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FW: Writing::Digital Knowledge > Conference Registration Open
by Jim Porter 24 Feb '06

24 Feb '06

Dear Colleagues, Online registration is now open for The WIDE Research Center's First WIDE Conference, ³Writing : : Digital Knowledge,² to be held April 6th and 7th, 2006, at the James B. Henry Center Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan. W::DK conference schedule --> http://www.wide.msu.edu/conference/schedule W::DK conference registration --> http://www.wide.msu.edu/springconf/ ********** CONFERENCE DESCRIPTION The WIDE Research Center announces the First WIDE Conference, ³Writing : : Digital Knowledge,² to be held April 6th and 7th, 2006, at the James B. Henry Center "><http://www.bus.msu.edu/edc/> <http://www.bus.msu.edu/edc/> Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan. The conference brings together researchers concerned with the creation and use of digital information and asks them to focus on these key questions: * How is the emerging digital economy changing writing practices and the nature of knowledge work -- or how will it? * How is writing a form of knowledge work? (Is it?) * What issues, problems, questions face researchers studying the effects of the digital economy on writing practices? Presenters will focus on how writing relates to the knowledge economy and knowledge work, issues of culture and identity, and related public policy challenges. The conference begins on Thursday evening, April 6th, with a keynote presentation by Barbara Mirel, followed by three plenary sessions on Friday, April 7th. Plenty of time for questions, conversation, and interaction is built into the schedule. The cost for conference registration is $150. ********** If you have questions about the conference, please contact any of the Co-Directors, Jeff Grabill, grabill(a)msu.edu; Bill Hart-Davidson, hartdav2(a)msu.edu; Jim Porter, porterj8(a)msu.edu; or WIDE Administrative Assistant Melissa Arthurton, arthur1(a)msu.edu. You can also reply to this email with questions. We hope that you will join us for what promises to be an interesting, provocative, and engaging conference! Best, Martine **** Martine Courant Rife, MA, JD Research Assistant WIDE Research Center Writing in Digital Environments http://www.wide.msu.edu Suite 6, Olds Hall Michigan State University http://www.wide.msu.edu/Members/martine courantm(a)msu.edu Voice Mail: 517/353-9183 Fax: 517/353-9162 AIM = martine785 **** Martine Courant Rife, MA, JD PhD Student Rhetoric & Writing Michigan State University East Lansing, MI http://www.msu.edu/courantm

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Re: [Air-l] email at school
by GTa3411203＠aol.com 24 Feb '06

24 Feb '06

I'm also interested in this topic. I had some email contacts a year or so ago with a couple of the opponents. I'm traveling right now but will take some time to look back through the email archives after getting home to see what articles were passed along to me. I have taught 200+ undergraduate students at the university over the course of the last 2 years. I keep virtual office hours. Students have access to me 24/7 via email, text messaging, and telephone (mobile and home phones). Email has been the most popular communication technology up until recently. I established a Facebook account last November and current and former students are starting to find me. They are using the email exchange feature of this technology to keep in touch as well as other features, such as poking and writing on the wall. I create a student-centered learning environment. It would be interesting to know if faculty who create student-centered learning environments are more open to using email, and other communication technologies, to interact with students than those who create teacher-centered learning environments. -- Gail Gail Taylor, M.Ed. Human Resource Education Ph.D. Student Educational Psychology Teaching Assistant University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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political blogging
by Greg Wise 24 Feb '06

24 Feb '06

Hi folks, I just got an inquiry from a reporter with the Arizona Republic who is doing a story on political blogging, especially with local politicians starting blogs, and what impact this has or may have on upcoming elections (for example, who is reading these blogs? Are new constituencies entering into the political debate because of these blogs?). I haven't been tracking political blogs and so am not familiar with the current research on this. If anyone is looking into this, feel free to contact the reporter directly: Pat Flannery pat.flannery(a)arizonarepublic.com Cheers, Greg Dr. J. Macgregor Wise Chair and Associate Professor Department of Communication Studies Arizona State University 4701 West Thunderbird Road Glendale, AZ 85306-4908 (602) 543 6646 (602) 543 6612 (fax)

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Internship at ICTA
by Michel MENOU 24 Feb '06

24 Feb '06

The ICT Agency of Sri Lanka - ICTA - is seeking interns for the period June - September 2006 to participate in a research effort geared at facilitating the capturing of knowledge as part of its management information program and to provide research material to the support the programs and projects of ICTA . The latter are covering a broad range of activities geared at promoting the use of ICT to foster social integration, peace and economic growth. Detailed information can be found on ICTA's web site http://www.icta.lk under Opportunities. Deadline for applications is March 15, 2006. -- ================================================================= Dr. Michel J. Menou Consultant in ICT policies and Knowledge & Information Management Adviser of Somos@Telecentros board http://www.tele-centros.org Member of the founding steering committee of Telecenters of the Americas Partnership http://www.tele-centers.net/ B.P. 15 49350 Les Rosiers sur Loire, France Email: Michel.Menou(a)wanadoo.fr Phone: +33 (0)2 41511043 http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ciber/peoplemenou.php ==================================================================

