Welcome to the first week of Data, Analytics, and Learning (DALMOOC). I am DALMorpheus, your guide into the mysterious world of Learning Analytics. This week we will begin pulling back the veil surrounding the data that is now a part of our everyday life. You should also begin pondering questions regarding our online trails we leave. What is data? How do you define ‘data’? If you’re talking about what you can retweet, what you can like, what you can read and comment on, then ‘data’ is simply social signals interpreted by your chosen connections.
But is there more than this? Is there something more we can do with the data we generate while online? Is it ethical to do these things? What privacy problems are we creating as we dig more into data?
This course gives you choice. However, your choice is not permanent. You can choose and re-choose as you like. You take the blue pill - the story continues, and you read the content that we believe is what you need to know on about “data”. You take the red pill - you leave what we believe, move to the Wonderland of the Internet, and see how deep the social rabbit-hole goes.
Choose a Pill:
People You May Want to Connect With:
Interesting Work From Others:
(list of recent tweets, blogs, etc)
Interesting Work From Others:
Red Pill | Week One
This pathway is designed to be more like a social, non-structured, self-guided pathway that may be new to many of you. You will work through creating your own goals and connecting with other learners to think through various assignments. This is a good pathway for more advanced learners or those that prefer more interactive learning experiences.
Not sure how to do all of that? We have a special Purple Pill option for those transitioning from the Blue Pill to the Red Pill.
Ready for the Red Pill? For this week, your possible activities include:
Want to look at some of the content we think you may need for this week? See the Blue Pill for our content.
Your Personal Learning Graph So Far:
Blue Pill | Week One
This pathway is designed to be more like the linear, guided knowledge pathway that most of you are used to in a typical online course. You will work through a pre-determined set of videos, content, and assignments. This is a good pathway for new learners or those that prefer more structured, guided learning experiences.
Ready for the Blue Pill? For this week, your activities include:
Want to also do some social interaction with this week’s content? See the Red Pill for social interaction.
Interested in socializing, but not sure how to do all of that non-linear stuff? We have a special Purple Pill option for those transitioning from the Blue Pill to the Red Pill.
Your Personal Learning Graph So Far:
Purple Pill | Week One
Thinking about taking the red pill but still not sure what to do? Here are some ways to jump into social learning.
- Sign up for Twitter. Get to know the basics of how to use Twitter
- Create a blog. Get to know the basics of blogging
- Check out how to use an Assignment Bank
- Dive in to Competency-Based Learning
- Go over the basics of ProSolo
Want to go back to the content we think you may need for this week? See the Blue Pill for our content.
Ready for some social interaction with this week’s content? See the Red Pill for social interaction.
