Our mission is to provide international service and contribute to the generation of new knowledge by using mixed methods social science research techniques to explore the socio-technical infrastructure required to support accessible geographically distributed collaboration.
 
                                                  

 

Overview

The Center for Research on Collaboratories and Technology Enhanced Learning Communities (COTELCO) is a social science research center in the School of International Service (SIS) at American University. 
 
The Center explores the socio-technical infrastructure required to support geographically distributed collaboration and knowledge work, particularly between developed and developing countries. It is based upon principles of universal design and accessibility. 
 

COTELCO Graduate Associate accepts Summer Internship at Argus

Photo of Vidhi PandeyCOTELCO is pleased to announce that Graduate Associate Ms. Vidhi Pandey has accepted a summer internship position at Argus Information and Advisory Services' White Plains, New York office. Argus is a leading provider of strategic consulting services to organizations in the financial sector. At COTELCO, Ms. Pandey has worked primarily on researching Drupal content management system issues, and supporting research collaboration with the Global Forum on Law, Justice and Development (GFLJD). Vidhi is also working part-time for the Office of Disability Services (ODS) at Syracuse University and is a graduate student in the Information Management program at Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies (iSchool).

ISD Offers SIS Co-Sponsored Conference on Internet Governance

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The Institute for the Study of Diplomacy (ISD) at Georgetown University and the Yahoo! Fund on Communication Technology, International Values, and the Global Internet are sponsoring a day-long, public conference entitled “Reinventing the Internet's Phone Book?” on Friday, 19 April, 2013 from 9:30am to 4:00pm. Moderated by ISD's 2012-2013 Yahoo! Fellow Francesca Musiani, the program will feature several panel discussions and presentations on the political, social and technical implications of the misuse and, in some cases, abuse of the Domain Name System (DNS).

Announcement: Invitation for Paper Submissions to DSST 2013

Dr. Derrick Cogburn (photo)COTELCO invites interested candidates to submit papers to the 2013 Digital Societies and Social Technologies Summer Institute taking place from 28 July – 1 August at the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland. The Summer Institute will provide its 50 participating graduate and doctoral students, faculty, and industry professionals the opportunity to network and gain a broader understanding of emerging sociotechnical systems.

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