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IWMW 2012 is the sixteenth workshop.
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Institutional Web Management Workshop 2012:
Embedding Innovation

Talks P3: Data Visualisation: A Taster

Title:
Data Visualisation: A Taster
Session Tag:
#P3
Time:
Wednesday 19th June 2012 from 11:00-11:45
Speakers:
Tony Hirst, Open University and Martin Hawksey, JISC CETIS.
Abstract:

In 2011 it was estimated that 1.8 zettabytes of data was created, enough to fill 57 billion 32Gig iPads, and estimates that data production would double every two years (see the Digital Universe study). The availability of data opens new opportunities to provide information, intelligence and insight into every aspect of institutional life.

In this talk Tony Hirst and Martin Hawksey will a taster of some of the tools and techniques used to explore and communicate some of this data. The talk will also touch upon the ethics and benefits when using these techniques.

Please note that the presentation is also available on the Slideshare repository and embedded below.

Data Visualisation: An OER Taster
View more slides from Martin Hawksey

A video recording of this talk is available on Vimeo and embedded below.

IWMW 2012: Tony Hirst & Martin Hawksey from UKOLN on Vimeo.

Note that additional information about this talk is available on the IWMW 2012 Lanyrd page.