[Digital] Archive

The study of what is collectively labeled New Media —the cultural and artistic practices made possible by digital technology—has become one of the most vibrant areas of scholarly activity and is rapidly turning into an established academic field, with many universities now offering it as a major. The Johns Hopkins Guide to Digital Media is the first comprehensive reference work to which teachers, students, and the curious can quickly turn for reliable information on the key terms and concepts of the field. The contributors present entries on nearly 150 ideas, genres, and theoretical concepts that have allowed digital media to produce some of the most innovative intellectual, artistic, and social practices of our time. The result is an easy-to-consult reference for digital media scholars or anyone wishing to become familiar with this fast-developing field

Choosing a Health Care Provider: The Role of Quality Information

Reviews research on the adequacy of the information available on provider quality; the type of information consumers seek in choosing physicians, physician groups, and hospitals; and their attitudes about, awareness of, and use of that information

Final Progress Report California Open Educational Resources Council

Submitted to the Intersegmental Committee of Academic Senates December 1, 2015 (rev 4/15/16) Permalink: http://tinyurl.com/FPRCAOERC41516 Printable PDF Version: http://tinyurl.com/FPRCAOERC41516pdf See also CA-OERC White Paper: OER Adoption in College Classroom

Oyster Reef Restoration: Impacts on Infaunal Communities in a Shallow Water Estuary

Oyster reefs are important estuarine ecosystems that provide habitats to many species, including threatened and endangered wading birds and commercially important fishes and crabs. Infaunal organisms (i.e. aquatic, sediment-dwelling organisms) are also supported by oyster reef habitats. Infaunal organisms are critical to oyster-based food webs and are consumed by many important estuarine species. Due to their critical role in coastal food webs, infauna are hypothesized to be strong indicators of habitat productivity. With the dramatic global loss of intertidal oyster reefs, organisms that depend on oyster reef infauna are likely negatively impacted. Fortunately, oyster reef restoration is currently underway in many locations. We hypothesized it would be possible to document the transition from a dead oyster reef to a fully-functioning restored oyster reef by examining changes in infaunal communities before restoration and over time following restoration. Research was conducted in the Mosquito Lagoon of the northern Indian River Lagoon system. Three replicate samples were collected from 12 intertidal oyster reefs (four dead, four live, four restored). Samples were collected one-week pre-restoration and one month and six months post-restoration. Infaunal taxa abundance and composition were recorded. Reef infaunal abundance increased following restoration; restored reefs became more similar to live reefs over time. Live reefs consistently had high infaunal abundance and dead reefs consistently had low abundance, while restored reefs were intermediate. These data suggest restored reefs are more productive than their dead counterparts, with restoration showing a positive trajectory to support numerous infaunal species and their associated food webs