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Re: [Air-l] Advice Requested re: CoP
by Nancy White 17 Sep '02

17 Sep '02

>From: Mark Tempestilli [SMTP:tempesti@usna.edu] >I am in search of advice on finding and hiring people to >manage/lead/facilitate an on-line >community of practice.... <snip>... am now looking for those directly >attached to the issue that can provide first hand advice and brief >discussion. Can anyone >provide advice, primarily in the skills and qualifications needed by a CoP >manager/leader/facilitator of this nature, or point me at good reference >people regarding this? I'd point you to a few resources: Etienne Wenger and John Smith's online course on CoPs http://www.cpsquare.com/edu/foundations/index.htm My online course on online facilitation http://www.fullcirc.com/ws/onfaccourse.htm The Com-Prac http://groups.yahoo.com/group/com-prac/?yguid=2593993 and Onlinefacilitation http://www.fullcirc.com/ws/onfaccourse.htm lists on yahoogroups http://www.fullcirc.com/community/communitymanual.htm Wenger, Snyder, McDermot's new book, Cultivating Communities of Practice I have more links, but this is probably a good start. Holler if you want more! This is certainly an emerging field. You may also want to see if you can get access to the DoD online CoP on CoPs as there are a number of facilitators of distributed CoPs in that group. Nancy Nancy White Full Circle Associates - http://www.fullcirc.com - 206-517-4754

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(no subject)
by Lourdes Hurtado 17 Sep '02

17 Sep '02

Dear Sirs, I am writing on behalf of www.cholonautas.edu.pe, a specializad web site on Social Sciences and Humanities, which a group of young Peruvian academics launched last year in order to bridge the gap between Private and State universities in the highlands of Peru. We would be really grateful if you could tell us which organizations or academic institutions provide funding for IT experiences in developing countries. So far the experience with cholonautas has been really worthwhile as a lot of university students have benefitted from the services in our web site. I am looking forward to hearing from you. Yours faithfully, Lourdes Hurtado Anthropologist Instituto de Estudios Peruanos

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RE: verify info
by Anabel Quan Haase 17 Sep '02

17 Sep '02

Dear John White, there is also a report on the Pew Internet and American Life Project's Web site: http://www.pewinternet.org (see under reports). -- Anabel ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Anabel Quan-Haase (PhD Candidate) Faculty of Information Studies,University of Toronto [http://www.fis.utoronto.ca] McLuhan Programme in Culture and Technology [http://www.mc-luhan.utoronto.ca] NetLab [http://chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman] 140 St. George Street Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G6 Phone: (416) 978-0250 Fax: (416) 978-5762 Email: quanhaas(a)fis.utoronto.ca or aquan(a)chass.utoronto.ca URL: http://www.fis.utoronto.ca/phd/quanhaas -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Advice Requested re: CoP
by Mark Tempestilli 17 Sep '02

17 Sep '02

Fellows, I am in search of advice on finding and hiring people to manage/lead/facilitate an on-line community of practice. I am assigned to the US Naval Academy and we are considering establishing an on-line community in the theme of emerging information age naval operations. The goals of the community would be: 1. provide a "place" where thematically-focused intellectual capital can be shared and built 2. connect widespread interested and involved parties from across organizational boundaries to collaborate on designated projects, especially research and design projects related to information age naval operations 3. induce and accelerate a cultural shift at the Naval Academy from industrial age thinking, teaching, and learning to information age same I have read many papers, books, etc on the subject and am now looking for those directly attached to the issue that can provide first hand advice and brief discussion. Can anyone provide advice, primarily in the skills and qualifications needed by a CoP manager/leader/facilitator of this nature, or point me at good reference people regarding this? Sincerely, Mark Tempestilli Captain, US Navy Director of Network Centric Warfare United States Naval Academy 290 Buchanan Rd Annapolis, MD 21402 phone: 410-293-1458

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WWW2003 Call for Tutorials/Workshops
by Michael Bieber 17 Sep '02

