Registration is now open! The NMC Summer Conference is a one-of-a-kind event, attracting highly skilled professionals (that’s YOU!) who are interested in the integration of emerging technologies into teaching, learning, and creative inquiry. Get a quick preview by watching the video, and be sure to register by May 9, 2014! http://www.nmc.org/
The School of Architecture and Allied Arts at the University of Oregon in Portland is offering shared studio workspace and conditional access to the woodshop and Fab Lab in Summer 2014. Individual or group residencies are available for one to eight weeks between June 23 – August 13, 2014. Architects, artists and designers are invited to work in the White Stag Block in the heart of Portland’s Old Town | Chinatown neighborhood. The residency is open to A&AA regular and adjunct faculty interested in spending time in the vibrant Portland environment, with studio space to experiment and develop research. You may request access to the fabrication lab resources including a CNC milling machine, laser-cutters, a rapid-prototyping 3D plastic printer, loaded high-end graphic workstations and an adjacent woodworking shop. Interdisciplinary projects and multi-institutional teams are welcome. There will be no fee for use of the studio facilities, but residents will be required to pay all production-related costs on the fabrication equipment. Residency does not include a stipend or housing. Participants will provide their own materials.
How to Submit a Proposal:
Proposals should be sent electronically to Corey Smitke at csmitke@uoregon.edu, and are due by Monday, May 19th. Please send as digital files or email text (PDF preferred).
Please include the following in your proposal e-mail:
2 possible time periods for your residency
Approximate scale of space required
A general work plan, including any specialized tools and equipment you are requesting access to (ex: lasercutter, woodworking tools)
If requesting access to Fab Lab/Shop equipment, please describe your prior experience and need for technical support.
Name(s), UO affiliation, and contact e-mail addresses for all people on your residency team
* Fab Lab and shop staff support are limited, and we will select proposals based on staff ability to support the proposed projects. Proposals should be academic or personal in nature – we cannot support commercial proposals. Please note that access to shop spaces and equipment may or may not be available depending on the time-frame. Any non UO employees will need to sign a liability waiver before being given access to the residency space. *
You can participate in deciding which of these students will participate in the statewide competition in Portland on Saturday, May 17 by coming to the UO Finals and text-voting in the People’s Choice competition.
Wednesday, May 7
6:00-8:00 pm
Lawrence 177
3MT is a trademarked academic competition developed by the University of Queensland (UQ), Australia, for research students. The exercise develops academic, presentation, and research communication skills and supports the development of graduate students’ capacity to effectively explain their research in three minutes in a language appropriate to an intelligent but non-specialist audience. The trademarked name of this event is Three Minute Thesis, but students may present research they are conducting for a thesis, dissertation, terminal project, or any other research project they are working on. The UO hosted its first competition in 2013. The 2014 UO winners will compete against the winners of the 3MT competitions held at Oregon State University, Oregon Health Sciences University, and Portland State University. Statewide champions will be announced here in May.
See full details on the UO Graduate School website
The Institute for Humanities Research (IHR) seeks an Administrative Professional to serve as Assistant Director of the Nexus Lab. The Nexus Lab is a project of the IHR aimed at growing the digital humanities alongside interdisciplinary collaborations that bring together humanities, science, and technology. The successful candidate will work closely with the IHR Director, Digital Humanities Advisory Board, and Nexus Lab Director to conceptualize and implement an ASU-wide initiative on digital humanities research. The successful candidate will draw upon previous training/experience in digital humanities, collaborative research, and program coordination to further the labs mission of building research capacity and original research in the digital humanities at Arizona State University. Anticipated start date is August 2014. Salary is commensurate with experience.
As Assistant Director, the successful candidate will be expected to work directly with researchers to define, develop, and/or analyze project design, scope, and/or needs; evaluate existing and/or emerging tools and technologies to identify potential uses in humanities research at ASU; and collaborate with other ASU units/agencies to understand and apply various technology infrastructures to maximize resources and effectiveness. The successful candidate will also work with the Director to provide training and group instruction or workshops as appropriate.
Review of applications will begin on May 15, 2014, if not filled, every two weeks thereafter until the search is closed. See full details here.
The ELO is proud to announce the ”The N. Katherine Hayles Award for Criticism of Electronic Literature” and “The Robert Coover Award for a Work of Electronic Literature.” Below is information including guidelines for submissions for each.
“The N. Katherine Hayles Award for Criticism of Electronic Literature” is an award given for the best work of criticism, of any length, on the topic of electronic literature. Bestowed by the Electronic Literature Organization and funded through a generous donation from N. Katherine Hayles and others, this $1000 annual prize aims to recognize excellence in the field. The prize comes with a plaque showing the name of the winner and an acknowledgement of the achievement, and a one-year membership in the Electronic Literature Organization at the Associate Level.
Call for Nominations: April 15-May 10
“The Robert Coover Award for a Work of Electronic Literature” is an award given for the best work of electronic literature of any length or genre. Bestowed by the Electronic Literature Organization and funded through a generous donation from supporters and members of the ELO, this $1000 annual prize aims to recognize creative excellence. The prize comes with a plaque showing the name of the winner and an acknowledgement of the achievement, and a one-year membership in the Electronic Literature Organization at the Associate Level.
Call for Nominations: April 19-May 10
Guidelines for submissions are available here.
Join the NMC and our panel of Natural User Interfaces thought leaders on Wednesday, May 7 at 10am PT / 12pm CT/ 1pm ET (check for local time). This one-hour session will be held in the Google+ On Air platform and broadcasted live on YouTube. Participation is free for all attendees.
Natural user interfaces (NUIs) allow people to engage in virtual activities through movements, manipulating content intuitively. The idea of being able to have a completely natural interaction with devices is not new, but neither has its full potential been realized. What makes NUIs especially interesting is the burgeoning high fidelity of systems that understand gestures, facial expressions, and their nuances, as well as the convergence of gesture-sensing technology with voice recognition, which allows users to interact in an almost natural fashion, with gesture, expression, and voice communicating their intentions to devices. In this event, the panel will explore potential applications for teaching and learning.
Click here to register for the event.
Libraries and Cultural Resources is currently seeking a Full-time Regular Director, University of Calgary Press.
Reporting to the Vice Provost (Libraries and Cultural Resources) and University Librarian, the Director of the University of Calgary Press works collaboratively with the Chair and members of the University of Calgary Press Editorial Board. This position requires a thorough understanding of the trends, challenges, and opportunities in the rapidly changing environment of scholarly communication. The Director works in close collaboration with colleagues in the Centre for Scholarly Communication to explore emerging technologies and new forms of publication, to create and enhance services that support digital scholarship and academic publishing for researchers on campus, and to advance the practices and reputation of the University of Calgary Press.
In addition to print books, the Press embraces open access publishing. The Press published its first open access book in 2010 and strives to publish new titles concurrently in print, open access PDF and other digital formats. It is currently engaged in a program to create open access PDFs for many of its backlist titles.
Application Deadline: May 24, 2014. See full details here.
Game design is a rapidly growing field that demands practitioners with a high degree of sophistication in understanding critical game studies along with the technical capabilities to create a finished game product or experience. A proposed program in Game Design and Development at the Brantford campus of Wilfrid Laurier University seeks a senior colleague to shape and guide the formative years of this program. Applications are being accepted for this position, beginning July 1, 2015, at the Associate or Full Professor level, subject to budgetary and program approval. The successful candidate must have a Ph.D. in a relevant discipline and will have academic and practical expertise in the area of games. The academic home for this position is in the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences.
The deadline for receipt of materials is May 15, 2014 at 4:30 pm. See full details here.
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