OVERVIEW
The demand for data storytelling has surged in recent years. Although analytical and programming skills are crucial, the ability to effectively communicate the value of data through storytelling is equally important. This research project aims to:
- Identify the fundamental competencies required for data storytelling
- Outline key instructional strategies to cultivate these competencies
- Develop Story Studio, an intelligent coaching platform designed to aid postsecondary data science instructors in teaching data storytelling skills on a large scale
This NSF-funded project adopts a cross-disciplinary approach, integrating expertise from computer science, data science, and learning science.
The Story Studio platform will be equipped with intelligent functions to scaffold college students' construction of data stories through:
- interactive queries
- automated formative feedback
- dashboards that help instructors focus on high-level coaching.
This project will be realized through a synergistic framework that integrates human expertise in data storytelling with recent advances in AI/machine learning.
The project is sponsored by National Science Foundation Awards # 2302794 & # 2302795
Project Website: https://sites.google.com/umbc.edu/storystudio/home?authuser=2
My role: UX Designer
Work done so far:
Generative Research & Data Synthesis:
-understand the complexity and context of different users creating data stories
- interviews with Subject Matter Experts in data storytelling to understand approaches to coaching data storytelling
Create Personas
- personas to represent students and instructors who will use the platform
FALL 2024: Ideation and Storyboarding
- ideate low-fidelity prototype to get feedback on in workshop
- facilitate UX design workshop to explore possibilities
- communicate ideas from workshop in a comprehensive manner
The Story Studio platform will be equipped with intelligent functions to scaffold college students' construction of data stories through interactive queries, automated formative feedback, and dashboards that help instructors focus on high-level coaching.
This project will be realized through a synergistic framework that integrates human expertise in data storytelling with recent advances in AI/machine learning.
The project is sponsored by National Science Foundation Awards # 2302794 & # 2302795
Project Website: https://sites.google.com/umbc.edu/storystudio/home?authuser=2
