Pete Evans's posterous

Air-L Digest, Vol 92, Issue 19

> CFP: SOCIAL NETWORKING AND COMMUNITY
> Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) 46
> January 7-10, 2013, Maui, HI
>> PAPERS DUE: June 15, 2012 via the HICSS conference system
> http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_46/apahome46.htm
>> ORGANIZERS
> Caroline Haythornthwaite, University of British Columbia (Primary Contact): c.haythorn@ubc.ca
> Karine Nahon, University of Washington, karineb@uw.edu
>> This HICSS minitrack has been ongoing since 2003 under various titles (http://ekarine.org/news/hicsscommunities/). Papers address the interrelationship between the Internet and social media and communities (online and offline) in the context of business, personal life, and/or learning. This minitrack aims to capture research on issues and practices around our new interlinkages via social media in support of online communities of practice, inquiry and interest for business, political, social, learning, and gaming initiatives and outcomes. In 2011, the minitrack was the biggest at the conference, with 6 sessions over a day and a half. In 2012, the minitrack was 4 sessions over one day, with the most stringent acceptance rate in the track. In 2009, 2010 and 2012, the Best Paper selected for the Minitrack was also selected as the Best Paper for the Track.
>> We call for papers that address issues of online communities of practice, inquiry and interest created in the interest of political, educational, business, social and/or gaming pursuits, and with attention to how online community building and management contribute to success in the digital economy and society. While the focus is primarily online communities, papers are also welcomed that address the interplay between online and offline means of interaction.
>> We call for empirical and theoretical papers that add to our understanding of the social, political, and economic landscape of communities and social networks at work, school, home, and play. Examples of the possible interdisciplinary topics of interest in these contexts include, but are not limited to the following:
>> Social, political and/or economic impact of social media
> Communities as sociological phenomenon in the digital economy
> Community development and community informatics
> Design, development, and user studies of social media
> Online communities of practice, inquiry or interest
> Business models of Second Life
> E-learning: structures, implementations, and practices
> Serious leisure communities online
> Organizational behavior of communities
> Social network studies and analyses of online communities
> Mobile applications, services and use for and by online communities
> Case studies and topologies of online communities
> Case studies and analyses of the rise and fall of social network sites and online communities
> Theoretical models of virtual worlds
> Advertising in online communities and social networks
> Models for managing behavior in online communities
> Behavior in online gaming communities
> Models and cases of synergies and/or conflicts between real and virtual worlds
> Diffusion and adoption of social networking applications and practices
> Development of social networking applications and practices
> Critical perspectives on social media and local and/or virtual community
> Disruptive strategies of virtual worlds
>>> ABOUT HICSS CONFERENCES
> http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_46/apahome46.htm
>> HICSS conferences are devoted to the most relevant advances in the information, computer, and system sciences, and encompass developments in both theory and practice. Accepted papers may be theoretical, conceptual, tutorial or descriptive in nature. Those selected for presentation will be included in the Conference Proceedings published by the IEEE Computer Society and maintained in the IEEE Digital Library.
>>> How to Submit a Paper: Follow Author Instructions posted on the conference web site:>> http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_46/apahome46.htm
>> HICSS papers must contain original material. They may not have been previously published, nor currently submitted elsewhere. All submissions undergo a double-blind peer review process. Abstracts are optional, but recommended. You may contact the Minitrack Chair(s) for guidance or verification of content.
>> Submit a paper to only one Minitrack. If a paper is submitted to more than one minitrack, then either paper may be rejected by either minitrack without consultation with author or other chairs. If you are not sure of the appropriate Minitrack, submit an abstract to the Track Chair(s) for determination, and/or seek informal opinion(s) of Minitrack Chair(s) before submitting.
>> Do not author or co-author more than 5 papers. This means that an individual may be listed as author or co-author on no more than 5 submitted papers. Track Chairs must approve any names added after submission or acceptance on August 15.
>> IMPORTANT DEADLINES FOR AUTHORS FOR HICSS 46
>> June 15, 2012 -- SUBMIT FULL MANUSCRIPTS FOR REVIEW as instructed. The review is double-blind; therefore, this initial submission must be without author names.
>> Aug 15, 2012 -- Review System emails Acceptance Notices to authors. It is very important that at least one author of each accepted paper attend the conference. Therefore, all travel guarantees ? including visa or your organization?s fiscal funding procedures ? should begin immediately. Make sure your server accepts the review system address https://precisionconference.com/~hicss.
>> Sept 15, 2012 -- SUBMIT FINAL PAPER. Add author names to your paper, and submit your Final Paper for Publication to the site provided in your Acceptance Notice. (This URL is not public knowledge.)>> Oct 1, 2012 -- Early Registration fee deadline. At least one author of each paper should register by this date in order secure publication in the Proceedings. Fees will increase on Oct 2 and Dec 2.
>> Oct 15, 2012 -- Papers without at least one paid-in-full registered author may be deleted from the Proceedings and not scheduled for presentation; authors will be so notified by the Conference Office.
>>

