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The Power of Social Media: our latest Web Science mini-MOOC

Tomorrow sees the launch of our latest Web Science mini-MOOC with Futurelearn - "The Power of Social Media". The course begins on 25th April and students from the Curriculum Innovation module "Online Social Networks" will be putting their learning directly into practice as they participate in the MOOC with learners from all over the world. Continue reading →

The growth of #FLwebsci use on Twitter

A few weeks ago now, I posted about a visualisation I had made about the network of users on Twitter who were using the hashtag #FLwebsci. Today, I have made an updated visualisation to reflect the use of this tag and how it is developing: The first thing that is immediately noticeable from this is the increased size of the overall network. The use of the hashtag is clearly spreading – more and more people are tweeting with it as the MOOC progresses. Continue reading →

Social networks and homophily

Many of the early Web technologies which we use today began life as fringe technologies, escaping the attention of governments and wider society. But they quickly became important vehicles for social change, presenting an alternative media that used the network effect of the Web to great effect. Continue reading →

Data: The good, the bad and the beautiful: an interactive guide

Data is being created at an exponential rate: http://onesecond.designly.com/ Everyday industry and academics are coming up with novel ways to use this data and the possibilities that it brings are very promising. Bestselling books such as ‘The Signal and the Noise’ and Hollywood blockbusters such as Moneyball are popularizing the use of data. Continue reading →

Tutor Interview Series: David Millard – Network

Briefly tell me what your session is going to be about - My week is about all the different types of networks that you find on the Web, the inter-connections of computers, people and things. Seeing complex relationships as networks allows us to use common techniques to understand their shape and behaviour, as well as the role of individuals within the network. Continue reading →

Tutor Interview Series

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