2015 Workshop Program

Updated program

(Click on the links to see the submissions…)

14:00 : Introductions, the programme, and setting out our stalls.

Round robin

Theme 1: MOOCs and Web Science 

14:05 Web Science as MOOCs and MOOCs as Web Science
By Su White (Pecha kucha)

14:15 Learning from MOOCs: The Role of Mentor Qualities
By Manuel León, Ahmed Mohamed Fahmy Yousef, and Su White (Pecha Kucha)

 

14:25: Opportunities and Challenges in Personalised MOOC Experience
By Ayse Sunar & A.M.F. Yousef  (Pecha Kucha)

Theme 2: The Web Science Education Landscape 

14:35:  Mapping the Web Science Curriculum(s)
By Elisabeth Coskun, Ash Smith and Su White (Pecha kucha)

Theme 3: Experiences: planning, teaching, enacting

14:45:RPI ITWS Capstone Project: A Tale of Two Teams
By Marie Joan Kristine Gloria and John Erickson (Pecha kucha)

14:50

Experiences from teaching Introduction to Web Science
By Rene Pickhardt and Steffen Staab Part 1 as Pecha kucha

DISCUSSION 1 

  • 10 minutes consolidating discussion
  • Identify points to follow through in final session
  • You will be invited to discuss issues which arose from the preceding presentations

Theme 4: Experiences: from classroom to researcher 

15:10:  

DISCUSSION 2

Experiences of Web Science students of the taught curriculum and PhD research
By Steven White.

15:20: Need for emphasis of NetEconomy in Web Science curriculum
By Stephane Bazan and Pavithran Sakamuri (Skype)

15:35: Experiences from teaching Introduction to Web Science
By Rene Pickhardt and Steffen Staab. (15 minutes content presentation)

DISCUSSION 3 

15:50 

  • 10 minutes consolidating discussion
  • Identify points to follow through in final session
  • You will be invited to discuss issues which arose from the preceding presentations
  • Considering ways in which student perspectives tally with, or challenge the views and experiences of the educators

10 MINUTES BREAK 

Theme 5

16:00: Student Success on Face-to-Face Instruction and MOOCs: What can Learning Analytics uncover?
By Adriana Wilde, Ed Zaluska and David Millard (Pecha Kucha)

DISCUSSION 4 

  • 10 minutes consolidating discussion
  • Identify points to follow through in final session
  • You will be invited to discuss issues which arose from the preceding presentations
  • Considering ways in which we can elicit more information from the learning process

Plenary discussion 

  • Bringing together the observations of the day
  • Activities we want to pursue
  • You may have requests for collaboration which you want to discuss – early notification welcomed, but also ideas which arise on the day

16:45 

  • Observations and plans for action

Round robin