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Keynote Presentations:

Fischer, G. (2009) "Cultures of Participation and Social Computing: Rethinking and Reinventing Learning and Education", 9th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, Riga, Latvia, July 2009
[http://l3d.cs.colorado.edu/~gerhard/presentations/slides-ICALT2009.pdf]

Fischer, G. (2009) "Cultures of Participation: Opportunities and Challenges for the Future of Digital Libraries", JCDL'2009: Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, University of Texas, Austin, TX, June 2009
[http://l3d.cs.colorado.edu/~gerhard/presentations/slides-JCDL2009.pdf]
(they posted it at their site as well)

Fischer, G. (2009): "End-User Development and Meta-Design: Foundations for Cultures of Participation", EUD'09: Second International Symposium on End User Development, Siegen, Germany, March 2009
[http://l3d.cs.colorado.edu/~gerhard/presentations/slides-EUD2009.pdf]

Fischer, G. (2008): "Transcending the Unaided, Individual Human Mind: Understanding, Fostering, and Supporting Cultures of Participation", NordiCHI Conference, Lund, Sweden, October 2008 [http://l3d.cs.colorado.edu/~gerhard/presentations/slides-nordichi2008.pdf]

Fischer, G. (2007): "Building New Worlds Together: Meta Design and Social Creativity", Google, Boulder Engineering Open House, November 14
[http://l3d.cs.colorado.edu/~gerhard/presentations/slides-google2007.pdf]

Fischer, G. (2007): "Meta-Design and Social Creativity", 19th International Engineering Management Conference (IEMC 2007) "Managing Creativity: The Rise of the Creative Class", Austin, Texas, July 2007.
[http://l3d.cs.colorado.edu/~gerhard/presentations/slides-iemc2007.pdf]

Fischer, G. (2007): "Designing Socio-Technical Environments in Support of Meta-Design and Social Creativity", Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL '2007), Rutgers University, July; [http://l3d.cs.colorado.edu/~gerhard/presentations/slides-cscl-final.pdf]

Fischer, G. (2006): “Anatomy is Not Destiny: Creating 'Eye Glasses' for the Mind”, Interagency Committee on Disability Research State of the Art Conference: “Technology for Improving Cognitive Function”, June 29 and 30, 2006, Washington, DC. [http://l3d.cs.colorado.edu/~gerhard/presentations/slides-disabil-wash-final.pdf]

Fischer, G. (2006): "Distributed Intelligence: Extending the Power of the Unaided, Individual Human Mind."Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI) Conference, Venice, May 23-26, 2006. [http://l3d.cs.colorado.edu/~gerhard/presentations/slides-avi-final.pdf]

Fischer, G. (2005) "Innovative Media in Support of Distributed Intelligence and Lifelong Learning." Third IEEE International Workshop on Wireless and Mobile Technologies in Education, IEEE Computer Society, Tokushima, Japan, November. [http://l3d.cs.colorado.edu/~gerhard/presentations/slides-wmte-final.pdf]

Fischer, G. (2005): Integrating Individual and Social Creativity—Creativity Research in the USA and at L3D”, First International Conference "Creativity: A Multifaceted View", Moscow, September 2005.
[http://l3d.cs.colorado.edu/~gerhard/presentations/slides-moscow.pdf]

Fischer, G. (2004): “From ‘Anywhere, Anytime, Anyone’ to ‘The Right Information at the Right Time, in the Right Place, in the Right Way to the Right Person’” — International Workshop Series on RFID: Information Sharing and Privacy, Tokyo, November 2004. [http://l3d.cs.colorado.edu/~gerhard/presentations/slides-shinichi-final.pdf]

Fischer, G. (2004): “Knowledge Creation, Integration, and Dissemination in Design Communities”— JAIST Forum 2004, Japan, November 2004. [http://l3d.cs.colorado.edu/~gerhard/presentations/slides-jaist-final.pdf]

Fischer, G. (2003): Meta-Design: A Framework for the Future of End User Development (EUD)” — “EUD-Net” Symposium, October 6 and 7, 2003, Fraunhofer, Birlinghoven [http://l3d.cs.colorado.edu/~gerhard/presentations/eud-meta-d-slides-final.pdf]

Fischer, G. (2003): Working and Learning when the Answer is not Known” – European Conference on CSCW, Helsinki, September, 2003 [http://l3d.cs.colorado.edu/~gerhard/presentations/ecscw-keyn-slides-final.pdf]

Fischer, G. (2003): Design, Design Communities, and Knowledge Management: Why Learning from the Past is not Enough” — IKNOW'03, Graz, July, 2003 [http://l3d.cs.colorado.edu/~gerhard/presentations/slides-graz-final.pdf]

Fischer, G. (2002): “Teachers as Scholars” — February, 2002 [http://l3d.cs.colorado.edu/~gerhard/presentations/teachers-as-scholars2002.pdf]

Fischer, G. (2001): Communities of Interest (CoIs): Learning through the Interaction of Multiple Knowledge Systems “IRIS (24th annual Information Systems Research Seminar in Scandinavia), Ulvik, Hardanger Fjord, Norway, August 11-14, 2001 [http://l3d.cs.colorado.edu/~gerhard/presentations/slides-iris2001.pdf]

Fischer, G. (2001): “The Software Technology of the 21st Century: From Software Reuse to Collaborative Software Design” —"ISFST2001: International Symposium on Future Software Technology 2001”, November, 5-7, 2001, ZhengZhou, Henan Province, China [http://l3d.cs.colorado.edu/~gerhard/presentations/slides-isfst2001.pdf]

Fischer, G. (2000): “Shared Understanding, Informed Participation, and Social Creativity: Objectives for the Next Generation of Collaborative Systems”  — COOP’2000: Fourth International Conference on the Design of Cooperative Systems, Sophia Antipolis, France, May 23-26, 2000. [http://l3d.cs.colorado.edu/~gerhard/presentations/slides-coop-2000-final.pdf]

Fischer, G. (2000): New Mindsets and New Cultures: Discovery Learning, Lifelong Learning, Learning Communities, and the University of the Future” — Discovery Learning Conference, CU Boulder, May 2000 [http://l3d.cs.colorado.edu/~gerhard/presentations/slides-dlc-may2000-v2.pdf]

Fischer, G. (1999): User Modeling: The Long and Winding RoadSeventh International Conference on User Modelling[http://l3d.cs.colorado.edu/~gerhard/presentations/gf-um99.pdf]

Reports

Creating the University of the 21st Century: Cultural Change and Risk Taking - Consequences of and Reflections on Teaching an Experimental Course [http://l3d.cs.colorado.edu/~gerhard/reports/cu-risktaking1998.pdf]

Frameworks and Innovative Computational Environments in Support of Self-Directed and Lifelong Learning, [http://l3d.cs.colorado.edu/~gerhard/reports/bmbf1998.pdf]

Notes from 6/96 NSF Symposium on Learning and Intelligent Systems [http://l3d.cs.colorado.edu/presentations/gf-wlf/]

Tutorial at OZCHI’2000

Overview: Human-Computer Interaction--Perspectives for the New Millennium [http://l3d.cs.colorado.edu/~gerhard/presentations/tutorial-ozchi-overview.pdf]

Lecture 1: High-Functionality Applications and User Modeling [http://l3d.cs.colorado.edu/~gerhard/presentations/tutorial-ozch-lec1-hfas.pdf]

Lecture 2: Evolutionary Design of Complex Systems [http://l3d.cs.colorado.edu/~gerhard/presentations/tutorial-ozchi-lec2-ser.pdf]

Lecture 3: Transcending the Individual Human Mind [http://l3d.cs.colorado.edu/~gerhard/presentations/tutorial-ozchi-lec3-edc.pdf]