Data science education: The story of Data Science Academy - Jakub Hantabal a Laura Johanesová
Taking the first step in learning data science in Python can be challenging. To help people overcome this fear, we co-founded Data Science Academy - an NGO providing accessible data science education focused on building a collaborative community of data enthusiasts. Over the past year, we organized two week-long bootcamps Winter Data School and Summer Data School, as well as five shorter workshops, where we show the magic of Python and inspire people to continue their programming journey.
In this talk, we will share our story of how we set up Data Science Academy, what we do, and how we motivate people to take up data science. We will discuss why quality education and focus of attendees require a physical presence of multiple lecturers, and how to make transition to Python straightforward by drawing parallels with Excel and selecting the key concepts to explain. Lastly, we will demonstrate our unique teaching materials utilizing Jupyter Notebook, and how we use them in our workshops, and how participants on our events used them to advance their careers and set up new collaborations.
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