This weekend I attended the Quantified Self conference in Amsterdam. The number of participants was just short of 300 of which 90(!) people were involved in some way in a session. They call this a "carefully curated unconference": they started by checking out all the registrants and then connecting to them if they look interesting. … Continue reading “Don’t Life Log Me” – Quantified Self 2013 in Amsterdam
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The Quantified Self and What it Means for Learning
In early April I presented (in Dutch) at the e-Learning Event about the quantified self and learning. I have now translated the slides into English as I think the topic is important enough. The presentation explains (in five parts) why the quantified self movement will have big consequences for how we will learn in the … Continue reading The Quantified Self and What it Means for Learning
Dutch Presentation about the Quantified Self (Leren is Meten Weten)
I presented the following keynote (in Dutch) at the the e-Learning Event 2012 (an English version of this message is available here): Deze presentatie legt in vijf delen uit waarom de trend om jezelf te meten (quantified self) grote gevolgen gaat hebben voor hoe wij in de toekomst gaan leren (je kunt de presentatie ook als … Continue reading Dutch Presentation about the Quantified Self (Leren is Meten Weten)
Erik Duval on Learning Analytics at the e-Learning Event
Erik Duval is a professor at the Catholic University in Leuven. His team works on Human Computer Interaction. In the last few years, he has done a lot of work around Learning Analytics, which he defines as being about collecting traces that learners leave behind and using those traces to improve learning. His students at … Continue reading Erik Duval on Learning Analytics at the e-Learning Event