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Collect good places to go to learn more R (self study stuff).

• http://tryr.codeschool.com/
• http://rforcats.net/ lighthearted introduction

Build a dataset containing the lat/lng of all countries in the gapminder dataset

Personas have three parts:

• the person’s general background
• the problem they face
• and how the course will help them

Take a hard look at the timing of lessons. My aim is to cover things up to and including the mapping. The workshop is at a mapping conference after all. Even if this means cutting down on challenges.

Plan is to have three 45min sessions with 10min breaks (might just be something to switch up the rhythm/relax in the room instead of full on "let's all go for coffee" which tends to take a long time).

Currently thinking I might cut down on the plotting session to make more time for interactive elements/plotting.

To communicate the contents of the course to learners and other instructors, we should also write learning objectives. A learning objective is a single sentence describing what a learner will be able to do once they have sat through the lesson, in order to demonstrate "learning".

I will ...

• ... be able to create a new project that contains an analysis script which takes raw data and produces figures and tables from it without modifying the raw data.
• ... be able to place markers on an interactive map and share it with my colleagues.
• ... be able to recognise when I am stuck.
• ... know that there is no magic: the programs I use are no different in principle from those that I build.
• ... know where to find documentation and how to ask good questions to maximise my chances of getting help.