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The '''Community Data Science Workshops (CDSW)''' are a series of workshops designed to introduce some of the basic tools of programming and analysis of data from online communities to absolute beginners. | The '''Community Data Science Workshops (CDSW)''' are a series of workshops designed to introduce some of the basic tools of programming and analysis of data from online communities to absolute beginners. | ||
The CDSW | The CDSW have been held three times in Seattle in Spring and Fall 2014 and Spring 2015. So far, more than 50 people have volunteered their weekends to teach more than 200 people to program in Python, to build datasets from Web APIs, and to ask and answer questions using these data. | ||
The following links are to the curriculum we used so that others can build on and learn: | The following links are to the curriculum we used so that others can build on and learn: | ||
* [[Community Data Science Workshops (Spring 2015)]] — ''currently accepting registrations!'' | |||
* [[Community Data Science Workshops (Spring | |||
* [[Community Data Science Workshops (Fall 2015)]] — along with many subpages | * [[Community Data Science Workshops (Fall 2015)]] — along with many subpages | ||
* [[Community Data Science Workshops (Spring 2015)]] | * [[Community Data Science Workshops (Spring 2015)]] along with many subpages | ||
* [[Community Data Science Workshops (Fall 2014)]] | * [[Community Data Science Workshops (Fall 2014)]] along with many subpages | ||
* [[Community Data Science Workshops (Spring 2014)]] | * [[Community Data Science Workshops (Spring 2014)]] along with many subpages | ||
If you would like to be notified about '''upcoming workshop series''', please subscribe to '''[https://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/cdsw-announce our announcement email list]'''. The list will get no traffic except for announcements of an upcoming CDSW. | If you would like to be notified about '''upcoming workshop series''', please subscribe to '''[https://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/cdsw-announce our announcement email list]'''. The list will get no traffic except for announcements of an upcoming CDSW. | ||
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The workshops are for people with ''no previous programming experience.'' The goal is to bring together both researchers and academics as well as participants and leaders in online communities. The workshops have all been free of charge and are open to the public. | The workshops are for people with ''no previous programming experience.'' The goal is to bring together both researchers and academics as well as participants and leaders in online communities. The workshops have all been free of charge and are open to the public. | ||
The sessions are | The sessions are schedule for one Friday evening and three Saturdays all day. Each session involves a period for lecture and technical demonstrations in the morning. This is followed by a lunch. The rest of the day consists of self-directed work on programming and data science projects supported by more experienced mentors. | ||
Our goal is that, after the three workshops, participants will be able to use data to produce numbers, hypothesis tests, tables, and graphical visualizations to answer questions like: | Our goal is that, after the three workshops, participants will be able to use data to produce numbers, hypothesis tests, tables, and graphical visualizations to answer questions like: | ||
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* Are people who participated in a Wikipedia outreach event staying involved? How do they compare to people that joined the project outside of the event? | * Are people who participated in a Wikipedia outreach event staying involved? How do they compare to people that joined the project outside of the event? | ||
Our very first workshops | Our very first workshops was originally modeled after the [[:openhatch:Boston Python Workshop|Boston Python Workshop]] but most our curriculum is brand new and has been developed and modified by the mentors and with feedback from the participants. | ||
== Put on your own CDSW == | == Put on your own CDSW == | ||
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* [http://mako.cc/copyrighteous/community-data-science-workshops-2 CDSW Spring 2014 post-mortem blog post] | * [http://mako.cc/copyrighteous/community-data-science-workshops-2 CDSW Spring 2014 post-mortem blog post] | ||
* [[Community Data Science Workshops (Spring 2014)/Reflections]] — | * [[Community Data Science Workshops (Spring 2014)/Reflections]] — Raw notes from the mentors and organizers | ||
* [[Community Data Science Workshops (Fall 2014)/Reflections]] — | * [[Community Data Science Workshops (Fall 2014)/Reflections]] — Raw notes from the mentors and organizers | ||
== Organizers and Sponsors == | == Organizers and Sponsors == | ||
Curriculum for the workshops | Curriculum for the workshops have been developed by [http://mako.cc/ Benjamin Mako Hill], Ben Lewis, [http://franceshocutt.com/ Frances Hocutt], [http://jtmorgan.net/ Jonathan Morgan], [http://mika.im Mika Matsuzaki], [https://guyrt.github.io/ Tommy Guy]. The events are only possible with the help of a long list of over 40 volunteer mentors across the two events. The workshops have been designed with lots of help and inspiration from Shauna Gordon-McKeon and Asheesh Laroia of OpenHatch and lots of inspiration from the [[:openhatch:Boston Python Workshop|Boston Python Workshop]]. | ||
Our previous workshops have with space and funding by the [http://com.washington.edu University of Washington Department of Communication] and the [http://escience.washington.edu/ eScience Institute]. | Our previous workshops have with space and funding by the [http://com.washington.edu University of Washington Department of Communication] and the [http://escience.washington.edu/ eScience Institute]. | ||
If you have any questions, contact [[User:Mako|Benjamin Mako Hill]] at makohill@uw.edu. | If you have any questions, contact [[User:Mako|Benjamin Mako Hill]] at makohill@uw.edu. | ||
[[Category:CDSW]] | [[Category:CDSW]] |