ELC Seminar Schedule Archive

Current Schedule

Fall 2007- Friday 2-4 p.m. TSRB 338A

Date Presenter Topic
Aug 31st Kurt DIS paper
Sept 7 Sarita practice talk
Sept 14 Jose practice talk
Sept 21 Betsy journal paper
Sept 28 Everyone Scratch
Oct 5 Andrea Benkler, Y. (2006) Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets Chapter 1 (Intro).
What parts do you buy? Not buy? Why is this important to ELC? Where are the interesting areas for new research?
Oct 12 Andrea practice talk
Oct 19  Kurt www.sf0.org
Oct 26 Guest Brainstorming about online learning communities for deaf children.
Nov 2   updates only
Nov 9   updates only
Nov 16 Everyone Pick a chapter to review from:
Computers, Phones, and the Internet: Domesticating Information Technology (Edited by Robert Kraut, Malcolm Brynin, Sara Kiesler)
Nov 23 Thanksgiving  
Nov 30  
Dec 7   (early for HICSS but maybe andrea practice talk?)

 

Spring 2007 - Friday 2-4 p.m.TSRB 338A

Date Presenter Topic
Jan 12th Kurt Elliott, M. (May 2006) Stigmergic Collaboration: The Evolution of Group Work, M/C Journal, 9(2).
Jan 19th Sarita Pew Social Networking Study Social Networking Websites and Teens: An Overview
Jan 26th Jose pdf - Carlos Jensen, Colin Potts. “Privacy Policies as Decision-Making Tools: A Usability Evaluation of Online Privacy Notices” Proceedings of ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems: CHI 2004, Vienna, Austria, April 2004. pp 471-478.
Feb 2nd Addy pdf - Stutzman "Towards an Archival Approach to Digital Identity Mangement" and ClaimID
Feb 9th Andrea Practice Talk for GSTA (Georgia Science Teachers Association)
Feb 16th noone cancelled
Feb 23nd Sarita Club Penguin
Mar 2nd Andrea SNS paper by danah - copies on the lab table.
Mar 9th everyone kaneva - see sarita's email
Mar 16th pre-spring break
Mar 23th spring break
Mar 30th Andrea Wikipedia governance
- Joe Reagle's Do as I do: leadership in the Wikipedia
Also look at:
- Wikipedia: Governance
- Meta - Power Structure
- Meta - User Classes
Apr 6th Kurt Models of Collaboration (branching vs theotherone)
- the Bakeoff
- look at threadless vs cafepress or find stellar examples of your own
- just for kicks - Terry and Beth's paper
Apr 13th Kurt Fischer, G., Giaccardi, E., Eden, H., Sugimoto, M., & Ye, Y. (2005) "Beyond Binary Choices: Integrating Individual and Social Creativity," International Journal of Human-Computer Studies (IJHCS) Special Issue on Computer Support for Creativity (E.A. Edmonds & L. Candy, Eds.), 63(4-5), pp. 482-512.
Apr 20th Everyone Take a load off.
Apr 27th Everyone Project Entropia

Fall 2006 - Thursday 12-2 p.m.TSRB 338A

Date Presenter Topic
Aug. 24 Everyone Planning Seminar
Sep. 7 Amy Ducheneaut, N et al "Alone Together?"- Exploring the Social Dynamics of Massively Multiplayer Online Games . In CHI 2006.
Sept. 14 Jose Steinkuehler, C. & Chmiel, M. (2006). Fostering scientific habits of mind in the context of online play. In S.A. Barab, K.E. Hay, N.B. Songer, & D.T. Hickey (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences (pp 723-729). Mahwah NJ: Erlbuam.
Sept. 21 Lewis Johnson Brown Bag talk Serious Games for Learning Languages and Cultures
Sept. 28 Sarita

D. Perkel, Copy and Paste Literacy: Literacy practices in the production of a MySpace Profile. In Informal Learning and Digital Media: Constructions, Contexts, Consequences 2006

Oct. 5 Susan

N. Ellison et al, Managing Impressions Online: Self-Presentation Processes in the Online Dating Environment. In Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 11(2), article 2.

