that make ubiquitous and ambient media tick; * Digital Games Digital play and games are currently undergoing many transformations: gaming devices are becoming truly connected, players are finding more possibilities for collaboration, and simultaneously games are being applied into novel uses and mobile use contexts. In addition, special academic sessions (e.g. tutorials, workshops, and multidisciplinary sessions) will be held on Oct 1st & 2nd, parallel to the MindTrek business conference. Academic speakers and authors are warmly welcome to attend the business conference tracks as part of the academic conference fee during these days as well. The MindTrek Association hosts MindTrek as a yearly conference, where the Academic MindTrek conference has been a part of this unique set of events comprising competitions, world famous keynote speakers, plenary sessions, media festivals, and workshops since 1997. It is a meeting place where experts and thinkers present results from their latest work regarding the development of Internet, interactive media, and the information society. MindTrek brings together researchers and practitioners from diverse disciplines that are involved in the development of media in various fields, ranging from sociology and the economy, to technology. The organizing committee invites you to submit original high quality full papers, long or short, addressing the special theme and the topics, for presentation at the conference and inclusion in the proceedings. We are interested in contributions in the topic areas social media, ambient/ubiquitous media, and games such as: - case-studies (successful, and especially unsuccessful ones) - oral presentation of fresh and innovative ideas - artistic installations and running system prototypes - user-experience studies and evaluations - technological novelties, evaluations, and solutions - scientific, business, or media oriented contributions - proposals for own workshops. Paper Proposals All submissions will be peer-reviewed double blinded, therefore please remove any information that could give an indication of the authorship. The scientific part of the conference is organized in cooperation with ACM SIGMM, and ‘ACM SIGCHI. Conference proceedings will be published in the ACM Digital Library. Selected high quality papers will be published in international journals, as book chapters, edited books, or via open access journals. There will also be a reward for the overall best paper from the academic conference. Workshop Proposals Feel free to suggest workshops which are co-organized with MindTrek 2009. Workshop proposals should include the organizing committee, a 1 page description of the theme of the workshop, a short CV of organizers, duration, the proceedings publisher, and the schedule. Workshop organizers also have the possibility to add publications to the main conference proceedings. Tutorial Proposals Tutorial proposals should include a 2-page description of the tutorial, intended audience, a short CV, timetable, required equipment, references, and a track record of previous tutorials. The target length of tutorials is 2 hours. EXTENDED Submission Deadlines: - EXTENDED TILL 7th JUNE 2009: submission of tutorial and workshop proposals - EXTENDED TILL 7th JUNE 2009: submissions of long papers (6-8 pages) - 15th June 2009: submission of short papers (3-4 pages) - 30th June 2009: submission of poster presentations (1 page) - 15th June 2009: submissions of workshop papers for accepted papers Key-Dates - 15th July 2009: notification of acceptance/rejection for long and short papers - 10th August 2009: camera ready papers, copyright forms, and conference registration - 30th September – 2nd October 2009 MindTrek academic conference Conference Themes 1. Social Media - business models, service models, and policies - questions related to identity, motivation and values - blogs, wikis, collaboration and social platform designs in practice - user-created content and social networks - mashups - enterprise 2.0 and social computing in work organizations - evaluation and research methods of social media - ‘old’ and ‘new’ social media - social media and community design 2. Ambient and Ubiquitous Media - between Technology, Services, and Art - applications and services utilizing ubiquitous and pervasive technology - ubicom in eLearning, leisure, storytelling, art works, advertising, and mixed reality contexts - next generation user interfaces, ergonomics, multimodality, and human-computer interaction - art works for smart public or indoor spaces, mobile phones, museums, or cultural applications - context awareness, sensor perception, context sensitive internet, and smart daily objects - personalization, multimodal interaction, smart user interfaces, and ergonomics - ambient human computer interaction, experience design, usability, and audience research - software, hardware, middleware, and technologies for pervasive and ubiquitous - theoretical methods and algorithms in ubiquitous and ambient systems - business models, service models, media economics, regulations, x-commerce, and policies 3. Digital Games - theoretical and analytical studies of games and play - game design research - playful experiences in and around games: social play and funware - non-entertainment uses for games: serious games, persuasive games - games as services: new business models, service models - games and user-created content - pervasive and ubiquitous gaming - online, mobile, casual and cross-media gaming Paper Submission - Please follow the style guidelines on http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates for formatting your position paper and final paper. - Note that since the papers will be published by ACM, all authors need to sign an ACM copyright form. (For further guidelines see: http://www.acm.org/pubs/copyright_form.html) Submit papers here www.mindtrek.org/cfp Organizing Committee Artur Lugmayr (General Chair) Heljä Franssila, Olli Sotamaa, Jukka Vanhala (Conference Co-chairs) Pertti Näränen (Workshop and Tutorial Chair) Karen Thorburn (Local Arrangements Chair) Programme Committee Pradeep K.Atrey, The University of Winnipeg, CANADA Staffan Björk, Chalmers University of Technology, SWEDEN Irek Defee, Tampere University of Technology (TUT), FINLAND Nicole Ellison, Michigan State University, USA Jussi Holopainen, Nokia, FINLAND Abdelmagid Salem Hammuda, Qatar University, QATAR Sal Humphreys, Queensland University of Technology, (QUT), AUSTRALIA Aki Järvinen, IT University of Copenhagen, DENMARK Juha Kaario, NOKIA, FINLAND Jan Kallenbach, Helsinki University of Technology (HUT), FINLAND Jonas Kronlund, ELISA, FINLAND Kai Kuikkaniemi, HIIT - Helsinki Institute for Information Technology, FINLAND Cai Melakoski, TAMK University of Applied Sciences, FINLAND Frans Mäyrä, University of Tampere (UTA), FINLAND Marko Nieminen, Helsinki University of Technology (HUT), FINLAND Marianna Obrist, ICT & S Centre, University of Salzburg, AUSTRIA Hannu Paunonen, Metso Automation, FINLAND Matthias Rauterberg, Eindhoven University of Technology, NETHERLANDS Calin Rusu, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, ROMANIA Antti Salovaara, Helsinki Institute for Information Technology (HIIT), FINLAND Kirsi Silius, Tampere University of Technology (TUT), FINLAND Manfred Tscheligi, ICT & S Centre, University of Salzburg, AUSTRIA Kaisa Väänänen-Vainio-Mattila, Tampere University of Technology (TUT), Finland Annika Waern, Swedish Institute of Computer Science, SWEDEN Karsten D.Wolf, University of Bremen, GERMANY Zhiwen Yu, Kyoto University, JAPAN Contact Questions concerning academic content, papers, tutorials, workshops, scientific contributions: Email: academic.chairs (at) mindtrek.org General questions concerning payments, administration, copyright forms, local arrangements, and the venue: Email: academic.info (at) mindtrek.org Submit papers here www.mindtrek.org/cfp Further Information http://www.mindtrek.org Supported by: City of Tampere, Nokia Oyj, Ubiquitous Computing Cluster, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere University, TAMK University of Applied Sciences, Technology Centre Hermia, Neogames, Digibusiness cluster, Sombiz, COSS The Finnish Centre for Open Source Solutions, and the Ambient Media Association (AMEA). -- Heljä Franssila project manager Department of Information Studies and Interactive Media (INFIM) University of Tampere Finland tel. +358 3 35518887 GSM +358 50 5498337 http://www.uta.fi/hyper/

