๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Week 01 - Introduction, Context & Key Concepts

2024/25 Autumn Term

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In this first week, we will cover what you can expect to learn from this course and the course logistics: all you need to know about the structure of the lectures, classes, assessments, and how we will interact throughout this course.

We will also cover some of the basics: what do we mean by data science, and what tools will you need to use during this course?

๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿปโ€๐Ÿซ Lecture Slides

Either click on the slide area below or click here to view it in fullscreen. Use your keypad to navigate the slides.

๐ŸŽฅ Looking for lecture recordings? You can only find those on Moodle.

โœ๏ธ Coursework

This week, you have two tasks to prepare for the weekโ€™s class:

  1. Within your (randomly) assigned group (to be announced on Moodle/during the lecture), read the articles from the indicative reading list

  2. Respond to the following questions about the readings:

    1. What is personal data?
    2. What is the โ€œquantified selfโ€?
    3. What is the main purpose/goal of the โ€œquantified selfโ€?
    4. What do you think about this notion of โ€œquantified selfโ€?
    5. What are the challenges/issues related to this notion?

Be prepared to share your answers with the rest of the class.

๐Ÿ“Ÿ Communication

  • Post your reflections, questions, and links on Slack (depending on your purpose, use either of the #social or #help channels - you might also want to use the #interesting-articles channel).