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26 Aug '03

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Re: [Air-l] 2-Min-Study
by Frank Schaap 26 Aug '03

26 Aug '03

> Dear colleague, > thanks for taking part in a brief (2 Min) study: > http://www.genpsylab.unizh.ch/frames66841/index.html?air *giggle* Done... you will share the results with us? Or is it a highly classified black project? Frank.

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student project
by Adrian Miles 26 Aug '03

26 Aug '03

hi all apologies and some forbearance here, this is a press release from a group of students who are working on a blog project. They are primarily international students, have never seen a blog before, and have formed a production team that has developed all content, promotional material, etc. the course they are participating in is largely about teaching about collaborative production and networked media. I'm assuming some relevance to this community because they are playing with what is usually a nonfiction medium in a semi fictional way, blurring fiction and reality in a way that is reminiscent of reality TV, which they are realising. No-budget lo-tech intervention on their behalf. cheers Adrian Miles Media Release Professional Communication students at RMIT University have joined together to create an exciting online Blog called "Hannah's House". This blog is no ordinary Blog ; but one where an international student called Hannah, comes to Australia to study at RMIT. Come along her to experience Melbourne and all the pleasures, problems and with dilemmas Hannah has along the way!! Read Hannah's online diary as she takes us on her day to day journeys and shares her secret findings with us - her readers - about Melbourne and all its little quirkey but loveable points. You will hear about the best places to buy a beer, where the closest doctors can be found, cool dinner ideas to cook at home, great places to eat, shop and of course where to head for the best entertainment and information regarding university. Course Lecturer Adrian Miles believes the project created by the students will be extremely popular for new RMIT students, international and local, but will also have a following outside the university. As Adrian says "This is an innovative use of a blog because these students are taking a non fiction genre to develop an online personality to explore the experience of being students". One of the writers in the class, Lucy Doherty has enjoyed the new experience and opportunity the project has brought her. "It has been fantastic to be able to join all of the aspects and qualities we have gained through our degree in the last couple of years and put them into a real life situation and gain real results." Professional Communication is one of the many degrees offered at RMIT University, it incorporates all aspects of the media industry, such as journalism, TV and Radio Production and Public Relations. A combination of all of the skills learnt in this degree have been used in the development and promotion of 'Hannah's House'. People can visit Hannah online at http://hypertext.rmit.edu.au/~hannah Or email Hannah at Hannahsblog(a)hotmail.com END Contact Details: Fiona McDermott PH: (H) 03 98790948 (M) 0407538127 -- + interactive desktop video researcher [http://hypertext.rmit.edu.au/vog/] + research blog [http://hypertext.rmit.edu.au/vog/vlog/] + hypertext rmit [http://hypertext.rmit.edu.au]

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2-Min-Study
by Ulf Reips 26 Aug '03

26 Aug '03

Dear colleague, thanks for taking part in a brief (2 Min) study: http://www.genpsylab.unizh.ch/frames66841/index.html?air Best wishes, --ur

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Art 101 Student
by Katherine Truitt 25 Aug '03

25 Aug '03

Hello, I am trying to find out some information on Guillermo Gomez-Pena for a research paper. I am currently enrolled in an Art 101 (intro to visual arts) through Honolulu Community College. I chose my topic to be on Gomez-Pena. My instructor and I are interested in learning on what Guillermo Gomez-Pena is up to after Sept. 11, 2001. I hope you can help me. Thank you, Katherine Truitt _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8: Get 6 months for $9.95/month http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/dialup

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summary of responses to digivide and international perspectives inquiry
by Ulla Bunz 25 Aug '03

