Comments on: My network kicks ass …DSpace social layer update http://blogs.ubc.ca/brian/2008/11/my-network-kicks-ass-dspace-social-layer-update/ social learning, open education, and petty battles with rivals over power and money... Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:19:51 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Barca! [sob] Barca! [sniff] BAAAARR-CA! http://blogs.ubc.ca/brian/2008/11/my-network-kicks-ass-dspace-social-layer-update/comment-page-1/#comment-2294 Barca! [sob] Barca! [sniff] BAAAARR-CA! Tue, 03 Feb 2009 01:16:07 +0000 http://migrator.rab.olt.ubc.ca/brian2/2008/11/25/my-network-kicks-ass-dspace-social-layer-update/#comment-2294 [...] there are too many people to thank — both at the UOC, and the people in my network who enabled me to make some sort of contribution. But I would be remiss if I didn’t single [...] [...] there are too many people to thank — both at the UOC, and the people in my network who enabled me to make some sort of contribution. But I would be remiss if I didn’t single [...]

]]> By: Scott Leslie http://blogs.ubc.ca/brian/2008/11/my-network-kicks-ass-dspace-social-layer-update/comment-page-1/#comment-2177 Scott Leslie Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:17:52 +0000 http://migrator.rab.olt.ubc.ca/brian2/2008/11/25/my-network-kicks-ass-dspace-social-layer-update/#comment-2177 This last point came up time and time again in our recent PLE workshop - "how do you find the time?" But just as you point out the alternative, my response is always "it's not 'extra' time - it's your job, find a way to open up your job so that cultivating your network becomes a natural part of how you work. I will definitely be using this as yet another example to illustrate this in upcoming talks on PLEs and networked learning. This last point came up time and time again in our recent PLE workshop – “how do you find the time?” But just as you point out the alternative, my response is always “it’s not ‘extra’ time – it’s your job, find a way to open up your job so that cultivating your network becomes a natural part of how you work. I will definitely be using this as yet another example to illustrate this in upcoming talks on PLEs and networked learning.

]]> By: Jason Priem http://blogs.ubc.ca/brian/2008/11/my-network-kicks-ass-dspace-social-layer-update/comment-page-1/#comment-2178 Jason Priem Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:50:46 +0000 http://migrator.rab.olt.ubc.ca/brian2/2008/11/25/my-network-kicks-ass-dspace-social-layer-update/#comment-2178 I missed your earlier post, so this is the first I've heard of this effort, and I have to say it sounds awesome. I particularly like the idea of a visual navigation system. Visualization is well suited for a problem like this, where you're trying to organize and make sense of a large and diverse set of data. There's been a lot of exciting work done in visualization of social networks lately, and I think it's a really exciting area. Heck, I just myself finished a <a href="http://jasonpriem.com/feedvis">tool</a> that does something similar: an interactive tagcloud that tries to make sense conversation withing the edu-blogosphere (or the most popular part of it, anyway). You might find that interactive text-mining of this sort would be useful in what you're trying to do. Best of luck, and let me know if I can help. I missed your earlier post, so this is the first I’ve heard of this effort, and I have to say it sounds awesome. I particularly like the idea of a visual navigation system.

Visualization is well suited for a problem like this, where you’re trying to organize and make sense of a large and diverse set of data. There’s been a lot of exciting work done in visualization of social networks lately, and I think it’s a really exciting area.

Heck, I just myself finished a tool that does something similar: an interactive tagcloud that tries to make sense conversation withing the edu-blogosphere (or the most popular part of it, anyway).

You might find that interactive text-mining of this sort would be useful in what you’re trying to do.

Best of luck, and let me know if I can help.

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