This advanced course provides a detailed, practical methodology for developing essential questions. Academy students learn how to build a team with the appropriate expertise and skills, and guide the team through an iterative process of inquiry and investigation from the initial definition of a question through deployment to end-users.
Who Should Enroll
Project managers and leaders of education analytics projects
Data engineers and technical analysts who support education analytics projects
Educators or campus leaders who lead or sponsor analytics initiatives
Anyone participating in an Ed-Fi Essential Question To Visual Design project.
Course Outcome
By the end of this course, Academy students will:
Lead or participate in an Essential Question To Visual Design project as a member of a cross-functional team
Develop essential questions (EQs) that are open-ended, meaningful, and feasible
Craft a focused use case that explains the context of the essential question, the data needed to answer it, and the actions or decisions that will result
Draft a data visualization mockup designed to enable educators to answer an essential question
Learning Objectives
The learning objectives for this course are:
Understand the benefits and elements of the EQ To Visual Design Process
Learn about resources and examples to support an agile design process
Understand the people and roles required to conduct the EQ To Visual Design Process
Gain the practical, how-to knowledge necessary to conduct a successful EQ project from conception to value delivery
Course Modules
Overview of the Essential Question to Visual Design Process