💻 Week 01 - Class Roadmap (90 min)

2023/24 Autumn Term

Welcome to the first seminar/lab class of DS101A.

Before we start covering the most technical aspects of data science, we want to take a step back and think about the bigger picture. That is why on 🧑‍🏫 Week 01 we asked you to do two things:

1. Read the indicative reading about the idea of the Quantified Self.
2. In groups of three, answer a series of questions about the indicative reading (see Week 1 coursework)

In this lab, we will discuss your notes on the indicative readings of week 1 and further expand the discussion of the notions of “quantified self”/personal self with the help of additional in-class readings.

Step 01 - Quantified self and its purpose (20 min)

• Each group is given a set of post-its and based on prepared coursework, should use them to answer the following questions:
  • How can you best define the notion of “quantified self”?
  • What is the goal of this concept?
• Each group will stick the post-its on the sheet that corresponds to the question answered (class teachers will have prepared sheets corresponding to each of the questions and have stuck them to the board)
• Class teachers will facilitate a discussion with the wider group and share their expert opinion based on the collected answers

Step 02 - Perception of Quantified Self (20 min)

• Each group is given a set of post-its and based on prepared coursework, should use them to answer the following questions:
  • What do you think about the notion of “quantified self”?
• Each group will stick the post-its on the sheet that corresponds to the question answered (class teachers will have prepared sheets corresponding to the question and have stuck them to the board)
• Class teachers will facilitate a discussion with the wider group and share their expert opinion based on the collected answers

Break (10 min)

Step 03 - Quantified Self/Personal data: new perspectives (40 min)

• Form new groups of three:
• Each group will be assigned a different new article (e.g by lottery) and will need to answer the following questions:
  • What is the article about? What are the main ideas?
  • Do you find the article convincing and does it change your perception of the notion of “quantified self”? Why?
• Class teachers will facilitate a discussion with the wider group and share their expert opinion based on each group’s input

Also:

• Discuss: how did you organise your notes? Can you, as a group, come up with best practices for note-taking?

Note

Later in this course, we will create a shared reading notes repository. For now, keep using your favourite note-taking app and share your notes with your group.