i-Docs 2012 - Interactive Documentary Lab/Symposium 22-23 March 2012

Tickets are now available for i-Docs 2012 – an International Lab/Symposium on interactive documentary – and moving fast!
Register online at: http://bit.ly/idocsregister
March 22-23, 2012 at the Watershed Media Centre, Bristol UK
Building on the success of last year’s event - and now spread over two days - i-Docs 2012 offers a provocative and challenging programme of parallel panel sessions, case study presentations, feedback labs and examples of new work. Some of the most active and creative interactive documentary experts from across mainland Europe, North America, Canada and the UK - brought together for two full days of viewing and discussion.>> Topics will include:>> • Open source, HTML5 and the semantic web
Popcorn jr, Zeega, Klynt, 3WDOC – interrogating the tools and the makers. Workshops with 3WDOC and HonkyLab.
Are producers now curators? New forms of narrative amongst live data feeds and documentary recordings..
 • Layered experience, augmented reality games and pervasive media; Locative i-docs: senses of place/placing the senses - experience design and the ‘Real World”

• Participants/Authors? – creating new meaning in collaborative projects

• Activism and ethics; New strategies for activism; Social media networks; Role-play, implicating the user; The terrain of emerging business models for i-docs
For a full programme, abstracts, tickets and lots more visit http://i-docs.org
Among the invited speakers:• Jigar Mehta – Co-creator 18 Days in Egypt
• Brett Gaylor – Director Popcorn project, Mozilla Foundation • Submarine Channel – Creators of visually-led transmedia projects: the award winning Collapsus, Minimovies and Hotel >> Via live video feed from Toronto! • Kat Cizek – Director, Highrise Project – National Film Board of Canada

Full two-day tickets are available from http://bit.ly/idocstorefront at a cost of £150 – which includes lunch and refreshments. Single day passes are available for £90.> A limited number of places are available to Postgraduate researchers at a discounted rate.
i-Docs is convened by Judith Aston, Sandra Gaudenzi and Jonathan Dovey on behalf of the Digital Culture Research Centre, University of the West of England> http://dcrc.org.uk

International Educational Technology Conference 2012 - Taoyuan, Taiwan

National Central University> Taoyuan, TAIWAN
11-13 July 2012
www.iet-c.net
Call for papers
"The International Educational Technology Conference (IETC)" series is an international educational activity for academics, teachers and educators. This conference is now a well known educational technology event and the number of paper submissions and attendees increase every year. It promotes the development and dissemination of theoretical knowledge, conceptual research, and professional knowledge through conference activities, theconference proceeding book, and the Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology (TOJET). Its focus is to create and disseminate knowledge about the use of instructional technology for learning and teaching in education.>>>> The International Educational Technology Conference aims to diffuse the knowledge and researches among academicians and lead to development in educational technology and instructional technologies.

In IETC 2011 we had lots of participants from 19 different countries. These countries were Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Croatia, Cyprus, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Malaysia,Netherlands, Nigeria, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, United Arab Emirates and United States.
English papers will be published in Procedia of Social and Behavioral Science Journal. TOJET (in SSCI) will publish two special issues for IETC 2012. After peer-reviewing process, selected papers will be published in October 2012 and January 2013 issues.>>>> We would like to invite you to share your experience and your papers with academicians, teachers and professionals.

Conference Language

The official languages of the conference are English, Turkish and Chinese. Proposals can be sent and be presented in either language. Please, submit your proposal according to the following presentation category descriptions in www.iet-c.net .
Deadlines

Proposal & Abstract Submission Deadline: July 2, 2012> Full Paper Submission : July 4, 2012
Registration: July 4, 2012

2nd Annual International Conference on EeL: Call for Papers 2012

The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in
Scotland, with registration number SC005336.

