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CIDER Sessions: Call for Presenters


As we begin our 2016/17 season of CIDER Sessions, we invite researchers working in distance, distributed, online, or blended education to present in our ongoing monthly seminar series.

The Canadian Initiative for Distance Education Research (CIDER) is a research initiative of the International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning (IRRODL) and the Centre for Distance Education (CDE), Canada’s largest graduate and professional distance education programming provider, at Athabasca University, Canada’s Open University.

The CIDER Sessions are an online, open and free seminar series where researchers or research groups can present their work to a broad audience of fellow researchers, practitioners, and students from across Canada and around the world. Sessions are typically held on the first Wednesday of each month from 11am-noon Mountain time, though some exceptions may be possible to accommodate the presenter’s time zone. Presented through Adobe Connect, they are one hour in length, including questions from the audience, and are recorded, archived, and distributed through the CIDER site, at:

http://cider.athabascau.ca

A small number of spots may be available for students nearing completion of their dissertation or thesis. International presenters are welcome; all presentations are held in English.

If you have recent research for our CIDER audience and would like to present in this season’s series, please contact Dan Wilton atdwilton@athabascau.ca with a brief description of your research topic and approximate date when it will be available for presentation.

Dan Wilton
CIDER Sessions coordinator and host
Athabasca University
dwilton@athabascau.ca

Educational Technology (Instructional Design & Technology) and Online Conferences

The following list of conferences was adapted from Clayton R. Wright’s (June to December 2016, Edition #35) list Educational Technology and Education Conferences. I have simply highlighted conferences that have my interest (whether because of the organization, the alignment with my own research and interests, or location). Download Wright’s original list for more information and be sure to check with each organization to verify any details.

August 2016

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November 2016

December 2016

  • December 9-10, 2016 Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) International Conference on MOOCs, Innovation and Technology in Education, 4th. Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, India. http://www.mite2016.com/

January 2017

February 2017

March 2017

April 2017

May 2017

June 2017

  • June 12-15, 2017 Innovate Education Colorado, (InnEdCo, formerly Technology in Education), biennial. Keystone, Colorado, USA. http://tiecolorado.org/
  • June 18-22, 2017 International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL): Making a Difference – Prioritizing Equity and Access in CSCL, 12th biennial. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. https://www.isls.org/news/entry/cscl-2017-philadelphia-june-18-22-2017
  • June ? 2017 International Conference on Communities and Technologies, 8th, biennial. Previously held June 27-30, 2015 in Limerick, Ireland. http://comtech.community/

July 2017

August 2017

September 2017

  • September 6-8, 2017 International Educational Technology Conference, 16th, International Teacher Education, and International Education Conference. Harvard University Faculty Club, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. http://www.ite-c.net/

October 2017

CALL FOR CHAPTERS: Mediating Misogyny: Gender, Technology, & Harassment

CFP: Greetings, my colleague and I are currently soliciting submissions for an edited collection tentatively titled “Mediating Misogyny: Gender, Technology, & Harassment” that may be of interest to some in this group. Please consider submitting & circulate widely, thanks!

This proposed edited collection of interdisciplinary essays aims to critically analyze the ways the internet and digital technologies mediate misogyny, gender-based harassment, and assault. The online harassment of women has been gaining increasing visibility with contemporary incidents such as Gamergate, revenge porn sites, and the public misogynistic trolling campaigns directed at celebrities and journalists. In response, women are using the internet as a space for consciousness raising, feminist activism, collective storytelling, and resistance to gender-based harassment. This book will analyze how gender-based harassment is mediated and also uncover the ways women are using digital media technologies to fight back against harassment, trolls, and assault – both online and offline.

In an effort to propel the conversations forward and expand the discourse, we are particularly interested in chapters that not only document, critique, and analyze gender-based online harassment, but also put forward possible solutions that include a wide array of stakeholders and spheres including (but not limited to): activism, education, platform design, the law, social norms, workplace and platform policy, and the market.

We invite theoretical, qualitative, and quantitative approaches to the topic and welcome different disciplinary approaches including, but not limited to: cultural studies, media studies, critical race theory, gender studies, feminist approaches, communication, journalism, sociology, cultural anthropology, technology studies, and historiography.

Possible topics might include, but are not limited to:
– Feminism as related to safe (digital) spaces
– The public sphere and women’s participation in networked publics
– The relationship between platform design, policies, and online harassment
– The intersections of sexuality, race, ability, religion, age, class, and/or geography and the relationship to gender-based harassment
– Historical approaches to and contextualization of digital misogyny
– Case studies documenting, critiquing, and analyzing harassment via digital media
– The blurred boundaries of online and offline harassment
– Feminist anti-harassment activist campaigns
– Mediated representations of online harassment in news journalism and/or fictional narratives
– Harassment of women in the global south and other underrepresented online populations
– Professional women and harassment on the job

Please send complete chapters (max. 7,000 words w/ refs), a brief bio, and full CV to Dr. Jacqueline Vickery (jacqueline.vickery@unt.edu) and Dr. Tracy Everbach (tracy.everbach@unt.edu) by November 1, 2016. We will market the book for classroom adoption so take an undergraduate audience into consideration in your tone, scope, and approach.  Routledge has indicated interest as part of the Gender & Sexuality series and we will continue to consider other reputable academic publishers. Please circulate the CFP widely with graduate students, faculty, and independent scholars who work on any aspect of (digital) media, gender, and harassment.