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The International Data Week 2022 in Seoul, South Korea
This is to bring to your attention the International Data Week 2022 in Seoul, South Korea, from 20-23 June 2022. Those interested in attending are encouraged to register at IDW2022.org, with early bird registration rates available until 31 May 2022. The event is currently a hybrid, with both in-person and web-based packages available for purchase.
This landmark event will bring together data scientists, researchers, industry leaders, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and data stewards from disciplines across the globe to explore how best to exploit the data revolution to improve science and society through data-driven discovery and innovation.
IDW will once again play host to the Scientific Data Conference (SciDataCon), organized by World Data System and CODATA, and the Research Data Alliance’s Plenary 19. IDW and its co-hosts are incredibly excited to welcome those interested in all aspects of research data to this year’s conference.
Open Science and the FAIR Principles are essential enablers of discovery and innovation, particularly concerning Big Data and Artificial Intelligence. In November 2021, UNESCO adopted a landmark recommendation on Open Science, recognizing its importance in helping address the significant global challenges our societies face. Access to reliable and FAIR data is a precondition to the science needed to enable the reduction of the impact of diseases, mitigation of climate change, and increased resilience to risks posed by natural and human-made disasters.
In the above spirit, International Data Week 2022 is convened under the overarching theme of ‘Data to Improve Our World.’ In addition to highlighting the need for data education and governance, demonstrating the importance of high-quality research data stewardship, data science, and data infrastructures, and exploring the ‘state of the art’ in all things data, IDW 2022 will also emphasize the following subthemes:
- Research Transparency and Reproducibility
- Data, Research, and Industry: The Interface between Data-intensive Research and Innovation
- Empowering and Enabling Society: Data (Science) Education and Data Literacy
- Transdisciplinary Research and Citizen Science
The IDW 2022 organizers include the Committee on Data of the International Science Council (CODATA), Research Data Alliance (RDA), and World Data System (WDS), and the local hosts Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI), committed by the Ministry of Science and ICT, Seoul Metropolitan Government, National Library of Korea, and National Assembly Library, with the support of the Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS), Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) iSchool, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine and the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources.
Two editions of IDW have taken place to date:
- IDW 2016, 11–17 September 2016, Denver, Colorado, USA; attended by 840 data professionals and researchers from all disciplines and from across the globe.
- IDW 2018, 5–8 November 2018, Gaborone, Botswana; attended by more than 850 international data professionals and researchers.
For more information about the event and registration, visit idw2022.org
Video available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LDi0xTGc2Y
For inquiry on WDS, contact Dylan Earley- [email protected]
For inquiry on RDA, contact [email protected]
For inquiry on CODATA, contact [email protected]
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Social Informatics 2022 in Glasgow, UK
Call for Papers on the 13th International Conference on Social Informatics
Organized by The University of Glasgow's Adam Smith Business School and School of Computing Science, 19-21 October 2022.
The International Conference on Social Informatics (SocInfo2022) is an interdisciplinary venue that brings together researchers from the computational and social sciences to help fill the gap between the two communities. The conference's goal is to provide a forum to help practitioners from the two disciplines define common research objectives and explore methodologies. The organizers welcome a broad range of contributions, from those that apply methods from the social sciences to the study of socio-technical systems to the application of computational methods to the study of complex social processes and the use of social concepts in the design of information systems. In addition, SocInfo2022 offers an opportunity for the dissemination of knowledge between the two communities by soliciting presentations of original research papers and experience-based case studies in computer science, sociology, psychology, political science, anthropology, economics, linguistics, artificial intelligence, social network analysis, and other disciplines that can shed light on the open questions in the growing field of computational social science.
Conference Theme: Social Computing for the Multiverse
Social Computing for the Multiverse invites reimagining the scholarship in computational social science to do with the building, using, and studying of systems that facilitate communities across multiple modalities, with different and exciting affordances for inter-personal and inter-group interactions. The call offers a chance to reflect on the benefits of "living" in a multiverse, networked society and regard the real and perceived benefits of these interactive modalities on social, civic, and political life.
SocInfo2022 believes this theme is especially pertinent given the increasing importance of online social networks in the years of a pandemic, which necessitated a physically remote workplace. In contrast, online social networks evolved to become online schools and workplaces. While much of recent research has focused on online isolation, polarization, and echo chambers, SocInfo2022 identifies a scholarly need to reflect on the implications that multimodal communication may have on the health and quality of real and imagined online communities. Furthermore, SocInfo2022 focuses on the rising feasibility of virtual and augmented multimodal social networks extending to applications beyond gameplay and are likely to offer social, networked, and immersive environments that allow embodied interaction and communication and collaboration.
