Data visualization workshops Field of study: Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies in the Humanities
Programme code: W1-S1SH24.2024

Module name: Data visualization workshops
Module code: W1-SH-S1-WWD
Programme code: W1-S1SH24.2024
Semester: summer semester 2024/2025
Language of instruction: Polish
Form of verification: course work
ECTS credits: 2
Purpose and description of the content of education:
The workshop will introduce basic information about data visualisation techniques. Participants will learn how to read data presented in graphs, learn about basic tools for creating visualisations. The workshop will also result in an understanding of the importance of visualisation in effective communication and especially in the process of communicating research results, especially the use of data visualisation in interdisciplinary environmental humanities research, where integration of data from different scientific disciplines is needed.
List of modules that must be completed before starting this module (if necessary): not applicable
Learning outcome of the module Codes of the learning outcomes of the programme to which the learning outcome of the module is related [level of competence: scale 1-5]
has knowledge of different ways to visualise data [01]
 W03 [3/5]
has knowledge of the social meaning of data and ways to visualise them [02]
 W11 [3/5]
can select, collect and visualise data, and is aware of the link between these activities and the humanities [03]
 U07 [4/5]
uses digital and traditional data to think about the future (speculation), also in the perspective of one's own work [04]
 U10 [4/5]
is aware of technosocial knowledge, can use it theoretically and practically, especially in work related to the Anthropocene and the environmental humanities [05]
 K02 [4/5]
is aware of the ethics of working with and visualising data in the context of copyright law and the use of digital data [06]
 K05 [3/5]
Form of teaching Number of hours Methods of conducting classes Assessment of the learning outcomes Learning outcomes
workshop [Wr] 15 Description [a03] 
Exhibition [c01] 
Working with another teaching tool [d03]  		course work 01 02 03 04 05 06
The student's work, apart from participation in classes, includes in particular:
Name Category Description
Literature reading / analysis of source materials [a02] Preparation for classes
reading the literature indicated in the syllabus; reviewing, organizing, analyzing and selecting source materials to be used in class
Developing practical skills [a03] Preparation for classes
activities involving the repetition, refinement and consolidation of practical skills, including those developed during previous classes or new skills necessary for the implementation of subsequent elements of the curriculum (as preparation for class participation)
Implementation of an individual or group assignment necessary for course/phase/examination completion [c03] Preparation for verification of learning outcomes
a set of activities aimed at performing an assigned task, to be executed out of class, as an obligatory phase/element of the verification of the learning outcomes assigned to the course
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