ICPSR has announced the beta launch of its Online Learning Center (OLC). The press release is reproduced below. If you would like to learn more about this, contact Paula or me. ————————– ICPSR is pleased to announce the beta launch of the Online Learning Center (OLC). The site is located at: http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/OLC/ and can be…
International Data Resource Center (IDRC) New from ICPSR, this special archive “acts as a clearinghouse for international data housed at ICPSR.” The site makes it easier to find ICPSR data of interest to internationalists. Browse by subject, data series, or geography. Of special interest on this site is the Instructional Resources section, which links sample…
Search Engines: Technology, Society, and Business. Part of UC Berkeley’s new YouTube campus, a web site of lectures uploaded for viewing by the public, is a series of lectures about search engines. The lectures are part of a course taught in the School of Information by Dr. Marti Hearst. Some of the lectures are a…
The CIAO database (Carleton only link), as of fall 2007, contains selected data and information from the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), a respected and highly cited source in political economy. EUI country information now in CIAO Detailed country maps Basic information and data for 201 countries Political and economic structures and backgrounds (coming in October)…
Death and Taxes is a fascinating visualization of the path that U.S. taxes take. It is one of many data visualization methods featured on the Visual Complexity web site, and Steve Krause, on his blog, wonders if such data visualizations qualify as art.
Michael F. Goodchild, at the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis and Dept. of Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara, offers some thoughts about spatial literacy and GIS education from the primary to tertiary levels.
Exploring Data Through Research Literature EDRL is a learning module that uses ICPSR’s Bibliography of Data-Related Literature to teach students about the relationships between datasets, their authors, and the community of scholarship in which they emerge.
Investigating Community and Social Capital “An instructional site that teaches data analysis of social capital, as discussed in Robert D. Putnam’s Bowling Alone.” (quoted from home page) Five exercises that use major sources of Putnam’s data (the General Social Survey and other life style surveys) help students develop data analysis skills. This rich site includes…