211. Studying people through digital devices and social media (30:20)

Date:
2016-11-03
Main contributors:
Crandall, David
Summary:
Over 2 billion people now own smartphones, which are actually sophisticated mobile computing devices that can run applications, take photos, access the internet, and collect GPS, motion, and other sensor data. Many people use these devices to access online social media sites, which have also exploded in popularity over the last few years. For example, *each day* over 1 billion people log in to Facebook, and collectively upload about 350 million photos and share nearly 5 billion status updates and other pieces of content. As people use their digital devices and services, they are (without necessarily realizing it) leaving behind "digital footprints" about themselves and their behavior, including the things they "like", the people they communicate with, the places they visit, the photos they take, and so on. This is creating huge datasets about the world and human behavior, that could potentially be used to aid studies in a range of scientific disciplines. In this talk, I'll give a high-level overview of some of our recent work that has used mobile devices and online social media to collaborate with studies in sociology, psychology, and ecology. I'll talk about some of the advantages and disadvantages of this type of analysis, including the many sources of potential bias, and very real concerns about privacy.

213. Survey Recruitment Using Student Portals and Learning Management Systems (25:40)

Date:
2016-09-29
Main contributors:
Shimon Sarraf
Summary:
During the 2016 NSSE administration, thirty-seven institutions used their student portal or learning management system (SP/LMS) to supplement their student recruitment efforts. Please join Shimon for a free webinar to learn more about this recruitment approach, results suggesting it can increase response rates, and the steps to take in order to do something similar for your next NSSE administration.

215. Terry Lee Cummins (54:09)

Date:
2016-12-29
Main contributors:
Indiana University Southeast. Institute for Local and Oral History
Summary:
Terry Cummins was interviewed by Kristina Kimmick as part of the Floyd County Bicentennial Oral History Project, which commemorates Indiana's bicentennial by recording the past and present experiences of New Albany and Floyd County residents. During the interview, Mr. Cummins covers his time as an educator and school administrator, his extensive travels across the world since his retirement, and his childhood on a farm in Kentucky.

216. The Center for Biological Research Collections and the Path To Digitization for IU's Natural Hist... (57:35)

Date:
2016-01-20
Main contributors:
Motz, Gary
Summary:
The Center for Biological Research Collections is a consortium of research-based scientific collections at Indiana University that works in close collaboration with the IU Libraries, the Advanced Visualization Laboratory, University Information Technology Services, and a number of other campus wide organizations to promote the preservation, digitization, and discoverability of IU's natural history collections. The CBRC enhances collection-based research, education, and outreach in biodiversity science, botany, paleontology, zooarchaeology, and related disciplines by providing shared infrastructural and data management support. The Center focuses on collections of biological specimens, including fossils and archaeological remains, that have shared taxonomic, geographic, and temporal metadata requirements. The CBRC provides institution-wide support for a collections management information system, Specifyåü and is working to facilitate the interoperability of this bio-collections data platform with the new Fedora 4 digital content management system being developed by the IU Libraries. This presentation will provide an overview of the university-wide resources committed to the digitization of biological research collections, prospects for future research, education, and outreach opportunities, as well as a mention of some of the challenges that may arise in the digitization of the several million collections objects for which the CBRC is tasked. This grand challenge of specimen preservation, metadata maintenance, and data discoverability is a service and responsibility of the entire university community to enhance and augment the commitment of nearly 200 years of biological research in many scientific sub-disciplines focused on Indiana and beyond.

218. The Huber Family: Master winemakers from Clark County (02:38)

Date:
2016-01-08
Main contributors:
Carl and Gerald Huber (Masters), Jon Kay (Director), Traditional Arts Indiana
Summary:
Since 1843, the Huber family has worked a small homestead located in the Knobs of Clark County, Indiana. Originally from Baden Baden, Germany, the family brought a fruit-growing and winemaking tradition with them to Southeastern Indiana. Like many of their neighbors, generations of Hubers have made a couple of barrels of wine each year for their own table. Winemaking was not a commercial venture until 1972, when Indiana passed the Small Farm Winery Act. Since the Huber family operated a fruit-based farm and had made wine as far back as they could trace their history, they decided to transform their retail fruit farm into the Huber Orchard and Winery. Knowing that amateur winemaking was different from running a commercial winemaking operation, brothers Carl and Gerald Huber researched the business and trained themselves for their new agricultural venture. In 1979, they produced their first wine for sale. Gerald began competing and winning the Governor's Cup at the Indiana State Fair's International Wine Competition, which is the third largest competition of its kind in the United States. The competition helped the Hubers improve and develop their winemaking tradition and secure their reputation as a premier Indiana winery. Gerald's son, Ted, began working in the vineyard as a young boy and in the winery as a teenager. At 21, he became the Huber Winery's head winemaker, after his father and uncle transferred the family business to Ted and his cousin Greg. Today, Ted oversees the winery and vineyard on the six-generation farm, while Greg manages the orchard and retail operations, which attract 550,000 visitors each year.

219. The Langston Hughes Project, featuring the Ron McCurdy Quartet, performing Langston Hughes' Ask Y... (1:39:52)

Date:
2016-02-18
Main contributors:
Ron McCurdy Quartet, Musical setting of (work): Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. Poems. Selections., Berry, Kataria, Haskell, Mathew, Nobel, Hannah
Summary:
A recording of IU Southeast's the Langston Hughes Project. The event took place on Thursday, February 18, 2016, at Paul W. Ogle Cultural & Community Center's Stem Concert Hall on the IU Southeast campus in honor of Diversity Week 2016 and Black History Month. It opened with performances by winners of the IU Southeast Slam Poetry Contest: We're living in a jungle by Kataria Berry, Silent voices by Mathew Haskell, and The ships by Hannah Noble. The Ron McCurdy Quartet performed Langston Hughes' Ask your mama : 12 moods for jazz. Performers: Dr. Ron McCurdy, Trumpet/Spoken Word; Brandon Cordoba, Piano; Scott Pazera, Bass; Mitch Shiner, Drums; Student Slam Poetry Contest Winners: Mathew Haskell, a junior from Louisville, KY, with "Silent Voices, " Dalton Kirk, a sophomore from New Albany, IN, with "Close-minded World," Kataria Berry, a junior from Louisville, KY, with "We're Living in a Jungle," and Hannah Noble, a senior from Leavenworth, IN, with "The Ships." Also included, Michael Jackman, Academic Affairs Diversity Coordinator introducing Chancellor Ray Wallace; Chancellor Ray Wallace, introducing the Ron McCurdy Quartet.