Integrate GSU Data Ready! Badges into your course or program curriculum! It's simple and requires no content creation by you!

How it works:

1. Students go to the GSU Data Ready! Badge Microcredentials - Research Data Services (RDS) iLearn page to enroll in the course.
2. They find the module(s) that corresponds to the badge(s) they need to earn -- you may assign specific badges or let them choose as you see fit.
3. Students view the recorded tutorials linked from the modules on their own time and complete the quiz learning assessments to earn badges.
4. Once students successfully complete the quizzes, they earn the badge -- called an Award in iCollege.
5. Have them share the badge with you for verification by either
   1. Forwarding their iCollege Award email notification, or
   2. Sending a link to their Award page.

THIS VIDEO SERIES covers core data literacy skills with real-life examples -- great introduction to data and statistics!

Videos within the Data Ready! Video Series:

• Data Ready Part 1: Defining Data & Data Literacy
• Data Ready Part 2: Types of Data
• Data Ready Part 3: Data Samples, Populations, & Representative Samples
• Data Ready Part 4: Data Averages: Mean, Median, Mode
• Data Ready Part 5: Algorithms, Black Boxes, & Ethics
• Misuse of Machine Learning [from Bergstrom & West's "Calling Bullsh*t in the Age of Big Data" playlist by University of Washington iSchool]
• Data Ready Part 6: Correlation, Causation, & Misleading Data
• Data Ready Part 7: Misleading Data Visualizations
• Data Visualization & Ethics [from "Picture This: Do No Harm Guide" by Tableau data visualization software company]

AND: We have a Data Ready! Badge digital micro-credential related to the video series content...Go Earn the Badge!

THIS GUIDE highlights easy-to-use tools and resources for getting students engaged in using data and statistics without the headaches of requiring them to use complicated software or statistical coding.

Each box on the guide:

• Links to one or more tools / resources
• Links to "help resources" to use the tool / resource
• Offers "lesson ideas" and / or teaching resources

Suggestions for tools / resources or lesson ideas?

Share with Ashley or Mandy from the Research Data Service (RDS) Department!

SAGE Research Methods (SRM) is an amazing tool for GSU students, faculty and staff who are learning or teaching research methods and those who are conducting research across social science fields.

SRM includes:

• a library of more than 1000 books, reference works, journal articles
• instructional videos by leading researchers
• full-text of the “Little Green Book” series for quantitative methods and the “Little Blue Book” series for qualitative methods
• a repository of research case studies and datasets that can be used in the classroom or for self-guided learning
• and much more! 

Additional SRM Resources:

• SAGE Research Methods Librarian Resources, which includes title lists, discoverability help, and promotional materials
• SAGE Research Methods Faculty Resources, which includes lessons plans and sample assignments
• SAGE Research Methods Quick Start Guide for Faculty
• Top Tips for Teaching with SAGE Research Methods  
• Methodspace, an online community for social and behavioral research methods
• SAGE Research Methods Teaching, a resource for accessing and sharing teaching materials on research methods

Tabling Events - Love Data Week & Scary Data Week

These tabling events – organized by our Data Literacy & Learning Specialist and our student assistants and supported by RDS and Student Data Corps – include fun data activities that demonstrate data collection and visualizations. Plus, they promote Data in the ATL talks, RDS data-skills workshops and badges, and our online data-support resources like O’Reilly for Higher Education eBooks and SAGE Research Methods resources.

• LOVE DATA WEEK -- occurs annually during the week of Valentine's Day (February 14)
• SCARY DATA WEEK -- occurs annually during the week of Halloween (October 31)

Recordings of previous GSU Data Talks:

• Using Data to Address Evictions and Equity Theft in Metro Atlanta
• Data Literacy as a Tool for Social Justice
• Finding Beauty in Data: the Intersection of Data & Art
• Overcoming Data Challenges in the Fight Against Homelessness
• Trees Atlanta: Utilizing Data to Conserve & Grow Atlanta’s Tree Canopy