tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64420875167546747822024-03-09T09:00:54.480+00:00Transdisciplinary DMUTransdisciplinary Research, Teaching and Innovation at De Montfort UniversityMartin Rieserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05836327416880986971noreply@blogger.comBlogger94125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6442087516754674782.post-35570845818998530412013-09-10T20:36:00.001+01:002013-09-10T20:36:30.813+01:00Video on the work of the DMU Transdisciplinary Common Room<div style="text-align: center;">
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The Transdisciplinary Common Room at De Montfort University provides a relaxed and congenial space for transdisciplinary conversations about Research, Teaching and Innovation. This short film made in 2013 by Lisa Gee and Tove Dalenius looks at the work of the Common Room. Thanks to all the colleagues and guests featured here.Sue Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12138005879011370810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6442087516754674782.post-62778509935278430942013-06-19T13:39:00.003+01:002013-06-19T13:39:42.510+01:00Change of Management at the TDCIMPORTANT UPDATE, JUNE 2013<br />
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From July 2013, Dr Francesca Franco of the IOCT will be managing the TDC Talks schedule. If you have ideas for next year please email her at ffranco@dmu.ac.ukSue Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12138005879011370810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6442087516754674782.post-12572764147857812572013-04-17T12:15:00.001+01:002013-04-29T09:02:09.895+01:00WordPress as online CV and Personal Development Auditor<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 18.0pt;">April 18<sup>th</sup> 1-2pm WordPress as
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">One interesting fact about social media is that the tools
often can be used in many wide and varied ways that the original creators never
thought of. To start to appreciate the power and versatility of the WordPress
blogging platform, in this upcoming lunchtime session we will explore some of
the features of WordPress by explaining how WordPress can be used as an
online CV and Personal Development Auditor. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As is usual this initial topic is intended to spark
discussion on the featured themes of the session – in this case WordPress,
Blogging, CV Building and Personal Development.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A regular session of face to face and online sessions will
gradually evolve from May onwards. We look forward to seeing new faces at this
event on the 18<sup>th</sup>. If you want more information about the group
please contact Steve Mackenzie (<a href="mailto:smackenzie@dmu.ac.uk">smackenzie@dmu.ac.uk</a>
) or Thom Corah (<a href="mailto:tcorah@dmu.ac.uk">tcorah@dmu.ac.uk</a>). For
those attending and especially those that cannot make the event please join our
<a href="https://plus.google.com/communities/112373844650640338606">google plus</a>
or <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/TDSocialMedia/">Facebook</a>
Groups. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Steve Mackenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13773778141513293168noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6442087516754674782.post-46295662601243545402013-04-09T10:19:00.004+01:002013-04-29T09:02:23.767+01:00Update April 2013<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Thanks to all who attended last semester's talks. No more events are planned for this academic year. Further news to follow.</span></div>
Sue Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12138005879011370810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6442087516754674782.post-82600788177362746522013-02-06T21:23:00.000+00:002013-04-29T09:02:38.439+01:00New Student-led Transdisciplinary Discussion Group <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">At 4pm this Friday I'll be hosting the first meeting of an informal discussion group focused on introducing research students to some basic elements of Transdisciplinarity.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As a joint venture with the Postgraduate Research Students' Association, this group will serve several purposes; to provide a relaxed setting for new research students to discuss and debate the ways research is approached in other fields, to develop presentation and discussion skills amongst fellow students from a range of different disciplines, and to provide an extra channel through which the range of events offered by the TDC can be promoted to research students.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It is my intention to demonstrate, for new researchers, that extending the scope of one's practice to engaging other fields of study need not be an intimidating experience. I also recognise that even more experienced students can still find research to be a very solitary experience, and I feel that the collaborative environment offered by the TDC could provide a way for us to challenge that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The first meeting will simply be to discuss what people would like to get out of such sessions - particularly regarding how often we should meet. I have been promoting this via the PRSA Facebook page and had resoundingly positive feedback welcoming the proposal. Although many people declared their interest and support, obviously the key thing I'll need to get this project off the ground is numbers. If anyone could direct me towards other channels I could use to promote the group, or has any students of their own who they feel would either benefit from or contribute well to this group, I'd be very grateful to know.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Many thanks,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">David Hucklesby</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">PRSA Rep to the TDC Committee (and vice-versa)</span></div>
