Social Network Analysis

Facilitators: Lorna Campbell and Sheila MacNeill

This session will provide an overview of developments in Social Network Analysis (SNA) and data visualisation tools and techniques and explore where and when these tools and techniques are most effective. The session will include presentations, visualisations and demos from a variety of data sources, followed by live data analysis demos based on data generated by the conference e.g the #cetis12 twitter stream.

Agenda


 * Introduction  - Sheila MacNeill, CETIS.
 * Data visualisation, past, present and future Presentation and blog post - Martin Hawksey, CETIS Consultant.
 * It may (or may not) be interesting, but is it useful?- Tony Hirst, Open University.


 * Lies, damned lies and pretty pictures - Amber Thomas, JISC.
 * Conference data analysis. Live and without a safety net!  - Martin Hawksey and Tony Hirst.
 * Analytical framework for student social network use Video from Alan Cann of work he and Tony are doing around student engagement with google+
 * TAGSExplorer view of connections between people using the #cetis12 hashtag

Summary of the session by Sheila MacNeill: http://blogs.cetis.ac.uk/sheilamacneill/2012/02/27/one-man-and-his-spreadsheet-a-gephi-wizard-and-the-voice-of-reason/

Blog post about the session from David Sherlock: http://blogs.cetis.ac.uk/david/2012/02/24/sna-session-at-cetis-12/

Useful Links


 * OUseful.Info
 * MASHe
 * Data Visualisation at CETIS
 * Metrics and Social Web Services Workshop from UK Web Focus