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Badges, Trophies, and Achievements: Recognition and Accreditation for Informal and Interest-Driven Learning

Call for Applications: Badges, Trophies, and Achievements: Recognition and Accreditation for Informal and Interest-Driven Learning

Research: assessment, badging
Grants: Research Grant, Doctoral Student Grants, Student Prize, Faculty Prize
Deadline: Apply by *January 6, 2012* (application instructions:
http://www.dmlcompetition.net/Competition/4/research-apply.php)

Online networks, digital resources, and gaming environments provide rich opportunities for learning that is demand-driven and learner-centered. More and more people are turning to networked knowledge communities, online tutorials, and other digital resources for wide ranging learning needs. While learning is migrating to these more informal and non-institutionalized kinds of contexts, we still have little research that examines how people assess, recognize, and display the learning that happens in these settings.
 - What are the emerging techniques and practices for managing reputation and recognizing learning?
 - What are the broad historical and structural understandings of how accreditation operates in our changing social and cultural environment?
 - What systems exist for recognizing learning outside of formal degree and training programs?
 - How do credentials and other displays of achievement operate in the digital and networked world?
 - What kinds of skills and experiences have not been well captured by existing credentialing and recognition systems?
 - How is the landscape of credentialing changing (or not) with the shift to digital and networked society?

We seek empirical and theoretical research focusing on these questions. Studies should focus on areas such as:

 - Ranking, badging, and achievement systems in games, clubs, competitions, and other forms of interest-driven activities.
 - Accreditation and certificates outside of formal degree programs, including areas such as work skills training, language, writing, and critical thinking capabilities, arts, crafts, and other trades.
 - The role of credentials, badges, and other recognitions of achievement in career and reputation development.
 - Empirical, theoretical, and critical studies of how companies, groups, institutions, and individuals produce, utilize, and exploit various credentialing and reputation systems.

RESEARCH GRANT (1)
Research funds to support the gathering and writing up of findings on novel and effective ways of assessing learning practices, especially learning facilitated by digital media. We are especially interested in work considering the role and effectiveness of badges and badging systems as instruments of assessment though competitive proposals will not be limited to this narrower focus.

Awarded funds may be used for salary replacement, for travel in support of data collection, for modest graduate research assistance in support of the project (no more than one-third of final budget), or for modest  technological support for the project. The grantee will also be responsible for organizing a workshop or a working group on the topic. In addition to the faculty support funding of the award ($60,000) there would be a budget of $20,000 available to support the workshop or working group. These funds may be used to support travel, accommodation and food expenses for workshop or working group participants but not for graduate student stipends or fees.

The grantee is required to produce one publication, which could be a book, a MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning Report, literature review, or white paper. Support for activities resulting in publication are to be included in the grant budget. Research award winners are expected to attend the Digital Media and Learning Symposium in San Francisco on February 29, 2012, followed by the Digital Media and Learning Conference on March 1-3, 2012 ( http://dml2012.dmlcentral.net/), as well as one of the Competition winners meetings, travel costs for which are to be included in the awarded budgets. Grantees are also required to set aside funds for the winners' event to be held in conjunction with the 2013 Digital Media and Learning Conference. Participation at the event is a requirement of the award.
 - Research funds: $60,000
 - Workshop/Working Group funding, in addition: $20,000
 - Application:

 - Proposal outline, including rationale and work plan, no more than  1000 words
 - Working group, or workshop outline, no more than 250 words
 - Budget and budget narrative for proposal
 - Budget and budget narrative for working group 

DOCTORAL STUDENT GRANTS (2)
One year of funding to support dissertation research and write-up of findings on novel and effective ways of assessing learning practices, especially learning facilitated by digital media. We are especially interested in work considering the role and effectiveness of badges and badging systems as instruments of accreditation and assessment though competitive proposals will not be limited to this narrower focus.

Research award winners are expected to attend the Digital Media Symposium in San Francisco on February 29, 2012, followed by the Digital Media and Learning Conference on March 1-3, 2012 (http://dml2012.dmlcentral.net/), as well as one of the Competition winners meetings, travel costs for which are to be included in the proposed budgets. Awardees are also required to set aside funds for the winners' event to be held in conjunction with the 2013 Digital Media and Learning Conference (Dates TBD). Participation at the event is a requirement of the award.
 - Two awards of $20,000 each to cover tuition fees, research funds, living stipend.
 - Eligibility: By the time of award, applicant must have passed all Ph.D. eligibility requirements to advance to candidacy (ABD).
 - Application:
 - Proposal outline, up to 1000 words
 - A letter of support from the dissertation advisor, and list of 2  additional references.