Dave Hucklesbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03989999418309163003noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6442087516754674782.post-75701761128057987212013-02-01T11:11:00.001+00:002013-04-29T09:02:59.063+01:00Getting Social and Improving Productivity, Thu, Feb 7th 1pm<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This group seeks to advise and support members on how social media can help them individually, for teaching, for research, for communication and collaboration and for business. In fact we will explore as many of the varying aspects of social media that the group wishes to.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As we look to develop the DMU’S transdisciplinary unit's social media group we are going to start this week with a 10 minute presentation introducing a simple but very effective web based productivity tool called <a href="http://evernote.com/">evernote</a>. The rest of the session will be assigned to drinking coffee and chewing cud on various topics related to social media.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We welcome all levels, whether they be inexperienced or regular users of social media. We are all learning whatever our level of experience. Please come along.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Look forward to seeing you at the next meeting (TDU Common Room, near Fletcher Building).</span><br />
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Steve Mackenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13773778141513293168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6442087516754674782.post-89129734981561799892013-01-30T12:11:00.002+00:002013-04-29T09:03:49.472+01:001pm Wed 13 Feb 2013: The Pataphysics of the Future, Prof Andrew Hugill, (Humanities, Faculty of Art, Design and Humanities) with Prof Hongji Yang (Software Technology Reseach Lab, Faculty of Technology) and Fania Raczinski (Institute Of Creative Technologies)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This talk will take Alfred Jarry's idea of pataphysics as a starting-point for future predictions in areas such as computer science, digital humanities, media arts, and literature. It suggests that the "crying need" for pataphysics first identified by King Ubu is more keenly felt than ever in an era of utilitarianism. It will unveil the 'Syzygy Surfer', a new technology that has been developed in the IOCT, that fuses pataphysics and search to create an unpredictable and divergent engine.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Recommended Reading: Hugill, Andrew (2012) 'Pataphysics: A Useless Guide. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Prof Andrew Hugill, (Humanities, Faculty of Art, Design and Humanities) with Prof Hongji Yang (Software Technology Reseach Lab, Faculty of Technology) and Fania Raczinski (Institute Of Creative Technolgoies)</span><br />
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<a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>How TDC lunchtimes work</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">TDC Lunchtimes offer an opportunity to mix informally with colleagues from across the university. There is always a pot of tea on the go so why not bring your sandwiches and enjoy lunch with us? This term we meet every Wednesday for an hour from 1pm-2pm. There will be a talk or video or workshop for about 30 minutes, then the rest of the time will be taken up with conversation and networking around the teapot.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Location</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The TDC is based in the old surgery behind Fletcher building, No.36 on the <a href="http://www.dmu.ac.uk/documents/about-dmu-documents/how-to-find-us/2012-dmu-access-map.pdf" target="_blank">Campus Map</a>. Access is by staff card, or ring the doorbell.</span></div>
Sue Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12138005879011370810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6442087516754674782.post-50284091431287665802013-01-30T09:52:00.000+00:002013-04-29T09:04:03.700+01:00Wed 27 February 2013: Playing the Future (Talk) & Playtools for the Future (Workshop), Pat Kane, Lead curator at NESTA & author of The Play Ethic<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Two events in the Transdisciplinary Common Room, 27th February 2013. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>1pm-2pm Lunchtime Talk - Playing The Future: how simulation, performance, making and gaming can get us us ready for the 21st century</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CyxBIKuse14/UQjrTkBG6xI/AAAAAAAAAbI/Rw-1JQ5tIi0/s1600/Kane+Screen+Shot+2013-01-25+at+16.58.07.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="193" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CyxBIKuse14/UQjrTkBG6xI/AAAAAAAAAbI/Rw-1JQ5tIi0/s200/Kane+Screen+Shot+2013-01-25+at+16.58.07.gif" width="200" /></a>Futurology (the discipline of anticipating possible futures) has always had an intrinsic relationship to one of our most elemental emotional and cognitive systems - play. Over-estimating the possible positive or negative consequences of one's actions, in a practice zone where risk is not fatal, is hard-wired into our evolutionary equipment as symbolic mammals. Pat Kane, curator of NESTA's forthcoming FutureFest, will show how futurology is as natural to us as daydreaming - and how a generation defined by games and simulations will take this future-consciousness to a new level.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>2.30pm-4.00pm Workshop - Playtools for the Future: using Design Fiction, Gamification and SF in futurological practice </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><b>Places are limited. <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1HTT3AKtGZGCvQY593DXI5mkuuB9QeOpfrM8hc2ecKbk/viewform" target="_blank">Register here</a> </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2NlgR0rmvws/UQjraUGDmzI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/o3pUzpWCqCw/s1600/pat+kane.