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Luse, Andy; Shadbad, Forough Nasirpouri – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2023
The demand for qualified analytics professionals remains high with forecasts showing a continued need over the next few years. While this demand necessitates instruction in analytics in the classroom, many students find analytics concepts to be complicated and boring. This teaching brief describes a novel approach to teaching analytics through…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Information Security, Learning Activities, Learner Engagement
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Bowen, G. Michael; Bartley, Anthony – Science Activities: Projects and Curriculum Ideas in STEM Classrooms, 2020
School science is often very different from "real world" science. One important difference, and possibly the main one, is that in school science the relationships between variables have often been sanitized -- essentially "cleaned up" -- so that there is very little (and often no) variation in the data from the relationship…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Data, Science Activities, Authentic Learning
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Storm, Colin H.; Penner, Anna – Communication Teacher, 2023
Students typically find research methods and statistics classes intimidating. In particular, learning different types of data measurement and operationalization can take significant time and practice to understand. Utilizing a pedagogical approach that turns a party game into a fun exercise, students collaboratively learn to operationalize…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Statistics, Game Based Learning, Educational Games
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David, Andrew A. – American Biology Teacher, 2021
The rise of "big data" within the biological sciences has resulted in an urgent demand for coding skills in the next generation of scientists. To address this issue, several institutions and departments across the country have incorporated coding into their curricula. I describe a coding module developed and deployed in an undergraduate…
Descriptors: Programming, Programming Languages, Undergraduate Students, Biology
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Binder, Perry; Willey, Susan L.; Weston, Harold A. – Journal of Legal Studies Education, 2020
The authors developed a teaching project for students to debate data and workplace privacy dilemmas, formulate plans of action for the use of certain data about workers and job applicants, and apply the law to reach and defend their solutions. The purpose of this versatile exercise is to sensitize both undergraduate and graduate business students…
Descriptors: Privacy, Data Use, Law Related Education, Business Administration Education
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DePaolo, Concetta A.; Jacobs, Aimee – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2021
We present a case study to teach data visualization with Tableau in an introductory business analytics course. The case uses publicly available data sets from touringplans.com that record wait times for various attractions at Disney World in Orlando, Florida. In the case study, students use Tableau to clean, organize, and analyze wait time data,…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Visual Aids, Computer Software, Teaching Methods
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Tong, Stephanie Tom – Communication Teacher, 2022
Courses: Research methods for undergraduates or graduates. Objectives: The aims of this activity are: (1) to clarify the basics of experimental design; (2) to illustrate the concept of levels of measurement; (3) to demonstrate in-person/hands-on data collection procedures; (4) to understand and practice the steps in null hypothesis testing; and…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Research Design, Courses, Research Methodology
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Jennifer Xu; Monica Garfield – Information Systems Education Journal, 2024
There has been an increasing demand for healthcare analytics skills and competence by healthcare organizations. Although many universities have established programs and courses on healthcare analytics, most of these curricula have been designed for information systems (IS), information technology (IT), or analytics students. It is unclear how…
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Allied Health Occupations, Allied Health Occupations Education, Data Analysis
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Odom, Arthur – Science Teacher, 2022
This article provides two activities, exploring genetic drift of small breeding populations, highlighting the black-footed ferret ("Mustela nigripes"). According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife service, all black-footed ferrets are descended from 18 individuals, making them extremely vulnerable to genetic drift. They were thought to be…
Descriptors: Genetics, Mathematical Models, Biodiversity, Evolution
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Zilvinskis, John; Willis, James, III; Borden, Victor M. H. – New Directions for Higher Education, 2017
The purpose of this chapter is to provide administrators and faculty with an understanding of learning analytics and its relationship to existing roles and functions so better institutional decisions can be made about investments and activities related to these technologies.
Descriptors: Educational Research, Data Analysis, Decision Making, Learning Activities
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Woodside, Joseph M. – Information Systems Education Journal, 2022
With the impactful nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, this manuscript describes a teaching case for COVID-19 vaccinations to develop students' knowledge of analytics and supply chain management. The experiential learning activity is developed in the context of an undergraduate upper-level course on descriptive analytics and data visualization. The…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Immunization Programs, Experiential Learning
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Governor, Donna; Carter, Amanda – Science and Children, 2021
This article provides an overview of the instructional activity implemented to introduce the authors' first-grade students to the concept of measuring, collecting, and recording temperature data as part of a unit on weather. The activities introduced involved approximately one week of instructional time. However, the application of the skill…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Elementary School Science, Elementary School Students, Weather
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Han, Wencui; Larson, Eric C. – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2022
This case uses data analytic techniques to expose students to the context of the initial coin offering marketplace. The exercise is well-suited as a group activity in an undergraduate or graduate business analytics course in which students have been taught analytic techniques such as word cloud, descriptive statistics, basic visualizations, and…
Descriptors: Information Systems, Information Science Education, Data Analysis, Business Administration Education
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Zheng, Lanqin – Lecture Notes in Educational Technology, 2021
This book highlights the importance of design in computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) by proposing data-driven design and assessment. It addresses data-driven design, which focuses on the processing of data and on improving design quality based on analysis results, in three main sections. The first section explains how to design…
Descriptors: Data Use, Instructional Design, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Learning
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Helens-Hart, Rose – Communication Teacher, 2015
Coming-out scenarios have been described as potentially traumatic events that change the parent-child relationship (MacDonald, 1983). Little research in the field of communication studies has been conducted on how the process of coming out unfolds within families (Valentine, Skelton, & Butler, 2003). The exercise described in this article…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Parent Child Relationship, Data Interpretation, Learning Activities
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