Teaching beginner-level computational social science: interactive open education resources with learnr and shiny apps
The article presents the use of open, inclusive pedagogical frameworks to develop a series of open education resources (OERs), specifically, interactive shiny web applications for teaching beginner-level computational social science (CSS) in undergraduate social science education. CSS is an emerging...
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| description | The article presents the use of open, inclusive pedagogical frameworks to develop a series of open education resources (OERs), specifically, interactive shiny web applications for teaching beginner-level computational social science (CSS) in undergraduate social science education. CSS is an emerging discipline that integrates data science methods with social science theories and research designs. However, undergraduate social science students could face a lack of a sense of STEM identity or belonging. Also, compared to STEM majors in natural science or engineering, average undergraduate social science students come in with limited mathematical or statistical knowledge. The OERs developed and tested in this article are designed with pedagogical frameworks that help overcome these barriers faced by students from diverse backgrounds and offer students a jump-start in learning CSS. This article presents the details of the tools, classroom implementation (in the form of a 6-week workshop series), the pedagogy frameworks applied, and the assessment methods and outcomes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8f73cd6360044e8fa2d08384dde775642023-06-02T06:05:52ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Education2504-284X2023-06-01810.3389/feduc.2023.11308651130865Teaching beginner-level computational social science: interactive open education resources with learnr and shiny appsManyu LiThe article presents the use of open, inclusive pedagogical frameworks to develop a series of open education resources (OERs), specifically, interactive shiny web applications for teaching beginner-level computational social science (CSS) in undergraduate social science education. CSS is an emerging discipline that integrates data science methods with social science theories and research designs. However, undergraduate social science students could face a lack of a sense of STEM identity or belonging. Also, compared to STEM majors in natural science or engineering, average undergraduate social science students come in with limited mathematical or statistical knowledge. The OERs developed and tested in this article are designed with pedagogical frameworks that help overcome these barriers faced by students from diverse backgrounds and offer students a jump-start in learning CSS. This article presents the details of the tools, classroom implementation (in the form of a 6-week workshop series), the pedagogy frameworks applied, and the assessment methods and outcomes.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2023.1130865/fullcomputational social scienceR programmingsocial scienceresearch methodspedagogyshiny apps |
| spellingShingle | Manyu Li Teaching beginner-level computational social science: interactive open education resources with learnr and shiny apps Frontiers in Education computational social science R programming social science research methods pedagogy shiny apps |
| title | Teaching beginner-level computational social science: interactive open education resources with learnr and shiny apps |
| title_full | Teaching beginner-level computational social science: interactive open education resources with learnr and shiny apps |
| title_fullStr | Teaching beginner-level computational social science: interactive open education resources with learnr and shiny apps |
| title_full_unstemmed | Teaching beginner-level computational social science: interactive open education resources with learnr and shiny apps |
| title_short | Teaching beginner-level computational social science: interactive open education resources with learnr and shiny apps |
| title_sort | teaching beginner level computational social science interactive open education resources with learnr and shiny apps |
| topic | computational social science R programming social science research methods pedagogy shiny apps |
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