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="190" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2NlgR0rmvws/UQjraUGDmzI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/o3pUzpWCqCw/s200/pat+kane.png" width="200" /></a>Futurology is a discipline beset with hubris, both conceptual and statistical. "All the best laid plans of mice and men...." Yet there are a range of techniques - design fictions, gamification and SF writing - which can help us navigate the future more adroitly, and enjoyably, than weighty tomes from think-tanks or corporations. This workshop will introduce, and then invite participants to briefly try out, these more expressive tools of futurology.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Pat Kane </b>is a writer, musician, consultant and activist, based in Glasgow and London. He is Lead Curator at NESTA and the author of The Play Ethic (Macmillan, 2004), and Radical Animal: Innovation, Sustainability and Human Nature (forthcoming) (<a href="http://www.radicalanimal.net/">www.radicalanimal.net</a>). He is one half of Scottish pop group Hue And Cry.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6442087516754674782" name="more"></a><b>How TDC lunchtimes work</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">TDC Lunchtimes offer an opportunity to mix informally with colleagues from across the university. There is always a pot of tea on the go so why not bring your sandwiches and enjoy lunch with us? This term we meet every Wednesday for an hour from 1pm-2pm. There will be a talk or video or workshop for about 30 minutes, then the rest of the time will be taken up with conversation and networking around the teapot.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Location</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The TDC is based in the old surgery behind Fletcher building, No.36 on the <a href="http://www.dmu.ac.uk/documents/about-dmu-documents/how-to-find-us/2012-dmu-access-map.pdf" target="_blank">Campus Map</a>. Access is by staff card, or ring the doorbell.</span></div>
Sue Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12138005879011370810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6442087516754674782.post-77861849687082864572013-01-21T17:24:00.003+00:002013-04-29T09:04:22.156+01:00Social Media Group Kicking Off Soon<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Looking ahead to the social media group meeting on Thursday (TDC Common Room 1pm). We’ll need to get to know a bit more about each other, our knowledge and abilities and the things we are interested in learning about. So ahead of the meeting if you get time:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1. Consider the main social media tools you currently use? On a scale of 1-10 where 1 is low and 10 is high, for each tool rate the following: i) your frequency of use and ii) your ability to use the tool effectively
2. Note down some key observations or questions about the tool.
3. Note down any Ideas you’d like to try out with this tool.
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">From this initial starting point we’ll use our first meeting to hear more about your ideas and develop a plan of action for the coming months ahead.
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Should we need to cancel the session due to the weather we’ll let you know with a TD blog post on Thursday Morning.
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If you are coming drop us a note in the comments. It would be good to know who is attending
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Regards
Steve & Thom
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Steve Mackenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13773778141513293168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6442087516754674782.post-24102308691017059322013-01-21T16:22:00.002+00:002013-01-21T16:22:46.585+00:00Roger Bamkin's Introduction to Wikipedia slidesFor those who attended Roger Bamkin's Wikipedia sessions before Christmas and want to refresh their learning, here are his slides.<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" height="426" mozallowfullscreen="true" src="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1UJeD4DuTQVO2FBQv7YQB9R_7jbVefK9fvnDLodii6ww/embed?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="529"></iframe>Sue Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12138005879011370810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6442087516754674782.post-53840669339992845082013-01-21T11:09:00.001+00:002013-03-10T18:43:23.391+00:001pm Wed 6 March 2013: Reading into the future; the rise of total fiction? Stella Wisdom, The British Library<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Stella blogged about her visit <a href="http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/digital-scholarship/2013/03/common-place-books-total-fiction-and-twitter-.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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Stella Wisdom, a Digital Curator at the British Library, will discuss her views on how we will be reading in 2025; looking at trends and predictions for technology developments, changes in media consumption behaviour and the implications for our current understanding of reading, game playing and film watching all as separate, distinct activities.<br />
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<i>Stella Wisdom is currently a Digital Curator at the British Library; her professional interests are diverse and include social media, digitisation, library and information history, webarchiving, crowdsourcing, videogame culture and preservation.</i><br />
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<i>Stella joined the British Library in 2006 and before relocating to London in 2010, she managed Collection Storage at the British Library's site at Boston Spa in Yorkshire. Stella has also previously worked at the Library and Information Statistics Unit based at Loughborough University, the Warburg Institute Library and the National Library of Scotland. </i><br />
