Last month, I was truly honored to be selected as one of the first 12 Tableau Public Ambassadors. This month, I am excited to perform my first duty! I am leading the #VizzingEd Hacking Education Data team for a virtual Tableau Public Hackathon Feb 17-23. You can see all the details here and register (join my team!!) here.
To get us started / provide a sample data set / have an excuse to play in Tableau, I put together the "Find Your College Tool" below. The most challenging part of this exercise was narrowing my focus and defining a clear purpose and story for my visualization. Once I found my purpose, the rest was just putting the puzzle pieces together. So what is this purpose I speak of? A tool that clearly shows an aspiring college student what schools offer programs in their desired field of study, in their desired location, and allow them to navigate those schools based on some key characteristics (like how much $$ it will cost them to attend, how many students receive student loans, and how likely they are to get in).
This tool only leverages a tiny slice of the open data on education (so small you wouldn't even be able to see it on a pie chart). The possibilities for hacking public education data are endless and the amount of data available can become overwhelming. My advice? Take a look at the types of data available and brainstorm ideas for the story you want to tell. Once you settle on an idea, get dirty in the data and start building your visualization!
Where do I find this open education data? You can download this workbook and leverage the IPEDS data that I have pulled, you can export a different set of variables from the IPEDS Data Center, or you can always leverage a little thing called google to find other sources of edu data!
Join the conversation on twitter: #VizzingEd @gb_graphgiraffe
To get us started / provide a sample data set / have an excuse to play in Tableau, I put together the "Find Your College Tool" below. The most challenging part of this exercise was narrowing my focus and defining a clear purpose and story for my visualization. Once I found my purpose, the rest was just putting the puzzle pieces together. So what is this purpose I speak of? A tool that clearly shows an aspiring college student what schools offer programs in their desired field of study, in their desired location, and allow them to navigate those schools based on some key characteristics (like how much $$ it will cost them to attend, how many students receive student loans, and how likely they are to get in).
This tool only leverages a tiny slice of the open data on education (so small you wouldn't even be able to see it on a pie chart). The possibilities for hacking public education data are endless and the amount of data available can become overwhelming. My advice? Take a look at the types of data available and brainstorm ideas for the story you want to tell. Once you settle on an idea, get dirty in the data and start building your visualization!
Where do I find this open education data? You can download this workbook and leverage the IPEDS data that I have pulled, you can export a different set of variables from the IPEDS Data Center, or you can always leverage a little thing called google to find other sources of edu data!
Join the conversation on twitter: #VizzingEd @gb_graphgiraffe
