Education Committee
Charge
The mission of the Education Committee includes, but is not limited to, the following goals and objectives:
- To promote professional education of IASSIST members
- To co-ordinate IASSIST's educational activities
- To promote data and statistical literacy within and outside the organization
Members
- Paul Bern
- Ernie Boyko
- San Cannon (web team liaison)
- Louise Corti
- Michelle Edwards (chair - edwardsm@uoguelph.ca)
- Jen Green
- Rito Hadorn
- Sophie Holloway
- Chuck Humphrey
- Karen Hunt
- Paula Lackie
- Lisa Neidert
- Kristen Partlo
- Milo Shield
- Wendy Watkins
Communication
Most discussions take place on the EdCom listserv. Entries on the IASSIST communiqué are also encouraged. For information on how to post, contact the managing editor at scannon@frb.gov.
More formal communication may be found in reports or IQ articles.
- The Education Committee report [pdf] from IASSIST 2005 summarizes recent activities.
- IASSIST Strategic Plan, 2004-2009 [pdf] has a strong education component.
- Appendix I [pdf] of the Strategic Plan contains detailed responses to the IASSIST member survey conducted in 2003.
- Many of the papers in the double issue of the IQ on data literacy were written by committee members.