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The Interdisciplinarity of Data Science from the People Analytics Perspective: Part One
The case of a People Analytics Workshop for undergraduate computer science students.
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Why Is It Hard to Define Data Science?
Data science can be described as a science, as a research paradigm, as a research method, as a discipline, as a workflow, and as a profession.
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The Process-Object Duality in Computer Science and Data Science Education
The process-object duality has several educational implications for the design of teaching and learning processes.
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Three Risks Facing Higher Education
The implications of COVID-19 for risk management in higher education.
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Opportunities of Data Science Education
Considering the six new and exciting opportunities that data science presents.
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Mitigating the Base-Rate Neglect Cognitive Bias in Data Science Education
How can machine learning educators help learners cope with the base rate neglect cognitive bias?
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The Base-Rate Neglect Cognitive Bias in Data Science
Using Bayes' Theorem, the correct answer to both the medical diagnosis problem and to the lion classification question, can be calculated.
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Machine Learning: Out! Data Science: In!
We propose to stop teaching machine learning courses to populations whose core discipline is neither computer science nor mathematics and statistics.
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Validity and Reliability in Data Science: An Interdisciplinary Perspective
We examine the essence of the components of data science, as well as their interrelations, from the educational perspective.
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Reflection Pre-learning in Computer Science Courses
Our experience with reflection pre-learning in a MOOC on computational thinking that we developed and currently teach.
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Changes in the Technion's Teaching Strategies During the Pandemic
This post describes three significant changes that took place during the pandemic in the instructional strategies at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology...
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Framing the Description of the Shrinking Pipeline
The shrinking pipeline refers to the low percentages of women earning computer science academic degrees and holding faculty positions.
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Computational Thinking: The Discussion Continues
Perspectives on computational thinking.
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Supervising a Doctoral Thesis: Lessons and Guidelines
Presenting 10 guidelines for supervising graduate students, focusing on the supervision process of doctoral students.
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The Solar System from the Computational Thinking Perspective
We describe our choice of the solar system as one of the main illustrative examples used in our MOOC on computational thinking.
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The Triad of Graduate Studies
The Research Community, Research Subject, and Research Process.
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10 Tips for Implementing Executable Exams
The focus is on executable exams for an Introduction to Computer Science course.
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A MERge Analysis of an Organizational Change: The Case of Internalization at Home
How the Technion assimilated its international activities into its other units’ activities and, at the same time, reduced operational costs related to its international...
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New Social-Economic Trends in Computer Science Education
Considering new social-economic trends in Computer Science, Software Engineering, and Data Science education.
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An Open Call to Establish an Interdisciplinary Data Science Education Journal
In this blog, we describe our vision for a journal that would focus on data science education from the interdisciplinarity perceptive.
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Is the Pandemic Affecting Science and Engineering Undergraduate Students?
The importance of the students’ voice.12