Collaborating with the Enemy by Andrew Bate E-Learning (LTEO) [email_address] Presentation available online: http://www.slideshare.net/amb28/collaborating-with-the-enemy-presentation/

My Personal Tutor’s, Dr “Who”, opinions of LTEO “The Enemy” “They don’t know what … they are doing”

My Personal Tutor’s, Dr

“Who”, opinions of

LTEO

“The Enemy”

“They don’t know what … they are doing”

What should the interns do this afternoon? Work at Desk as usual Go home with pay Relax with colleagues with cake and coke Relax with other interns with beer and burgers

Work at Desk as usual

Go home with pay

Relax with colleagues with cake and coke

Relax with other interns with beer and burgers

Projects Use of Word Clouds at UOB Classification of Twitter Messages Departmental Use of Moodle Classification of Wikis

Use of Word Clouds at UOB

Classification of Twitter Messages

Departmental Use of Moodle

Classification of Wikis

Wordcloud example using wordle.net

What was the previous wordcloud of? My Facebook Profile contents My Journal entries on intern Moodle page My CV The Monster Raving Loony Party’s Manifesto 2005 The UN Declaration of Universal Human Rights

My Facebook Profile contents

My Journal entries on intern Moodle page

My CV

The Monster Raving Loony Party’s Manifesto 2005

The UN Declaration of Universal Human Rights

Wordclouds Started with raw data (50 odd responses to PPP SIG paper survey) Put into electronic text, which is then make into a wordcloud using tagcrowd.com Blogged all thoughts, difficulties and workings Developed an article on elearning wiki on Confluence, collaborating with Andy Ramsden The working paper is on OPus

Started with raw data (50 odd responses to PPP SIG paper survey)

Put into electronic text, which is then make into a wordcloud using tagcrowd.com

Blogged all thoughts, difficulties and workings

Developed an article on elearning wiki on Confluence, collaborating with Andy Ramsden

The working paper is on OPus

Wordcloud based on UN Declaration of Universal Human Rights (source- wikipedia article, 20 th August 08)

Twitter Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that allows its users to send and read other users’ updates Twitter updates are called “Tweets” Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length.

Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that allows its users to send and read other users’ updates

Twitter updates are called “Tweets”

Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length.

Twitter Start with a classification and look around for tweets where the classification either fails and is unclear Improve classification and method Take “random” sample and classify their tweets Blogged my findings, thoughts and method

Start with a classification and look around for tweets where the classification either fails and is unclear

Improve classification and method

Take “random” sample and classify their tweets

Blogged my findings, thoughts and method

Your Experience with Moodle… Moodle? I have not used it I think Well, some of the time. Only if I need something I quite often check up on any changes on my moodle courses Moodle is my life!

Moodle? I have not used it I think

Well, some of the time. Only if I need something

I quite often check up on any changes on my moodle courses

Moodle is my life!

Departmental Use of Moodle Look a collection of moodle course and make notes Develop a system of assessing moodle course content Assess moodle courses of a given department using system

Look a collection of moodle course and make notes

Develop a system of assessing moodle course content

Assess moodle courses of a given department using system

Wiki Collection of web pages designed to enable anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify content Editing is largely plain text Image from www.wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/26/wiki-collaboration-leads-to-happiness/

Collection of web pages designed to enable anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify content

Editing is largely plain text

Classification of Wikis Looked at a handful of wikis in moodle and read background literature Given a list of wikis, had to classify based on previous model Reported my findings via my blog

Looked at a handful of wikis in moodle and read background literature

Given a list of wikis, had to classify based on previous model

Reported my findings via my blog

What have I learned… Every thought must be blogged and became an effective stalker To collaborate with others Developed my report writing and general writing skills Developed analytic & decision making skills A much better understanding of L&T and the works of a learning technologist

Every thought must be blogged and became an effective stalker

To collaborate with others

Developed my report writing and general writing skills

Developed analytic & decision making skills

A much better understanding of L&T and the works of a learning technologist

And you have learned... Not much really, but thanks for wasting my time That clickers are fun! ;-) That e-learning does more then just moodle The Presenter’s rather odd

Not much really, but thanks for wasting my time

That clickers are fun! ;-)

That e-learning does more then just moodle

The Presenter’s rather odd

The Ultimate slide www.bath.ac.uk/opus/handle/10247/474 The Wordcloud working paper amb28.wordpress.com/ My blog. ANY QUESTIONS? Andrew Bate [email_address]

www.bath.ac.uk/opus/handle/10247/474

The Wordcloud working paper

amb28.wordpress.com/

My blog.

ANY QUESTIONS?