A couple of weeks ago I attended the Lift France 2011 conference. For me this was different than my usual conference experience. I have written before how Anglo-Saxon my perspective is, so to be at a conference where the majority of the audience is French was refreshing. Although there was a track about learning, most … Continue reading Reflecting on Lift France 2011: Key Themes
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Lak11 Week 3 and 4 (and 5): Semantic Web, Tools and Corporate Use of Analytics
Two weeks ago I visited Learning Technologies 2011 in London (blog post forthcoming). This meant I had less time to write down some thoughts on Lak11. I did manage to read most of the reading materials from the syllabus and did some experimenting with the different tools that are out there. Here are my reflections … Continue reading Lak11 Week 3 and 4 (and 5): Semantic Web, Tools and Corporate Use of Analytics
Lak11 Week 2: Rise of “Big Data” and Data Scientists
These are my reflection and thoughts on the second week of Learning and Knowledge analytics (Lak11). These notes are first an foremost to cement my own learning experience, so for everybody but me they might feel a bit disjointed. What was week 2 about? This week was an introduction to the topic of "big data". … Continue reading Lak11 Week 2: Rise of “Big Data” and Data Scientists
Lak11 Week 1: Introduction to Learning and Knowledge Analytics
Every week I will try and write down some reflections on the Open Online Course: Learning and Knowledge Analytics. These will by written for myself as much as for anybody else, so I have to apologise in advance about the fact that there will be nearly no narrative and a mix between thoughts on the … Continue reading Lak11 Week 1: Introduction to Learning and Knowledge Analytics
Learning and Knowledge Analytics 2011: I Will Participate
George Siemens has written about the upcoming Learning and Knowledge Analytics 2011 course (#lak11). After reading the very interesting draft syllabus I have decided to actively participate. This means you should be seeing reflections about the course in this very blog soon. The dedicated Moodle site for the course asks participants to introduce themselves and … Continue reading Learning and Knowledge Analytics 2011: I Will Participate