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John Seely Brown Joins CITS External Advisory Board

John Seely Brown has joined the CITS External Advisory Board, a group of distinguished executives and technologists who advise the Center and interact with UCSB faculty through CITS.

Research of Note - CITS Quarterly Newsletter Issue 4, Fall 2003

In this article, UCSB sociologist Jennifer Earl and her colleague Alan Schussman argue that traditional theoretical approaches often overlook the ways that movements emerging online function differently from conventional movements.

Author Howard Rheingold Kicks-Off the CITS-CNSI Life Online Distinguished Speaker Series

Howard Rheingold, futurist and renowned observer of technology, will speak at UCSB’s engineering II Pavilion on Friday October 17, 2003 at 2 o’clock. Rheingold’s talk is the first in a new series of lectures titled Life Online Distinguished Speaker Series.

The Visions of Technology Film Series - Fall 2003

The Visions of Technology Film Series will feature films exploring themes of human interaction with technology. Each film will be introduced by a UCSB faculty member who is an expert on either the film itself or its subject matter.

Emerging Developments in Social Media

Message from the Director Bruce Bimber

These are interesting times for those concerned with the ways technology affects social interaction. In the late 1990s, studies suggesting that Internet use might contribute to social isolation commanded headlines and academic attention.

Prothero's Magic: A tool for Teaching Science to the Non-Scientific Student

Prothero's Magic: A tool for Teaching Science to the Non-Scientific Student

UCSB Professor William Prothero of geological sciences has for years wrestled with the problem of how to teach oceanography and earth sciences to non-science students. The solution he developed continues to evolve in the form of an innovative classroom technology entitled “EarthEd Online.”

Transcribing - Understanding what it means to be literate in the age of digital information

Transcribing - Understanding what it means to be literate in the age of digital information

The English department's Transcriptions project is a notable example of the ability to bridge the divide between simply deploying technology and ultimately understanding it.

Research of Note - CITS Quarterly Newsletter Issue 3, Spring 2003

Research of Note - CITS Quarterly Newsletter Issue 3, Spring 2003

This empirical study explores how L2 (secondlanguage) learners access information while reading L2 texts in a Web-based learning environment. Twenty-three second-year German students read and summarized two online texts in the netLearn program, while their use of online multimedia support resources was tracked.

Technology in the Classroom: The Influx and Effectiveness?

Message from the Director Bruce Bimber

Our focus this quarter at CITS is technology in the university course. The trickle of technologies into classes here at UCSB and elsewhere is growing into a swiftly flowing stream.

Plaigairism Software Trial: Electronic Detection Works

Plaigairism Software Trial: Electronic Detection Works

Last fall quarter, CITS collaborated with the Dean of Students office and Instructional Development in a trial of term-paper comparison software. The goal was to explore possibilities for detecting cases where students illicitly share all or parts of papers with one another.

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