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Presented at ILTA EdTech 2017, Sligo, Ireland Supporting posthttps://mashe.hawksey.info/?p=17538 Patterns are left behind. Whether it be replies to a discussion forums, interactions on social media or ingredients in cocktails links can be made and the data used for actionable insight. Network science is one approach that takes these seemingly complex connections and through the use of mathematical methods make it easier to understand. Network science is a well established discipline and it’s origins can be traced to 1736 and the work of Leonhard Euler. The area of social network analysis is a more recent development established in work by Moreno and Jennings in the 1930s. Accessibility to affordable computing in the 1990s combined with data from early social networks like IRC has led to an explosion of interest in social network analysis. This has continued with the emergence of social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter combined with accessibility to the underlying data. The use of network science and social network analysis within educational contexts has seen similar growth. The emergence of ‘Learning Analytics’ as a field of study has highlighted how data can be used to enhance learning and teaching. With social network analysis we can take seemingly complex relationships and making them less complicated. Common applications of network analysis in this area include: identification of isolated students within group activities; identification of people or concepts which are ‘network bridges’; clustering of categorisation of topics; plus numerous other applications. This presentation is designed to be an introduction into network analysis allowing delegates the opportunity to understand the underlying structure of the graph as well as some of the tools that can be used to construct them. The session will begin with an introduction to key network analysis terms and go on to introduce some of the tools and techniques for social network analysis, specifically looking at how data can be collected and analysed from Twitter using tools like TAGS and NodeXL.

Slides for a talk given at the University of Oxford OxEngage series exploring how social media interactions on Twitter can be analysed using Google Sheets and Google Analytics

Presentation given at the Edinburgh Mobile Dev Meetup on 15 Feb 2017 highlighting some features of Google Apps Script which may be of interest to mobile developers. A video recording of the session is available at https://youtu.be/N9WUVzLmaJo?t=39m54s

This talk highlights how you can easily interact with your CiviCRM via the API interface with a new Google Apps Script library. Google Apps Script is a free programming environment in Google Drive that allows you to easily integrate with Google Docs, Forms, Sheets, other Google products and third party services. Using Apps Script gives you the flexibility and power of tools like Google Sheets to push, extract or analyse data and integrate this with your CiviCRM installation via the CiviCRM API. Example uses could include using shared Google Sheets to record information which is pushed into your CiviCRM, initiating cases from Gmail triggers and more.

he master class is designed to help users get more out of their Google Analytics setup and reporting. The session will be an opportunity to workout where you are at with you Google Analytics setup and usage. As part of this there will be an opportunity for: * An overview of Google Analytics and tracking principles * Learning about Google Tag Manager which can be used to remove some of the headache around setting up GA event tracking * Automated Google Analytics reporting using Google Sheets/Google Sites * Emerging GA uses you might not have considered before

Online discussions can be a rich source of data for researchers in the humanities and social sciences. In this workshop, participants will learn how to use Google Sheets to push online discussion board data into Google Analytics, where it can be analysed. The session will also demonstrate how to use TAGS, the widely-used script for archiving Twitter data. Participants can bring their own laptops if they wish; there will also be desktop PCs for use. Please note: if you’re not staff or student at the University of Edinburgh, you will need to obtain a temporary login from the registration desk in advance.

The Association for Learning Technology has been experimenting with the open source blogging platform WordPress as an Open Badges issuing platform. As part of this presentation we include details of our journey from digital to open badges. As part of this we highlight some of the benefits of using WordPress and the free BadgeOS plugin as well as issues encountered integrating with Mozilla Backpack. As well as the technical aspect we will look at how badges were used in the Open Course for Technology Enhanced Learning (ocTEL). As part of this badges were awarded on a weekly basis for a range of tasks from simply ‘checking-in’ to completing predefined learning activities. Given the range of criteria this presentation explores the general question ‘do open badges count?’. The presentation concludes by looking at current developments which are informing how the Association might use Open Badges in the future. As part of this we will touch upon the potential other benefits of badges including situational awareness for learners and the wider community. Tweeted slides are available from https://goo.gl/dkjI3L

For talk notes see https://mashe.hawksey.info/2016/01/looking-at-creativity-and-culture-in-computer-science-to-inspire-better-education/ Academic practice continues to evolve to reflect the needs and opportunities of various stakeholders including the learner, employers and the institution. Some would argue that university education isn't changing fast enough given the pace of change within society and technology. We will explore strategies for developing an agile approach to academic practice, looking at how education can be 'hacked' to creatively overcome the limitations of the system. ... We conclude taking a wider view exploring emerging peadagogies and technologies and how these might be used too to make education better.

