Data Nexus Community of Practices (COP)

Spring 2024 – Data Nexus Data Infusion COP

In the Spring 2024, teaching faculty focused on was to infuse data into their 2024-2025 classes. This COP focused on discussions around infusing the advanced data competency SLOs:

  • Students think critically about when and what data are needed, assess data sources appropriate to the information needed, and identify the context in which data are produced and used.
  • Students access, or collect when appropriate, data and explain the ethical considerations of how this data is collected and used.

Sessions included:

  • Session 1: Guest Presenter: Amanda Kleintop (Assistant Professor of History), who discussed infusing Qualitative data into classes with Source Analyses and Archive Digs and
    Guest Presenters: Shannon Tennant (Associate Librarian), and Patrick Rudd (Assistant Librarian), who discussed Elon Library Data Resources.
  • Session 2: Guest Presenter: Nicholas Bussberg (Assistant Professor of Statistics), who discussed data in media and the ethical considerations of how this data is collected and used and
    Guest Presenter: Elizabeth von Briesen (Assistant Professor of Computer Science), who discussed incorporating PolicyMap and Social Explorer to create meaningful projects.
  • Session 3: Work session in which participants discussed the application for Data Intensive Designation and continued development on how to infuse data into their future classes.
  • Thursday April 25 from 4:15-5:30pm, Guest Presenter: Sowjanya Kudva (Assistant Professor of Cinema and Television Arts)
  • Thursday May 9 from 4:15-5:30pm, Guest Presenter: Steve DeLoach (Professor of Economics)

If you were not part of the Spring 2024 COP, many of the resources can be found at Data Nexus, Innovation Hall 105C.

If you have questions about the Data Nexus Data Infusion Community of Practice, please contact the Director of Data Nexus, Crista Arangala (ccoles@elon.edu).