Hi everyone,

Registration is Open!

CAUSE is thrilled to be hosting the 2022 electronic Conference On Teaching Statistics (eCOTS) from May 23- 26^th (with pre-conference workshops on May 19 – 21^st ) offers more than 40 hours of virtual programming. This year's online conference focuses on statistics education at both high school and college levels and all types of learning institutions. The conference theme is "Preparing the Modern Student."

This virtual conference is for anyone who teaches or studies statistics or data science. The program will be exciting with keynote presentations from Rob Gould (UCLA), Mine Cetinkaya-Rundel (Duke University/R Studio), Talitha Williams (Harvey Mudd College), and Nathan Taback (University of Toronto). There will also be pre-conference workshops, breakout sessions, birds of feather conversations, and posters & beyond sessions.

There are also three regional conferences associated with eCOTS – perhaps there is one near you!

The registration is only $25 for the entire week of events ($15 for faculty at CAUSE Institutional Partners) and includes all sessions, workshops, and regional conferences. Registration for eCOTS 2022 Preparing the Modern Student is open.

Workshop for Faculty in the Early Stages of their Career

In addition to the workshops you can sign up for during registration, there is also a limited space Workshop, "Survival basics for early-career faculty in statistics education." This workshop is designed for colleagues in their "early" stage as faculty. The workshop will be held online on Friday, May 20^th, between 11-1 pm and 1:30 – 3:30 pm ET. Please apply here by May 9^th.

Reading Groups

We will have three reading groups to accompany eCOTS 2022.

Police Violence Reading Group

When: TBD by Doodle Poll, starts the week of April 18^th
Please sign up by April 11th.
Facilitator: Tian An Wong, University of Michigan-Dearborn

Diversity and Motivation: Culturally responsive teaching in college by Ginsberg, M. B. & Wlodkowski, R. J.

When: TBD by Doodle Poll, starts the week of May 9^th

Please sign up by May 2^nd
Facilitator: Tierra Stimson, University of Arizona

Flipped Learning by Robert Talbert

When: Fridays at 3:00 pm ET and asynchronously through Slack starting the week of May 9^th
Please sign up by May 2^nd

Facilitators: Melissa Crow, New College, and Megan Mocko, University of Florida

More information is posted on the eCOTS 2022 website (https://causeweb.org/cause/ecots/ecots22/reading-groups). Are you interested in participating in a reading group? Please complete the google form.

Activity Contest

Do you have an activity to share related to the four tracks?

Statistical and Data Literacy for the Modern Student – what every student needs to know in personal and professional lives.
Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice in data science and statistics.
Preparing Mentors, Leaders, and Teachers for tomorrow.
The (old and new) skills are needed for the modern data scientist and statistician.

The due date to submit is April 15^th, 2022. Top winners will receive a cash award and present their activity at eCOTS. More information is posted on the eCOTS 2022 website (https://causeweb.org/cause/ecots/ecots22/activity-contest/submit ).

Please let me know if you have any questions at Megan.Mocko@warrington.ufl.edu .

Best Regards,

Megan Mocko

Lecturer

ISOM

University of Florida

Megan.Mocko@warrington.ufl.edu