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PhD Position Available at NeuroChip Lab, Padova, Italy.
by Mufti Mahmud 23 Jul '08

23 Jul '08

Hi All, There is an opening for a PhD position at the NeuroChip Laboratory of University of Padova, Itlay<http://www.anatomiafisiologia.unipd.it/neurochip/Index.html>. The details can be found at the following link: http://www.cyberrat.eu/. Interested candidates can send their *detailed CV*, *research expertise and experience (maximum one page)*, and *motivation letter (maximum one page)*to neurochiplab(a)cyberrat.eu *within 15 September 2008*. -- Mufti Mahmud NeuroChip Laboratory University of Padova 35131 - Padova, Italy. Office: +39 049 827 5308 Mobile: +39 389 1165099 Res.: +39 049 65 6593 Extn. 8314. http://www.anatomiafisiologia.unipd.it/neurochip/People/Mahmud.html

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Registration open - ASIST 2008 Annual Meeting
by Richard Hill 23 Jul '08

23 Jul '08

** Apologies for Duplication ** People Transforming Information - Information Transforming People October 24-29, 2008, Hyatt Regency, Columbus, Ohio http://www.asis.org/Conferences/AM08/ The Sunday, October 26 plenary will be an interactive session featuring - Geneveive Bell, director, User Experience Group Intel Digital Home Group - Howard Rheingold, author, editor and lecturer at UC Berkeley and Stanford University - Andrew Keen, host of AfterTV and Silicon Valley entrepreneur. Plenary on Wednesday, October 29 will be Dr. Connie Yowell, Director of Education grantmaking at MacArthur, and runs MacArthur's $50 million digital media and learning initiative. Meeting will feature 36 panels, 60 contributed papers, and over 90 posters or short papers covering the full gamut of what is current in information science practice and research. NEW POLICIES: We are now including a year�s membership with every full conference, non-member registration. And we are extending a $100 discount to all attendees who are not from the US or Canada. Pre Conference Sessions include - The Annual Meeting of the International Conference on Knowledge Management - User Studies with MORAE - The Sense-Making Methodology Approach to Interviewing for Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis - The social analysis of computing - Information Architecture 3.0 - Classification and the Arts: enduring practice, alternative strategies, and contrasts with other domains. - Personal Information Management as a Study and a Practice - Getting Started with User-Centered Taxonomy Design - Putting Your Taxonomy to Work - Information Behavior in design & the making of relevant research - Human Computer Interaction in Interactive Information Environments with a focus on Groups Dick Richard Hill Executive Director American Society for Information Science and Technology 1320 Fenwick Lane, Suite 510 Silver Spring, MD 20910 FAX: (301) 495-0810 (301) 495-0900

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_The Student as Scholar: Undergraduate Research and Creative Practice_
by Gerry Mckiernan 22 Jul '08

