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Bringing you the best of what the internet has to offer on learning about data topics, organised into blog articles and mini-courses designed to consolidate your understanding. Let us be a guide for your personal journey into the Data-Sphere!
Mini-Course: What is XML?
(Pub: April. 2025 – Level: Intro – Author: Jen Schellinck)
You may have heard the term XML and wondered if it was a file type, some kind of data storage, or something else entirely. Take this short course to quickly learn a little bit about XML.
| Module 1 | What is XML? |
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| Unit 1 | What is XML? |
Mini-Course: Discovering the Datasphere
(Pub, Sept. 2020 – Level: Intro Author: Jen Schellinck)
In Discovering the DataSphere, you will shake hands with your own data identity. It begins with an overview of the the data world, continues with a summary of some of the major roles within it, and finishes with an exploration of where you might fit best!
| Module 1 | Discovering The Data-Sphere |
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| Unit 1 | What’s happening in the data-sphere? |
| Unit 2 | Who’s who in the world of data? |
Article: Venturing into the Datasphere
(Pub, July 2023 – Level: Intro – Author: Tristan Shaeen)
So you’re thinking about improving your data skills. Congratulations! These are extremely valuable in today’s world, and they will pay off in both your personal and public life.
But navigating this landscape can be difficult. There are so many possible starting points, so many potential routes, and so many destinations! Decision paralysis can creep in. For this reason, it’s important to spend a little bit of time orienting yourself.
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The DataSphere, In One Place
Data literacy is becoming a vital skillset of the 21st century. For those who pride themselves on keeping up, the internet offers a dizzying array of videos, articles, and courses, teaching everything from low-level technical skills to high-level concepts. But where do the self-taught even begin? And how do they move forward with confidence? As data consultants and educators, let us be your guide into the datasphere!
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ARCHIVED ITEMS
These older articles and courses could be out-of-date at this point, but we keep them available in case they’e still helpful. Please keep the creation date in mind.
Article: Mapping the Datasphere
(Pub.: July 2023 – Level: Intro – Author: Tristan Shaeen)
Organizations the world over are awakening to the hidden potential contained within their data. They have begun to call for help from the data fluent in order to realize it. In turn, this has caused an explosion of learning materials available
online, and a corresponding rise in the number of people seeking to develop these skills.
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What are APIs?
(Pub: Nov. 2021 – Level: Intro – Author: Tristan Shaeen)
How many times have you heard the term “API”? Odds are, the talley is increasing. APIs are at the centre of so many of the services that we use and love every day. Not only that, but they are very often the gatekeepers to very valuable data that we can have some fun with! The full name of this gatekeeper is “Application Programming Interface”, but don’t worry, in An Introduction to APIs, you will learn that it is far friendlier than its name suggests!
| Module 1 | An Introduction to APIs |
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| Unit 1 | What is an API? |
| Unit 2 | How do APIs work? |