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 allowed 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. Links: 3rd International Rosaceae Genomics Conference The workshop content R programming language Wikipedia:R programming language R Scripts on this site 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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