22 Jul '08

Colleagues/ In my review of literature relevant to my proposed "Disruptive Scholarship" model that I presented at the recent International Plagiarism Conference in Newcastle, UK ("Disruptive Scholarship: An Idea Whose Time Has Come: (Re)Use / (Re)Mix / (Re)New" [ http://tinyurl.com/47gwc9 ], I learned of A Most Important Conference "The Student as Scholar: Undergraduate Research and Creative Practice" sponsored by the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AACU) in April 2007: "300 faculty and administrators gathered in Long Beach, California on April 19-21, 2007 for a conference focused on integrating research and scholarship into the undergraduate experience with the goal of expanding and deepening learning for all students. Conference sessions explored developmental models, research and assessment of student learning, and examples of campus practice." Of particular note is A-Great-KeyNote by David Hodge, President of Miami University (Ohio) titled "From Convocation to Capstone: Developing the Student as Scholar" In order to integrate undergraduate research most effectively into the learning experience, undergraduate education should focus on the *student as scholar* from the first to final year. President Hodge will offer a vision of the student as scholar, where *scholar* is defined in terms of an attitude, an intellectual posture, and a frame of mind derived from the best traditions of an engaged liberal education. Fulfilling this vision of the student as scholar will require a fundamental shift in how we imagine and structure the curriculum. In this new paradigm, the curriculum is learning-centered, providing intentional pathways that culminate in capstone experiences, peer-reviewed research papers, and creative presentations. "... [T]he undergraduate research experience is often viewed too narrowly as an isolated component of the student*s education, or as suitable for only some of the most advanced students. In this paper we argue that undergraduate research should, in fact, be at the center of the undergraduate experience, that undergraduate education should adopt the *Student as Scholar* Model throughout the curriculum, where scholar is conceived in terms of an attitude, an intellectual posture, and a frame of mind derived from the best traditions of an engaged liberal arts education. With this framework, not only each research project, but also each course, is viewed as an integrated, and integrating, part of the student experience." {MORE} [MUCH MORE] I have outlined most of the content of the conference with (appropriate links) in a Scholarship 2.0 blog entry at [ http://scholarship20.blogspot.com/2008/07/student-as-scholar-undergraduate.… ] OR [ http://tinyurl.com/669xvm ] I am greatly interested in Any/All Reactions to The "Student As Scholar" concept that is well articulated in by David Hodge in his keynote and by many other participants. In addition, I am interested in Any/All relevant cites/sites as well as accounts of personal/institutional 'Student As Scholar' initiatives. Among the workshop, poster, case studies, plenaries, roundtable discussions topics from the AACU conference were Providing Undergraduates with a Research Training Roadmap Experiences in Research: A Structured, Faculty-Mentored Program for First-Year Students Collaborative Undergraduate Research Seminars: Providing a *Research I* Experience Institutionalizing Student Research Opportunities: Creating Visibility and Promoting Collaboration for Engaged Learning Implementing an Integrative Research Sequence: The *Scientific Core* Interdisciplinary Research: Building a Bridge to Scientific Inquiry in the 21st Century Supporting Undergraduate Research: Centralized and Decentralized Institutional Models and the Role of Statewide Programs Co-Creating Pathways to Student Scholarship: A Developmental Trajectory of Experience, Reflection, Research, and Scholarship A Comprehensive Approach to Student Scholarship A Developmental Approach to Undergraduate Research in the Sciences Building a Learner-Centered Environment through Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Developing Student Scholars from Convocation through Commencement: An Institution-Wide Model What Does the Research Tell Us about Undergraduate Research? The Role of Undergraduate Research in Student Retention and Academic Success Multiple Models for Incorporating Undergraduate Research into the Curriculum Collaborative Research and Creative Inquiry Thinking Like a Scientist: Building Skills on the Way to a Culminating Research Experience Educating Undergraduate Research Mentors The Sociology of Everyday Life: Student Scholars in the Introductory Classroom Designing and Implementing an Undergraduate Research Program EUREKA! Building an Integrated University-Wide Model for Engaging Students in Undergraduate Research The Importance of Institutional, Disciplinary, and Interdisciplinary Definitions of Scholarship Integrating Undergraduate Research and Engagement Programs across Departmental, Disciplinary, and Developmental Boundaries Equal Partners: Participatory Research Involving Faculty, Students, and Community Members Improving the Quality of Student Research through Information Fluence Creating and Publishing Undergraduate Research Journals Enhancing Academic Excellence through Inquiry, Research, and Creative Practice Toward a Collaborative, Learning-Centered Culture: Phases of Institutional Development Key Elements to Building a Sustainable Undergraduate Research Program **Please Post Your Reaction(s) As Comment(s) Associated With This Entry*** Thanks! Regards, /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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Capture & Code Blogs Posts - A New Tutorial
by Stuart Shulman 22 Jul '08

22 Jul '08

The Blog Analysis Toolkit (BAT) now has over 60 users. If you are studying blogs, please try out our beta version: https://surveyweb2.ucsur.pitt.edu/qblog/page_login.php There is a quick-start tutorial: http://www.qdap.pitt.edu/bat-tutorial.htm BAT is free and easy to use. It creates archives of blog posts in a format that is ready to code in CAT: http://www.qdap.pitt.edu/cat.htm As a part of my move, there is a new QDAP called QDAP-UMass: http://people.umass.edu/stu/QDAP-UMass/ The old QDAP will go on at Pitt and operate in a loose alliance or federation with QDAP-UMass. We are going to keep on building tools for capturing and coding text. Right now we are working on one to make it easier to prepare large Lexis-Nexis searches for sorting and coding in CAT. I hope to have this on the web soon. thanks, ~Stu -- Dr. Stuart W. Shulman Assistant Professor Department of Political Science University of Massachusetts Amherst http://people.umass.edu/stu/ stu(a)polsci.umass.edu

