[Informatics] Big Data in Schools

[Mark]

Roland. For your doctoral dissertation: (Please cite me using the 2020 APA
format)

1. (Old joke)
Person 1: My grandfather puts manure on his rhubarb.
Person 2: I prefer custard.
(From the days when people grew and cooked rhubarb, and ate custard).
Happy custard days. Am I right, Melissa, my custard pal?

2. "Phenomenology based research" - are you feeling the bumps on people's
heads? I can't imagine that attracting research grants nowadays 😛

3. "*I enjoyed explaining to some teachers from Indonesia yesterday, the
simple culinary delight of adding rhubarb to custard.*" Did they just look
at you strangely, or did they actually punch you on the nose? Do you have
video?

Grumpy Mark


On Thu, 21 Mar 2019 at 15:33, Roland Gesthuizen <rgesthuizen at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Yes, as I grind away on my PhD, I am mandated to engage in the fine craft
> and training that covers data collection, human ethics applications etc. I
> am surprised at the information that can be wrangled from data with a
> carefully crafted series of tools. I am also pleased that much of what I
> already knew about cleaning and manipulating data will stand me in good
> stead.
>
> Still much to learn such as methodology surrounding Phenomenology based
> research. I enjoyed explaining to some teachers from Indonesia yesterday,
> the simple culinary delight of adding rhubarb to custard.
>
> Regards Roland
>
> On 21 Mar 2019, at 3:07 pm, Mark <mark at vceit.com> wrote:
>
> "*In order to get a quick sense of the scope of these issues, we are
> conducting a quick scoping survey.*
> *We’d be grateful if you could answer a few brief questions to give us
> your views on what we should be looking for in our research.*"
>
> This is, in itself, is a good discussion point for your kids about how
> data collection should begin.
>
> Begin with a broad, open-ended collection of potentially-relevant issues.
> (e.g. "What makes you violent?"  Many answers may refer to *alcohol*)
> Once the subject's parameters are understood, one can create a detailed,
> specific, close-questioned survey or questionnaire. (e.g. "How often after *drinking
> alcohol* have been violent?")
>
> Thus, irrelevant questions based on ignorant guesswork can be eliminated,
> such as - "How often after *watching Spongebob Squarepants, or drowning
> in tepid custard*, have you been violent?"
>
> Hmmm. Spongebob Custard.
> I'm with you, Melissa Yuan
>
> On Thu, 21 Mar 2019 at 13:52, Roland Gesthuizen <rgesthuizen at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Thinking about big data in your school?
>>
>> This anonymous online survey by a friend at Monash Uni is a chance to
>> share your thoughts.
>>
>>         https://t.co/Gf3ZthtBwk
>>
>> Best of wishes, Roland Gesthuizen
>>
>>
>> --
>
> Mark Kelly
>
> mark at vceit.com
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> Powered by *custard (tepid).*
>
>
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