DATAVIZ TRAINING 7
The Grammar of Graphics
10 -21 October 2022
Training introduction, 10 October
2022
Maarten Lambrechts
Outline
Educational approach
Grammar of graphics?
Practicalities
q&A
EU DATAVIz training program: calendar
educational approach
pedagogical approach
100% remote
Asynchronous learning
MOdULeS
readings
Exercises & assignments
Live sessions
16 hours of training, spread over 2 weeks
pedagogical approach
Live SessioNs
Training introduction (now)
Q&A, feedback & discussions (14/10, 19/10, 21/10)
Training closure (Friday 21/10)
Grammar of graphics?
Grammar of Graphics
What is it?
Breaks away from chart template galleries
Describes how visualisations are constructed from data
Map data to visual properties of geometric objects
How to use it?
4 tools that implement the grammar
1 non-coding tool
3 coding tools
Getting started and start making visualisations with each tool
practicalities
16 hours of study time, to be spread over two weeks
Suggested order of modules...
... but some have prerequisite modules, to be completed first
Live sessions have a fixed timing:
| This introduction live session Assignment results discussion 1 Q&A session: working with tools |
Now Friday 14/10, 2:30-3:30h Wednesday 19/10, 2:30-3:30h |
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Assignment results discussion 2 |
Friday 21/10, 2:30-3:30h |
| Closing live session | Friday 21/10, 3:30-4:30h |
The platform for the training is Notion: www.notion.so
Create an account with your EU email address: instructions
You will be added as a guest to the training materials. This will allow you to:
- find all the training materials and links easily
- add comments and questions
- submit assignments
All module pages have a link to the next module at the bottom, and a link to the overview page
Track your progress by duplicating this page
(create a private workspace and then click the Duplicate link in the top navigation)
You have comment permissions on all pages, so you can add questions directly in the pages (you can mention me with "@Maarten Lambrechts")
You have edit permissions on the assignment pages, so you can add your submission directly to these pages
Links
q&a
EU DataViz training 2022: calendar
| Design principles for data visualisation |
7 - 11 March |
| Telling your story with data visualisation |
28 March - 1 April |
| Pitfalls in data and data visualisation | 25 April - 6 May |
| Dataviz in practice: all the dirty little tricks no one tells you about | 30 May - 10 June |
| A deep dive into chart types: bars, lines and beyond | 20 June - 1 July |
| Make your audience inclusive: accessibility for data visualisation | 19 - 30 September |
| A language to think and talk about visualisations: the Grammar of Graphics | 10 - 21 October |