CFP: Workshop on Web Education: Teaching Digital Literacies
Dear AoIR members - For those interested, we will be hosting a Web Education: Teaching Digital Literacies <http://www.web-education-workshop.net/relevance-motivation/>Workshop at the WWW 2016 Conference <http://www2016.ca/> in Montreal, Canada (April 2016). This type of discussion will be the first for this venue as it is traditionally a more technical (e.g. CS-driven) conference. However, we would like to extend the call to a broader community of academics, practitioners, activists, industry, etc., outside of CS. Details below. If you have any questions, please do note hesitate to contact me directly. Many thanks, Kristine -- Kristine Gloria Visiting Researcher at the Internet Policy Research Initiative at MIT-CSAIL Ph.D. Student, Cognitive Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute CTSP Fellow - UC Berkeley @gloriakt gVoice: (562) 448-2697 ****CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS *** Download it <http://www.web-education-workshop.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/WEW2016-callforpapers.pdf> and submit your paper or poster proposal before *Jan. 15th 2016.* *Relevance*This workshop is the first Web Education / Digital Literacies workshop to be held at a WWW Conference. The dynamics of Web Education and Digital Literacies are among today’s most important issues surrounding the development of the Web as an efficient, safe and universal information system. Too often Web education is understood as teaching web technologies or development techniques. However, teaching the Web itself in all its various aspects has become essential to our understanding of the role of the Web in every dimension of human activity and developing better understandings of its mechanisms for the user. A wide range of disciplines including sociology, economics, political studies, health and management science have integrated courses and specializations to teach the Web, its nature, its realities, its impact its evolution and its integration into every dimension of human activity. We are keen to encourage a very broad community of participants. Whether you are a professor involved in digital literacy programs or courses, a consultant empowering employees in a company, a student or faculty in an interdisciplinary program or an activist in an NGO teaching the Web to kids, you’re invited to submit your proposals to be presented at the Web Education Workshop. *Objectives* - Reflect on the current state of Web Education and digital literacy teaching initiatives in the world - Identify the variety of practices in Web Education across different countries, contexts and educational systems - Find coherence between different approaches to Web Science education - Identify key objectives for this community of practice and establish a roadmap for future activities
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Marie Joan Kristine Gloria