Oct. 5 Addy

Analysis of Match.com and Social21 websites

Oct. 12 Andrea

GVU Brown Bag talk

Oct. 19 Kurt John-Steiner, V. Chapter 7: Thought communities in Creative Collaboration, Oxford University Press, New York, 2000, pp. 187-204
Oct. 26 Amy Bruckman, Amy (2006). "A New Perspective on "Community" and its Implications for Computer-Mediated Communication Systems." Works in Progress, Extended Abstracts, Proceedings of CHI 2006, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, April 2006.http://www-static.cc.gatech.edu/~asb/papers/bruckman-community-chi06.pdf
Nov. 2 Eugene Steinkuehler, C., and Williams, D. (2006). " Where everybody knows your (screen) name: Online games as "third places." Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 11(4), article 1. http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol11/issue4/steinkuehler.html
Nov. 9 Sarita
Bryant, J. A., Sanders-Jackson, A., & Smallwood, A. M. K. (2006). IMing, text messaging, and adolescent social networks. Journal of   Computer-Mediated Communication, 11/(2), article 10.   http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol11/issue2/bryant.html

Proposed readings for the future:

Elliott, M. (May 2006) Stigmergic Collaboration: The Evolution of Group Work, M/C Journal, 9(2). Retrieved 28 Oct. 2006 from .

Games and Culture - World of Warcraft issue (maybe?)

If you are leading seminar, remember to hand out readings at least a week in advance and send out a reminder. Or remind Nithya to send out a reminder. If there are important questions we should be thinking about while we are reading or surfing, include those in advance too.



Fall 2005 - Monday 2-4 p.m., TSRB 338A

Date Presenter Topic
Aug. 22 Everyone Planning Seminar
Aug. 29 Amy Feedback on CHI Paper
Sept. 5 No-one Labor Day
Sept. 12 Jim ECSCL practice talk
Sept. 19 - Reading postponed
Sept. 26 Jose Dochy, F., M. Segers, and D. Sluijsmans. "The Use of Self-, Peer and Co-Assessment in Higher Education: A Review." Studies in Higher Education 24.3 (1999): 331-50.
Oct. 3 everyone projects meeting
Oct. 10 everyone LST demos
Oct. 17 No-one Fall Break
Oct. 24 Jim Philips, Susan. (1972) "Participant Structures and Communicative Competence" Language in the Classroom. pp 370-393
Oct. 31 Not sure.
Nov. 7 Jose ICLS paper review
Nov. 14 Jim Proximity Chapter from Distributed Work
Nov. 21 none none
Nov. 28 Andrea Slashdot paper from GROUP'05
Dec. 5 ? ?

Spring 2005 -- Monday 2-4pm, TSRB 338A
Jan 10 Topics for the Semester -- bring ideas!, by Amy Bruckman
Jan 17 MLK Day - no seminar
Jan 24 By Andrea What's Andrea's research about anyway? Read: Pilot study proposal that Andrea will email around.
Jan 31 By Jason - http://www.kaneva.com/
Feb 7 By Casey - Please read: Interactive Audiences? - The 'Collective Intelligence' of Media Fans by Henry Jenkins
Feb 14 By Jim - 1st stop on the tour of interesting people
Feb 21 Party at Amy's
Feb 28 By Amy - Please read "Battle Lessons: What the Generals Don't Know" by Dan Baum (The New Yorker Magazine - Jan 17, 2005)
It is available as part of the electronic reserve for Online Communities Class (CS6470)
Mar 7 By Jim - 2st stop on the tour of interesting people
Mar 14 By Jose - Please read Schnore, L. F. (1967). Community. in Sociology: An Introduction. N. J. Smelser. New York, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Mar 21 No seminar - Spring Break
Mar 28 Webby Awards
Apr 4 By Amy - Schofield paper
Apr 11 Please visit www.cokemusic.com
Apr 18 By Andrea - GVU Brown Bag - Practice Talk
Apr 25 By Jim - An article by Philips on Participant Structures.
To be announced By Jose - Please read:
Dochy, F., Segers, M., & Sluijsmans, D. (1999). The Use of Self-, Peer and Co-assessment in Higher Education: a review. Studies in Higher Education, 24(3), 331-350.


