Data Science and AI Educators' Programme: Graduation, Session 1
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###### tags: `graduation-session-1` `DS-AI-Educators'-Programme`

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- **Call time and day**: Thursday 13 August 2023, 11:00 - 12:00 (GMT+1)
- **Meeting host**: Ayesha
- **Meeting facilitator**: Ayesha
- **Zoom link**: https://turing-uk.zoom.us/j/96030727456?pwd=bGVkKy9HZEJWaUp6VXM2a2RwQUozQT09
- **Github repo**: [DS and AI Educators' Programme GitHub](https://github.com/alan-turing-institute/ds-ai-educators-programme)
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**Call recording reminder:**
Please note that this call will be recorded and live streamed to YouTube. Turn on your webcam if you don’t mind being in the video (or off if you do!).

**Participation reminder:**
[Code of conduct & community participation guidelines](https://github.com/alan-turing-institute/ds-ai-educators-programme/blob/main/code-of-conduct.md).If you experience or witness unacceptable behaviour, or have any other concerns, please report them by contacting the organisers - Ayesha, Mishka or Matt ([e-mail]).

**Presentation reminder:**
In preparation for the sessions, we ask that you kindly prepare a short, 3-minute presentation about your time on the Data Science and AI Educators’ Programme. Slides are optional. We have prepared a selection of prompts to help you cover some of the information that you might like to share with your peers:
- _What is/are your highlight/s from the programme?_
- _How will you apply some of your learning(s) from the programme to your line of work?_
- _How do you intend to use the programme to impact your community?_
- _How can other participants from the programme collaborate with you/get to know you better once the programme has finished?_

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## Roll call for the Data Science and AI Educators' Programme participants
_Please note that we will use this order for your graduation presentations._

e.g. Name // Social Handles (twitter, GitHub etc) // What are you looking forward to after the graduation session?

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2. Dong (LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dong-xia-59762516/). Applying what's learned in the programme to my own teaching and interacting with the community to keep updating my knowledge and practice.
3. Amina (LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/akh-amina/). I am exited to use gained knowldge and experince in the upcoming Fall semester, and share it further with my collegues.
4. Paul (LinkedIn: paul-clough-b974a84). I'm looking forward to going back over what we've learned and thinking about how I can apply this to the different job roles I have.
5. Cynthia Naydani (https://www.linkedin.com/in/cynthia-naydani-30b9421b9/)
6. Edo Barbieri (LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edoardobarbieri/, GitHub: https://github.com/EdoBarbieri). I am looking forward to continuously improving as an educator.
7. Eirini (GitHub: eirini-zormpa, Mastodon: [e-mail]). I look forward to experimenting with what I've learned in the programme in my community :sparkles:
8. Pragya Paudyal (linkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pragya-paudyal-5a38a874/) I intend to apply the pedagogical aspects of teaching, specifically Bloom's taxonomy, to improve my instructional strategies and ensure a more comprehensive understanding of concepts.
9. Azizul (linkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/azizul-azizan-5461704a/) Collaborations with Alan Turing & participants. Reflection Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1jnPVMfpUPzHxAzY8Nakxr3UDP8kAdlkS8iKBkvLwyac/edit?usp=sharing
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## Programme reflections :film_projector:

Please keep your presentation to 3 minutes maximum :alarm_clock: and add your information in the following format:

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### 2. Senior Lecturer in Bioinformatics // Royal Veterinary College // Dong Xia
- **Links/resources that you'd like to share with others.**
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dong-xia-59762516/
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- Notes:
- Ethics highlighted awareness
- Resources and things to use in own teaching practice
- Interdisciplinary teaching session was helpful as relates to own practice - will help to modify practice
- Mentoring groups have been useful as pairings have been interdisciplinary, so useful
- **How can others help you as you move forward in your role as an educator?**
- Keep in touch and learn the latest development of teaching practice and technics...
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- **Questions and comments from the audience.**
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### 3. Teaching Assistant // Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Public Policy // Amina Akhmetbekova
- **Links/resources that you'd like to share with others.**
- Sentient Syllabus Project: http://sentientsyllabus.org/
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- Notes:
- Adapting syllabus to include gamifyied sessions/creating games
- Run an ethical use of AI workshop, already approved by the department

