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1. Uncovering unintended and shadow practices of users of decision support system dashboards in higher education institutions.

Author

McCoy, Chase and Rosenbaum, Howard

Subjects
*COMPUTER science, *DECISION support systems, *INFORMATION science, *INTERVIEWING, *MANAGEMENT information systems, *RESEARCH methodology, *QUALITY assurance, *UNIVERSITY & college administration, *PRODUCT design, *ACCESS to information, *EVALUATION of human services programs
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Higher education institutions' (HEI) have begun to develop decision support system data dashboards (DSS‐DD) to improve the data‐informed decision making practices of institutional decision makers. This qualitative study examines the practices of decision makers as they engage with DSS‐DD at a large U.S. Midwestern university and uncovers the socio‐technical characteristics that lead to limited or non‐use of dashboards. To examine these practices and characteristics, this study presents a framework grounded in socio‐technical interaction networks from social informatics and sociomateriality from information systems that explores the socio‐technical practices of users within organizations, while acknowledging the impact of the users' socio‐technical contexts on their DSS‐DD practices. The results show that during the design and implementation phases of these dashboards the institutional contexts that the dashboards are meant to inform are often ignored; and that as users interact with these systems they develop unintended and shadow practices that lead to limited or non‐use of the dashboards for decision making purposes. Additionally, the study finds that users' practices are influenced by their local socio‐technical networks, which includes their prior experiences using institutional data, other actors within their institutional unit, and the political and social contexts which shape the users' decision making behavior and data‐use practices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2019
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2. 10th Annual Social Informatics Research Symposium Connecting (Epistemic) Cultures and (Intellectual) Communities.

Author

Rosenbaum, Howard and Fichman, Pnina

Subjects
*COMPUTER science, *CONFERENCES & conventions, *INFORMATION science, *THEORY of knowledge, *INTELLECTUAL freedom
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At the 2014 ASIS&T Annual Meeting, the Special Interest Group/Social Informatics (SIG/SI) celebrated 10 years spearheading research on the intersection of people, information and communications technology. The SIG's pre-conference symposium attracted an international group of scholars and students demonstrating ways their work applies to the Annual Meeting's theme of Connecting Collections, Cultures, and Communities. Presented papers examined the influence of IT consultants' work by organizational and technical contexts, social and cultural barriers impeding the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) by resource-poor individuals, genre analysis of technologically mediated workplace practices and links between social networks and ICTs. A panel discussion explored ties between epistemic cultures and intellectual communities and ways to promote social informatics research on the topic. The SIG presented awards for Best Paper and Best Student Paper, both touching on collaboration to enhance content. The importance of the annual research symposium was reinforced by SIG/SI earning the 2014 SIG Publication-of-the-Year Award for a book that emerged from its 2012 symposium. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2015
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3. SIG/SI Workshop: 11th Annual SIG-SI Research Symposium a Success!

Author

Fichman, Pnina and Rosenbaum, Howard

Subjects
*INFORMATION science associations, *CONFERENCES & conventions, *COMPUTER science, *INFORMATION science, *WORLD Wide Web, *SOCIAL context, *SOCIAL media
Abstract

EDITOR'S SUMMARY At the 2015 ASIS&T Annual Meeting, Special Interest Group/Social Informatics (SIG/SI) celebrated its 11th research symposium and the more than 100 panels, papers and posters presented over the years. The theme, 'The Impacts of Social Informatics Research,' was evident in studies illustrating social informatics in a variety of contexts. Speakers explored the use of communications technology in marginalized communities and language use in informal chat about illegal behavior in online communities. Presenters also examined human rights in Indonesia, taking a value-oriented approach in social informatics research, efforts to create a safer internet and ways big data marginalize individuals through algorithms used in quantitative analyses. A panel considered where social informatics fits in the IT curriculum of iSchools. An examination of social connectedness through digital channels and devices won the Best Paper Award. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2016
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