Next meeting 27 June: An artificial agent for human-computer interactive...
For our next meeting, on 27 June at 2.00 in the David Gorham Library, we are pleased to welcome Adam Linson, currently pursuing a PhD in the OU’s Computing department. Adam has supplied the following...
View ArticleSeminar summary: Towards a sociology of technology and time
I’ve written a quick summary of a recent SIRG seminar. The summary can be found by following this link: Towards a sociology of technology and time. Chris Douce
View ArticleForthcoming meetings
The following speakers have been lined up for forthcoming meetings. Details of their presentations will be posted in due course. Wed. 31 October 2012, Advait Deshpande...
View ArticlePaper presented at EADTU conference, September 2012
A paper by three SIRG members, Allan Jones, Chris Bissell and David Chapman, was presented at the 25th annual conference of the European Association of Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU), held in...
View ArticleThe evolution of broadband technologies in the UK: Taking stock of the work...
Advait has supplied the following abstract for his talk on 31 October 2012 In this presentation I’ll talk about my research in relation to the history of broadband technologies in the UK. I’ll go over...
View ArticlePaper on Mary Adams now in print
My paper on the early BBC science producer Mary Adams has now finally appeared in print: Jones, Allan, (2012) ‘Mary Adams and the producer’s role in early BBC science broadcasts’ Public Understanding...
View ArticleAdvait journal article accepted
Congratulations to Advait Deshpande on having his first journal article accepted. It is ‘Broadband deployment and the bandwagon effect in the UK’ and will appear in info, a journal of policy,...
View ArticleBecky Faith, ‘Technology as freedom and “unfreedom”‘: 28 November 2012, 2.00
The November SIRG meeting will be on Wednesday 28 November at 2.00 in the David Gorham Library (Venables N1015). Becky Faith will present the following talk. Technology as freedom and ‘unfreedom’:...
View ArticleDTMD 2013: Call for Participation
You are invited to The Difference that Makes a Difference 2013, An interdisciplinary workshop on Information: Space, Time, and Identity. Location: The Open University and the MK Gallery, Milton Keynes,...
View ArticleSIRG meeting Wed. 30 Jan 2.00, DG Lubrary: Elizabeth Silva speaks on...
The Next SIRG meeting will be on Wednesday 30 January at 2.00 in the DG Library (Venables N1015) Elizabeth Silva, Professor of Sociology at the Open University, will speak about her 2010 book...
View ArticleSIRG Meeting 29 May 2.00. Postponement of Elizabeth Bruton on: Singing arcs...
The talk advertised below has unfortunately been postponed because Elizabeth Bruton is unwell. There will be a short business meeting instead. Elizabeth Bruton (Leeds University,...
View ArticleSIRG superseded by new research group SEAT
The SIRG group has now merged with another departmental research group (TERG) to form SEAT (Social and Educational Aspects of Technology), which has its own web page: http://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/seat/...
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