2. EDSA activities
• Surveys
• Interviews
• Dashboards
Landscaping
• Modular, media-rich, multiple
languages
• Core, domain-specific, and
technology-specific topics
Curriculum
and
courseware
• Video lectures
• Professional training
• MOOCs
• eBooks
Courses and
learning
analytics
3. Curriculum
Foundations
• Foundations of
Data Science
• Foundations of Big
Data
• Statistical /
Mathematical
Foundations
• Programming /
Computational
Thinking (R and
Python)
Storage and
Processing
• Data Management
and Curation
• Big Data
Architecture
• Distributed
Computing
• Stream Processing
Analysis
• Essentials of Data
Analytics and
Machine Learning
• Big Data Analytics
• Process Mining
Interpretation
and Use
• Data Visualisation
• Visual Analytics
• Finding Stories in
Open Data
• Data Exploitation
5. EDSA Courses: Self-study options
• Foundations of Big Data
• Big Data Architecture
• Process Mining
• Distributed Computing
• Essentials of Data Analytics
and Machine Learning
• Big Data Analytics
• Foundations of Data Science
9. Curriculum – Next Iteration (M18)
Foundations
• Foundations of
Data Science
• Foundations of Big
Data
• Statistical /
Mathematical
Foundations
• Programming /
Computational
Thinking (R and
Python)
Storage and
Processing
• Data Management
and Curation
• Big Data
Architecture
• Distributed
Computing
• Stream Processing
Analysis
• Machine
Learning, Data
Mining and Basic
Analytics
• Big Data Analytics
• Process Mining
Interpretation
and Use
• Data Visualisation
• Visual Analytics
• Finding Stories in
Open Data
• Data Exploitation
M18 Curricula modules
10. Course Schedule
the Data Science community.
Table 3: EDSA Core Curriculum Schedule
Topic Schedule
Foundations of Data Science M6
Foundations of Big Data M6
Big Data Architecture M6
Distributed Computing M6
Machine Learning, Data Mining and Basic Analytics M6
Process Mining M6
Statistical / Mathematical Foundations M18
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Data Management and Curation M18
Big Data Analytics M18
Data Visualisation M18
Finding Stories in Open Data M18
Programming / Computational Thinking (R and Python) M30
Stream Processing M30
Visual Analytics M30
Data Exploitation including data markets and licensing M30
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11. Curriculum Dimensions
• Courses to be tagged with pre and post skills
• Learning pathways aimed at:
– Statisticians
– Analysts
– Managers, product owners, CEOs
– Programmers, developers and system engineers
– Data managers (incl. security experts)
• Further dimensions:
– Tools and programming languages
– Type of data
– Industry sector
– Level
• Basic, advanced, expert
Editor's Notes
15 topics.
Detailed curricula for
Domain-specific variants of Founds D.S taking on board earlier AB feedback.
FutureLearn: Over 3.5M registered users as of 26/04/16
M18: Next 5 modules to have curricula developed, with learning resources to follow in M24, for the next set of self-study courses. Revisions to existing curricula based on feedback from advisory board and learners – for example providing domain-specific variants of key topics such as foundations of data science.