How Learning Leaders are Prioritizing Job Skills for 2023
On January 26, leaders from the public and private sectors joined Coursera for a discussion on the skills needed for employment in 2023 and beyond. Using the findings from the Job Skills of 2023 Report as a springboard for discussion, the panelists shared their perspectives on balancing the development of human and digital skills, the…
Not All Data Is Created Equal
High-quality and relevant data can be a powerful force for good, but flawed data only perpetuates inequalities under the guise of fairness. At its best, data science can impact global societies in incredible ways. It can work to enhance ocean health, identify and deliver food surpluses to feed the hungry, and use cellphone data to…
25 Terms Every Data Scientist Should Know
Common data science terms your manager will expect you to know. Data science is, among other things, a language, according to Robert Brunner, a professor in the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois. This concept might come as a shock to those who associate data science jobs with numbers alone. Data scientists…
How Data Analytics Is Revolutionizing Work
Transformation is achieved through numbers, and nowhere is that understanding more important than in the exploding field of data science. Data is to this century what fossil fuel was to the last: an accelerator of growth, disruption and change. Today’s world bristles with connected sensors in everything from wristwatches to wind turbines, which collect and…