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Inspiring the Technological Imagination Blog Series
by Heather Horst 28 May '09

28 May '09

[Apologies for Cross-Postings] Announcing the Inspiring the Technological Imagination Blog Series - Digital Media and Learning Hub, UCHRI, Futuresoflearning.org (www.futuresoflearning.org ) We are very pleased to introduce a new blog series that reports on the literature review conducted as part of the project, Inspiring the Technological Imagination: Museums and Libraries in a Digital Age. Funded by the MacArthur Foundation as part of the Digital Media and Learning initiative, this project addresses one of the four key questions that defines the initiative: How might institutions change to take advantage of the learning opportunities provided by new digital media? The work discussed in this literature review seeks to contribute to the development of a field in new media and learning by focusing on the role of museums and libraries as part of distributed learning networks. The research was directed by Anne Balsamo, PI. The blog postings will be authored by her and other members of the research team: Cara Wallis, Maura Klosterman, and Susana Bautista (University of Southern California). Over the next six to eight weeks, Anne Balsamo and her research team will address the following topics: * Overview of Digital Archive Library projects: From information preservation to equality of access * Digital Media in Communities Libraries: New Practices of Participation * The Case of Virtual Libraries * Museums and Digital Media: From Hands-on Explorations to Interactive Experiences * The Creation of Museum Web Presences * On-Line Museum Experiences * The Case of Virtual Museums * From Games to Play: Libraries, Museums and Digital Learning * Learning from the Edge: New Practices and Possibilities for Digital Media in Libraries and Museums __________________________________ Heather A. Horst UC Humanities Research Institute University of California, Irvine 307 Aldrich Hall Irvine, CA 92697-3350 hhorst(a)uci.edu The Cell Phone: http://www.palgrave-usa.com/catalog/product.aspx?isbn=1845204018&printer=yes Futures of Learning Blog: http://futuresoflearning.org/

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