Developing a Collective Curriculum to make

Civil Society Data Literate

Workshop @ United Nations World Data ForumJanuary 16, 2017 - 15:15 - 16:45

Making data meaningful, requires interpretation.

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~ the ability to derive meaningful information from data.

Dataliteracy

NumeracyStatistical literacy

Data literate

Develop a collective curriculum

to make civil society

Goal:

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Civil Society

University Students

Serving all :

Data literate

Develop a collective curriculum

to make civil society

Goal:

What we will do until 16.45 :

◉ When? group

◉ Who? interactive

◉ What? interactive

◉ How? presentation + QA

When?When will people use or interpret data on the Sustainable Development Goals?

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Who?Who will use and interpret data on the Sustainable Development Goals?

2

Are people in these groups:

◉ Interpreting. the data themselves?

◉ Checking. interpretations of the data?

◉ Reading. interpretations of others?

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What?What numeracy/data/statistical concepts should our target group master?

3

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How?I Hate Statistics’s view on how we can best teach these skills on scale

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Explanations should be:

◉ Short

◉ Relevant

◉ At the right place

Ingredients:

◉ Visuals

◉ Interactivity

◉ Stories

Example:

SnapStat!

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“I would strongly recommend you to .start with journalists.” — Belgian data journalist Maarten Lambrechts

Journalists

Helping journalists to better understand data and statistical concepts

SnapStat!

Example:

Stories

GPS Data

Let’s summarize the data :

Highway City Center

Mean 147 min 161 min

Median 131 min 145 min

VARIATION

How we want to help

◉ Help people learn to interpret SDG data

◉ Create a list of required data literacy subjects

◉ Create short, relevant lessons,

offered at the right places

Where we need you :

◉ Short, visual, interactive stories

◉ Relevancy

◉ Right place

Together we can build a collective curriculum to make

civil society data literate!

.what will you do?.

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Thank you!Together we can build a collective curriculum to make civil society data literate!

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