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Certificate of Achievement
IBRAHIM ABDULLAH MOHAMMED MASHNI
has completed the following course:
Getting Started with Teaching Data Science in Schools
This online course introduced data science concepts for learning and teaching activities. Participants completed a range of interactive tasks and simple Python programming exercises in a notebook environment. In week 1 the focus was on how to understand and manipulate a data set; week 2 concentrated on methods of summarising and visualising data to identify interesting patterns and trends; in week 3 these skills were applied to more open-ended practical investigations with real-world data sets.
3 weeks, 3 hours per week
Peter Donaldson
Lecturer in Computing Science and Education
The University of Glasgow
Jeremy Singer
Senior Lecturer in Computing Science
The University of Glasgow
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Apply computational tools and techniques to topical open data sets
- Explore large real-world data sets through computer-generated visualizations
- Reflect on the value of data analytics, and the implications for society
- Justify topical opinions based on evidence drawn from relevant data sets
- Identify how data literacy tasks can be incorporated into school learning activities
Syllabus
- Week 1 - First Steps in Data Science
- Week 2 - Understanding your Data
- Week 3 - Your Very Own Data Project
Issued on 21st October 2020
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