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Bridging and Connecting at #SAC16
Introduction A friend, Chris Barnes, is a panel member in a session at Friday’s Asia Pacific Analytics in Sport Conference (#SAC16) in Melbourne. The aim of the panel session is to discuss directions...
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Humbled, excited: episodes, mobilities, places and traces
I have been watching a documentary series about Capability Brown. In it, Alan Titchmarsh is realising a Capability Brown plan at Belvoir Castle, 250 years after the original plan was drawn. Episode 2...
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Observing the Outcomes of a Bye Week in the 2016 AFL Season
Colouring the AFL Season Round 18 of the 2016 Australian Rules Football Season was completed on Sunday. Each season I am interested in mapping each team’s progress compared to their finishing position...
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Visualising Analysis as a Process
Introduction I have been able to do a lot of reading in the last few weeks as part of a research project with Teaching and Learning at the University of Canberra. I am exploring the learning analytics...
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ANZ #Netball Grand Final 2016 (1)
I was fortunate to see the broadcast of the 2016 ANZ netball grand final between the Queensland Firebirds and the NSW Swifts. I thought it was a wonderful athletic, skill-rich contest. I did record the...
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Thinking About SH//FT in Sport Analytics
Earlier today, I received an alert to Mara Averick’s post on women in the sports data revolution. Her thoughts took me back to look at SH//FT (Shaping Holistic Inclusion in Future Technology) “a...
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ANZ #Netball Grand Final 2016 (2)
Introduction Earlier this week I shared some data from a very exciting ANZ netball grand final between the Queensland Firebirds and the NSW Swifts. This post provides some additional thoughts about...
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#AFL 2016: After Round 20
I have been using secondary data from the official AFL website to track team performances in the 2016 season. Progress on the Ladder My view of teams’ performances on the 2016 Ladder compared to their...
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Prosocial connections
On most weekdays, I start my online day by reading Stephen Downes’ OLDaily. I admire Stephen’s willingness to share openly. I feel profoundly grateful that he does share. Some time ago (2006), Jo-Ann...
View ArticleMemes as evaluation opportunities (#UCTL16)
I am still smiling about this tweet Big shark. Biggest shark you ever saw. I saw it, folks. Huge. Police chief. Great guy, friend of mine. He KILLED it #TrumpExplainsMoviePlots — Scott Dooley...
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Presence, Structured Exposure and Desire
Introduction Two years ago, Clay Shirky wrote about asking students in his class to put their laptops away. A recent Medium alert brought my attention to the post. I had not seen it before the alert....
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Discussing Open Educational Resources at #AUSPIN16
I have an opportunity to discuss open educational resources at the Australian Sport Information Network‘s (AUSPIN) meeting is to be held at the Australian Sports Commission, Canberra on 20-21...
View ArticleOur Charles Reep Project 1
Yesterday, I received this alert Time someone wrote a proper book on Charles Reep, a true pioneer. How about it @520507? https://t.co/FYzL1FlURZ — Simon Gleave (@SimonGleave) August 31, 2016 I admire...
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Supporting Learner Experience: Re-imagining Coach Education and Development
Introduction I have been thinking about what coach educators do in the context of Joi Ito’s observation: Education is something that is done to you. Learning is something you do for yourself. Two job...
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Learning Together
I have registered to listen to Amy Ludlow and Ruth Armstrong when they visit Canberra later this month. Amy and Ruth are going to talk about their Learning Together project. The project “has enabled...
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#UCSIA16 Audiences and Messages: Visualisation
Introduction I have been reading Edmund Capon‘s story of his life’s adventures in art. It is titled I Blame Duchamp. In the Introduction, Edmund observes “the mind makes sorties which go beyond what...
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Discussing open educational resources at AUSPIN 2016
I am attending the first day of the AUSPIN 2016 conference in Canberra today. Just as I was about to write this post, I saw Simon Nainby’s tweet: Why do most Conferences follow exactly the same...
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A Flush of Openness around and at #AUSPIN16
Introduction I was delighted to attend the AUSPIN Conference in Canberra on Tuesday. I had the opportunity to share some ideas about open educational resources. It was a brief presentation just before...
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Performance analysis and taking the role of the other
Introduction Last week, I researched Allan Roth‘s work as a baseball statistician. Andy McCue’s article about Allan included this observation: In December 1940, Roth wrote to Leland “Larry” MacPhail,...
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Dr Ron
Ron Smith received his PhD at a University of Canberra Awards Ceremony last week. By a wonderful symmetry, the Ceremony was held at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) Arena. Ron was a coach at...
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