Rosaceae Workshop

It involved a hands on session where people had to interactively use computers to do computational tasks in the R programming language. What made this workshop interesting was that I delivered it using a MediaWiki installation I had on a local area network server. I chose this approach as I noticed other presenters using powerpoint and then having trouble with interactive session parts involving computer work. By using a wiki all the relevant information was delivered over the web to everyones individual machine, and the dynamic content had history and change control. By using the printable version link I could use browser rendering to infinitely scale text information for projector delivery, and make an electronic pdf for attendees. Notes: During the delivery I found a typo in one of the scripts, this was easily fixed in the wiki, and with a refresh delivered to everyones machine. Advantages Wiki markup was easy to build content from web based resources Graphical content was easy to upload Web based delivery allows anyone to view it on a remote machine Live dynamic history and change control (e.g. fixing typo's) Disadvantages Needed to use the scrolbar during delivery (fixable problem - start Format-Slideshow.php) Rendering rescaling does not rescale images Example images from the workshop:

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