See how the Ars Electronica Quadcopter Swarm (consisting of 3D pixels known as “Spaxels,” which are named from a combination of the terms “space” and “pixels”) use mini-helicopters to paint with light: http://www.aec.at/spaxels/en/
See the TEDx talk “Digital Storytelling: Changing People, Perceptions, and Lives,” which was held as part of the “Turning Points”-themed event at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhJDUIQ9EzY
Who holds the intellectual property (IP) rights to your digital dissertation? http://www.hastac.org/blogs/amanda-visconti/2013/12/09/copyleft-ip-rights-and-digital-humanities-dissertations
Videos from this year’s Global Forum on Media and Gender (Bangkok, Thailand from Dec. 2-4): http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-and-information/crosscutting-priorities/gender-and-media/global-forum-on-media-and-gender/global-Forum-on-Media-and-Gender-Videos
College Television Awards is now accepting nominations for video, digital, and film work. The submission deadline is Jan. 14th, 2014! http://www.emmysfoundation.org/college-television-awards
“Digital preservation is access…in the future” — David Brunton: http://digitalhumanitiesnow.org/2013/12/editors-choice-the-web-as-a-preservation-medium/
Hey UO Students! Looking for an NMCC-approved Elective course for Winter Term? Check out J480/580: Social Media Strategy for Public Relations!
Course description: J480/580 is a special topics course on the strategic use of social media in public relations. This conceptual course is built on a basic foundation of how to use social media tools (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, etc.) with the goal of understanding the who, what, where, when, why, and how of social media for the purpose of building, managing, and repairing stakeholder relationships. The final project consists of developing a strategic social media plan.
Check out the newest NMC Horizon Report, which examines emerging technologies for their potential impact on and use in museum education and interpretation: http://www.nmc.org/news/its-here-horizon-report-2013-museum-edition?utm_source=nmc+publications&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=nmc+horizon+report+2013+museum+edition+news+storyNMC
“The power of technology should be harnessed to support innovation and discovery. We envision the move to more digitally-based curriculum will allow for greater flexibility at the local level to support learning at any time, place or pace, as well as the opportunity to continuously improve and refresh programs of study and learning resources.”
— Jeff Johnson, Minister of Education for Alberta
How can academe recognize the contributions and needs of Ph.D.’s in nonfaculty jobs?http://chronicle.com/article/A-Move-to-Bring-Staff-Scholars/143241?cid=megamenu
Image: Brian Taylor