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email at school
by Peter Timusk 24 Feb '06

24 Feb '06

Hi I find this interesting and you may too. As it is both about an internet topic and about ourselves as people in schools and our email use. i would be interested in discussing this or learning more about it if others have examples or research sources on the topic. >>> >>> EDUCATION | February 21, 2006 >>> To: Professor(a)University.edu Subject: Why It's All About Me >>> By JONATHAN D. GLATER >>> E-mail has made college professors more approachable, but many >>> say it has made them too accessible, erasing boundaries that had >>> kept students at a healthy distance. >>> >>> Click here for the full article: >>> http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/21/education/21professors.html? >>> ex=1141275600&en=320d60b3b8dd6306&ei=5070&emc=eta1

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CFP Transformations in the Cultural and Media Industries
by Éric GEORGE 24 Feb '06

24 Feb '06

International symposium "Transformations in the Cultural and Media Industries (CMI )" September 25, 26 and 27, 2006, Paris Since the end of the eighties the Cultural and Media Industries have undergone profound change. This has given rise occasionally to some rather spectacular phenomena, which have received extensive attention in the media, and been commented on by "experts", policy makers and economic decision-makers. Among the themes which have been most frequently discussed one might mention notably: the move towards deregulation; the various huge merger operations bringing together industrial groups and financial centres which have lead, against a background of globalisation, to an unprecedented degree of concentration; the flow of ideas and players around the notion of cultural exception and cultural diversity; the development of new cultural, informational or communication products accessible via the Internet or via mobile telephones or similar tools; movements opposed to existing commercial offers marked by the development of small structures of production targeted at micro - markets but also by the development of piracy; shift in the balance between content providers, software manufacturers, hardware manufacturers and network operators; the development of types of content, such as "reality television", which have appeared in Europe over the last few years. How should these developments be interpreted? Do they in fact constitute a major transformation? An examination of the current research into the Culture Industry, whether from the point of view of economics, law, sociology, political science, history, philosophy or communication and information sciences, the number of widely differing and contradictory approaches to the same issues is striking. A process needs to be launched which will end the current dispersal of existing studies. A new framework is needed. This is therefore the main objective of the international symposium on transformations in the Cultural and Media Industries organized the 25, 26 and 27 September 2006 at the Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, Paris Nord. More information : http://www.observatoire-omic.org/omic_collevdet.php?docID=95.

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Brian Cugelman is out of the office.
by Brian Cugelman 23 Feb '06

23 Feb '06

I will be out of the office starting 23/02/2006 and will not return until 24/02/2006. For web or CMS related matters, please contact Cécile Gunera cgunera(a)unfccc.int.

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Call for Participation -- Wikimania 2006 -- Aug. 4 - Aug. 6, Cambridge, MA
by Joseph Reagle 23 Feb '06

23 Feb '06

Call for Participation -- Wikimania 2006 -- Aug. 4 - Aug. 6, Cambridge, MA For more information, see the Wikimania website: http://wikimania.wikimedia.org ----- About Wikimania Wikimania is an annual global event devoted to Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. It is both a scientific conference and a community event, open to the public. Wikimania is a place for users and editors of the projects to gather from around the globe, to meet each other, to exchange ideas, and to report on research and projects. This year's conference will be held from 4-6 August, 2006, on the Harvard Law School campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. We are accepting submissions for papers, posters, presentations, workshops, and discussion groups. We are also accepting nominations for speakers and speaker panels, and suggestions for other activities. Everyone is welcome to submit abstracts and ideas. Be bold in your submissions! ----- Important dates: * 30 Mar 2006: Proposal deadline for workshops and tutorials Notification of acceptance: by April 30 * 15 Apr 2006: Abstracts due for panels, papers, posters and presentations Notification of acceptance: by May 15 * 4-6 Aug 2006: Wikimania ----- Conference Themes Submissions should address one or more of the following themes: * Technical infrastructure -- Issues related to Mediawiki development and extensions; Wikimedia hardware layout; new ideas for development (including case studies from other wikis or similar projects). * Wikimedia projects and content -- Presentation of interesting projects and results; future aims of the projects and types of distribution; ways to improve content quality. New uses for project content: in education, journalism, research, &c. * Free knowledge and access to information -- Present and future free knowledge initiatives; related library and archival projects around the world and input from librarians and archivists; ways to gather and distribute knowledge. * Wiki social science -- The contributors and users (who are they? Where do they come from?); reputation and identity issues; conflict resolution and community dynamics; scaling digital communities. Languages and cultures and their interactions online; multilingualism via wikis. Linguistics studies on wiki communities. * Law and Policy -- Copyleft, collective copyright, special issues pertaining to communal editing and distribution; other legal areas for which Wiki[mp]edia is an interesting case study. Policy creation within individual projects. ----- Submissions Types of Submissions: * Panels (Suggest a group of 2-5 speakers on a specific subject) * Workshops (From 30-120 minutes) * Presentations (10-30 minute presentations/papers) * Posters (Printed presentations or visual displays that can stand on their own) * BOFs (Birds-of-a-Feather/discussion sessions - 45-60 minutes of group discussion) We are also accepting artistic submissions, especially visualizations or other representations of some aspect of the projects. ------ Submission format * All submissions must include a title and an abstract of 100 to 300 words. They should also list the full name (and wiki name if appropriate) of the submitter, with contact information and affiliations. Special requirements for the presentation (equipment for a workshop or panel) should be noted. The abstracts should be provided as plain text, and not as file attachments. * Workshop submissions should include a 1-2pp overview of the areas to be covered or taught. * Speaker panel submissions should include short biographies of each suggested panelist. * Paper and Presentation submissions may include a link to a draft of the paper or slides, if available. State clearly whether the submission concerns a specific wiki project, and whether the presentation is intended to be a specific length. * BOF proposals should describe the significance of and community interest in the topic, and name the proposed discussion leader(s). To process your submission, please see the Wikimania website - http://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/Call_for_papers. Send questions or suggestions to wikimania-cfp <at> wikimedia.org . ----- Final Submissions Final submissions must be provided in an open format (OpenOffice, LaTeX sources, HTML...) and licensed under a free content license (GFDL or CC-BY-SA). ----- Stipends A limited number of stipends will be available to those unable to obtain funding to attend the conference. Accepted presenters are encouraged to apply if assistance is needed. ----

