Are southern academics virtually connected? This paper forms the first phase of a study commissioned by GDNet into supporting the use of web 2.0 tools for research collaboration, by its members; researchers in developing and transition countries, and facilitating an online community of development researchers globally. The paper provides some recommendations on how GDNet can improve the GDNet Community and encourage uptake of this and other web 2.0 tools and platforms that it offers now and in the future.
2012-2022: The Decade of the MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses)Fereshte Goshtasbpour
Katy Jordan, University of Lancaster (UK) and Fereshte Goshtasbpour, The Open University (UK)
In a New York Times article, Pappano (2012) declared 2012 as ‘the year of the MOOC’. It was a year which saw a surge in interest in this new, open form of online higher education. While the initial hype around Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) subsided and their form has changed significantly from the first large-scale courses, more learners than ever are registered with the platforms, which have attracted substantial levels of investment. In this presentation, we report the findings from a paper that brought together articles published about MOOCs in the Journal of Interactive Media in Education (JIME) over the past ten years. First, the presentation provides an overview of major events and trends in relation to MOOCs over the past ten years. Then it takes a closer look at the 25 papers published in JIME arranged in relation to four main themes, including: situating MOOCs; learning design and roles; MOOCs and languages; and accessibility and inclusion.
Jordan, K. and Goshtasbpour, F., 2022. JIME Virtual Special Collection – 2012 to 2022: The Decade of the MOOC. Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2022(1), p.1.DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jime.757
Are southern academics virtually connected? This paper forms the first phase of a study commissioned by GDNet into supporting the use of web 2.0 tools for research collaboration, by its members; researchers in developing and transition countries, and facilitating an online community of development researchers globally. The paper provides some recommendations on how GDNet can improve the GDNet Community and encourage uptake of this and other web 2.0 tools and platforms that it offers now and in the future.
2012-2022: The Decade of the MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses)Fereshte Goshtasbpour
Katy Jordan, University of Lancaster (UK) and Fereshte Goshtasbpour, The Open University (UK)
In a New York Times article, Pappano (2012) declared 2012 as ‘the year of the MOOC’. It was a year which saw a surge in interest in this new, open form of online higher education. While the initial hype around Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) subsided and their form has changed significantly from the first large-scale courses, more learners than ever are registered with the platforms, which have attracted substantial levels of investment. In this presentation, we report the findings from a paper that brought together articles published about MOOCs in the Journal of Interactive Media in Education (JIME) over the past ten years. First, the presentation provides an overview of major events and trends in relation to MOOCs over the past ten years. Then it takes a closer look at the 25 papers published in JIME arranged in relation to four main themes, including: situating MOOCs; learning design and roles; MOOCs and languages; and accessibility and inclusion.
Jordan, K. and Goshtasbpour, F., 2022. JIME Virtual Special Collection – 2012 to 2022: The Decade of the MOOC. Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2022(1), p.1.DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jime.757
Research in Distance Education: impact on practice conference, 27 October 2010. Presentation in Supporting Teaching and Learning Strand by Dr Joanna Newman from the British Library: Supporting researchers at the British Library.
Up to University -the European project to close the gap between secondary sch...Up2Universe
A general introduction to the Up2U-Up to University project that was presented at the CS3-Workshop on Cloud Storage Synchronization and Sharing Services in Krakow, Poland in 2018.
The Future of Higher Education, the Future of Learningicdeslides
Presentation given at Higher Education Leadership Forum
Dubai, 12 – 13 November 2013 by Gard Titlestad, Secretary General, International Council For Open and Distance Education, ICDE
CCCOER Presents: Fall 2019 Open Education Conferences RecapUna Daly
Two major OER conferences are scheduled for fall 2019: The 16th Annual Open Education Conference in Phoenix, Arizona, and the Open Education Global Conference in Milan, Italy. This webinar will showcase some of the presentations and experiences of CCCOER community members.
