Now accepting proposals for eCOTS,,
May 21-25 (deadline
March 1)
We are excited to announce that the 2018 Electronic Conference on Teaching Statistics (eCOTS) will be held online
May 21-25, 2018, and is currently accepting proposals for breakout sessions, virtual posters, and birds-of-a-feather discussions. This year's online conference is hosted by the Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education (CAUSE) and focuses on statistics education at all levels and types of learning institutions: secondary school, two-year/community colleges, and four year liberal arts and research universities.
The conference theme is "Data Science for All". Recently, we have seen a rise in data scientist (or related) positions in industry as well as a boom in data science graduate and undergraduate programs. How should statistics educators and students respond? What curriculum should we teach? How should we teach it? Have the goals of statistics education changed? If so, how?
This conference is for anyone who teaches or studies statistics or data science, regardless of experience with either. We have already started putting together a diverse set of exciting keynote speakers who work across different areas in statistics education. Sessions will range from ideas for incorporating data science and statistics concepts into all curricular levels to providing interactive data and learning opportunities for all students and teachers to building certificates and programs that include data science. Panel discussions will include describing data science and its potential role in statistics education, a look at the state-of-the-art in online statistics education tools, and the future of statistics education, including funding opportunities. The conference website will also include a list of related available statistics and data science resources for attendees as well as the general public.
Proposals related to the conference theme will be given priority and are due by
March 1, 2018. For more details about eCOTS 2018 and to submit a proposal, please visit
www.causeweb.org/cause/ecots/ecots18/proposals/submitIf you have any questions, please contact Rebecca Nugent at
rnugent@stat.cmu.edu. Thanks!
Best,
Rebecca Nugent
eCOTS 2018 Program Chair