Data Science Training in Communities with Limited Technology Resources
summary
A community program called DataTrail partners with HEBCAC, HeartSmiles, Urban Alliance and universities to teach data science on Chromebooks using RStudio Cloud and R packages like bigrquery, dbplyr and Shiny. A 16 week paid sequence plus a yearlong 10‑hour/week Urban Alliance internship yields an 80% completion rate versus typical 2–5% MOOC completion, has produced HBO documentary–credited analyses, a consulting pilot that employed graduates, and a Mount Sinai franchise and Posit/Abell–funded internships.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00DataTrail introduction
- 3:12DataTrail core team
- 6:20Talent vs opportunity
- 10:17Scaling data science globally
- 12:25Breaking barriers to access
- 14:12Why R for inclusive training
- 17:01Building pilot program
- 23:03Hard work worth doing
- 26:06Graduate impact and trust
- 33:11Future of DataTrail
- 36:01Start your DataTrail program
- 37:50Hiring DataTrail grads
- 41:29Q&A
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