When: Wednesday, December 4th, 12pm PT/ 3pm ET
Featured Speakers:
Marilyn Billings, Head, Office of Scholarly Communication, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Una Daly, CCCOER Director, Open Education Consortium
Brittany Dudek, Library Director, Colorado Community Colleges Online
James Glapa-Grossklag, Dean, Ed Technology, Learning Resources, and Distance Learning, College of the Canyons, California
Terry Greene, Learning Technologist, Fleming College, Ontario
Jen Klaudinyi, Faculty Librarian, Portland Community College, Oregon
Several presenters will be giving short recaps of their presentations. We will update this list as speakers are confirmed
Moderator:
Sue Tashjian, Coordinator of Instructional Technology and Online Learning, Northern Essex Community College
Lightning Talk Session 1: Establishing a Culture of Open Research
Agape – Building an Open Science Practising Community
presented by Cassandra Murphy, Agape Open Science/Maynooth University;
Open Research Practices for Research Integrity
presented by Lai Ma, University College Dublin;
Research Assessment and Incentivising Open Research Practices
presented by David O’Connell, University College Cork
Educating Problem-Solvers for Our Emerging Digital EcosystemRebecca Davis
What skills, abilities, and habits of mind do today’s graduates need for their careers and to solve complex problems in a constantly changing, globally-connected world? How can we integrate digital skills in support of critical thinking and inquiry across the curriculum? The future of higher education depends upon an integrative vision of digitally-informed learning that is not merely content delivery online but rather is education reshaped in the same ways that digital technologies have already fundamentally changed our culture. This talk will present a vision for building a curriculum that develops self-directed, digitally-augmented problem-solving from introductory to capstone level courses and prepares graduates to partner with technology to solve problems.
CCCOER Presents: User Friendly OER Course Design for Remote and F2F LearningUna Daly
When faculty start using OER, one of the most exciting opportunities that the open license affords is for faculty to customize their courses to fit the needs of their students. In this discussion, we will explore some of the theory and practice around designing engaging, accessible, and inclusive OER courses. We will discuss how using OER can enable faculty to embrace good design principles for student-centered instruction in fully online courses or face-to-face courses, augmented with online components. We’ll discuss the advantages of this approach in our current, COVID-19 world.
When: Wednesday, June 3, 2020, 12 pm PDT/3 pm EDT
Featured Speakers:
Ben Kohntopp, Instructional Designer – Colorado Community College Online
Sophia Strickfaden, eLearning Technologist – Colorado Community Colleges Online
Scott Robison, Ph.D., Associate Director – Digital Learning and Design, Office of Academic Innovation, Portland State University
This presentation was provided by Mike Taylor of Digital Science, during the NISO event "Sustaining Openness: Ensuring the Long Term Vitality of Open Science, OER and More,” held on September 18, 2019.
2018-04-24 Presentation at OE Global 2018 in Delft on "How to make MOOCs better for specific target groups and developing countries?" by Christian M. Stracke, OUNL, Carlos Delgado Kloos (UC3M) et al.
Keynote presentation given at the Data Fellows 2023 workshop in Berlin on 22-23 June. Presentation gives examples of good communication to explain data management concepts and how to use games and other forms of interactivity in training events
Research in Distance Education: impact on practice conference, 27 October 2010. Presentation in Supporting Teaching and Learning Strand by Dr Joanna Newman from the British Library: Supporting researchers at the British Library.
Up to University -the European project to close the gap between secondary sch...Up2Universe
A general introduction to the Up2U-Up to University project that was presented at the CS3-Workshop on Cloud Storage Synchronization and Sharing Services in Krakow, Poland in 2018.
The Future of Higher Education, the Future of Learningicdeslides
Presentation given at Higher Education Leadership Forum
Dubai, 12 – 13 November 2013 by Gard Titlestad, Secretary General, International Council For Open and Distance Education, ICDE
CCCOER Presents: Fall 2019 Open Education Conferences RecapUna Daly
Two major OER conferences are scheduled for fall 2019: The 16th Annual Open Education Conference in Phoenix, Arizona, and the Open Education Global Conference in Milan, Italy. This webinar will showcase some of the presentations and experiences of CCCOER community members.
When: Wednesday, December 4th, 12pm PT/ 3pm ET
Featured Speakers:
Marilyn Billings, Head, Office of Scholarly Communication, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Una Daly, CCCOER Director, Open Education Consortium
Brittany Dudek, Library Director, Colorado Community Colleges Online
James Glapa-Grossklag, Dean, Ed Technology, Learning Resources, and Distance Learning, College of the Canyons, California
Terry Greene, Learning Technologist, Fleming College, Ontario
Jen Klaudinyi, Faculty Librarian, Portland Community College, Oregon
Several presenters will be giving short recaps of their presentations. We will update this list as speakers are confirmed
Moderator:
Sue Tashjian, Coordinator of Instructional Technology and Online Learning, Northern Essex Community College
Lightning Talk Session 1: Establishing a Culture of Open Research
Agape – Building an Open Science Practising Community
presented by Cassandra Murphy, Agape Open Science/Maynooth University;
Open Research Practices for Research Integrity
presented by Lai Ma, University College Dublin;
Research Assessment and Incentivising Open Research Practices
presented by David O’Connell, University College Cork
Educating Problem-Solvers for Our Emerging Digital EcosystemRebecca Davis
What skills, abilities, and habits of mind do today’s graduates need for their careers and to solve complex problems in a constantly changing, globally-connected world? How can we integrate digital skills in support of critical thinking and inquiry across the curriculum? The future of higher education depends upon an integrative vision of digitally-informed learning that is not merely content delivery online but rather is education reshaped in the same ways that digital technologies have already fundamentally changed our culture. This talk will present a vision for building a curriculum that develops self-directed, digitally-augmented problem-solving from introductory to capstone level courses and prepares graduates to partner with technology to solve problems.