Fall 2004 -- Monday 2-4pm, TSRB 338A
August 16 Topics for the Semester -- bring ideas!, by Amy Bruckman
August 23 Led by everybody, be prepared to comment on a chapter from:
"Designing for Virtual Communities on the Service of Learning" edited by Barab, Kling and Gray.
Chapter Assignments: (1)Jose, (2)Casey, (3)Susan, (4)Jason, (5)Amy, (6)Lee)
August 30 Led by everybody, be prepared to comment on a chapter from:
"Designing for Virtual Communities on the Service of Learning" edited by Barab, Kling and Gray.
Chapter Assignments: (7) Jason, (8) Amy, (10) Lee, (11) Jose, (12) Casey, (13) Andrea, (14) Susan
September 6 Labor Day - No Seminar
September 13 Led by Jose Zagal, please log on and play with:
http://www.there.com/, it will be installed on a few of the lab machines.
September 20 Led by Jim Hudson
Please read:
Barab, S., Dodge, T., Tuzun, H., Sluder, K., Jackson, C., Arici, A., et al. (2004).
Creating a Socially-Responsive Context of Participation: Something for Boys and Girls.
Paper presented at the American Educational Researchers Association (AERA) 2004, San Diego, CA.
September 27 Led by Amy Bruckman, please play:
Puzzle Pirates (Yohoho!)
October 4 Led by Jason Elliot
Chapter 7 of "Designing for Virtual Communities on the Service of Learning" edited by Barab, Kling and Gray.
October 11 Led by Amy Bruckman
Chapter 8 of "Designing for Virtual Communities on the Service of Learning" edited by Barab, Kling and Gray.
October 18 No seminar. (Fall Break)
October 25 Led by Susan
Chapter 14 of "Designing for Virtual Communities on the Service of Learning" edited by Barab, Kling and Gray.
November 1 Led by Andrea Forte
"Literate Acts" from The Construction of Negotiated Meaning: A Social Cognitive Theory of Writing by Linda Flower.
November 8 Led by Jose Zagal, please log on and play with:
Second Life (read your email for more details)
November 15 No seminar.
November 22 Led by nobody in particular.
To be announced.
November 29 Led by Jim Hudson
Social Loafing (two papers in ELC lab)


Fall 2003 -- Monday 3-5pm, CCB 270
August 18 Topics for the Semester -- bring ideas!, by Amy Bruckman
August 25 Led by Amy Bruckman, please read: (Copies available in lab)
Joseph, D. , Nacu, D. (2003) Designing Interesting Learning Environments When the Medium isn't enough
Convergence 9(2) 84-115
September 1 No seminar. (Labor Day)
September 8 Led by Jason Elliot, please play: (Installed in lab)
Star Wars Galaxies (MMORPG)
September 15 Led by Jose Zagal, please read:
The Case Against Micropayments and A Group Is Its Own Worst Enemy by Clay Shirky.
September 22 Led by Andrea Forte, please try out:
Friendster and SixDegrees
September 29 Led by Anne Marie Piper, please read:
Chapter 1 of "Culture and Truth" by Renato Rosaldo
October 6 Led by Jim Hudson, please read:
Something on Grounded Theory (to be announced)
October 13 No seminar. (Mid-term recess)
October 20 Led by Casey, please read:
Gee, James Paul. Identity as an Analytic Lens for Research in Ed.
October 27 No Seminar. (CoC Town Hall Meeting)
November 3 Led by Zeina Atrash, please read:
Something on Mondrian, Monsters and Me (see email sent by Zeina)
November 10 Led by Jim Hudson, be prepared to comment on his talk:
Designing for Participation: How Social and Environmental Factors Influence Educational Discussions
November 17 Led by everybody, be prepared to comment on a chapter from:
"Sharing Expertise:Beyond Knowledge Management" edited by Ackerman, Pipek and Wulf.
November 24 Led by everybody, be prepared to comment on a different chapter from:
"Sharing Expertise:Beyond Knowledge Management" edited by Ackerman, Pipek and Wulf.
December 1 To be defined


