The document outlines the vision and overview of the EDSA project, which aims to become the top provider of data science training in Europe and establish a sustainable Data Science Institute. The project follows an end-to-end life-cycle approach informed by real data analysis. It will develop rich open educational resources and provide training through various means like webinars and a summer school. Community engagement will occur through prominent eLearning channels and collaboration with stakeholders.

1. Overview and Vision
John Domingue & Elena Simperl
edsa-project.eu

2. Vision
• Become the #1 venue for professional training in
data science in Europe
• Establish a sustainable European Data Science
Institute

3. Overview
1. Curricula and courseware
– Modular, media-rich, available in several languages
– Covering a mix of core, domain-specific, and technology-specific
topics
– Informed by demand analysis (surveys and data monitoring)
2. Training
– Webinar series, video lectures, annual summer school, on
demand professional training
– Informed by student feedback and learning analytics
3. Community engagement
– Highly visible eLearning channels: iTunes U, FutureLearn,
videolectures.net
– Collaborate with relevant stakeholders to align programs,
organize joint training, collect feedback
– Informed by social media monitoring

4. CURRICULA AND
COURSEWARE

5. Initial Version of
Module
Final Module:
eBook & Course
Webinar –
Final Recording
Webinar –
First Recording
Collection of
Module Materials Slides – First Version
Slides – Final Version
Stakeholder Communities
Industrial Advisory Board
Demand Analysis
Reflection
Module Dissemination
Online & F2F
LearningAnalytics
Curricula
EDSA Analytics
Dashboard
Reconfiguring
& Repurposing
Learners
Learning Delivery
End to End approach

6. Initial EDSA Curriculum

7. Rich Interactive OERs

8. TRAINING

9. Webinar
9

10. Broadcasting booth
10

11. Video lectures

12. OU iTunes U Stats
• Open University on iTunes U was launched on
3rd June 2008
• Now 58 iTunes U Courses
• 68,138,000 downloads
• Over 9,015,700 visitors downloaded files
• Currently averaging 87,500 downloads a week
• 449 collections containing 3,485 tracks (1,638
audio, 1,847 video)
• 423 OpenLearn study units as eBooks (ePub),
representing over 5,000 hours of study
• Currently delivering an average of 0.3 TB of
data a week

13. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

14. Channels

15. edsa-project.eu

16. ESWC Summer School

17. THE DATA-DRIVEN PROJECT

18. EDSA Dashboards
• Jobs and skills
• Interviews
• Advisory board
• Learning analytics
• Available courses

19. http://edsa-project.eu/dashboard/

20. Monitoring Engagement
04.03.2015
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21. Monitoring Engagement (2)
04.03.2015
21

24. COLLABORATION

25. CSA EuDEco (Modeling the
European Data Economy

26. U-TAD Spain

27. IT as a Utility

28. Big Data Value cPPP

29. March 2015

30. PAGE ‹#›
Over
1,000,000
FutureLearn sign-ups
Over
2,200,000
course sign-ups
PROGRESS SINCE LAUNCH
In just over a year, FutureLearn has built a large userbase

31. PAGE ‹#›
EXCITING PARTNERSHIP NETWORK
We are partnering with professional bodies to support recognition of
courses

32. PAGE ‹#›
Co-Branding Courses
on FutureLearn

33. WP2
Curricula and resource
development
WP3
Training delivery and
learning analytics
WP4
Dissemination and
community building
WP1
Demand analysis and industry advisory board
WP5
Exploitation
Educational Ecosystem
Legacy
WP6
Management
Coordination

34. Summary
• Project Goals
– Become the #1 venue for professional training in data
science in Europe
– Establish a sustainable European Data Science
Institute
• Comprehensive life-cycle with all activities founded on
real data
• Rich interactive multimedia open educational resources
• Training via webinar series, video lectures, annual
summer school, on demand professional training
• Highly visible eLearning channels for community
engagement
– iTunes U, FutureLearn, videolectures.net
• Many possibilities for fruitful collaboration