CCCOER Presents: User Friendly OER Course Design for Remote and F2F LearningUna Daly
When faculty start using OER, one of the most exciting opportunities that the open license affords is for faculty to customize their courses to fit the needs of their students. In this discussion, we will explore some of the theory and practice around designing engaging, accessible, and inclusive OER courses. We will discuss how using OER can enable faculty to embrace good design principles for student-centered instruction in fully online courses or face-to-face courses, augmented with online components. We’ll discuss the advantages of this approach in our current, COVID-19 world.
When: Wednesday, June 3, 2020, 12 pm PDT/3 pm EDT
Featured Speakers:
Ben Kohntopp, Instructional Designer – Colorado Community College Online
Sophia Strickfaden, eLearning Technologist – Colorado Community Colleges Online
Scott Robison, Ph.D., Associate Director – Digital Learning and Design, Office of Academic Innovation, Portland State University
This presentation was provided by Mike Taylor of Digital Science, during the NISO event "Sustaining Openness: Ensuring the Long Term Vitality of Open Science, OER and More,” held on September 18, 2019.
2018-04-24 Presentation at OE Global 2018 in Delft on "How to make MOOCs better for specific target groups and developing countries?" by Christian M. Stracke, OUNL, Carlos Delgado Kloos (UC3M) et al.
Keynote presentation given at the Data Fellows 2023 workshop in Berlin on 22-23 June. Presentation gives examples of good communication to explain data management concepts and how to use games and other forms of interactivity in training events
Presentation given at the DMPonline 10 year anniversary week, reflecting on lessons learned developing the business model. See https://www.dcc.ac.uk/events/dmponline-10th-year-anniversary-celebration-week and #10yearsDMPonline
Keynote presentation given at the 10th anniversary of the 4TU.researchdata repository https://data.4tu.nl/info/en/news-events/training-events/news-item/4turesearchdatas-role-in-fostering-open-science-10th-anniversary-celebration-29-sep-2020-1530-1730-c/
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object Calisthenics
Reflections on Open Science
1. www.geant.org
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- a personal, service-provider perspective
www.geant.org
Sarah Jones
EOSC Engagement Manager
Email: sarah.jones@geant.org
Twitter: @sarahroams
2. Two weeks of inspiration…
#TNC22
Trieste, 13-17 June 2022
GÉANT’s annual, international
networking conference
A new community for me
#IDW2022 #RDAplenary
Seoul, 20-24 June 2022
RDA’s bi-annual plenary, held as
part of International Data Week
My regular global buddies
3. Open has become a dirty word…
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As open as possible as
closed as necessary…
4. Open is not a dirty word!
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Higman, R., Bangert, D. and Jones, S., 2019. Three camps, one destination: the intersections of research
data management, FAIR and Open. Insights, 32(1), p.18. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1629/uksg.468
• Paper explores overlaps between
concepts of Open, FAIR and RDM.
• Proposes using Open and FAIR as
ways to engage researchers in
managing data well, as this is a
prerequisite for both.
• Recommends making data FAIR
and Open wherever possible
5. Place users at the centre and address REAL needs
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https://xkcd.com/2341
6. Be pragmatic in how you support
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NWO is a great example of innovative and practical funding
programmes. Open Science Fund and DCC programme has
led to transformations
7. Why engage NRENs in Open Science?
• In all Member States and Associated Countries – truly European infrastructure
• Have demonstrated robust & reliable service delivery at scale e.g. eduroam
• Work for universities who are grappling with Open Science problem
• Have relevant skills to provide solutions e.g. procurement
• Can act as a community and lobby for change
• Have viable, sustainable business models
Ultimately, the GÉANT community is the single, most viable eInfrastructure
8. A marriage made in heaven
• Strong in network delivery
• Focus liaison on service providers
• Works on EOSC to deliver core
• Strong in above net services
• Focused on research communities
• Delivers user engagement in EOSC
• Both community-led organisations
• Both consensus driven and values-based
• Both supported by European Commission
Address the open science problem from
opposite ends of the spectrum