Academic Commons

UCHRI/VECTORS/IML 2010 NEH Summer Institute

lisagatesphd@gmail.com — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:25:36 -0500

USC's Institute for Multimedia Literacy, the electronic journal Vectors, and the University of California Humanities Research Institute are pleased to announce a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship Program for summer 2010 designed to foster innovative multimedia research.

Titled "Broadening the Digital Humanities," the Institute will offer scholars the opportunity to explore the benefits of interactive media for scholarly analysis and authorship, illustrating the possibilities of multimodal media for humanities investigation. Priority will be given to applications received by March 24, 2010.

Fellows participating in the program will learn both by engaging with a variety of existing projects as well as through the production of their own project in collaboration with the Vectors-IML team. The projects fellows create will at once enrich their own understanding of the digital humanities and model the field for other scholars. Select projects will be published in Vectors and other venues.

For more information, please visit the submission page at Vectors.

Upcoming NERCOMP workshop "Exploring New Options in Digital Publishing"

lisagatesphd@gmail.com — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:15:36 -0500

Registration is now open for NERCOMP's upcoming workshop: "Exploring New Options in Digital Publishing"

DATE: March 23, 2010
TIME: 9:00-3:00 (Coffee and Registration start at 8:00)
PRICE: NERCOMP Members: $115, Non-Members: $240 (includes continental breakfast and lunch)
LOCATION: University of Massachusetts - Amherst , Campus Center - First Floor, Amherst, MA

DESCRIPTION: Recent developments in technology are creating new, low-cost publishing opportunities for schools, small presses and archives. The practice of print-on-demand, which allows for single copies of books to be published, eliminates many of the costs of traditional publishing, making it possible to produce high quality publications in very small quantities.

Online journal systems, many of which are open source, bring the publication of peer-reviewed journals within easy reach of faculty and students. Some journal systems are integrating with online repositories to deliver text and media rich publications that take full advantage of being online.

Attendees will see examples of projects using these new technologies and should expect to leave with at least one idea of a project they can consider at their institution.

For a full schedule and registration information, please go to: http://www.nercomp.org/events/event_single.aspx?id=5936

Registration open for NERCOMP workshop "Leveraging Your LMS Investment"

lisagatesphd@gmail.com — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:09:12 -0500

Registration is now open for NERCOMP's upcoming workshop: "Leveraging Your LMS Investment"

DATE: April 8, 2010
TIME: 9:00 - 3:00 (Coffee and Registration start at 8:00)
PRICE: NERCOMP Members: $130, Non-Members: $255 (includes break service and lunch)
LOCATION: Four Points Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center, Norwood, MA.

DESCRIPTION: Many institutions view their Learning Management Systems (LMS) as a mission critical teaching and learning solution. Participants who attend this SIG will learn how peer institutions in the Northeast are using their LMS solution for innovation in teaching, learning and community building. The focus is not vendor product specific, but more about making the most of your LMS investment. (e.g. ePortfolios, Class Site, Web 2.0 tools, Professional Development strategies, etc.)

Outcomes for the Day:
-Learn from institutions who are using their LMS in creative and innovative ways
-Exchange resource information to help you utilize your LMS more effectively
-Build collaborations among institutions using an LMS
-Network and make connections with colleagues

For a full schedule and registration information, please go to: http://www.nercomp.org/events/event_single.aspx?id=5968

NERCOMP's upcoming workshop "Instruction Programs: Trendwatching"

lisagatesphd@gmail.com — Tue, 2 Feb 2010 14:25:39 -0500

Registration is now open for NERCOMP's upcoming workshop "Instruction Programs: Trendwatching."

DATE: April 8, 2010
TIME: 9:00 - 3:00 (Coffee and Registration start at 8:00)
PRICE: NERCOMP Members: $130, Non-Members: $255 (includes break service and lunch)
LOCATION: Four Points Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center, Norwood, MA.

DESCRIPTION: This workshop is about some key trends that inform strategic planning for instruction programs: innovations in teaching and learning, in scholarship, and in our networked digital environment. Participants will get up close in three areas: how to think about the technologies available to you when planning for improvements in your instruction program; how to adapt pedagogies that get us beyond sage on the stage, and ways of engaging with significant conversations on innovation. A lightning round, exploring how participants are framing near-term goals of their instruction programs, will address developments and indicators to monitor for anticipating user needs, key disruptive technologies and their implications, significant changes on campus in teaching and learning, and gaps and challenges we face across institutions.

For a full schedule and registration information, please go to: http://www.nercomp.org/events/event_single.aspx?id=5966

Join the HASTAC Discussion "Race, Ethnicity, Diaspora in the Digital Age"

lisagatesphd@gmail.com — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:00:37 -0500

Join the discussion on "Race, Ethnicity, Diaspora in the Digital Age" hosted by HASTAC Scholars Anne Cong-Huyen (UCSB) and Edward Gonzalez-Tennant (U of Florida) at http://www.hastac.org/forums/hastac-scholars-discussions/race-ethnicity-and-diaspora-digital-age .

Join us as we discuss questions and ideas such as:

How do our disciplinary backgrounds affect the way we approach the subject of race and ethnicity in this contemporary moment and in these digital spaces?
Where do we see racialized, de-racialized, or multi-ethnic identities emerging via digital technologies for individuals or communities?
What does 'postrace' mean? Do Donna Haraway's ideas of the cyborg or Katherine Hayles's posthuman help us to further conceptualize race in this present age?
How might the very mechanics and conceptualizations of networks, interactivity and the digital, reframe or reimagine even the notion of race, ethnicity or diaspora? What is it about the digital that invites such an imagination? Why might that formulation invite critique?

