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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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jon kleinberg
by Barry Wellman 28 May '09

28 May '09

An Interview with 2008 ACM-Infosys Foundation Award Winner Jon Kleinberg Jon Kleinberg, the recipient of the 2008 ACM-Infosys Foundation Award in the Computing Sciences, was interviewed recently by Stephen Ibaraki as part of a series for CIPS Connections. The 45-minute segment includes Kleinberg's thoughts on many points, including what attracted him to the field of computing, his work in the area of social network analysis, and his predictions for the future. Please visit An Interview with Jon Kleinberg to access the audio interview and read selected excerpts, as well as additional background. (http://awards.acm.org/2008/acm-infosys-award.cfm) (http://www.acm.org/membership/kleinberg-interview) 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 _______________________________________________________________________

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[new book] Introduction to Webometrics: Quantitative Web Research for the Social Sciences
by m.thelwall＠blueyonder.co.uk 28 May '09

28 May '09

Introduction to Webometrics: Quantitative Web Research for the Social Sciences Synthesis Lectures on Information Concepts, Retrieval, and Services Mike Thelwall, University of Wolverhampton Webometrics is concerned with measuring aspects of the web: web sites, web pages, parts of web pages, words in web pages, hyperlinks, web search engine results. The importance of the web itself as a communication medium and for hosting an increasingly wide array of documents, from journal articles to holiday brochures, needs no introduction. Given this huge and easily accessible source of information, there are limitless possibilities for measuring or counting on a huge scale (e.g., the number of web sites, the number of web pages, the number of blogs) or on a smaller scale (e.g., the number of web sites in Ireland, the number of web pages in the CNN web site, the number of blogs mentioning Barack Obama before the 2008 presidential campaign). This book argues that it can be useful for social scientists to measure aspects of the web and explains how this can be achieved on both a small and large scale. The book is intended for social scientists with research topics that are wholly or partly online (e.g., social networks, news, political communication) and social scientists with offline research topics with an online reflection, even if this is not a core component (e.g., diaspora communities, consumer culture, linguistic change). The book is also intended for library and information science students in the belief that the knowledge and techniques described will be useful for them to guide and aid other social scientists in their research. In addition, the techniques and issues are all directly relevant to library and information science research problems. Table of Contents: Introduction / Web Impact Assessment / Link Analysis / Blog Searching / Automatic Search Engine Searches: LexiURL Searcher / Web Crawling: SocSciBot / Search Engines and Data Reliability / Tracking User Actions Online / Advanced Techniques / Summary and Future Directions http://www.morganclaypool.com/doi/abs/10.2200/S00176ED1V01Y200903ICR004

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Webology: Volume 6, Number 1, 2009
by Alireza Noruzi 28 May '09

28 May '09

Dear All, apologies for cross-posting. We are pleased to inform you that Vol. 6, No. 1 of Webology, an OPEN ACCESS journal, is published and available ONLINE now. ------------------ Webology: Volume 6, Number 1, 2009 TOC: http://www.webology.ir/2009/v6n1/toc.html This issue contains: ----------------------------------------- Articles - A study of journal publication attributes: Some considerations for academics in the information systems discipline -- Carmine Sellitto -- Keywords: Information systems; Citation; Journal; Impact Factor; ISI; Circulation; Article length; Knowledge diffusion -- http://www.webology.ir/2009/v6n1/a66.html - Citation analysis of Library Trends -- Rosy Jan -- Keywords: Citation analysis; Journals; Bibliometrics; Print-citations; Electronic-citations -- http://www.webology.ir/2009/v6n1/a67.html - Moving from script to science 2.0 for scholarly communication -- Khaiser Nikam & Rajendra Babu H. -- Keywords: Scholarly Communication; Open Access; Web 2.0; Open Access 2.0; Science 2.0; OpenWetware; PLoS -- http://www.webology.ir/2009/v6n1/a68.html ----------------------------------------- Editorial - Letter to the Editor: 'Scientific collaboration and quality of scientific research' -- James Hartley -- Keywords: Scientific collaboration; Scientific research; Quality; Citation -- http://www.webology.ir/2009/v6n1/editorial19.html - Reply to the Letter to the Editor: 'Scientific collaboration and quality of scientific research' -- Alireza Noruzi -- Keywords: Scientific collaboration; Scientific research; Quality; Citation -- http://www.webology.ir/2009/v6n1/editorial19a.html ----------------------------------------- Call for Papers -- http://www.webology.ir/callforpapers.html ========================================= Best regards, Alireza -------------------- Alireza Noruzi, Ph.D. Editor-in-Chief of Webology Website: www.webology.ir ~ The great aim of Open Access journals is knowledge sharing. ~ ~ Scientific knowledge is the result of the knowledge sharing and exchange of experiences. ~ "If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas." ~ George Bernard Shaw ~

