Making library data work for us
On 2-4 November I attended the LibPMC Conference (International Conference on Performance Measurement in Libraries). The conference content was really …Continue reading →
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Storyboarding data and statistical concepts
This series of five short videos on storyboarding data and statistical concepts have been created by Glenna Nightingale, Research Fellow […]
Read moreSecurity, Authentication and Authorisation
A lecture on data security provided across three short videos by Dr Amy Krause, Principal Architect at the Edinburgh Parallel […]
Read moreExcelling in Excel
A short series of three video tutorials aimed at up-skilling distance learning students on how to make the best use […]
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R is a programming language and free software environment for statistical computing and graphics supported by the R Foundation for […]
Read moreNVivo 11 video tutorial
A twenty-minute ‘tech’ intro to using NVivo, a qualitative data coding software. Content covered in the video includes: NVivo interface […]
Read moredeveloping data skills for all
You’ll be aware that we have been running ‘Developing Your Data Skills’ Programme for staff and students at University of Edinburgh this year. The programme has been very successful and we have now had more than 100 learners complete. Since our staff live and work in Edinburgh and the region, I think this can be …
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Advice from HR was not to call this job ‘Witchfinder General’. So we didn’t. But we wanted to. University of Edinburgh has a database of Scottish Witches. It has been published as open data and we are looking for a Data and Visualisation Intern to work with our Wikimedian in Residence to help us develop …
Read moreEC-TEL 2018: Student Facing Learning Analytics Dashboards
Rattling back up the tracks from Leeds after a super-fast visit to the EC Technology Enhanced Learning conference. Sadly I couldn’t stay for the main conference, but thanks to the efforts of Dr Adam Cooper, myself, Dr Maren Scheffel and Dr Liz Bennet h…
Read moreLearning Analytics Policy Development
Reading Time: 4 minutesI wrote this up in a short brain dump to share with some colleagues internally recently, but since our Learning Analytics Principles and Purposes policy has now been re-published with a CC license, I thought it might be worth sharing some of the back story … Continue reading Learning Analytics Policy Development
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