STUDENT PRIZE (1)
A prize for the best dissertation or publishable paper for innovative and groundbreaking work on ?Recognition and Accreditation for Informal and Interest-Driven Learning? (see more on the Competition theme of badges for lifelong learning:
http://www.dmlcompetition.net/Competition/4/badges-about.php)
The winner will be expected to attend the Digital Media and Learning Conference and Research Symposium in San Francisco, March 1-3, 2012 ( http://dml2012.dmlcentral.net/), where the award will be publicly presented. Awardees are also required to set aside funds for the winners' event to be held in conjunction with the 2013 Digital Media and Learning Conference (Dates TBD). Participation at the event is a requirement of the award.
 - A monetary award in the amount of $5000. Funds will be inclusive of travel, accommodation, and registration costs for the 2012 Digital Media and Learning Conference (http://dml2012.dmlcentral.net/).
 - Submission: Dissertation or paper on the theme

FACULTY PRIZE (1)
 A prize for the best publishable/published paper or book for innovative and groundbreaking work on ?Recognition and Accreditation for Informal and Interest-Driven Learning? (see more on the Competition theme of badges for lifelong learning: http://www.dmlcompetition.net/Competition/4/badges-about.php)

Research award winners are expected to attend the Digital Media Symposium
in San Francisco on February 29, 2012, followed by the Digital Media and Learning Conference on March 1-3, 2012 (http://dml2012.dmlcentral.net/), as well as one of the Competition winners meetings, travel costs for which are to be included in the proposed budgets. Awardees are also required to set aside funds for the winners' event to be held in conjunction with the 2013
Digital Media and Learning Conference (Dates TBD). Participation at the event is a requirement of the award.
 - A monetary award in the amount of $5000. Funds will be inclusive of travel, accommodation, and registration costs for the 2012 conference.
 - Submission: Paper or book on the them.

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The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in
Scotland, with registration number SC005336.

EGOS 2012 – Helsinki, Finland

International Conference on Social Informatics (SocInfo2011)

International Conference on Social Informatics (SocInfo2011)
Singapore, October 6-8, 2011
 
*** Early Registration by September 10, 2011 ***
 
http://www.sis.smu.edu.sg/SocInfo2011
 
The Third International Conference on Social Informatics (SocInfo2011) will be held in Singapore, a major hub in the Asia Pacific region well known for its multi-racial and multi-cultural society. The mission of SocInfo2011 is to make the conference a premier venue for both social and computer scientists to exchange the latest research ideas that better integrate scholars from the two disciplines. The conference program will reflect this in the keynote talks, tutorials, workshops and paper sessions addressing emerging topics which attract interdisciplinary research attention.

SocInfo2011 is hosted by the Singapore Management University and is supported by the National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University. The conference also receives support from the International Communication Association (ICA) and Singapore Infocomm Technology Federation (SiTF). The conference sponsors  include AFOSR, AOARD and Lee Foundation.

SocInfo2011 offers both serious research exchanges in its keynote talks, invited talks and paper presentations. The program also includes a symposium on social dynamics in online gaming, two tutorials, poster presentations and demos. In addition, there will be a social program that covers reception, banquet and a short heritage tour for participants to know one another better and to appreciate the local culture and delicacies. With a good combination of work and fun, SocInfo2011 hopes to foster collaboration among the social informatics researchers as well as to demonstrate the relevance of their research to a wider community.

The online registration of SocInfo2011 is now open. The early-bird full and student registration fees are *** S$500 and S$300 *** respectively.
Due to limited capacity, we strongly encourage early registrations at: http://www.sis.smu.edu.sg/SocInfo2011/registration.html
The early registration deadline is *10 September 2011*.