17 Sep '02

WWW2003 CALL FOR TUTORIALS & WORKSHOPS The Twelfth International World Wide Web Conference May 20-24, 2003, Budapest, Hungary Conference URL: http://www2003.org/invitation.htm Tutorial & Workshop URL: http://www2003.org/tut&ws.htm Tutorial and Workshop submission deadline: October 15, 2002 (earlier than the Paper submission deadline: November 15, 2002) Beginning with the first International WWW Conference in 1994, this prestigious series of the International World Wide Web Conference Committee (IW3C2) provides a refereed forum for WWW research and developments. It also provides a public forum for the WWW Consortium (W3C) through the annual W3C track. International researchers, technologists, and leaders from academia, industry, and government will gather at WWW2003 to define, refine, present, demonstrate, and discuss the latest ideas and developments. We invite proposals for tutorials and workshops to be held during the first two days of the conference. Tutorial topics may be at a beginning or intermediate level, but should appeal to a wide number of conference participants. Workshops may appeal to a wide audience or more specialized communities, but should be able to attract at least 25 participants. The following partial list of conference tracks should provide an idea of the breadth of conference attendance: * Applications * Performance and Reliability * Browsers and User Interfaces * Search and Data Mining * Electronic Commerce * Security and Privacy * Hypermedia * Semantic Web * Mobility and Wireless Access * Education * Multimedia * Web Services * Practice & Experience * Global Community (includes culture & society and internationalization) * Web Engineering (software engineering applied to the Web) SUBMISSIONS For submission format and details, please see: http://www2003.org/tut&ws.htm TUTORIALS & WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS Michael Bieber, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA Beatrix Toth, MTA SZTAKI, Hungary Fabio Vitali, University of Bologna, Italy Email: tutorials(a)www2003.org workshops(a)www2003.org General questions about WWW2003 may be sent to info(a)www2003.org -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Bieber, Associate Professor - Collaborative Hypermedia Research Lab (Co-Director) Email: bieber(a)oak.njit.edu URL: http://web.njit.edu/~bieber Phone: (973) 596-2681 FAX: (973) 596-5777 Information Systems Department (http://is.njit.edu/) College of Computing Sciences, New Jersey Institute of Technology 5500 Information Technology Center University Heights, Newark, New Jersey 07102-1982 USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Research on Avatar
by Han Lee 17 Sep '02

17 Sep '02

Dear a.(o).i.r., Hi, I am a first-year graduate student (with very little research experience) interested in doing a research on how avatar as a visual manifestation of one's identity gets users engage in communication in comparison to the solely text-based embodiment on the Internet. Do you know any previous research related to this topic that you would like to recommend? I have found the following resources so far: - Kolko, B. (1999). Representing bodies in virtual space: The rhetoric of avatar design. The Information Society, 15, 177-186. - O'Donnell, J. J. (1998). Avatars of the word: From papyrus to cyberspace. Cambridge: Harvard Press. - Webb, S. (2001). Avatar culture: Narrative, power and identity in virtual world environments. Information, Communication & Society, 4, 560-594. And I am hoping to get richer sources for my literature review. I would appreciate any help. Thank you in advance. Best wishes, Han **************************************** Han Lee Communication @ http://www.uic.edu/depts/comm and Religious Studies @ http://www.sogang.ac.kr/english E-mail: hlee37(a)uic.edu W. Ph.: 312-996-3461 (Testing Services) *****************************************

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Fwd: What becomes a location most? (net core buildings)
by jeremy hunsinger 16 Sep '02

16 Sep '02

the reterritorialization of humanspace by photonspace Begin forwarded message: > From: "Major Variola (ret)" <mv(a)cdc.gov> > Date: Mon Sep 16, 2002 1:13:53 PM US/Eastern > To: "cypherpunks(a)lne.com" <cypherpunks(a)lne.com>, jya(a)pipeline.com > Subject: What becomes a location most? (net core buildings) > > excerpts from http://mappa.mundi.net/inform/inform_0190.html > > > The Seattle building had so much fiber running > between floors that one elevator shaft was eliminated to make room. I > believe this is > the first time that I know of where people space in an office building > has been > replaced with electron (or photon) space. > > (Amusingly, the Seattle > offices had a simple $100 hub that connected three of the Alaska > providers to each > other. But that was probably all that was needed.) > > jeremy hunsinger jhuns(a)vt.edu on the ibook www.cddc.vt.edu www.cddc.vt.edu/jeremy () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments

