Knowledge Media Design
A Lecture Series on Digital Media Research and Innovation at the University of Toronto
Enabling Enhanced Communications and Commerce
Thursday Jan. 15, 4:10 PM, BA 1130
Social Networks Meet Computer Networks Barry Wellman - Sociology and KMDI
Spending Together: Commerce in a Socially Networked World Mark Fox - Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Watch the Enabling Enhanced Communications and Commerce archive
Leveling the Playing Field
Tuesday Feb. 10, 4:10 PM, BA 1210
Leveling the Playing Field for Citizen Intelligence Ron Deibert - Political Science
Leveling the Playing Field for Optimal Health Alex Jadad - Global eHealth Innovation
Supporting Learning and Teaching
Thursday Feb. 26, 4:10 PM, BA 1130
New Ways of Teaching and Learning With Technology Jim Slotta - Curriculum, Teaching & Learning (OISE/UT)
Digital Communication Technologies: Educational and Social Practices Clare Brett - Curriculum, Teaching & Learning (OISE/UT)
Technologies for Higher Education Jim Hewitt - Curriculum, Teaching & Learning (OISE/UT)
Supporting Enhanced Cognition and Stemming Cognitive Decline
Thursday Mar. 12, 4:10 PM, BA 1130
Technology for Cognitive Support Ronald Baecker - Computer Science and KMDI
Video Games as Tools for Research in Cognition Ian Spence - Psychology
Watch the Supporting Enhanced Cognition and Stemming Cognitive Decline archive
Digital Media, Publics, and the Politics of Truths and Forgetting
Thursday Mar. 26, 4:10 PM, BA 1130
Whose Right to Know? Information Control and the Politics of Forgetting Past 9/11 Nadia Caidi - Information
Digital Dissent Producers' Conceptions of Truths and the Media Megan Boler - Theory and Policy Studies (OISE/UT)
Blogs and the Memory Hole: Writing, Reading, and Recapturing History Nicholas Burbules - Educational Policy Studies, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Watch the Digital Media, Publics, and the Politics of Truths and Forgetting archive
Understanding Language Understanding
Tuesday Apr. 14, 4:00 AM, BA 1210
Understanding Speech Gerald Penn - Computer Science
Understanding Text from Both the User’s and the Writer’s Perspective Graeme Hirst - Computer Science
Understanding an Author's Intentions with Computer Text Analysis Ian Lancashire - English
Ensuring Privacy and Security
Thursday May. 7, 4:10 PM, BL 205
Privacy, ID Cards and Public Participation in Identity Policy Making Andrew Clement - Faculty of Information
Technological challenges in ensuring privacy and security Kostas Plataniotis - Electrical and Computer Engineering
Enabling Collaboration to Improve Health
Tuesday May. 26, 4:10 PM, BA 1170
Internet Hometelehealth Programs for Patients with Chronic Disease Elsa Marziali - Baycrest Centre
Collaborative Diagnostics and the Intercase: Addressing the One Person One Record Problem Peter Pennefather - Pharmacy
Collaborative Diagnostics and the Intercase: Addressing the One Person One Record Problem West Suhanic - Pharmacy
Inclusive Design
Thursday Oct. 1, 4:00 PM, BL 728
Designing for Diversity Jutta Treviranus - Adaptive Technology Research Centre
Inclusive Software Design: Rethinking the 'Interface' Steve Hockema - iSchool
Enabling Open Scholarship
Thursday Oct. 22, 4:00 PM, BL 728
The Institutionalisation of Openness in Universities Gale Moore - Sociology, Former Director KMDI
Changing Scholarly and Pedagogical Practices in an Open Knowledge Environment Leslie Chan - UTSC
The Scholarly Impact of Open Access in Medicine and Biomedical Research Gunther Eysenbach - Health Policy, Management and Evaluation
A panel on ICT policy, innovation, commercialization and careers
Thursday Oct. 29, 4:00 PM, BL 728
ICT Clusters in Canada David Wolfe - Political Science
Why monetizing innovation in digital media is hard and getting harder Eugene Fiume - Computer Science
Why Jane & Johnny don't want IT-related careers... and how to fix it David Ticoll - Convergent Strategies, KMDI Senior Fellow
Watch the A panel on ICT policy, innovation, commercialization and careers archive
Supporting Visual Thinking and Creativity
Thursday Nov. 12, 4:00 PM, BL 728
Visual Strategies: Supporting Learning in Science and Medicine Nick Woolridge - Biomedical Communications
Data in Public & Data Visualization in Art Nina Czegledy - KMDI Senior Fellow
Local Climate Change Visualization and Decision-making John Danahy - Architecture, Landscape and Design
Mobility and Wireless
Thursday Nov. 26, 4:00 PM, BL 728
Applications of Sensors in Healthcare Mark Chignell - Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Designing Eyes-free Interaction Techniques for Mobile Devices Khai Truong - Computer Science
For 13 years, KMDI faculty and students have advanced the frontiers of digital media, creating and interpreting novel digital media while always asking the fundamental question, "what are digital media for?" These talks celebrate the innovation and thoughtfulness of our knowledge media designers and researchers in exploring answers to this important question.
These events were webcast live and are archived using ePresence Interactive Media.
The Knowledge Media Design Institute is grateful to the sponsors of this series: the Department of Computer Science (major sponsor), the iSchool, the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