Spring 2003 -- Wednesday 3-5pm, CCB 270

1/8 Topics for the Semester -- bring ideas!, by Amy Bruckman
1/15 Introductions and Discussion
1/22 Center for Children & Technology's: Evaluation of the Intel Computer Clubhouse Network - Year 2 Report, by Amon Millner
1/29 Project Updates Only
2/5 Bers, M; Gonzalez-Heydrich, G; DeMaso, D. (2001) Identity Construction Environments: Supporting a Virtual Therapeutic Community of Pediatric Patients Undergoing Dialysis by Jason Elliot
2/12 Renninger. K. Ann (ed), Building Virtual Communities : Learning and Change in Cyberspace (Chapter Assignments) by Amy Bruckman
2/19 Renninger. K. Ann (ed), Building Virtual Communities : Learning and Change in Cyberspace (Rest of Chapter Assignments) by Amy Bruckman
2/26 Webby Awards - (site assignments) by everybody
3/5 Haythornthwaite, Caroline. Building Social Networks Via Computer Networks: Creating and Sustaining Distributed Learning Communities (Renninger Chapter 6) by Jim Hudson
Spring Break
3/19 Toon Town by Jared Parsons
3/26 The 5th Dimension by everyone (see assignments)
4/2 CSCL 2 (Koschman book available in the lab) by everyone (chapter selections)
4/9 CSCL 2 Continued from Last Week (Koschman book available in the lab) by everyone (chapter selection)
4/16 No seminar--UROC Symposium
4/23 No Seminar - AERA
4/30 Gee, James Paul.Identity as an Analytic Lens for Research in Ed. by Jose


Fall 2002 -- Wednesday 3-5pm, CCB 270

8/21 Topics for the Semester -- bring ideas!, by Amy Bruckman
8/28 Virtualia.com Q&A, by Jose Zagal
9/4 Problem-based Learning, by Jason Ellis
Please read:
Blumenfeld, P. C., Soloway, E., Marx, R. W., Krajcik, J. S., Guzdial, M., & Palincsar, A. (1991). Motivating Project-Based Learning: Sustaining the Doing, Supporting the Learning. Educational Psychologist, 26(3&4), 369-398.
9/11 Practice talk for thesis defense, by Jason Ellis
9/18 Blogs, by Jim Hudson
9/25 Computer Clubhouses, by Amon Millner
10/02 Ethics, by Amy Bruckman
Please read:
Bruckman, Amy. Studying the Amateur Artist: A Perspective on Disguising Data Collected in Human Subjects Research on the Internet. To appear in Ethics and Information Technology.
10/9 ICLS Practice Talks
10/16 Terrarium, by Jared Parsons
10/23 Cancelled -- ICLS
10/30 bookcrossing.com, by Rachel Fithian
11/6 whyville.net, by Alex Rudnick
11/13 Cartoon Network
Please come to Online Communities class on Tuesday, Nov. 12 from 1:30 to 3:00 in CoC 102.
11/20 Gender and video games, by Jose Zagal
Please read "Understanding the social and cultural processes behind the continual male dominance of computer and video game production and consumption" by James Davis, May 2002.
11/27 No seminar; happy Thanksgiving!
12/4 The Sims Online, by Jason Elliott


