Emerging from research into the visualisation of argument construction, the analysis of learner interactions within networks has become widely recognised in recent years as a rich and effective means of providing feedback on learner progress…
Category Archives: MSc
DAL MOOC – Week 1 Beginning
I’ve just started the edX Data, Analytics, and Learning MOOC (rather late – but I’m catching up) which has involved getting the hang of ‘Hangouts’. These are informal chats between experts which can take a while to get going, but inside these video conversations there are nuggets of extremely useful stuff. So in the spirit of theContinue reading “DAL MOOC – Week 1 Beginning”
Early days
A recent highlight was the ILIaD Conference, held at the University of Southampton, where I had the opportunity to discuss my summer research project with Digital Literacies expert…
MSc Summer Project Poster
In my last post (several months ago) I set out a loose plan for my summer dissertation project. Now the dissertation has been submitted and I’ve produced this poster to sum up it’s 14,000 words – or at least its key points.
Exams, Dissertation Topic and Authorship Issues
Examinations and essay writing are now over for my MSc in Web Science course and I’m now preparing to start my summer dissertation project. Two supervisors have agreed to oversee the progress of my work, the main research question of which is: can comments related to Web-based learning objects be used to good effect in the evaluation of these objects?
MSc Web Science – Week 25
I did very badly building an OWL ontology using Protége – for Semantic Web Technologies assessed coursework…
MSc Web Science – Week 23
This week I have been getting to grips with OWL (Web Ontology Language) – using an interesting tool called Protége…
MSc Web Science – Week 22
Last week we of the MSc Web Science cohort spent time between classes and course work taking part in Web Science Research Week 2014…
MSc Web Science – Week 21
Next week is Web Science Research Week. I’m working on a team project: Using Linked Data to Record and Expose Linked Resources…
MSc Web Science – Week 20
This week’s readings (some resources require institutional login)…
