'Fun and Learning. In a Dungeon!', a talk at the Home Office Data Science Conference, 15 March 2023.
Abstract:
Ever done a technical training module and then immediately forgot what you learnt? Do you sometimes feel like you’re ticking boxes instead of actually developing your skills? Yeah, me too. Luckily, more active styles of learning are available. Maybe you can try working on a small, focused project where you can make mistakes and have fun. I’ve had success with this and, as a bonus, accidentally learnt more than I had planned to. I’ll give you an example of my experience and some ideas for how you might be able to do it yourself. The talk will involve a detour to an underground cave, but you won’t need any extra equipment.
Speaker bio:
Matt has worked on data-related stuff in government for Defra, DfE, GDS, Cabinet Office and now UKHSA. He’s currently focused on best practice in statistics production, which includes reproducibility, quality assurance and accessibility. In his downtime he tinkers with the R language to build esoteric stuff like Twitter bots, pixel-art editors and cyber pets (and sometimes useful things too).
Check out the:
- slides (press 's' to pop out speaker notes)
- {r.oguelike} package source
- {r.oguelike} devlogs