Organising Committee
General Chairs: Dr Joemon Jose (Professor of Information Retrieval, University of Glasgow), and Dr Jan Breitsohl (Senior Lecturer in Marketing, University of Glasgow.
Programme Committee Chairs: Dr. Frank Hopfgartner (Senior Lecturer in Data Science, University of Sheffield), Dr. Kokil Jaidka (Assistant Professor in Computational Communication, National University of Singapore), and Dr. Philipp Mayr (Team Leader (Information & Data Retrieval), GESIS - Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences).
Publicity and Web Chair: Oliver Warke (Postgraduate Researcher in Data Science, University of Glasgow).
Email: [email protected]
For more information: http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/socinfo2022/
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Climate Science Literacy across Asia and the Pacific
To advance Climate Science Literacy across Asia and the Pacific, the United Nations in Asia-Pacific has developed a series of posters, social media graphics, and videos.
The materials are available free for public adaptation and distribution under Open Access CC-BY-SA 3.0 IGO. Jointly developed by UNESCO, ILO, IOM, UNDP, UNDRR, UNEP, UN ESCAP, UNFCCC, UNICEF, and UNOSSC.
- Posters Series: a series of 27 Poster. Please click here to download the .ZIP package (105 MB).
- Social Media Graphics: a series of 25 Social Media Graphics that can be used on Social Media Platforms. Please click on the individual graphics or here to download all graphics as a .ZIP package (7 MB).
- Videos: a series of 3 Videos. Please click on this playlist or the individual videos.
If you would like to translate the materials into additional languages, please contact [email protected] to receive editable design files.
More Information [https://bangkok.unesco.org/content/climate-science-literacy-asia-pacific]
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mHEALTH-INNOVATE: what can we learn from health workers' informal use of mobile phones?
Previous work on mHealth has focused largely on formal 'top-down' approaches, but it is increasingly recognised that health workers use mobile phones in informal and innovative ways to support their work.
The organisation Health Information for All (HIFA) is contributing to a major research project to provide multi-stakeholder involvement and discussion around the issues of informal use of mobile phones raised across health professionals, civil society, policymakers, library and information professionals, publishers in 180 countries.
The 4-year project will start with a thematic discussion and develop into a systematic review, which will then inform primary research in Uganda followed by governance analysis and deliberative dialogue.
How you can participate: from 11th April to 6th May 2022 HIFA is hosting a 4-week in-depth discussion, in collaboration with Makerere University, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, WHO and other research partners.
The questions include:
- Do you use a mobile phone to help you in your work? How do you use it?
- How do you use your phone to communicate with colleagues, patients and families?
- How do you use your phone for other work-related purposes? (eg searching for healthcare information and guidance, tracking supplies, referring patients...)
- Can you give any examples of *informal* use of mobile phones by health workers? (ie uses of mobile phones that have not been directed by the employer, but have been initiated, adapted or developed by health workers themselves)
- How can the informal use of mobile phones be improved to strengthen healthcare?
Further information: https://www.hifa.org/news/mhealth-innovate-what-can-we-learn-health-workers-informal-use-mobile-phones
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Status of the field of health literacy: Into the looking glass - a collective self-assessment
Andrew Pleasant, Director of Health Literacy and Research at Canyon Ranch Institute, United States has launched a survey to compile a snapshot of health literacy around the world. He is seeking help to accomplish this task.
Ten short and easy-to-answer questions intended for people/organizations actively working on health literacy issues in communities or clinics or hospitals or states have been developed. Responding shouldn't take more than a few minutes but Dr Pleasant believes the aggregate will produce an actionable and meaningful understanding.
Doing just two things that should not take up time:
1. Respond to the questions - anonymously - yourself.
2. Share this email and the link https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/VXPZJPL with your network of health literacy professionals.
If you have any questions or concerns about this effort, please contact Andrew Pleasant, Ph.D. -
Designs for Science Literacy: a module of Project 2061
Project 2061 has been a long-term research and development initiative of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) focussing on improving science education so that all Americans can become literate in science, mathematics, and technology.
The module ‘Designs’ aims to guide K–12 curriculum reform by treating reform as a design problem focussing the critical issues involved to assemble sound instructional materials into a coherent K-12 whole. It offers a variety of options for restructuring time, instructional strategies, and content, and shows how to approach the curriculum design challenge in different ways to create very different curricula that serve a common set of learning goals.
