Presenters will describe three successful models for engaging undergraduate students in experiential learning with data at Virginia Tech. Nathaniel Porter will discuss Introduction to Data in Social Context, a general education course that integrates critical data studies with applied data analysis. Tom Ewing will describe Topics in Data in Social Context, an upper-division course where students collaborated with the National Library of Medicine to collect and study alternative data on the 1918 Influenza Epidemic. Anne M. Brown will share the model of DataBridge, a student data consulting program based in the University Libraries that provides research credits for new students interested in working with real-life data and potential employment assisting faculty, students and community members with data. Presentations will focus on the process and challenges of implementing and scaling the models, and time will be reserved for discussion of audience questions.

This webinar is part of the 2020 ICPSR Data Fair, "Data in Real Life." More information about the Data Fair can be found at http://myumi.ch/ICPSRdatafair2020. Please note that all attendees for this session must be registered for the ICPSR Data Fair.