Spring 2002 -- Wednesday 4-6pm, CCB 270

1/9 Cancelled -- CSCL
1/16 Topics for the Semester -- bring ideas! Amy Bruckman
1/23 JLS Paper Jim Hudson
1/30 ActiveWorlds
[website]
Phil Graham
2/6 Practice Job Talk Jason Ellis
2/13 Gendered Play Spaces
[paper]
Lori Adams
2/20 Failure and Motivation Alisa Bandlow
2/27 Cancelled -- GVU Reception
3/6 Cancelled -- Spring Break
3/13 Project Update Extravaganza
3/20 Social Empowerment through Community Networks
[paper]
Amon Millner
3/27 Webby Judging
[website]
Amy Bruckman
4/3 Exit, Voice, and Loyalty
[amazon]
Amy Bruckman
4/10 Exit, Voice, and Loyalty online discussion
4/17 Cancelled -- UROC awards
4/24 Epinions.com
[website]
Phil Graham


Fall 2001 -- Wednesday 4-6pm, CCB 270

8/22 Topics for the Semester -- bring ideas! Amy Bruckman
8/29 Intrinsic Motivation Chapter
[amazon]
Amy Bruckman
9/5 The JASON Project
[website] [science article]
Josh Sheldon
9/12 CHI Papers Jason Elliott, Jim Hudson, Carlos Jensen
9/19 Jean Camp
[website]
Rob Orr
9/26 MOOSE Crossing Badges Amy Bruckman
10/3 CMC Papers Amy Bruckman, Jim Hudson, Rob Orr
10/10 Cancelled -- AoIR
10/17 HCI for Kids Alisa Bandlow
10/24 Glorianna Davenport
[website] [interactive cinema group]
Amy Bruckman
10/31 Teen Identity Online
[paper]
Tysen Perszyk
11/7 Dark Age of Camelot Jason Elliott
11/14 Reputation Systems
[paper]
Carlos Jensen
11/21 Cancelled -- Thanksgiving
11/28 Pox
[pox website]
Amy Bruckman
12/5 Rob's Paper on Trust Rob Orr


Spring 2001 -- Tuesday 4:30-6:30pm, CCB 270

1/9 Shockwave Rider
[amazon]
Rob Orr
1/16 Virtual High School
[website]
Elizabeth Edwards
1/23 Mathematical Knowing and Teaching
Jason Elliott
1/30 Evaluating the Ring Game
Scott Lewis
2/6 Rheingold's Rethinking Virtual Communities
[amazon]
Amy Bruckman
2/13 EverQuest Study
[paper]
Jason Elliott
2/20 Stella Modelling Tool
[website]
Scott Lewis
2/27 New Game Evaluation -- Sacrifice!
[website]
Jason Ellis
3/6 Cancelled -- Spring Break
3/13 HCI Readings
Carlos Jensen
3/20 Palaver Tree Online CHI Practice Talk
Jason Ellis
3/21 IRC Francais CHI Practice Talk
Jim Hudson
3/27 Webby Awards
Amy Bruckman
4/3 Cancelled -- CHI 2001
4/10 Experience Music Project
[website]
Amy Bruckman
4/17 Cancelled -- UROC Symposium
4/24 HCI for Kids
Amy Bruckman


Fall 2000 -- Tuesday 4:30-6:30pm, CCB 270

8/22 Understanding Comics
[amazon]
Amy Bruckman
8/29 Stasko's Algorithm Animation
[website]
Jason Elliott
9/5 ELC CHI Papers Jason Ellis, Jim Hudson
9/12 Cancelled -- LST Golf Trip
[pirate's cove website]
9/19 Diablo 2
[website] [diablo postmortem]
Amy Bruckman
9/26 Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace
[amazon]
Rob Orr
10/3 Chris Dede
[science space website]
Elizabeth Edwards
10/10 Play with Toys! Amy Bruckman
10/17 Pew Internet
[website]
Josh Berman
10/24 Cancelled -- Fall Break
10/31 EBusiness Amy Bruckman
11/7 Politics Amy Bruckman
11/14 Roomancer
[website]
Scott Lewis
11/21 Social Capital Spencer Chastain
11/28 Ogbu Paper Carlos Jensen
12/5 Cancelled -- Amy Away


