Ellen Broad talks Cybernetics, Data Science, and Life.

Make Me Data Literate
Make Me Data Literate
Ellen Broad talks Cybernetics, Data Science, and Life.
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“I love that the thing that I work on is actually so consequential to better decision making, to solving real world problems. To understanding and evaluating forces in our world. I just love that I’m part of a way of making a difference that has applications in so many settings.”

“How do we start to anticipate and design FOR mess, instead of trying to make things neater and presume everything is predictable?”

“Success at university is dependent on many things, and you are using as a proxy to measure future success in your program, past success in a completely different context.”

“An annoying thing about our media ecosystems is they don’t like linking to third party material, because that drives you away from the website. So you usually have to do your own work to figure out the history of statistics presented through a media story.”

Published by Dr Linda McIver

Dr Linda McIver pioneered authentic Data Science and Computational Science education with real impact for secondary students and founded the Australian Data Science Education Institute in 2018. Author of Raising Heretics: Teaching Kids to Change the World, Linda is an inspiring keynote speaker who has appeared on the ABC’s panel program Q&A, and regularly delivers engaging Professional Development for Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Educators across all disciplines. A passionate educator, researcher and advocate for STEM, equity and inclusion, with a PhD in Computer Science Education and extensive teaching experience, Linda’s mission is to ensure that all Australian students have the opportunity to learn STEM and Data Science skills in the context of projects that empower them to solve problems and make a positive difference to the world.

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