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Cambridge Paper: DRM makes pirates out of us all
by Richard Forno 28 May '09

28 May '09

6286. Technological accommodation of conflicts between freedom of expression and DRM: the first empirical assessment Patricia Akester (PhD) was awarded a Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellowship (in association with matched funding from Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge) to undertake a project looking at the impact of technological measures on the ability of users to take advantage of the statutory exceptions to copyright. When technological measures were under consideration in the mid 1990s two stark scenarios presented themselves: on the one hand, an ideal world where copyright owners could use DRM to make their works available under a host of different conditions in a way that responded to the diversity of consumer demand; on the other, a more bleak environment where all users of copyright material (and much non-copyright material) would be forced to obtain permission and pay to access material that previously would have been available to all. In the face of these two extreme visions, the European legislature developed a compromise position, embodied notoriously in Article 6(4) of the Information Society Directive. The legislature appeared to be hoping that rightholders would voluntarily make material within certain specified exceptions available to users. Patricia Akester examines how these issues are working out in practice. Based on a series of interviews with key organisations and individuals, involved in the use of copyright material and the development and deployment of DRM, she provides a sober assessment of the current state of affairs. http://www.law.cam.ac.uk/faculty-resources/download/technological-accommoda…

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FW: [JoCI] Journal of Community Informatics: New Issue Published--Vol. 4 No. 3
by Michael Gurstein 28 May '09

28 May '09

The Journal of Community Informatics has just published its latest issue at http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej. We invite you to review the Table of Contents here and then visit our web site to review articles and items of interest. Thanks for the continuing interest in our work, Feedback on the Journal or its contents are welcome. Discussion on some of the issues raised in the Journal can be carried forward on the Community Informatics Researchers elist. To subscribe send an email to: sympa(a)vcn.bc.ca message: subscribe ciresearchers Best, Michael Gurstein, Ph.D. Editor in Chief: Journal of Community Informatics Phone 604-602-0624 Fax 604-602-0624 gurstein(a)gmail.com The Journal of Community Informatics Vol 4, No 3 (2008) Table of Contents http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/issue/view/23 Editorial -------- Community Informatics: What's in a Name Michael Gurstein Articles -------- Social Networks and Social Capital: Rethinking Theory in Community Informatics Kate Williams, Joan C. Durrance Tl'azt'en Learning Circle: Information Technology, Health and Cultural Preservation Sandra Jarvis-Selinger, Kendall Ho, Helen Novak Lauscher, Brandi Bell Defining the Networked Community Movement Sylvie R. Albert Call Centres and their Role in E-governance: A Developing Country Perspective Sharif As-Saber, Khalid Hossain Notes from the field -------- Community Revenue Collection System Guido Sohne New Concept Regarding Management of Security Cameras Yusaku Fujii, Naoya Ohta, Hiroshi Ueda, Yoichi Sugita, Koichi Maru Points of View -------- A 'meditation' on meaningful participation Ricardo Ramirez ________________________________________________________________________ The Journal of Community Informatics http://www.ci-journal.net

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