- **How can others help you as you move forward in your role as an educator?**
- Keeping in touch with others would be helpful, and it would also be great to have collaboration with public policy academia.
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- **Questions and comments from the audience.**
- What tool did you use to make the slides? :grinning_face_with_star_eyes:
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### 4. Academic and Head of Data Science and AI // University of Sheffield and TPXimpact // Paul Clough
- **Links/resources that you'd like to share with others.**
- TPXimpact: https://www.tpximpact.com/
- New course we're developing in the Information School: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/undergraduate/courses/2024/data-science-bsc
- LinkedIn profile: www.linkedin.com/in/paul-clough-b974a84
- Google Scholar profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=YF03sCUAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate
- Notes:
- Topics around ethics and embedding data science across disciplines had some useful guidance
- Breakout rooms were good to meet lots of people from different backgrounds
- Some time digesting and reflecting on the content.
- New undergrad programme at Sheffield: learnings useful here
- Topics useful in engaging with non-academic stakeholders e.g. government
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- **How can others help you as you move forward in your role as an educator?**
- It would be great to be able to keep in touch with people, e.g. via LinkedIn.
- Would also be great to learn more from people as they develop effective ways of teaching.
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- **Questions and comments from the audience.**
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### 5. Cynthia Naydani // Teaching Fellow & Course Developer @ GAAFS/UoE
- **Links/resources that you'd like to share with others.**
- LI https://www.linkedin.com/in/cynthia-naydani-30b9421b9/
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- Notes:
- ...Really liked Pedagogy sessions (making learning accessible, equitable, inclusive) and making learning memorable (learn through unexpected outcomes)
- Mentor groups were excellent - cohort had diverse backgrounds and experiences, really nice facilitation from Maarya
- ...Emphasise not just the DS skills themselves, but the self-confidence and motivation to persevere. Cultivate the attitude that leads to success rather than a focus on the end-goal
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- **How can others help you as you move forward in your role as an educator?**
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- Interested in helping colleagues deal with AI in education/assessment - thoughts welcome!
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- **Questions and comments from the audience.**
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### 6. Tutor // Glasgow International College // Edo Barbieri
- **Links/resources that you'd like to share with others.**
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edoardobarbieri/
- GitHub: https://github.com/EdoBarbieri
- Notes:
- As someone who has just been starting with teaching, it has been very formative to listen to other people's experiences and thoughts- plus, the abundance of case studies during the sessions has been very helpful and inspiring.
- Mentoring group was useful to connect with similar background-ed people, as well as connect with others from different disciplines
- Useful tools provided e.g gamification ideas
- Case studies/practical applications were useful to see in the cohort calls as they provide some kind of inspiration
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- **How can others help you as you move forward in your role as an educator?**
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- **Questions and comments from the audience.**
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### 7. Community Manager Open Collaboration // The Alan Turing Institute // Eirini Zormpa
- **Links/resources that you'd like to share with others.**
- Work GitHub: https://github.com/aim-rsf/training
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eirini-zormpa-207335119/
- Mastodon: https://scholar.social/@eirini
- Notes:
- Mentoring groups were a highlight
- Ethics sessions were helpful in developing some of Eirini's training sessions (above)
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- **How can others help you as you move forward in your role as an educator?**
- I'd love to stay in touch with people! I loved all the resources people have been sharing in the chat during the calls and it'd be wonderful to be able to tap into that communal knowledge in future :tulip:
- **Questions and comments from the audience.**
- How could someone join Slack or collaboration cafes?
- Information here: https://the-turing-way.start.page/
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### 8. Lecturing in Machine Learning and Embedded System Research in ML/DL and AI Principles Literacy Policy// University Teknologi Malaysia // Azizul Azizan
- **Links/resources that you'd like to share with others.**
- [...](https://www.linkedin.com/in/azizul-azizan-5461704a/)
- The reflection slides https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1jnPVMfpUPzHxAzY8Nakxr3UDP8kAdlkS8iKBkvLwyac/edit?usp=sharing
- Notes:
- Breakout sessions good for exchanging experience and perspectives, as well as mentoring sessions
- Diverse resources e.g. model cards
- AI ethics and online tools eg HackMD
- Making learning memorable was a great session
- Using live coding
- Working in policy

- **How can others help you as you move forward in your role as an educator?**
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### 9. Data Science Lecturer // Data Science Campus, Office of National Statistics // Pragya Paudyal
- **Links/resources that you'd like to share with others.**
- [...](https://www.linkedin.com/in/pragya-paudyal-5a38a874/)
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- Learning new techniques
- Thinking about certain topics e.g ethics
- Thinking about accessibility
- Awareness of existing biases and how to introduce new topics, awareness of learners
- Collaborating with other public sector departments on Ethics
- Sharing resources within the team
- **How can others help you as you move forward in your role as an educator?**
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### 10. Trainer // Institute // Siti Farah Norbaini Mohamad
- **Links/resources that you'd like to share with others.**
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- Mentoring groups were useful to meet new people
- New ideas on how to teach and make it more interesting. Impactful speakers sharing good practice
- Hopes to teach in a more 'fun' way, especially as Malaysia is at the beginning of teaching in DS and AI
- **How can others help you as you move forward in your role as an educator?**
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## Wrap-up and closing remarks :speaking_head_in_silhouette: