Sat, Apr 30, 2005

Search for Conflict Resolution Jobs in a New Way - Cluster Them

Search for Conflict Resolution Jobs or Peace-related Jobs using this new clustering engine… A new job listings metasearch database named Indeed.com has teamed up with Clusty, the metasearch engine offering dynamic clustering of results to offer Jobs.clusty.com. The new tool allows the searcher to dynamically cluster job search results from Indeed.com several different ways. The Jobs.clusty.com homepage presents all Indeed.com listings clustered by state. You can also keyword search the database and then cluster results by topic, company, cities (location), or source (the underlying database or site where Indeed.com gets the listing from). To change the cluster, simply use the pull-down menu option in the left column of a results page.

Jobs.clusty.com might not only be useful service for people looking for employment but also to higher ed, business and competitive intelligence researchers. (Thanks to Search Engine Watch for the pointer to this…)

Mon, Apr 25, 2005

Peaceful Societies Website - documenting cultures of nonviolence

A new website entitled Peaceful Societies was launched this past January to highlight societies around the world that have shunned violence. In the broadest sense, peaceful societies are defined at this site as “contemporary groups of people who rarely permit violence or warfare to interfere with their lives.” The site, targetting students and scholars and citizen activists, includes book references, news, and other scholarly information documenting nonviolent social groups.

Podcast 03 - Interview with Paul Wahrhaftig

In our third podcast, we interview Paul Wahrhaftig, editor and publisher of the quarterly Conflict Resolution Notes, which he published continuously for over 20 years. Paul also managed the Conflict Resolution Center International information clearinghouse, one of the early sources of information for community mediation centers in the United States and abroad. Our interview touches on some of the ground Paul covers in his new book entitled “Community Dispute Resolution: Empowerment and Social Justice” You can listen online using our flash player or you can grab the podcast feed to use in your podcast “catching” client.

Wed, Apr 20, 2005

Special Education Mediation Video - Parents and Educators Working Toward Mutual Solutions

This online streaming video “Parents and Educators Working Toward Mutual Solutions” features a mock mediation of a special education dispute, interspersed with commentary by experts and information on the benefits and possible concerns associated with using mediation for these kind of conflicts. It was developed jointly by the Technical Assistance Alliance for Parent Centers (the Alliance) and Consortium for Appropriate Dispute Resolution in Special Education (CADRE). The video is available in two formats: Real Video and Microsoft Windows Media. An audio transcript is also available online. The video is part of a larger collection of resources offered by the CADRE online clearinghouse. Of particular interest here is a collaborative problem solving training manual by Rod Windle and Suzanne Warren designed for special education conflict resolvers.

Mon, Apr 18, 2005

EASE History - Online Video Learning Environment

EASE History is a rich learning environment using Flash Player 7 that supports the learning of US history. Over 600 videos and photographs are currently available in EASE History. The project is based at Michigan State University.

EASE (Experience Acceleration Support Environment) History has three entry points: Historical Events, Campaign Ads, and Core Values. Learn about US History through the prism of US presidential campaign ads, better understand the complexities of campaign issues and their historical context by looking at historical events, and explore the meanings of core values by examining how these values have been applied in both historical events and campaign ads. Three learning modes, single and multiple theme searches, and resources support the comparing and contrasting of historical cases.  A learning guide has been designed to support its use in classrooms grades 6-12. EASE Historyís goal, which mirrors that of the Cognitive Flexibility Theory, is to prepare learners to become more flexibly adaptive thinkers. Flexibly adaptive thinkers are well informed, open-minded, and creative. Working in EASE History, learners see that there are no simple answers or one best example; that variability exists through real world examples.

Food Force - New Cross-platform Game from United Nations World Food Programme

Food Force is a new game just released by the United Nations World Food Programme. An aircraft circles over a crisis zone. War. Drought. People are hungry. This is the virtual world of the Food Force video game. You work with a team of U.N. experts including a Nutritionist, a Logistics Officer, an A.L.I.T.E. Officer, a Director of Food Purchasing, and an Appeals Officer to complete 6 different missions. Each mission represents a part of the process of delivering food aid to an area in crisis. The final mission shows you how food aid can help people rebuild their lives in the years following a disaster. Included for teachers are lesson plans that address various educational subject areas and target different educational levels. The Macintosh and Windows compatible game is available at no cost, but requires a rather hefty down load of around 200 MB, so be prepared.
     

Wed, Apr 13, 2005

Neighborhood Development Toolkit

The Community and Neighborhood Development Division of the Public Policy Research Center at the University of St. Louis Missouri has developed an impressive track record of working collaboratively with their surrounding community. Many lessons learned from this work have been captured in an online Neighborhood Toolkit. The information addresses the following areas:
Community Building Principles
Collaboration
Meetings
Planning Models
Gathering Information about Your Community
Consensus Decision Making
Team Building
Problem Solving and Conflict Resolution

In addition to the web version, the toolkit is also available as a PDF for printing or offline reading.

Sun, Apr 10, 2005

Classroom Management - Conflict Resolution Approaches (w Video)

Managing Conflict is a lesson on approaches to classroom management that was developed by the LightBridge project. The Conflict Resolution module includes a lesson introduction, video demonstrations of a classroom meeting and use of peer mediation, information on assessment and useful support materials. LightBridge uses California’s Internet2 to help better prepare new and existing teachers. The initiative is part of the Preparing Tomorrows Teachers to Use Technology program (partially) funded by the U.S. Department of Education.  LightBridge is based at Sonoma State University in California.

Wed, Apr 06, 2005

Social Science Research Network Subject Area “Journals” on Conflict Topics

Digging below the surface of the large (and at times rather slow and unwieldy) Social Science Research Network paper and articles collection, you might discover that content is organized into theme groups via the work of subject area editors. The Negotiations and Dispute Resolution Network (part of the Management Research Network Group) theme areas include those listed below. If you find an author who has work of particular interest to you, you can click on their name and see their profile, and now you can use an RSS newsfeed they provide to keep track in real time of when this person posts any new papers to the network collection. Now if only they would do that for conflict-related subject areas…which are as follows:
Conflict and Dispute Resolution
Culture, Conflict and Negotiation
Decision Making and Negotiation
Justice and Negotiations
Multiple Party Confict, Decision and Negotiation
Negotiation Applications
Negotiation Processes and Communications
Third Party Intervention
Two Party Negotiations

International Association for Conflict Management Papers Archive

The International Association for Confict Management now has an arrangement where they can post and store conference papers with the Social Science Research Network. About 200 conference papers from IACM conferences are now available for browsing and download. Lots of interesting research here, with a good deal of focus on negotiation and cross-culture and organizational issues, based on the interests of the IACM group membership.

Mon, Apr 04, 2005

A Force More Powerful - Nonviolence Strategy Game

A Force More Powerful is the title of a new simulation game scheduled for release this fall. It builds on the work of Nonviolent Action theorists like Gene Sharp and Peter Ackerman (who has a book and a PBS special with the same title). The game is designed for low-end computers and will be available for free in September 2005. It will be distributed on CDs and on the Internet. Versions are planned for specific regions and languages. I’ll be eager to have a closer look when it becomes available. The project was sponsored by the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict. A story with more details about the game is available here and a windows media video of a Fox News broadcast previewing the game is available here.

Sat, Apr 02, 2005

Podcast Number 2 - Interview with Guy Burgess

In our second podcast, Guy Burgess (co-director of CRInfo.org) and I use Skype (the free internet “phone” tool) to discuss the progress being made in sharing conflict resolution information via the internet. The RSS 2.0 feed (for use with a podcast “catcher” client) is located HERE . The direct link to our online mp3 audio player is here if you just want to listen online. The file is 8 MB in size, so loading the online version may require considerable patience on a dial-up connection.

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