This is the 2015 edition of my Google Apps Script: The authentic{ated} playground talk most recently given to GDG Berlin (Dec. 2015). With a pre-authenticated cloud-based ecosystem Google Apps Script makes it possible to integrate into other Google services with a couple of lines of code. This turns Google Drive into a rich playground for a wide range of solutions from custom reporting using Google Sheets as a data interface; quick hacks to get the job done; custom interfaces for Docs, Sheets and Forms; to full blown application deployment to web and mobile. In this talk the main features and affordances of Google Apps Script are highlighted, this will be followed by a deep dive into a demonstration into how Google Apps Script makes it easy to combine Google Analytics with other data sources such as Twitter and do many more playful things.

Slides used during OEB 2015 TechLab on creating personal tutoring environments using Google Apps Script and Google Add-ons.

Presented as part of the University of Sussex's TEL Seminar Series There is greater awareness of the use of data to make improvements in the world around us including learning and teaching. From improvements in business processes to recommendations to what to buy on Amazon all are driven by data. Data by itself does not make a better learner experience and only analytics, the process of making an actionable insight, can help identify gains. As an emerging area 'Learning Analytics' is abound with new opportunities but at the same time these opportunities also raise new ethical and operational concerns. In this presentation we introduce some basic learning analytics concepts, identifying tools and workflows staff may wish to consider. As part of this we also consider the dangers of analytics identifying areas which may lead to learner demotivation or misconception and the questions we should all be asking ourselves to make sure we are always gaining *good* actionable insight. http://www.sussex.ac.uk/tel/workshops/seminar/martin-hawksey

This document discusses using Google Sheets to automatically report on daily CiviCRM event registration comparisons. It describes using CiviReport and scheduled jobs to generate reports from CiviCRM and send them via email in CSV format to Google Sheets. This allows comparing CiviEvent registrations for annual events on a daily basis in Google Sheets. It introduces CiviService, a CiviCRM library for Google Apps Script that enables building a CiviCRM add-on for Google Sheets.

Learning analytics is the measurement, collection, analysis and reporting of data about learners and their contexts in order to understand and optimize the learning environment. It involves techniques from computer science, statistics, programming and other disciplines. While learning analytics can provide opportunities to give feedback and improve learning, it also poses threats regarding privacy, ethics, and the misuse of visualizations and absence of educational theory. Overall, learning analytics should be used to start conversations to improve learning rather than make definitive decisions, and it is important that the needs and experiences of learners guide its application.

Slides for Devfest London introducing developers to Google Apps Script as playground for integrating with Google and other services

Talk given at Using Google Apps Script and Sheets for social network data mining and analysis Examples used in this presentation bundled at http://bit.ly/breaking-cell There is growing interest in the use of data to provide actionable insight. This interest goes beyond the professional analysts and just as fields such as mathematics and astronomy have benefited from the enthusiastic amateur so does data science. Social networks are a rich playground of data and whilst many provide access to their data via APIs but access via this route can be daunting. You can of course turn to 'analytics as a service' sites which will take your credentials and provide you with some answers, but often this can be what they want to tell you and not what you want to hear. A solution is the spreadsheet. Spreadsheets provide an interface for data exploration for those with basic skills. With Google Sheets the opportunities increase exponentially, not just in terms of collaboration, but also with the power of Google Apps Script. Apps Script provides easy integration into other Google products and services, such as Google Analytics, as well as third party APIs like Twitter. In this presentation we show how Google Sheets can become a rich playground where data from different services can be collected and analysed.

Slides for presentation at e-Assessment Scotland 2014 (#eas14) highlighting the work around open badges as a mechanism for supporting the creation of personal knowledge graphs.

Slides used for presentation at ALT's Annual Conference 2014 on experiences of using open badges in the Open Course in Technology Enhanced Learning (ocTEL)

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