[Sigifp-l] Workshop for 2017 ASIST Annual Meeting

[Bryce C Newell]

I second Nadia's comments. I've reached out to a few contacts at the ACLU,
EFF, etc. I'll let you all know if anyone responds positively.

Cheers,
Bryce


*--*
*Bryce Clayton Newell, Ph.D., **J.D.*
Post-Doctoral Researcher
Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society (TILT)
Tilburg Law School
b.c.newell at uvt.nl | SSRN <http://ssrn.com/author=1576462> | @newmedialaw
<http://twitter.com/newmedialaw> | www.bcnewell.com

On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 3:31 PM, Nadia Caidi <nadia.caidi at utoronto.ca>
wrote:

> Hi folks,
> I also think it is a good idea to bring back this workshop. I suggest
> rejigging it a bit to make it even more relevant in light of what is going
> on right now in the US and elsewhere.
> However, SIG IEP has had lots of great ideas for workshops over the years
> but they often resulted in cancellation because of low registration. I
> suggest we have a strategy for dissemination and publicizing the workshops.
> Creating some buzz in other words by enticing people to attend the
> workshop: how will it benefit their teaching, research, line of work etc.
> Otherwise people will not pay the extra couple of hundred dollars.
> Can we try and get some sponsorship from somewhere? ACLU? EFF? Etc.?
>
> I would attend and participate.
>
> Cheers,
> Nadia
>
> On Mar 17, 2017 2:24 PM, "Bryce C Newell" <bcnewell at uw.edu> wrote:
>
>> Shannon, thanks for bringing this back to our attention. I am also
>> on-board with reviving this workshop, so count me in!
>>
>> - Bryce
>>
>>
>> *--*
>> *Bryce Clayton Newell, Ph.D., **J.D.*
>> Post-Doctoral Researcher
>> Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society (TILT)
>> Tilburg Law School
>> b.c.newell at uvt.nl | SSRN <http://ssrn.com/author=1576462> | @newmedialaw
>> <http://twitter.com/newmedialaw> | www.bcnewell.com
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 4:19 PM, Oltmann, Shannon M <
>> shannon.oltmann at uky.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello everyone. Last year, for ASIST 2016, we discussed a panel on
>>> teaching information ethics and policy and drafted a proposal. Ultimately,
>>> we had to withdraw it due to low face to face participation. The panel was
>>> titled: “Advancing Information Ethics and Policy Education: Designing
>>> Curriculum for Diverse Contexts, sponsored by SIG-IEP and SIG-ED” and the
>>> summary is pasted below.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I’m writing to see if there is interest in reviving this workshop for
>>> ASIST 2017, which will meet in Washington, DC. If so, we will need to
>>> update and revise the panel to fit this year’s theme. Details about ASIST
>>> 2017 can be found here: https://www.asist.org/events/a
>>> nnual-meeting/annual-meeting-2017/asist-2017-call-for-papers/. If you
>>> would be interested in helping organize the workshop, and plan to attend
>>> the meeting, please let me know. If you would be interested in
>>> participating in some way (but not organizing), and plan to attend the
>>> meeting, please let me know. I am also seeking ideas on how to
>>> update/revise the workshop, so please share any thoughts in that regard.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Another option is that we could design a completely different workshop
>>> with a new focus. If you think this is a better approach for ASIST 2017,
>>> please share your thoughts on this as well.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I’m hoping to have a robust discussion via listserv, which we can
>>> eventually transfer to a virtual meeting. Thanks, everyone, for
>>> contributing your thoughts about this.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -Shannon Oltmann
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Description of 2016 panel:
>>>
>>> Organizers: Alan Rubel (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA), Shannon
>>> Oltmann (University of Kentucky, USA), A.J. Million (University of
>>> Missouri, USA), Lisa Nathan (University of British Columbia, Canada), Bryce
>>> Newell (Tilburg University, Netherlands), Emad Kharzraee (Kent State
>>> University, USA), Emily Knox (University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign,
>>> USA), Colin Rhinesmith (University of Oklahoma, USA), Kristene Unsworth
>>> (Drexel University, USA)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Please join us for a full-day, collaborative workshop focusing on
>>> teaching information ethics and policy on October 14, 2016.
>>>
>>> The SIG IEP, with the support of SIG ED, is sponsoring a workshop on
>>> teaching information ethics and policy at the ASIS&T annual meeting in
>>> Copenhagen. The workshop will be highly collaborative, with most of the day
>>> devoted to working groups focused on building curriculum ideas, pedagogical
>>> approaches, project ideas, and teaching tools. Each working group will be
>>> preceded by one or two very short presentations on the topic in order to
>>> spark discussion and collaboration. The goal of the workshop is to learn
>>> from other scholars and teachers of IEP about different approaches, topics,
>>> and teaching methods.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> We are seeking participation from the broadest range of scholars and
>>> practitioners whose work includes, or relates to, information ethics and
>>> policy (broadly construed). Participation requires only registration and
>>> willingness to actively engage over the course of the workshop. We
>>> encourage, but do not require, participants to bring syllabi, reading
>>> lists, and other artifacts to share during the workshop. In addition, if
>>> you have a particularly novel, successful, or interesting approach, unit,
>>> assignment, or method for teaching information ethics and policy and would
>>> like to do a very short (less than 10 minutes) presentation, please send an
>>> abstract (approx.. 500 words) describing the presentation to Alan Rubel at
>>> arubel at wisc.edu (subject line: ASIS&T workshop) by August 30. We will
>>> notify accepted presentations by September 1, in time for conference early
>>> registration (which ends September 2, 2016).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Dr. Shannon M. Oltmann
>>>
>>> Assistant Professor
>>>
>>> School of Information Science
>>>
>>> College of Communication & Information
>>>
>>> University of Kentucky
>>>
>>> shannon.oltmann at uky.edu
>>>
>>> 320 Lucille Little Library
>>>
>>> Lexington KY 40506
>>>
>>> 859-257-0788 <(859)%20257-0788>
>>>
>>> 859-257-4205 <(859)%20257-4205> (fax)
>>>
>>>
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