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Virtual Policy '08, 22-23 July 2008, BERR, London
by Ren Reynolds 22 Jul '08

22 Jul '08

All, As many of you know I've founded a think tank called the Virtual Policy Network (www.virtualpolicy.net) the aim of the think tank is to look a public policy aspects of virtual worlds on a local and global level by bringing together industry, academics and policy makers. We have our first major policy event on 22nd and 23rd July 2008 at the Department of Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform's conference center in central London. I"ve posted the event information below, for more information on the think tank and the research programs we are undertaking please e me direct. Event tickets can be booked here: virtualpolicy08.eventbrite.com/ Virtual Policy '08: A conference on innovation and governance in virtual worlds. ======= Virtual Policy 08 is set to be a land mark event focusing on global virtual worlds sited in a European legal and regulatory context. The key policy themes for this year's event are: • Intellectual property rights • Financial transaction • Child online & education • Governance frameworks & Innovation The event is targeted at industry repetitives, legal scholars, policy makers and regulators from around Europe and the rest of the world and is a unique opportunity to interact directly with key stakeholders. Virtual Policy is organised by the Virtual Policy Network (tVPN: www.virtualpolicy.net ) in conjunction with The Department of Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) and The UK Intellectual Property Office (UK IPO) with New York Law School providing program support. Speakers include: • Professor Richard Bartle - University of Essex • Jessica Mulligan – Virtual world industry veteran • Aleks Krotoski - University of Surrey / Guardian (UK) newspaper • David Naylor – Partner, Field Fisher Waterhouse • Chris Francis – Government Programs, IBM • Dr Jim Purbrick – Linden Lab • Kerry Fraser-Robinson – President / MD, Red Bedlam • David Taylor – Imperial College London • Dr. Andreas Lober - Schulte Riesenkampff (Germany) • Professor Bryan Camp - Texas Tech School of Law http://virtualpolicy08.eventbrite.com/

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CFP MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC SPEECH
by Esther Milne 22 Jul '08

22 Jul '08

CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT and CALL FOR PAPERS MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC SPEECH 2008 Conference of the CMCL-Centre for Media and Communications Law, University of Melbourne Law School 20-21 NOVEMBER 2008 ABSTRACTS DUE 1 AUGUST 2008 PLENARY SPEAKERS - Prof KATHY BOWREY, Law, University of NSW - Asst Prof CHERIAN GEORGE, Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore - JONATHAN GRIFFITHS, Law, Queen Mary, University of London - Prof PETER JASZI, Law, American University, Washington DC - Dr DARIO MILO <http://www.law.unimelb.edu.au/cmcl/seminars/milo%20bio.html> , University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa and Partner, Webber Wentzel - Dr KATHARINE SARIKAKIS, Communications Studies, University of Leeds Proposals for papers or panels are now invited from researchers in law, media studies and related fields for this international conference. THEMES Content creation, use and re-use Copyright law, technology and control Defamation and public debate Digital worlds and publics Free speech and media access Futures of television Journalism and popular media Media representations of law Privacy and publicity Public interest in law and practice Public media and public knowledge Reporting courts Trademarks and speech User-generated content For DETAILS of submission process and future publication possibilities, see http://www.law.unimelb.edu.au/cmcl/seminars/CMCL%20conf%20homepage.html Dr Esther Milne Lecturer in Media and Communications Convenor, Media Honours Program Faculty of Life and Social Sciences Swinburne University of Technology John Street, Hawthorn VIC 3122 AUSTRALIA office: AS 425 t: +613 92148195 f: +613 98196443 e: emilne(a)swin.edu.au www.fibreculture.org *********************** ----- Swinburne University of Technology CRICOS Provider Code: 00111D NOTICE This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and intended only for the use of the addressee. They may contain information that is privileged or protected by copyright. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, distribution, printing, copying or use is strictly prohibited. The University does not warrant that this e-mail and any attachments are secure and there is also a risk that it may be corrupted in transmission. It is your responsibility to check any attachments for viruses or defects before opening them. If you have received this transmission in error, please contact us on +61 3 9214 8000 and delete it immediately from your system. We do not accept liability in connection with computer virus, data corruption, delay, interruption, unauthorised access or unauthorised amendment. Please consider the environment before printing this email.