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<i>Stella has a BA joint honours in Art History and Information and Library Studies from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, an MA in Museum Studies from the University of Leicester and she is a chartered member of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (MCLIP). In 2006 Stella won the CILIP/Online Information Personal Development Award.</i><br />
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<i>Email address: stella.wisdom@bl.uk</i><br />
<i>Twitter: @miss_wisdom </i><br />
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<a name='more'></a><b>How TDC lunchtimes work</b><br />
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TDC Lunchtimes offer an opportunity to mix informally with colleagues from across the university. There is always a pot of tea on the go so why not bring your sandwiches and enjoy lunch with us? This term we meet every Wednesday for an hour from 1pm-2pm. There will be a talk or video or workshop for about 30 minutes, then the rest of the time will be taken up with conversation and networking around the teapot.<br />
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<b>Location</b><br />
The TDC is based in the old surgery behind Fletcher building, No.36 on the <a href="http://www.dmu.ac.uk/documents/about-dmu-documents/how-to-find-us/2012-dmu-access-map.pdf" target="_blank">Campus Map</a>. Access is by staff card, or ring the doorbell.Sue Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12138005879011370810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6442087516754674782.post-16312280375276559972013-01-18T15:35:00.000+00:002013-04-29T09:05:36.782+01:001pm Wed 20 March 2013: 2025 - The Emergence of Dancing Engineers? Funmi Adewole<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We celebrate the end of this short season of thinking about the future with a view from Funmi Adewole, a PhD candidate in the Department of Dance. She thinks that with globalisation, the internet, changes in funding, education, Dance as a profession and a subject is evolving. Maybe 2025 will see the emergence of the dancing engineers. She recommends these blogs to look at before her session:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://spangbergianism.wordpress.com/2012/09/13/seventeen-points-for-the-future-of-dance/">http://spangbergianism.wordpress.com/2012/09/13/seventeen-points-for-the-future-of-dance/</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://curiosity.discovery.com/question/future-of-dance">http://curiosity.discovery.com/question/future-of-dance</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/dance/9644303/Dance-in-Britain-is-under-threat-warns-head-of-Sadlers-Wells.html%22">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/dance/9644303/Dance-in-Britain-is-under-threat-warns-head-of-Sadlers-Wells.html</a></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">TDC Lunchtimes offer an opportunity to mix informally with colleagues from across the university. There is always a pot of tea on the go so why not bring your sandwiches and enjoy lunch with us? This term we meet every Wednesday for an hour from 1pm-2pm. There will be a talk or video or workshop for about 30 minutes, then the rest of the time will be taken up with conversation and networking around the teapot.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The TDC is based in the old surgery behind Fletcher building, No.36 on the <a href="http://www.dmu.ac.uk/documents/about-dmu-documents/how-to-find-us/2012-dmu-access-map.pdf" target="_blank">Campus Map</a>. Access is by staff card, or ring the doorbell</span></div>
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Sue Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12138005879011370810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6442087516754674782.post-38662373525507720392013-01-14T11:24:00.002+00:002013-04-29T09:05:48.645+01:001pm Wed 13 March 2013 (was 20 Feb): Science Fiction Prototyping, Dr Neil McBride <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Science Fiction (SF) Prototyping is an approach to understanding the future impact of current and developing technology. Developed by Brian Johnson, as part of Intel's Tomorrow Project, it explores our possible futures through fact-based, science-based fiction. We will look at the advantages of SF prototyping, examples, tools to support science fiction prototyping, and work on our own SF prototype. See also <a href="http://dces.essex.ac.uk/Research/iieg/CS2011.htm" target="_blank">Creative Science Foundation 2nd International Workshop</a> and <a href="http://www.intel.co.uk/content/www/us/en/research/tomorrow-project/the-tomorrow-project.html" target="_blank">Intel Tomorrow Project</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">TDC Lunchtimes offer an opportunity to mix informally with colleagues from across the university. There is always a pot of tea on the go so why not bring your sandwiches and enjoy lunch with us? This term we meet every Wednesday for an hour from 1pm-2pm. There will be a talk or video or workshop for about 30 minutes, then the rest of the time will be taken up with conversation and networking around the teapot.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The TDC is based in the old surgery behind Fletcher building, No.36 on the <a href="http://www.dmu.ac.uk/documents/about-dmu-documents/how-to-find-us/2012-dmu-access-map.pdf" target="_blank">Campus Map</a>. Access is by staff card, or ring the doorbell</span><br />