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Re: [Air-l] air-l Digest, Vol 19, Issue 11
by Barry Wellman 23 Feb '06

23 Feb '06

this was invented in the late 1960s by Simon & Garfunkel. They called it "the sound of silence" ;-) But seriously, I would check with the conversation analysts such as Manny Schegloff. They've worried about this stuff for 30 years. Barry _____________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman Professor of Sociology NetLab Director wellman at chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 To network is to live; to live is to network _____________________________________________________________________ On Thu, 23 Feb 2006 air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org wrote: > Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 12:02:39 -0800 > From: air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org > Reply-To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > Subject: air-l Digest, Vol 19, Issue 11 > > Send air-l mailing list submissions to > air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > air-l-owner(a)listserv.aoir.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of air-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. SCMC transcription suggestions. (joshua raclaw) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 11:24:24 -0700 > From: joshua raclaw <Joshua.Raclaw(a)colorado.edu> > Subject: [Air-l] SCMC transcription suggestions. > To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > Message-ID: <1140719064.43fdfdd86dc6b(a)webmail.colorado.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hi all, > > I'm working on a transcription system for transcribing conversations held > through instant messages (specifically, through AIM)- it's based loosely off > of the system used in Garcia and Jacobs 1999 for chatroom data. I'm > interested specifically in doing micro-analyses of the talk, so using logfiles > obtained through the program as data just aren't cutting it. One of my > problems is recording silences in between utterances, since I'm aiming towards > measuring them in tenths of a second, and the only transcription software I'm > aware of can only measure gaps this closely from an audio file. All obvious > lack of sound aside, I'm transcribing directly from a quicktime video file of > the interaction. > > Is anyone aware of a transcription program that can precisely measure silences > straight from a video file? Additionally, any other known examples from books > or articles of non-logfile transcription systems for synchronous CMC would be > appreciated. > > Best, > > Joshua > > > > > > Joshua Raclaw - MA student > Department of Linguistics > University of Colorado at Boulder > http://ucsu.colorado.edu/~raclaw/ > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > > End of air-l Digest, Vol 19, Issue 11 > ************************************* >

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Long-distance PhD
by Maria Elisa Peirano 21 Feb '06

21 Feb '06

Dear Air-L members: I joined this group a little unsure about my real belonging to it, until I got that email asking for help regarding a Phd supervisor. Then I knew I was in the right place. My personal situation is one of a kind. I am an argentinian, living in Argentina in the middle of the farm (thank God for broadband) and I am conducting my PhD at a distance with my supervisor who is based in New Zealand. The truth is he has a lot of faith in me. I did my Master in Management supervised by him while I was in New Zealand. We have been working together during the last year, long distance. I have been marking his students' assignments and sending them back through the net. This year I am starting my doctorate with the hope of becoming a distance researcher, that's my career choice. I have a baby, she is five months old and she is the reason I want to work like this. My husband and I are convinced that technology nowadays should enable us possibilities our parents never ever dreamed of. My PhD will be about knowledge creation and communities of practice, my setting will probably be to study a group of agriculture producers currently working in an organization in Argentina. I am also looking for funds to afford my studies. It is extremely difficult for me to apply for grants and research funds beacuse being a long distance PhD does not meet most requirements. I'll be paying tuition fees with my marking work, but I will need other source of funds to be able to conduct the study. I thought I'd tell you my story to see if I could get some help or references. Thanks Maria Elisa Peirano-Vejo Maria Elisa Peirano de Peluffo Direccion: Casilla Postal # 105 Carlos Casares - C.P. 6530 Prov. de Buenos Aires Argentina Tel: 02395 15403047 --------------------------------- Brings words and photos together (easily) with PhotoMail - it's free and works with Yahoo! Mail.

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