This panel session at the Celebration of the Year of Data and Society brought together funding recipients to discuss sustaining the impact of their projects beyond the Year of Data and Society.
Data community connects at year-end celebration
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Event Recording: "Responsible Use of Learning Analytics: A Faculty Panel"
This panel session explored the implications of learning analytics for administrators and faculty. Panel discussion topics included ethical considerations when using learning analytics, the benefits and drawbacks of learning analytics, and how learning analytics is used in research and teaching.
How linked open data can teach about the history of slavery
By Briana Wipf
Student data can help instructors but can lead to ‘unintended consequences’
By Briana Wipf
About 20 attendees gathered on Zoom to discuss the ethics of using student data for learning analytics on Thursday, Feb. 10, in a workshop led by George Rehrey of Indiana University in Bloomington.
Event Recording: CAASI Allegheny County Policing Project (ACPP) Launch Event
The Grief to Action Initiative at the Center for Analytical Approaches to Social Innovation (CAASI) shared their work to help residents navigate hyperfragmentation of policing in Allegheny County. The volunteer team, which includes GSPIA and SCI students, created a data platform with a searchable library of almost 100 police contracts, an interactive map of Allegheny County police departments, and a guide to help citizens navigate the complexity of filing misconduct complaints. View the recording of the November 19 launch event.
Applying Intersectional Feminism to Data Science: “Data Feminism” with Catherine D’Ignazio
By Jane Rohrer
Event Recording: Data Feminism with Catherine D'Ignazio
On November 5, we were joined by Catherine D’Ignazio, co-author of the acclaimed Data Feminism (MIT Press, 2019). In her talk, D’Ignazio asked: Data science by whom? Data science for whom? Data science with whose interests in mind? She provided us with an introduction to data feminism, a way of thinking about data science and its communication that is informed by the past several decades of intersectional feminist activism and critical thought.
Year of Data and Society Web Story: Learning from the Past, with Lizzie O'Shea
By Emma McGeary
On Wednesday, October 27, the Year of Data and Society at the University of Pittsburgh was pleased to welcome guest speaker Lizzie O’Shea for her talk “A Useable Past for a Democratic Future: How Looking Backward Can Help Us Navigate the Digital Revolution”.
Event Recording: A Usable Past for a Democratic Future: How Looking Backward Can Help Us Navigate the Digital Revolution, with Lizzie O'Shea
On October 27, lawyer and researcher Lizzie O'Shea virtually visited Pitt and reminded us that "making technology is a human activity, and the technological problems we face are human problems." Her talk called upon historians, sociologists, archaeologists, attorneys, and others to contribute to shaping the digital future in order to "make technology work for the many, not the few."