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Sue Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12138005879011370810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6442087516754674782.post-3291990800165656032013-01-14T11:06:00.001+00:002013-04-29T09:06:01.965+01:001pm Wed 30 Jan 2013: Learning Oasis or Learning Desert? Education in 2025, Prof Sue Thomas<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What will education look like in 2025? This workshop is a hands-on opportunity to consider the question from a future forecasting perspective.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">TDC Lunchtimes offer an opportunity to mix informally with colleagues from across the university. There is always a pot of tea on the go so why not bring your sandwiches and enjoy lunch with us? This term we meet every Wednesday for an hour from 1pm-2pm. There will be a talk or video or workshop for about 30 minutes, then the rest of the time will be taken up with conversation and networking around the teapot.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The TDC is based in the old surgery behind Fletcher building, No.36 on the <a href="http://www.dmu.ac.uk/documents/about-dmu-documents/how-to-find-us/2012-dmu-access-map.pdf" target="_blank">Campus Map</a>. Access is by staff card, or ring the doorbell</span><br />
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Sue Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12138005879011370810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6442087516754674782.post-34118380413169463962013-01-02T10:13:00.001+00:002013-04-29T09:06:13.779+01:00Digital Opera Symposium, Friday 1st March 2013 <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Digital Opera Research Group investigates all aspects of digital opera, using analytical, musicological and creative research methods. "Digital Opera" is deemed to include works that self-define as such and digital works that are conceived on an operatic scale or with operatic intentions. It is a precept of the DORG that the art-form "opera" is being substantially reinvented in the digital age. Our research concerns the nature and consequences of this reinvention. This symposium will present new works and insights from the members' activities, and that of like-minded researchers, and offer discussion time on a range of themes.</span></div>
Sue Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12138005879011370810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6442087516754674782.post-72183506761249090442012-12-17T18:22:00.000+00:002013-01-21T17:26:42.128+00:00New Social Media GroupFollowing the popularity of the social media workshop two weeks ago, myself and Thom Corah are pleased to accept the role of facilitators for a new social media group to help members explore the practicalities and possibilities of using social media for teaching and learning and more widely.<br /><br />We of course do not know all there is to know about social media, but we both have good experience of various aspects of social media use and will be able to use this to help people along the various paths that they wish to travel. We also hope that group members can help each other by sharing best practice and ideas.<br /><br />We propose to hold the first meeting on <b>Thursday January 24th from 1-3pm</b> We’ve set a side two hours for the initial meeting which ideally we’d like you to attend for at least the first 90 mins. We have arranged subsequent follow up meetings on <b>Thursday, February 7th at 1pm</b> and <b>Thursday, February 21st at 1pm</b>, where the intention is to work as a group for an hour, with some spill over time for those that have things that they have time to explore a bit further. All Meetings to be held in the usual TDU Building (near Fletcher building).<br />
<br />We look forward to taking things forward in the new year. Please let us know if you are coming it will help with the planning. If you have a mobile device such as laptop or tablet please bring it with you. Not everyone will need one, but we will need a few for some group work that we will do.<br /><br />Look forward to seeing you soon.<br /><br /><b>Steve and Thom </b>Steve Mackenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13773778141513293168noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6442087516754674782.post-81929678350895718062012-12-16T18:36:00.002+00:002013-04-29T09:06:29.981+01:001pm Wed 9 Jan 2013: An Introduction to Future Foresight, Prof Sue Thomas<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">All academics are experts in the past and present of their subject. But can you hazard a prediction for what you might be teaching and researching in 2025? This session kicks off a <a href="http://transdisciplinarydmu.blogspot.co.uk/p/2025.html">series about 2025</a> with an overview of the skills we need to acquire in order to think like a futurist. Sue Thomas draws on her experience of working with the <a href="http://www.iftf.org/">Institute for the Future</a> in Palo Alto, California to share some ideas about what it means to develop and apply future foresight.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">TDC Lunchtimes offer an opportunity to mix informally with colleagues from across the university. There is always a pot of tea on the go so why not bring your sandwiches and enjoy lunch with us? This term we meet every Wednesday for an hour from 1pm-2pm. There will be a talk or video or workshop for about 30 minutes, then the rest of the time will be taken up with conversation and networking around the teapot.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The TDC is based in the old surgery behind Fletcher building, No.36 on the <a href="http://www.dmu.ac.uk/documents/about-dmu-documents/how-to-find-us/2012-dmu-access-map.pdf" target="_blank">Campus Map</a>. Access is by staff card, or ring the doorbell</span><br />
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<b>ABCs of Forecasting</b><br />
<b>Prof James Woudhuysen, ADH</b><br />
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It is right to be sceptical about forecasting – but it's wrong to be too sceptical. Among the ABCs:<br />
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1 Make a folder of Issues around which to exert thought leadership. Include Asia<br />
