Thoughts longer than a social media post, shorter than a manuscript on data, pedagogy, and data pedagogy
My name is Mine Dogucu and I teach statistics and data science. I spend a good chunk of my time thinking about how to be a better data scientist, teacher, and human. Most of the time I cannot fit my thoughts into a single post on my social media accounts. Sometimes I want to share examples from my class and sometimes I want to share something that has been useful for me as a teacher, a learner, or simply as a person. Thus, I created this blog to share what is going on in my mind and in my classes.
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This blog will shape as I keep writing and the goal is also to have guest authors as well.
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Updating Beliefs on Bayesian Education: Reflections on Research and Teaching Projects
Example Projects and How They Shaped My Current Beliefs on Bayesian Education
Community College to Four-Year College Pathway for Statistics and Data Science Students
Curricular example from the University of California System
Tips on Recommendation Letters for Students and Instructors
Suggestions on asking for and writing recommendation letters as part of graduate school applications
Tips for working with bookdown
Suggestions on styling and workflow
Assisted grading with Gradescope
How Gradescope improves our grading workflow.
Contributing to Open Education: Why, How, and What I am Doing
A summary of a piece that I wrote for AMS Notices.
Getting to Know Students in the First Week with a Survey
A survey template.
Engaging Students in Remote Classes
Suggestions and sample activies for student engagement.
Teaching Careers (for Statisticians) at Liberal Arts Colleges and Research Universities
Rewards and challenges of teaching careers in higher ed
Addressing People in Academia
Shoud you call that person Dr, Prof or Mx?.
Considering Visual Challenges and Impairments
Accessibility and inclusion in Bayes Rules! book: Part III.
Who is in the Bayes Rules! Book?
Accessibility and inclusion in Bayes Rules! book: Part II.
Why Open Access Books?
Accessibility and inclusion in Bayes Rules! book: Part I.
Learning and Teaching Web Scraping
A summary of a longer article on web scraping in data science education.
Writing Teaching Statements
How to write a (good) teaching statement for higher ed jobs