Ed-Fi 230 - From Essential Question to Visual Design

Ed-Fi 230 - From Essential Question to Visual Design

Course Information

  • Course Title: From Essential Question to Visual Design

  • Course Code: Ed-Fi 230

  • Tracks:

    • Technical Track

    • Program Track

  • Series: Advanced Ed-Fi Topics (200 Series)

  • Course Prerequisites: 

  • Learning Delivery Mode: Self-Guided Course (Online)

    • Video

  • Time to Complete: 4 hours (80 minutes interactive content plus activities to work through at your own pace)

  • Registration Options: Online

  • Link to online course

Course Overview

Description

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

  • Developing an Essential Question

  • Crafting a Use Case for the Essential Question

  • Designing the Data Visualization