2 Collect and suspect more forecasts. Distinguish between real and perceived risk <br />
3 Beware government's fondness for policy-based forecasts<br />
4 What appears new isn't always new; what appears old isn't always old <br />
5 The algebra of numerical forecasts is more important than the arithmetic<br />
6 Identify tendencies and counter-tendencies, and try to synthesise them<br />
7 Some of today's forecasts are complacent; most are full of doom<br />
8 'The best way of predicting the future is to invent it' <br />
9 Write an industry bible (even if it's just for internal use)<br />
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TDC Lunchtimes offer an opportunity to mix informally with colleagues from across the university. There is always a pot of tea on the go so why not bring your sandwiches and enjoy lunch with us? This term we meet every Wednesday for an hour from 1pm-2pm. There will be a talk or video or workshop for about 30 minutes, then the rest of the time will be taken up with conversation and networking around the teapot.<br />
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<b>Location</b><br />
The TDC is based in the old surgery behind Fletcher building, No.36 on the <a href="http://www.dmu.ac.uk/documents/about-dmu-documents/how-to-find-us/2012-dmu-access-map.pdf" target="_blank">Campus Map</a>. Access is by staff card, or ring the doorbellSue Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12138005879011370810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6442087516754674782.post-21429375393181425292012-12-03T16:33:00.000+00:002013-01-25T14:28:59.626+00:001pm Wed 23 Jan 2013: Researching future technologies and their ethical consequences, Prof Bernd Stahl<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fo_ReG_EhWY/ULzSePFug_I/AAAAAAAAAYo/Kjt_F-ywsz8/s1600/stahl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fo_ReG_EhWY/ULzSePFug_I/AAAAAAAAAYo/Kjt_F-ywsz8/s200/stahl.jpg" width="164" /></a><b>Researching future technologies and their ethical consequences</b><br />
<b><a href="http://www.cse.dmu.ac.uk/~bstahl/index.html" target="_blank">Prof Bernd Stahl</a>, CCSR</b><br />
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The ETICA project (Ethical Issues of Emerging ICT Applications) ran from 2009 to 2011. This talk will detail the principles of the project, methodological problems and the eventual approach. The talk will reflect on the value and downsides of futures research. Project website: <a href="http://www.etica-project.eu/">www.etica-project.eu</a><br />
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TDC Lunchtimes offer an opportunity to mix informally with colleagues from across the university. There is always a pot of tea on the go so why not bring your sandwiches and enjoy lunch with us? This term we meet every Wednesday for an hour from 1pm-2pm. There will be a talk or video or workshop for about 30 minutes, then the rest of the time will be taken up with conversation and networking around the teapot.<br />
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The TDC is based in the old surgery behind Fletcher building, No.36 on the <a href="http://www.dmu.ac.uk/documents/about-dmu-documents/how-to-find-us/2012-dmu-access-map.pdf" target="_blank">Campus Map</a>. Access is by staff card, or ring the doorbellSue Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12138005879011370810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6442087516754674782.post-49931599289176119682012-12-03T08:23:00.000+00:002012-12-03T08:23:22.168+00:002025: Forecasting the Future - TDC Spring Lunchtimes<br />
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To accommodate those who could not make it on Tuesdays in the Autumn Term, Spring Term TDC Lunchtime Sessions will take place on <b>Wednesdays 1pm-2pm</b></div>
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All academics are experts in the past and present of their subject. But can you hazard a prediction for what you might be teaching and researching in 2025? This series looks at the skills of future foresight and invites your own predictions.</div>
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In Spring 2013 the TDC asks colleagues to peer ahead a dozen years and think about the year 2025. What will your discipline look like in twelve years’ time? Whether your subject area is Law, Computer Science, Healthcare, English, Design, Social Work or anything else we teach or research at DMU, each will undoubtedly be different in 2025. What will be the problems, issues and opportunities facing it in 2025? What will the campus itself look like? We invite your predictions.<br />
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We will audio-record each session and create a website where your predictions will be saved for posterity.<br />
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<b>How to offer a talk</b><br />
Please share your own thoughts about the future by offering a 30 minute talk or workshop including at least one prediction for 2025. For example, you might look at:<br />
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<li>what are the burning issues in your field now?</li>
<li>what do you predict they will be in 2025?</li>
<li>what difficulties have you faced in predicting the future of your subject?</li>
<li>what measurable prediction(s) can you make about your field in 2025?</li>
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To offer a talk, just choose a vacant date on the calendar, <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dE1TdXBpTURGWndjUEVFVWRkUzZDbVE6MQ#gid=0" target="_blank">fill in this form</a> and we'll get back to you to confirm. If you'd like to discuss your idea first, contact <a href="mailto:sue.thomas@dmu.ac.uk" target="_blank">Prof Sue Thomas</a>.<br />
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<b>Not sure how to approach it? Take a look at some of these websites for inspiration:</b><br />
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<li>EU Commission 'Our World in 2025' <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cfm?pg=newsalert&lg=en&year=2009&na=na-230909">http://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cfm?pg=newsalert&lg=en&year=2009&na=na-230909</a></li>
<li>European Ideas Network 'The World in 2025' <a href="http://www.europeanideasnetwork.com/files/2025_en.pdf">http://www.europeanideasnetwork.com/files/2025_en.pdf</a></li>
<li>Sunday Telegraph at 50: what will the world be like in another 50 years? <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/sunday-telegraph-at-50/8306153/Sunday-Telegraph-at-50-what-will-the-world-be-like-in-another-50-years.html" target="_blank">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/sunday-telegraph-at-50/8306153/Sunday-Telegraph-at-50-what-will-the-world-be-like-in-another-50-years.html </a></li>
<li>Arup Foresight</li>
<ul>
<li>Main page <a href="http://www.driversofchange.com/">http://www.driversofchange.com/</a></li>
<li>Campus of the Future <a href="http://www.driversofchange.com/make/research/campus-of-the-future/">http://www.driversofchange.com/make/research/campus-of-the-future/</a></li>
</ul>
<li>Institute for the Future (IFTF)</li>
<ul>
<li>Main page <a href="http://www.iftf.org/home/">http://www.iftf.org/home/</a></li>
<li>Map of the Decade <a href="http://www.iftf.org/our-work/global-landscape/ten-year-forecast/2012-map-of-the-decade/">http://www.iftf.org/our-work/global-landscape/ten-year-forecast/2012-map-of-the-decade/</a></li>
<li>Learning <a href="http://www.iftf.org/our-work/global-landscape/learning/">http://www.iftf.org/our-work/global-landscape/learning/</a></li>
</ul>
<li>The Long Now Foundation <a href="http://longnow.org/">http://longnow.org/</a></li>
<li>KnowledgeWorks Forecast 3.0, Recombinant Education: Regenerating the Learning Ecosystem <a href="http://knowledgeworks.org/futures-thinking">http://knowledgeworks.org/futures-thinking</a></li>
<li>The RSA <a href="http://www.thersa.org/events/video/vision-videos/how-to-change-the-future">http://www.thersa.org/events/video/vision-videos/how-to-change-the-future</a></li>
<li>Thinking Futures: Higher Education disrupting... <a href="http://thinkingfutures.net/higher-education-disrupting/">http://thinkingfutures.net/higher-education-disrupting/</a></li>
</ul>
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Image: http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01819/future-city_1819612b.jpg</div>
Sue Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12138005879011370810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6442087516754674782.post-3719687391286422762012-11-20T16:43:00.003+00:002012-11-22T16:39:44.632+00:00Light Logic and Leicester<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ernest Edmonds: Light Logic<br />Site Gallery 17 November 2012 - 2 February 2013</span></h1>
<b>A pioneer of computer generated art in the 1960s, and now creating
generative sculptural light installations, Edmonds’ work
references minimalist constructivism alongside a life-long interest in
chance and change. Exploring how new technologies produce new relations
between artists, audiences and things, <i>Light Logic</i> marks the
first UK solo exhibition of the artist for a decade. Edmonds currently
lives between Sydney, Australia and Hathersage, Derbyshire and has
exhibited widely throughout the world</b><br />
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Ernest Edmonds is a multi-disciplinary artist and known as an expert on
human-computer interaction. He studied Mathematics and Philosophy in
London and is Professor of Computation and Creative Media at the
University of Technology in Sydney. There he runs a practice-based art
and technology research group, the Creativity and Cognition Studios.<br />
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Edmonds’
artworks are generated by systems and therefore bare neither
representational qualities nor are they alluding to objects. In order to
create those ‘constructs’ he works with patterns and employs algorithms
to generate them. The composition itself became more important to him
than the actual representation. He minimised the elements emphasising
the structure of the work, not its surface complexity. This structure is
the key to the aesthetic experience of the art work. The impression
aroused in the spectator is based on his often unknown response to them.
Edmonds often uses colour as a defining element, in earlier works he
mainly chose black and white due to the unreliable colour reproduction
of the screens. <br />
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‘Nineteen’ is the lead off artwork in which he
used a computer program in its creation process, it dates back to
1968/69. In 1970 he exhibited for the first time an interactive work
together with Stroud Cornock in Leicester. In 1985 the first generative
time-based computer works called ‘Video Constructs’ followed,
accompanied by paintings created using geometric and procedural systems.
In the 1990s both time-based works and paintings concentrated on
systems to form, select, vary and manipulate colour. Further the ‘Video
Constructs’ were no more recorded onto a video tape, but realised
directly from the computer and hence had no restriction on length.
Edmonds did his first public performance of a ‘Correspondance work’ 1990
in Liège. <br />
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With Logic Programming he was able to visualise a
search process. In his Video Constructs like ‘Nagoya’ (1995) both
structure of the images (its colour and geometry) and structure in time
are defined by the logic that founds the basis of the generative works.
These applied rules make it deterministic. He compares his work to a
music composition and emphasises the correspondence in performances. The
sound made by a musician is analysed in real-time and influences the
image generating system to create a kind of a duet: ‘In my work, the
idea is to operate with structures that can mediate between sound and
vision, so that a unified work can be produced that integrates both.”
