Data Science education with R
About this Episode
In this episode, Eric shares insights gained from the JSM 2019 conference, including an excellent panel discussion on the use of javascript in statistics. In addition, Eric is joined by RStudio's education team members Alison Hill & Mine Cetinkaya-Rundel to discuss new ideas for teaching data science effectively, as well as how tools like R-Markdown are opening many new possibilities for both students and teachers.
Episode Shownotes
- Why Javascript? JSM panel discussion:
- Data Science in a Box: datasciencebox.org
- RStudio Learner Personas: rstudio-education.github.io/learner-personas
- Advanced R-Markdown workshop from
rstudio::conf2019: arm.rbind.io/ learnr- Interactive tutorials in R: rstudio.github.io/learnr- Project Kickstart-R - Create a project/team website and knowledge sharing platform with R-Markdown: github.com/sourcethemes/project-kickstart-r
lullabyr- Generate children's songs with random words: github.com/mine-cetinkaya-rundel/lullabyr
Feedback
- Leave a comment on this episode's post
- Email the show:
thercast[at]gmail.com - Use the R-Podcast contact page
Episode Timestamps
00:00:00.000 Intro
00:01:22.000 JSM Memories
00:07:16.000 Why Javascript recap
00:13:04.000 Shinymeta advice
00:19:54.000 Conversation with Alison & Mine
01:01:50.000 Takeaways & Wrapup
Music Credits
- Opening and closing themes: Training Montage by WillRock from the Return All Robots Remix Album at ocremix.org
