The objective of this focus area is to work with the community to guide the development and dissemination of data science approaches and resources for education across the community, from PreK-12 to higher education and industry, with the goal to improve data literacy and educational outcomes. This includes:
1. Amplifying the success and reach of data science education and data literacy activities, from virtual and in-person workshops to Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), to empower educators and researchers to improve data science practices and reach a broad community
2. Enabling community and educational institutions across the region to deliver data science education to underserved constituencies, extending the success of the Data Science for All workshops, and perhaps adding domain-specific data science and data carpentry workshops
3. Increasing community collaboration to leverage the Big Data for Education spoke best practices, including innovations in intelligent tutor pedagogy, and collaborative analyses of Big Data for Education MOOC data
Current Projects
NSF BD Spoke Award: Grand Challenges for Data-Driven Education
Building Capacity with the Carpentries – coming soon!
Data Science Resource Repository
Events
Opportunities
Duke Machine Learning Virtual Summer School 2021
Success Stories
June 2021 Northeast Student Data Corps Data Science Career Panel
On June 11th, 2021, over 260 data science enthusiasts gathered for the Northeast Student Data Corps (NSDC)’s third Data Science Career Panel in its Data Science Career Panel Series. The panel once again featured data scientists from a wide range of backgrounds. The panel was the first in the series to be moderated alone by […]
April 2021 Northeast Student Data Corps Data Science Career Panel
After the launch of the Northeast Student Data Corps (NSDC)’s Data Science Career Panel Series, the NSDC hosted a second Data Science Career Panel featuring data scientists from academia, government, industry, and nonprofits. Forough Ghahramani, Northeast Student Data Corps Outreach Co-Leader and Associate Vice President for Edge, one of the moderators, introduced herself along with […]
Thinking Beyond the Ordinary: Unconventional Approaches to Success and Utilizing Data Science for Good
Data science has become relevant across all disciplines in areas of STEM from healthcare to environmental studies and cybersecurity, to the humanities and social sciences in areas like criminal justice, ethics, and economics. Now more than ever it is imperative that we work towards developing valuable insights from data science that can enable more informed […]