(Edmonds in: On New Constructs in Art, p. 13). Recent works feature the
aspect of interaction. The spectator, how passive he might seem, gets
involved into a creative process. Edmonds reworked his Video Constructs
into Interactive Video Constructs which capture the motion of the viewer
and react to what he is doing. The output of the work is the visualised
search through a set of rules, enhanced by a Software Agent which is
able to take passed interactions into account.<br />
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Martin Rieserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05836327416880986971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6442087516754674782.post-41357563851223675312012-11-05T20:42:00.001+00:002012-11-06T11:44:33.797+00:0012.30 Tue 27th November 2012 What do we mean by ‘number’? Sarah Greenfield- TDC Lunchtime<br />
<b>What do we mean by ‘number’?</b><br />
Dr Sarah Greenfield, Centre for Computational Intelligence, FOT, DMU.<br />
12.30 Tue 27th November 2012 in the TDC<br />
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What do we mean by ‘number’? The words above are all used to describe numbers. In this TDC session we will explore the surprising and fascinating world of numbers. No expertise in mathematics is assumed.<br />
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<b>How TDC lunchtimes work</b><br />
TDC Lunchtimes offer an opportunity to mix informally with colleagues from across the university. There is always a pot of tea on the go so why not bring your sandwiches and enjoy lunch with us? This term we meet every Tuesday for an hour from 12.30-13.30. There will be a talk or video or workshop for about 30 minutes, then the rest of the time will be taken up with conversation and networking around the teapot.<br />
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<b>Location</b><br />
The TDC is based in the old surgery behind Fletcher building, No.36 on the <a href="http://www.dmu.ac.uk/documents/about-dmu-documents/how-to-find-us/2012-dmu-access-map.pdf" target="_blank">Campus Map</a>. Access is by staff card, or ring the doorbellSue Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12138005879011370810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6442087516754674782.post-57797202074708284602012-10-29T14:01:00.000+00:002012-10-29T14:01:14.713+00:0012.30 Tue 13th November 2012 Games, Immersive Technologies and their impact on Business and Society, David Wortley - TDC Lunchtime<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qhXEY06YswI/UI6L6G76hyI/AAAAAAAAAXw/M_4STLScxZM/s1600/wortley.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qhXEY06YswI/UI6L6G76hyI/AAAAAAAAAXw/M_4STLScxZM/s200/wortley.JPG" width="127" /></a><b>Games, Immersive Technologies and their impact on Business and Society</b><br />
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David Wortley<br />
12.30 Tue 13th November 2012 in the TDC<br />
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David Wortley discusses the impact of creative technologies on society and considers whether we have entered an unprecedented and highly disruptive period in mankind's history.<br />
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<a href="http://www.davidwortley.com/" target="_blank">David Wortley</a> is the author of "<a href="http://www.gadgetstogodbook.com/" target="_blank">Gadgets to God - Reflections on our changing relationship with Technology</a>". As Founding Director of the Serious Games Institute at Coventry University, he has gained an international insight into the growing impact of immersive technologies on all our lives.<br />
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<b>How TDC lunchtimes work</b><br />
TDC Lunchtimes offer an opportunity to mix informally with colleagues from across the university. There is always a pot of tea on the go so why not bring your sandwiches and enjoy lunch with us? This term we meet every Tuesday for an hour from 12.30-13.30. There will be a talk or video or workshop for about 30 minutes, then the rest of the time will be taken up with conversation and networking around the teapot.<br />
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There are still some spare slots so if you'd like to offer a session please fill in the form <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHRZT3BhYkM0LWdHUTZSR183MHFRelE6MA#gid=0" target="_blank">here</a> or contact <a href="mailto:sue.thomas@dmu.ac.uk">sue.thomas@dmu.ac.uk</a> to discuss your idea.<br />
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<b>Location</b><br />
The TDC is based in the old surgery behind Fletcher building, No.36 on the <a href="http://www.dmu.ac.uk/documents/about-dmu-documents/how-to-find-us/2012-dmu-access-map.pdf" target="_blank">Campus Map</a>. Access is by staff card, or ring the doorbell.<br />
Sue Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12138005879011370810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6442087516754674782.post-45058311515612276562012-10-29T13:38:00.001+00:002012-10-29T13:38:15.709+00:00DMU Wikipedia Group ?Quite a few people can't make the Wikipedia training sessions because they are teaching or otherwise committed, but they are keen to learn. It would therefore seem to be a good idea to set up an ongoing DMU Wikipedia Group so that those who can attend are able to cascade their skills across the campus through an informal system of mutual support and mentoring. The TDC would be delighted to host such a group but it would need a coordinator to run it. If you're interested in doing that please contact <a href="mailto:sue.thomas@dmu.ac.uk" target="_blank">Sue Thomas</a> to discuss practicalities.Sue Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12138005879011370810noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6442087516754674782.post-49152238658643588972012-10-28T21:15:00.000+00:002012-10-29T13:28:37.696+00:00Hands-on Wikipedia Editing Workshops open to all staff and postgraduate students<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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A few weeks ago Roger Bamkin gave a very informative and entertaining TDC talk on his Monmouthpedia project. His slides are <a href="http://transdisciplinarydmu.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/augmented-reality-creating-worlds-first.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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There was a great deal of interest in learning the arcane art of editing Wikipedia so Roger has kindly agreed to run two hands-on workshops for us. The sessions will be held in the TDC and are open to all staff and postgraduate students across the university. Refreshments will be provided.<br />
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<b>Registration</b><br />
To help with planning, please indicate your intention to attend <a href="http://tinyurl.com/988vlgg" target="_blank">here</a>. <br />
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<b>Tuesday 6th November </b><b>2pm - 4pm INTRODUCTORY SESSION </b><br />
The basic skills of editing Wikipedia<br />
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<b>Tuesday 20th November </b><b>2pm - 4pm FOLLOW-UP SESSION</b><br />
Come back after two weeks of practice to report on your progress and troubleshoot any difficulties.<br />
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<b>What to bring</b><br />
<b>- </b>Your own laptop, tablet or other device to work on. This is essential for participation!<br />
- Roger suggests that, if you wish, you might like to bring with you the url of an existing Wikipedia article that you would like to improve.<br />
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<br />Sue Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12138005879011370810noreply@blogger.com0