Designs is intended to serve the diverse participants who are involved in this task and encourages a goals-based approach to curriculum improvement whilst aiming to encourage diverse curricula suited to the needs of individual schools, communities, and students.
A wide range of resources have been developed within Project 2061, including an Atlas of Science Literacy, Volumes 1 and 2 and Benchmarks for Science Literacy
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Environmental Education: from Peru to NASA: a story that inspires
Representation of women – and particularly non-white women -‐ in STEM is crucial to not only fighting gender inequity but also solving our climate crisis.
Dr. Irma Aracely Quispe Neira leads as an example for young women around the globe by representing the Latina community, women in STEM, and educators.
Inspired by the Apollo 11 mission in 1969, Dr. Aracely Quispe Neira knew that she wanted to pursue a career in the sciences. Coming from a small, Peruvian town, she knew that pursuing a degree in Astronautical Engineering would be challenging. However, she was able to use her skills in karate to obtain a scholarship at local universities in Peru, where she earned her first degrees in Computer Science and Systems Engineering.
Eventually her study led to higher degrees; using high resolution satellites, brought great awareness to issues such as global warming and the social implications deglaciation will have on Peruvians.
Irma is now active in promoting STEM education in Latin America, and specifically women in STEM. “Everything is possible if you break the paradigm of ‘I can’t’ and transform it into perseverance.”
For details see https://www.earthday.org/from-peru-to-nasa-a-story-that-inspires/
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Science on Stage Europe 2022
Bringing together science teachers from all over Europe to present their most creative STEM ideas (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) at stands, in workshops and in performances.
This year’s festival will take place in Prague, from Thursday 24th to Sunday 27th March where 450 primary and secondary school teachers from all over Europe will particiapte. The aim is to exchange best practice teaching ideas and practical strategies with colleagues.
On the Open Day, Saturday 26th March, enables teachers and others from the professional educational community to have the opportunity to attend the festival. Visitors will have access to all elements of the festival, being able to explore the fair and attend talks, presentations and workshops for free. If you want to register for the Open Day, you can do so here . Compliance with epidemiological measures is mandatory.
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Science Students’ Information Literacy Needs: a Survey of Science Faculty on What and When Each Skill Is Needed
The March issue of the College & Research Libraries journal contains an interesting summary of a recent study offering insight into science faculty’s expectations of their students’ Information Literacy (IL) skills in American academic libraries. The insights aimed to be instructive for science librarians, especially those for whom the study of science is not in their own educational background. The combination of the facts gathered aimed to provide insights into how faculty and science librarians might provide more timely and relevant IL instruction to undergraduates.
Three areas in particular were highlighted:
- Science librarians should continue to focus on teaching database search skills, but they should consider the scientific reading level of their students and teach skills that help students find more topical and intellectually accessible materials in academic databases.
- In addition to database searching skills, science librarians should focus on directing first- and second-year undergraduate students to non–peer-reviewed materials that are intellectually accessible to them.
- When discussing appraisal of the literature, science librarians should focus on teaching upper-year undergraduates evaluation of environmental and contextual elements of the research, without requiring them to critique the research methodologies and results themselves.
The study concludes that effective information literacy instruction has a significant impact on student success. This paper offered direction for librarians teaching in the sciences to facilitate effective, evidence-based practice.
Witherspoon R, Taber P and Goudreau A, College & Research Libraries Vol 83, No 2, 2022 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5860/crl.83.2.296
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Challenge and Change – the African View of Learning & Development (L&D) in 2022
The Challenge and Change webinar will run online March 30 from 13:30 – 14:30 hrs GMT; Hosted by Donald H Taylor, Chair, Learning Technologies Conference
Technology, expectations and much more has altered over the past two years, but organisational focus is still on delivering training, rather than helping people learn and – with a few exceptions – L&D seems far from its goal of providing strategic input at the highest levels.
The key themes in L&D that emerged from the L&D Global Sentiment Survey 2022, will be explored. The session plans to cover:
- L&D’s shifting priorities in 2022
• The challenges we’re facing across the world
• Are we moving from technology to humanizing L&D?
• The Why and the How of L&D this year
• Listening to L&D voices from Africa
Open to all;register
Start time: 13:30 GMT / UTC - 14:30 WAT - 15:30 CAT / CEST / SAST - 16:30 EAT
End time: 14:30 GMT / UTC - 15:30 WAT - 16:30 CAT / CEST / SAST - 17:30 EATRead more about the report from here
- L&D’s shifting priorities in 2022