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Broadband and Regulation. Comments, please.
by Catriona Cardiff 16 Sep '02

16 Sep '02

Hi I am writing a report for the Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR) on how the UK and EU regulatory environment may - or may not - affect the setting-up of broadband services in the UK. If you have any concerns - or praise - to offer on current, mooted or planned regulations, or on the administration of regulatory change, I would be very grateful if you could email me. As I will be working from home as well as from the IPPR office, it would be helpful if you could copy any replies by email to catrionacardiff(a)knowall.co.uk. If you would like to speak or meet with me, I can be called today (Monday the 16th of September) or tomorrow on 020 7470 0034. From Wednesday the 17th onwards, messages can be left for me on 020 7354 1155 and I will get back to you to arrange a time for an interview. Regards, Catriona Cardiff Digital Society Programme Institute of Public Policy Research (IPPR) catrionacardiff(a)ippr.org.uk catrionacardiff(a)knowall.co.uk Tel.: +44 (0)20 7470 0034 / +44 (0)20 7354 1155

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CFP--Performance On-Line
by Gary Thompson 16 Sep '02

16 Sep '02

How does performance (creation, perception and audience response, staging, distribution, etc.) change with the integration of electronic media? Alternatively, what can we gain by reconceiving of internet culture through an awareness of performance theory? For a special issue of Journal of Literacy and Technology and possible book publication, I am seeking work on some aspects of performance on-line. The key phrase performance on-line can be taken as applying either to performance as affected by electronic media in some respects or to performance which occurs entirely in electronic form. Submissions are encouraged from those working in some area which can be construed as performance as well as those approaching performance from a more theoretical perspective. Suggested topics / themes: web as performance space, performative identity on line, cultural poaching, web as extension of IRL, code as performative medium, or others. For more on suggested topics, see the call for papers: http://www.svsu.edu/~glt/CFP.html Please submit 1-2 pp. proposals by Feb. 28, 2003 as attachments (RTF, Word or WordPerfect) to me at glt(a)svsu.edu . Hard copy may be sent to Gary Thompson, Saginaw Valley State University, University Center, MI 48710. Gary Thompson Saginaw Valley State University University Center, MI 48710 989-790-4308 http://www.svsu.edu/~glt/

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FW: ICIS Workshop CFP - (Virtual) Community Informatics
by Michael Gurstein 15 Sep '02

15 Sep '02

(Virtual) Community Informatics Workshop held in conjunction with the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) 2002 Barcelona, Spain Sunday December 15, 2002 http://web.njit.edu/~bieber/vci-workshop-2002.html We cordially invite you to participate in the (Virtual) Community Informatics Workshop, held the day before ICIS 2002. Researchers, students and practitioners interested in the areas of community informatics and virtual communities are welcome to submit either a position statement or a full paper for presentation. (Virtual) Community Informatics lies at two cross-roads: bringing together people concerned with Local and Virtual or On-line Communities, and bringing together the researchers and practitioners (developers, leaders and participants) in these two domains. Community Informatics is the study of information and communications technology to support communities and their processes. (Virtual) Community Informatics promotes the cross-fertilization found at this cross-roads, bringing together researchers and practitioners from many varied disciplines. Workshop Program Overview - keynote address - overview of and current issues in Community Informatics - paper presentations - panel - short overview of several nascent Virtual Community Informatics activities - general discussion The workshop's focus will be on opportunities for the field of Information Systems to support both virtual and local communities. For further information and submission details, please see the workshop Web site: http://web.njit.edu/~bieber/vci-workshop-2002.html --- Stay Informed on Virtual Community Informatics If you would be interested in further developments concerning (Virtual Community) Informatics, please email Michael Bieber (bieber(a)oak.njit.edu) or Mike Gurstein (gurstein(a)njit.edu)

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