The program highlights include:

Keynotes  --------
Digital Media and The Relational Revolution in Social Science by Professor Michael Macy, Cornell University

Using Web Science to Understand and Enable 21st Century Multidimensional Networks by Professor Noshir Contractor, Northwestern University

Data Mining as a Key Enabler of Computational Social Science by Professor Jaideep Srivastava, University of Minnesota

Predicting Market Movements: From Breaking News to Emerging Social > Media by Professor Hsinchun Chen, University of Arizona 

Invited Talks -------------
Learning Information Diffusion Models from Observation and Its Application to Behavior Analysis by Professor Hiroshi Motoda, AFOSR/AOARD and Osaka University

Analysis of Twitter Unfollow: How Often do People Unfollow in Twitter and Why? by Professor Sue B. Moon, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Invited Talks for Symposium on Social Dynamics in Online Gaming ---------------------------------------------------------------
Understanding Player Behaviors from Real-Time Strategy (RTS) Game Data: A Starcraft II case study  by Aek Palakorn Achananuparp, Singapore Management University
 
Defining the World "Social" in Gaming by Dominic Chai, Singapore-MIT Gambit Game Lab

Analyzing "Fun" in Social Games by Roberto Dillon, Digipen Institute of Technology-Singapore

Tutorials ---------
From Computational to Human Trust: Problems, Methods and Applications  of Trust Management by Professor Adam Wierzbicki, Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology

Text Analytics for Social Research by Professor Stuart W. Shulman, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Learn more at http://www.sis.smu.edu.sg/SocInfo2011

Workshop on hybridity and organisation in Turku, Finland

HYBRID ORGANIZATION WORKSHOP
Date: November 2-3, 2011
Location: Turku, Finland
Speakers and commentators:
Professor Celia Lury (Goldsmiths, University of London), Professor Eva Hemmungs Wirtén (Uppsala University) & Dr. Adam Arvidsson (University of Milano)
Convenors:
Professor Saara Taalas (Linnaeus University & University of Turku), Professor Alf Rehn (Åbo Akademi University), Dr. Lotta Häkkinen (University of Turku) & Dr. Nina Kivinen (Åbo Akademi University)
Hybridity has emerged as something of a new favorite theme in a number of disciplines, from cultural studies, geography and sociology to philosophy. In organization theory, hybridity has yet to establish itself fully as a conceptual framework, possibly due to the fact that we're still highly attached to the notion of an organization - a well-defined institution with clear boundaries. At the same time, the interest in the concept has never been greater, as notions of co-production, mixed forms of governance, multiplicities of practices, new business logics and developing technologies are perpetually mixing and remixing the notion of organizations and organizing. All that is solid is remixed into... what?
Traditionally, hybrid organizations have been understood through the conceptual lens of mixed public and private forms. However, this understanding has recently been challenged, particularly as new forms of exchange, collaboration and technological mediation has made evermore complex forms of productive organizational structures possible, prompting a call for understanding such new forms of hybrid organizing. A key, although not necessarily sole instantiation of this has been the new types of organization on the internet that combine peer community efforts, missions for common good and commercial scalability (Lessig 2008). At the heart of such hybrid organization lays the idea of co-production, but one where collaboration is not necessarily unproblematic. Hybrids build on many governing logics that can be contradictory, pervasive, collaborative, but permanently defy control by any one named actor.
It is here, in this complex nexus of not-quite-defined new forms of collaborative and mixed working that our workshop finds it impetus. The challenge, now, in a world of fan production, app-communities, mash-ups and brands in permanent flux, is to recast issues such as materiality, embodiment and borders - to reinterpret what are basic logics for organization. Where we might earlier have been able to "spot the organization" by its institutional forms, how are we to understand the notion of organization theory when the outside can become more central than the inside, and when not belonging might be the most potent productive force of all?
The purpose of the workshop is thus to link research on hybrid organizing, from a variety of disciplines, and encourage further collaboration with aspirations to produce an edited volume on hybrid organization during 2012. Attendance to the workshop is free but the number of participants is limited.
As part of this, we hereby cordially invite short papers (max 3000 words) on your ongoing research on issues connected to hybridity and organization, work that for example might address themes such as:
 - materiality, site, space and boundaries in hybrid organization
 - value, work and circulation in hybrid economies
 - management, power and control in hybrid organization
 - consumption, branding and appropriation in hybrid organization
 - hybrids as transformers of economic practice
Preliminary schedule: The workshop will run from around 9am on Wednesday November 2 and end at noon on the following day, Thursday November 3, 2011.
The deadline for short papers is September 15, 2011. Please send your paper to nina.kivinen@abo.fi
This workshop is a part of the research project Hybrid Organization: Media Brands as Sites of Co-Production financed by the Academy of Finland, and is arranged in co-operation with the University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University. The workshop is part of the Hybrid Economy research initiative at the Finland Futures Research Centre at the University of Turku.