In celebration of another term end, KMDI hosted its spring poster session in the Inforum Library on Monday, April 2nd, 2018. Sponsored by the University of Toronto Libraries’ UX Lab, this year’s session showcased theContinue reading
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REWIND | KMDI Speaker Series: David Shinar
January 18, 2018 Crash Causation: Prevalence versus Risk, Four Decades Ago versus Now Abstract Our understanding of the causes of crashes has changed dramatically over the past half century. The findings from the Indiana UniversityContinue reading
REWIND | KMDI Speaker Series: Jacquelyn Burkell
November 13, 2017 Unpacking Social Media Privacy: Toward a More Nuanced Understanding Abstract Conceptions of privacy expectation and privacy practices of social media users are notoriously simple, ranging from bald statements that people “don’t care”Continue reading
REWIND | KMDI Speaker Series: J. Bruce Morton
October 25, 2017 Engineering and Design in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Research Abstract Developmental cognitive neuroscience research examines age-related changes in children’s intellectual functioning that occur in association with the development of the brain. Traditional methodsContinue reading
A look at the posters of the Fall 2017 Poster Session
The Knowledge Media Design Institute’s bi-annual poster session occurred on December 6th at Hart House. Groups of students presented innovative new ideas to a panel of judges and a winning poster from each course wasContinue reading
Fall 2017 Poster Session Largest Ever for KMDI, Features Innovative Ideas
The Knowledge Media Design Institute hosted its bi-annual poster session on December 6th at Hart House. The event has come a long way over the years and has grown considerably since its inception with the most recentContinue reading
Spring ’17 Poster Session: New Applications in Knowledge Media
On April 11, KMDI hosted the 8th bi-annual poster session in the recently renovated Faculty of Information Inforum. The event featured many bright ideas that included projects like designing travel app features to presenting whyContinue reading
KMDI YouTube Channel
Did you miss a past talk or would you like to re-visit a favourite presenter or topic? KMDI is pleased to invite you to view recordings of many past guest speakers and student seminar presentationsContinue reading
Fall 2016 poster session celebration and photo gallery
On Dec. 12, KMDI celebrated its 7th bi-annual poster session. Both KMD classes 1001 and 2002 presented their projects to a team of judges. Members of the KMDI faculty, community and students filled the East CommonContinue reading
Poster Session Gallery: From Past to Present
KMDI has had the privilege of hosting seven Poster Sessions so far. This post includes poster session submissions from Fall 2013 to Fall 2016. Take a look at the work of past students or revisit your ownContinue reading
2016 Poster Session Winners shine brightly
On April 13, KMDI hosted its 6th bi-annual poster session and celebrated the end of term. The KMDI community made up of KMD 1001 students, faculty and some OCAD students met at Hart House. TheContinue reading
iSchool/KMDI Colloquia Series – Andrew Feenberg: The Internet in Question
March 3 2016 Abstract: The purpose of this talk is to affirm the democratic potential of the Internet. Affirmation is called for by the context of contemporary critical theory, in which the Internet figures increasinglyContinue reading
KMDI Talk – Dr. Margaret-Anne (Peggy) Storey: How Social Media Shape a Participatory Culture in Software Engineering
November 4, 2015 How Social Media Shape a Participatory Culture in Software Engineering Abstract: Software developers rely on media to communicate, learn, collaborate and network with others. Over just the past few years, social mediaContinue reading
iSchool/KMDI Talk Recording of Dr. Mia Consalvo: Playing (as) a better me: Choice, moral affordances and video games
January 21, 2016 Playing (as) a better me me: Choice, moral affordances and video games ABSTRACT: “This talk is an exploration of players’ understandings of games that offer moral dilemmas, in order to explore player choiceContinue reading
iSchool \ KMDI Colloquia Speaker Series Winter 2016
KMDI Speaker Series & iSchool Colloquia are partnering to co-host an exciting program of guest speakers this semester. All are welcome. Refreshments to follow each talk. Playing (as) a better me: Choice, moral affordancesContinue reading
2015 Fall poster session winners stand out with engaging and practical research
On Dec. 2, KMDI hosted it’s fifth bi-annual poster session alongside an end-of-term party. Students from the KMD 1001 (taught by Dr. Winnie Chen and Dr. Wayne Giang), showcased their work from the term. The students and facultyContinue reading
Save the date! Speaker Series Winter 2016
KMDI Speaker Series & iSchool Colloquia are partnering to co-host an exciting program of guest speakers this semester. All are welcome. Refreshments to follow each talk. Mia Consalvo, CRC in Games Studies & Design, Concordia University Topic: Playing (as)Continue reading
KMDI talk – Dr. Carl DiSalvo: Two Design Experiments in Speculative Civics
October 6, 2015 Two Design Experiments in Speculative Civics ABSTRACT: Design is increasingly involved in our public lives, giving form to issues and working to enable new modes of participation. Usually this takes an instrumentalContinue reading
KMDI Speaker Series presents Dr. Margaret-Anne Storey || Wednesday, November 4, 2015
NEW Date and Location! Join us Wednesday, November 4th for the third installment of our speaker series: HOW SOCIAL MEDIA SHAPE A PARTICIPATORY CULTURE IN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING, a talk by Dr. Margaret-Anne (Peggy) Storey, a Visiting ScientistContinue reading
KMDI Talk – Dr. Jeremy Grimshaw: Improving Design of Dissemination & Implementation Strategies to Promote Evidence Based Care
September 13, 2015 Improving Design of Dissemination & Implementation Strategies to Promote Evidence Based Care ABSTRACT: Consistent evidence of evidence-practice gaps has led to increased interest in dissemination and implementation of evidence based health care.Continue reading