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Re: [Air-L] Research on Iranians and Iranian-American presence in youtube
by gus andrews 22 Jul '08

22 Jul '08

Elham, you might try getting in touch with Habiba Noor. She did a very interesting project with Muslim youth in New York City, having them edit news footage into videos in order to express their own feelings about the 9/11 disaster and its aftermath. I am not certain if the youth she worked with were Iranian-American or not, but she might be aware of other papers related to Iranians, video production, and YouTube. Good luck! Gus Andrews

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Blog Analysis Toolkit - Capture and Code Blog Posts
by Stuart Shulman 21 Jul '08

21 Jul '08

The Blog Analysis Toolkit (BAT) now has over 60 users. If you are studying blogs, please try out our beta version: https://surveyweb2.ucsur.pitt.edu/qblog/page_login.php There is a quick-start tutorial: http://www.qdap.pitt.edu/bat-tutorial.htm BAT is free and easy to use. It creates archives of blog posts in a format that is ready to code in CAT: http://www.qdap.pitt.edu/cat.htm As a part of my move, there is a new QDAP called QDAP-UMass: http://people.umass.edu/stu/QDAP-UMass/ The old QDAP will go on at Pitt and operate in a loose alliance or federation with QDAP-UMass. We are going to keep on building tools for capturing and coding text. Right now we are working on one to make it easier to prepare large Lexis-Nexis searches for sorting and coding in CAT. I hope to have this on the web soon. thanks, ~Stu -- Dr. Stuart W. Shulman Assistant Professor Department of Political Science University of Massachusetts Amherst http://people.umass.edu/stu/ stu(a)polsci.umass.edu

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Lessons in Second Life
by jeremy hunsinger 21 Jul '08

21 Jul '08

distribute as appropriate -jh Every Week on Monday (1:00-2:30pm SLT) join us for Lessons in Second Life, an open table forum centering on what can be learned in sl in both formal and informal settings. The forum is open to faculty, students, and interested parties of all kinds. We meet at the _blacklibrary hyperborea 91, 30, 26 im buridan simon for more information. Come share your ideas for learning in Second Life http://slurl.com/secondlife/hyperborea/92/30/26/ this week sponsored by: a portal to the education of the future.... is us? jeremy hunsinger Information Ethics Fellow, Center for Information Policy Research, School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (www.cipr.uwm.edu ) wiki.tmttlt.com www.tmttlt.com () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments http://www.stswiki.org/ sts wiki http://cfp.learning-inquiry.info/ Learning Inquiry-the journal http://transdisciplinarystudies.tmttlt.com/ Transdisciplinary Studies:the book series _______________________________________________ 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/ ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/ . _______________________________________________ Educators mailing list To unsubscribe https://lists.secondlife.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/educators _______________________________________________ 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/ _______________________________________________ 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/ _______________________________________________ Educators mailing list To unsubscribe https://lists.secondlife.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/educators _______________________________________________ softwareandculture mailing list softwareandculture(a)lists.tmttlt.com http://lists.tmttlt.com/listinfo.cgi/softwareandculture-tmttlt.com _______________________________________________ softwareandculture mailing list softwareandculture(a)lists.tmttlt.com http://lists.tmttlt.com/listinfo.cgi/softwareandculture-tmttlt.com

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history of the internet in australia
by Paul Emerson Teusner 21 Jul '08

21 Jul '08

Hi guys, I'm in a spot of bother, and I was wondering if anybody knows of any article that speak of a history of the Internet in Australia. Any directions you could point me in would be really helpful. Thanks. paul emerson teusner fishers, surfers and casters - <http://teusner.org/> http://teusner.org/ bio - <http://paulteusner.org/> http://paulteusner.org/

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