25 Aug '03

Recently I asked for help in finishing my syllabus. I indicated an interest in articles on the digital divide and international perspectives on how the web has changed other cultures in various ways. Thanks to the many people who emailed links, references, and papers! Below is a list of what I have received. Ulla http://www.aarp.org/olderwiserwired/Articles/a2003-07-18-olderadultsonli ne.html http://www.stanford.edu/group/siqss/itandsociety/v01i04.html http://www.pewinternet.org/reports/toc.asp?Report=88 http://chronicle.com/weekly/v48/i41/41a03401.htm http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/dn/index.html http://www.gapresearch.org/ http://www.routledge-ny.com/books.cfm?isbn=0415315034&CFID=1030848&CFTOK EN=88801308 http://www.digitalcutuplounge.com/newsite/jvs_papers/netfxinchina.htm Four articles Fay Sudweeks and Charles Ess collected for the special issue of JCMC (vol. 8, no. 2) on CMC in the Middle East, http://www.ascusc.org/jcmc/vol8/issue2/ Dance, F. E. X. (2003). The digital divide. In L. Strate, R. Jacobson, & S. B. Gibson (Eds.), Communication and cyberspace: Social interaction in an electronic environment (2nd ed.) (pp. 171-182). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press. [note: this chapter is new to the second edition] Journal of International Development 14(1). Special issue on ICTs and International Development New York Times April 23, 2000 WHEN VILLAGES GO GLOBAL How a Byte of Knowledge Can Be Dangerous, Too By SIMON ROMERO A recent article published in the Austrian Journal "Medien Journal" by Ursula Maier-Rabler 3 articles dealing with certain aspects of the Internet in South Africa by Herman Wasserman "Effective Use: A Community Informatics Strategy Beyond the Digital Divide" by Michael Gurstein Lim, M. (2002), 'CyberCivic Space in Indonesia: From Panopticon to Pandemonium?', International Development and Planning Review (Third World Planning Review), Vol. 24 No. 4, pp. 383-400, ISSN: 1474-6743. Lim, M. (October 2003, forthcoming), 'From War-net to Net-War: The Internet and Resistance Identities in Indonesia', The International Information & Library Review, Elsevier Publisher, ISSN: 1057-2317 Lim, M. (October 2003, forthcoming), 'The Internet, Social Network and Reform in Indonesia' in N. Couldry and J. Curran (Eds.), Contesting Media Power: Towards a Global Comparative Perspective, Rowan & Littlefield, pp. 273-288. ---------------------------------------------------- Ulla Bunz Assistant Professor Department of Communication Rutgers University 4 Huntington Street New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Email: bunz(a)scils.rutgers.edu ----------------------------------------------------

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less mail junk
by geert lovink 25 Aug '03

25 Aug '03

hi all, maybe it could be an idea for aior to educate internet researchers how to post to a mailinglist. the amount of unnessecary junk is pretty impressive on this list. one would presume aior members would have at least some basic knowledge, for instance not to include the mail you reply to, not to send html messages, no attachments etc. the other option would be moderation and close the list. ciao, geert

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Re: [Air-l] K-12 Game Simulations with Chat Component?
by Mark Tempestilli 24 Aug '03

24 Aug '03

I'm also hunting for similar designs, albeit at the college level (though not far afield from teen-level games & entertainment). My experience also tells me that just about any interactive game could have an educational dimension with slight adaptation. If you stumble across anything of this nature that may be applicable to military operations with some adaptation (e.g., air traffic control adaptable to military air operations; commercial transportation adaptable to military logistics; police work adaptable to urban operations; etc.), please also let me know. Interactive is the key, though. Thanks, Mark Tempestilli Captain, United States Navy U.S. Naval Academy email: tempesti(a)usna.edu cell phone: 410-320-9235 >>> MSJANEW(a)aol.com 08/23/03 7:05 AM >>> I am researching game simulations that use instant messaging and/or email as a design component. Have you encountered anything cool you can recommend? I would love to see something like this with an educational dimension. Better yet--anything with a health/sports dimension. Thanks.

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RE: digital divide reading for syllabus--Effective Use: A Community Informatics Strategy Beyond the Digital Divide
by Michael Gurstein 23 Aug '03

23 Aug '03

Colleagues may be interested in a paper where I've suggested an alternative meme to the Digital Divide... "Effective Use: A Community Informatics Strategy Beyond the Digital Divide" I'll be presenting the paper in a few weeks at a conference and it will be published on line around the same time... **excerpt** "There is a need now to distinguish between an approach to the "Information Society" and to ICT's which "stresses access/the DD" and one which stresses "effective use". "ICT's when used effectively provide significant resources/tools for transforming one's condition--economic, social, political, cultural-whether through obtaining the means for effective use of information and communications capabilities and tools; reaching new markets for small and micro-enterprises; providing the means to bring together dispersed diaspora linguistic communities; giving amplification and the means for global distribution to unheard minority (or majority) voices; facilitating informed participation in remotely managed political and other decisions; and obtaining the services (if remotely) of skilled practitioners and so on. "The key element in all of this is not "access" either to the infrastructure or the end user terminals (bridging the hardware "divide"). Rather what is significant is having access and then with that access having the knowledge, skills, and supportive organizational and social structures to make effective use of the technology to enable social and community objectives. "Access" is something that all can support--better markets for AOL and Microsoft if nothing else; "effective use" is the real goal (and the perceived risk to those who only see ICT's in the context of E-Commerce) in that it means the on-going reshaping of how individuals and communities interact with their information/organizational/commercial/governance environments." I'll be pleased to forward a draft to anyone who is interested. Best, Mike Gursteini Michael Gurstein, Ph.D. Visiting Professor: School of Management New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ

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K-12 Game Simulations with Chat Component?
by MSJANEW＠aol.com 23 Aug '03

23 Aug '03

I am researching game simulations that use instant messaging and/or email as a design component. Have you encountered anything cool you can recommend? I would love to see something like this with an educational dimension. Better yet--anything with a health/sports dimension. Thanks.

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