Spring 2000 -- Tuesday 4:30-6:30pm, CCB 270

1/11 Topics for the Semester -- bring ideas! Amy Bruckman
1/18 Cancelled -- Amy Sick
1/25 Slashdot Discussion Forum
[website]
Elizabeth Edwards
2/1 IMHO: Authority and Egalitarian Rhetoric in the
Virtual Coffeehouse
Josh Berman
2/8 Asheron's Call
[website]
Stuart Jeff
2/15 Ancient Sites
[website]
Priscilla Dodds
2/22 Boys and Girls Together...but Mostly Apart
Amy Bruckman
2/29 The Social in Cyberspace Steve Hsu
3/7 Cancelled -- Spring Break
3/14 Conference Practice Talk Jim Hudson
3/21 CHI 2000 Practice Talk Carlos Jensen
3/28 Teddybear Patriarchy
Jason Ellis
4/4 Cancelled -- Amy out of town
4/11 Children in the House: The Material Culture of
Early Childhood
Naureen Hooda
4/18 Cancelled -- UROC Symposium
4/25 Cancelled -- AERA
5/2 Cancelled -- Faculty Retreat


Fall 1999 -- Tuesday 4:30-6:30pm, CCB 270

8/24 Cancelled -- Amy out of town
8/31 What I Did on My (really short) Summer Vacation Amy Bruckman
9/7 Cancelled -- Amy out of town
9/14 Carnage Heart
[website] [compute pi]
Scott Lewis
9/21 "Virtual Tales" Project Presentation
Sung Woo Kim
9/28 Educational Applications of VR
[website] [aera paper]
Jason Elliott
10/5 KEI
[website]
Josh Berman
10/12 Cancelled -- Amy out of town
10/19 Cancelled -- Vacation
10/26 One Sky, Many Voices
[website] [paper]
Jason Ellis
11/2 CSILE
[website]
Priscilla Dodds
11/9 IRC Francais & National Geographic Kids Network Jim Hudson
11/16 Cancelled -- GVU Demo Day
11/23 Math Forum
[website]
Carlos Jensen
11/30 New Software Review
12/7 Avatar Construction Kit Usability Test
Stuart Jeff


Spring 1999 -- Tuesday 4:30-6:30pm, CCB 270

3/30 Plans for the Quarter
Amy Bruckman
4/6 MediaMOO
[website]
Carlos Jensen
4/13 True Names Amy Bruckman
4/20 Cancelled for AERA
4/27 EverQuest
[website]  [eq valut]
Stuart Jeff
5/4 One Sky, Many Voices
[website]
Jason Ellis
5/11 CSILE
[website]
Priscilla Dodds
5/18 Cancelled for CHI
5/25 Cancelled for UROC Symposium
6/1 The Journey North
[website]
Elizabeth Edwards


Winter 1999 -- Tuesday 4:30-6:30pm, CCB 270

1/5 Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
[amazon]
Amy Bruckman
1/12 IRC Francais
[website]
Jim Hudson
1/19 Klik & Play
[website]
Jason Elliott
1/26 Toon Talk
[website]
Lizzie Edwards
2/2 UGA Practice Talk Amy Bruckman, Jason Ellis (in MiRC 102)
2/9 MaMaMedia by Idit Harel
[website]
Rodney Walker
2/16 Low-bandwidth voice over the Internet Scott Lewis
2/23 Logo Jim Rowan
3/2 Star Logo Carlos Jensen
3/9 AquaMOOSE 3D
[website]
Stuart Jeff


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