Education Director

The Education Director is one of the twelve members of the Board of Directors. Their mission is to increase the data visualization literacy of the world.

Duties according to Bylaws

1. Set strategy for increasing data visualization literacy of membership and beyond
2. Find ways to support already existing external data visualization education initiatives
3. Manage educational resources for members and data viz community
4. Identify opportunities to influence curricula to include data visualization in academic programs and schools
5. Lead compilation of resources and best practices for teaching data visualization at various levels
6. Surface data visualization research findings
7. Manage Education Committee

Tasks

• Lead compilation of resources and best practices for teaching data visualization at various levels
• Manage educational resources for members and data viz community
• Manage the education piece of the DVS accreditation program
• Identify opportunities to influence curricula to include data visualization in academic programs and schools
• Surface data visualization research findings

Guiding Questions

• What educational resources can DVS provide?
• What is the current state of data viz literacy? What resources could help increase that?
• How might we make data viz education more accessible?

Relevant Documentation

Last updated 02/21/22

2022 Initiatives:

• Career Portraits
• Resource Pages and Learning Paths
• Exploratory: Supporting Academic, Research, and Teaching audiences

Career Portraits

Analysis of 2021 Survey data to illustrate career paths within data vis.

• Project Github repo (note that this is a private repo containing confidential information, and cannot be seen unless you are logged in)
• Working doc with rudimentary data handling guidelines
• Nightingale article on educational strategy (Sept 24)
• Research deck on audience definition and needs
• Committee folder

Resource pages and Learning Paths

Resource pages collect DVS and other materials related to a particular topic. Learning pathways provide a structured recommendations list with curated learning materials for multiple levels and interest areas within a particular topic.

• Initial report on resources available within DVS
• Committee folder

Professional Audience Support

This is an early-stage initiative to understand the needs of our more expert audience members, and how to better support them.

• Initial research begun Jan 2022