Archive for the 'Technology' Category

Using virtual space to compensate for lack of physical space?

Tuesday, August 17th, 2010

Below you will find a paper I wrote based on some work I did back at Teachers College. I hope you enjoy it.
Cocciolo, A. (in press). Alleviating physical space constraints using virtual space? A study from an urban academic library. Library Hi Tech, 28(4).
ABSTRACT
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to […]

ED-MEDIA 2010 Toronto

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

I am in the lovely city of Toronto presenting my paper Using Online Social Networks to Build Healthy Communities: A Design-based Research Investigation at ED-MEDIA 2010. The presentation is below:
Using Online Social Networks to Build Healthy Communities

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Guest Respondent at Parsons

Monday, May 3rd, 2010

I was pleased to be a guest respondent at Parsons MFA exhibition OneZero, for the session on technology + education. If the website is any indication, this was indeed a well organized event. Congratulations to all the graduates, at Parsons and Pratt!

My Dissertation

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

Although it has been done for a few months now, I realized I never posted my dissertation here. So here it is, enjoy!
USING INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES TO ADVANCE A PARTICIPATORY CULTURE:
A STUDY FROM A HIGHER EDUCATION CONTEXT
Advances in information and communications technologies (ICTs) have empowered individuals to share their intellectual, cultural, and creative […]

Best Technology Design Nominee

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

I am very flattered that Meety was nominated “Best Technology Design” at the CSCL 2009 conference in Rhodes, Greece. The mention is in the conference program. The conference is in 2 weeks, and I will not be attending (as much as I would like to). Hoping it will win!

TCETC 2009

Tuesday, May 12th, 2009

The Teachers College Educational Technology Conference 2009 was great fun. Below are the slides from our presentation titled, Designing an Online Social Network: Lessons Learned, which presents some research on the implementation of the Building Healthy Communities Social Network.
Designing an Online Social Network: Lessons Learned

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ICTs and Cultural Change

Thursday, January 15th, 2009

Below you will find my slides from the EdLab Seminar on January 14, 2009. Enjoy!
Using ICTs to Promote Cultural Change: A Study from a Higher Education Context

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EDUCAUSE, Orlando

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

I am heading to Orlando next week for the EDUCAUSE 2008 conference. If you’re at the conference, come visit our lighting round/poster session titled:
When MySpace Meets D-Space: Building a Personal/Institutional Repository

Speech Recognition in the Classroom

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

I thought I would share this paper I’ve put together on an experimental project that uses speech recognition in the classroom. Enjoy!
Using Speech Recognition Technology in the Classroom: An Experiment in Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning
ABSTRACT:
This paper will report on a design and development project that aims to enrich face-to-face classroom contexts using the latest developments […]

Participatory Culture, Web 2.0, and Communities of Practice: A Design-Based Research Investigation

Monday, May 5th, 2008

I thought I would post one of the papers I have been working on:
Cocciolo, A. (2008). Participatory Culture, Web 2.0, and Communities of Practice: A Design-Based Research Investigation.
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this thesis is to explore the relationship amongst participatory culture (Jenkins, 2006), Web 2.0 technologies, and communities of practice. Specifically, this study will […]