is it just me

wondering what’s up in my world…

13.01.2013
by Wolfgang Reinhardt
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When can a MOOC be considered massive?

TweetYesterday, I had a lively discussion on Twitter with some of the organizers of the MOOC-Maker Course 2013 (#mmc13) about the question “When can a MOOC can be considered being massive?” Their point was that a MOOC is massive when … Continue reading

06.12.2012
by Wolfgang Reinhardt
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Teaching Award from the University of Paderborn

TweetYesterday, I received word that the University of Paderborn will honor me with the “Teaching Award of the University of Paderborn for Junior Academic Staff” (Lehrpreis der Universität Paderborn für den wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchs). The committee decided to present this award … Continue reading

29.10.2012
by Wolfgang Reinhardt
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PUSHPIN: Supporting Researchers’ Awareness of Publications and their Research Network

TweetLast week we presented the public alpha version of PUSHPIN to interested researchers at the University of Paderborn. As part of the seminar series “Computer Science and Education”, the developers and supervisors of PUSHPIN introduced the service to more than … Continue reading

cube-node

08.12.2011
by Wolfgang Reinhardt
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Time Series Visualization with Cube

Tweet Today I stumbled upon Cube, an Open Source system for visualizing time series data. The system is based on Node.js, MongoDB and D3.js. The developers of the “half-baked but still tasty” tool describe Cube as: an open-source system for … Continue reading

twapperlyzerlytics

27.10.2011
by Wolfgang Reinhardt
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Two new analysis tools for yourTwapperKeeper archives

TweetWe have been using TwapperKeeper in many of our Twitter-related analyses over the years and enjoyed using the Summarizr feature that Andy Powell built. After Twitter decided that TwapperKeeper had to shut down their API we switched to the great … Continue reading

nytimes-learninganalytics

05.10.2011
by Wolfgang Reinhardt
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(Very nice) Interactive visualization from NY Times

TweetToday George Siemens shared an interesting link in the Learning Analytics Google Group. He argues that interactive visualization can help increase end-user interest in data exploration If you have a look at what the designers at NY Times have created, … Continue reading

social-media-people

21.07.2011
by Wolfgang Reinhardt
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Speaking at the CONCEDE UGC conference

TweetSome weeks ago, I received the call for participation for the CONCEDE User-generated conference that deals with issues around the use of social media and UGC in the context of higher education and quality-related issues as well. In the CfP … Continue reading