Everyone is warmly invited to join the conversation and post your own question or idea. We'd love to have lots of HASTAC members in the forum, helping us think through these questions!

NERCOMP's Upcoming Workshop "WordPress University"

lisagatesphd@gmail.com — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 10:28:01 -0500

Registration is now open for NERCOMP's upcoming workshop: "WordPress University."

DATE: April 8, 2010
TIME: 9:00 - 3:00 (Coffee and Registration start at 8:00)
PRICE: NERCOMP Members: $130, Non-Members: $255 (includes break service and lunch)
LOCATION: Four Points Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center, Norwood, MA.

DESCRIPTION: WordPress, an open source web publishing platform, has proven to be a robust and flexible tool able to meet a variety of web application needs on college campuses. Multi-user blogging platforms, campus newletters, course project sites and central event calendars are just a few of the ways WordPress is being deployed in higher education. At WordPress University we’ll explore case studies and examples of how WordPress is adapted to meet these various needs. The day’s schedule will include opportunities to share and explore ideas with fellow attendees that can be applied to WordPress implementations in their home environments.
This is not a technical, hands-on workshop, and while some technical web programming details will be discussed, the program is designed to appeal to people with a range of experiences creating web sites and working with on-line web 2.0 and social networking tools. Some experience designing or editing web pages, managing a web site, or working on support of a web-based application will be helpful, but not essential.

For a full schedule and registration information, please go to: http://www.nercomp.org/events/event_single.aspx?id=5938.

NERCOMP Workshop: "Media Scholarship"

lisagatesphd@gmail.com — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 10:21:47 -0500

Registration is now open for NERCOMP's upcoming workshop: "Media Scholarship."

DATE: March 23, 2010
TIME: 9:00 - 3:00 (Coffee and Registration start at 8:00)
PRICE: NERCOMP Members: $115, Non-Members: $240 (includes continental breakfast and lunch)
LOCATION: University of Massachusetts, Amherst Campus Center - First Floor, Amherst, MA

DESCRIPTION: Hamilton College, Colgate University, and St. Lawrence University, supported by a NITLE Instructional Innovation Fund grant, have collaborated to develop interdisciplinary assignment models that promote media scholarship by students across the curriculum. This SIG consists of a series of case study presentations of student-authored digital media scholarship that was guided by faculty and supported by instructional technologists and librarians. Each student presentation will be followed by a 20-30 minute panel discussion of the work in the broader context of what was necessary to reach that outcome from all involved (student, professor, technologist, librarian). We will focus on media literacy, learning models, evaluation criteria, and the resources necessary for success.
Participants will engage in discussions following each presentation. We also ask participants to offer ideas, examples, and approaches to development of multimodal assignments at their institutions.

For a full schedule and registration information, please go to: http://www.nercomp.org/events/event_single.aspx?id=5933

NERCOMP 2010: "The Next-Generation University: Rethinking IT in Disruptive Times"

lisagatesphd@gmail.com — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 10:21:58 -0500

Early registration open for NERCOMP's annual conference. Click here for details and to register:http://net.educause.edu/Program/1023270

Whether your focus is administrative services, information resources, teaching and learning, technology infrastructure, or management, you can benefit from attending the annual NERCOMP conference, March 8–10, 2010. Join us in Providence to:

Connect with innovators and forward thinkers and learn about current and emerging best practices in higher education information services.
Collaborate with others in positions similar to yours to exchange experiences and explore ways to tackle common challenges.

Contribute your uncommon thinking for the common good in numerous discussion sessions and networking venues. This year's conference will explore how our institutions and organizations are managing economic challenges, forging new visions, and integrating new information technology paradigms and approaches. How are emerging technological possibilities and economic conditions changing what "university" means? How are our IT organizations surviving and finding ways to thrive and lead the way under these new conditions? How are we evolving to meet the changing academic and administrative priorities of our institutions? What emerging technology opportunities and models are supporting the core missions of our schools and our associated organizational and professional development goals?

NERCOMP's upcoming workshop: "Digital Scholarship in the Humanities and Beyond"

lisagatesphd@gmail.com — Wed, 6 Jan 2010 09:33:14 -0500

Registration is now open for NERCOMP's upcoming workshop: "Digital Scholarship in the Humanities and Beyond"

DATE: February 1, 2010
TIME: 9:00 - 3:00 (Coffee and Registration start at 8:00)
PRICE: NERCOMP Members: $95, Non-Members: $220
LOCATION: The College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA.

DESCRIPTION: Digital scholarship can be defined as "the development, study and application of new technology techniques and methods to traditional modes of scholarship," which is how Stephen Woodruff defines humanities computing. How do campuses support the production needs for student and faculty whose work draws increasingly on the use of multiple forms of media? What strategies are faculty using to assess multimedia-based research projects? How are media projects disseminated? What pedagogical and production frameworks do librarians and instructional technologists need to understand? In this SIG we will explore these topics for those who wish to express their research in media and data rich digital modes or who support colleagues who do.

For a full schedule and registration information, please go to: http://www.nercomp.org/events/event_single.aspx?id=5932

Mellon Foundation Closes Research in Information Technology Grant Program

davidgreen@knowledgeculture.com — Tue, 5 Jan 2010 16:58:57 -0500

The Chronicle of Higher Education reports today on the closure of Mellon's Research in Information Technology program and the elimination of the positions held by Ira Fuchs, RIT's founder, and associate program officer Chris Mackie.

The program will consolidate its software development funding into the Scholarly Communications program, which will be renamed.