Hello, thank you for sharing this opportunity with me. Please, i'm keenly
interested in this position. How do i apply and what is the way forward.
Thank you,
Femi Ayoola; PhD (Statistics)Dallas College, Dallas TX
On Wednesday, November 11, 2020, 10:06:10 AM CST, Christina Maimone
<[email protected]> wrote:
The Postdoc Academy project, a nationwideprofessional development online and
in-person program to support skilldevelopment throughout postdoc training, from
orientation to next career step,is seeking a postdoctoral fellow for research
on online learning and outcomesfor postdocs participants. The Postdoc Academy,
starting year three of a fiveyear program, has completed one and is building a
second free online course andover 3,000 postdocs have participated so far. The
project has collected data onpostdoc learning actions in the online course, in
small group learningcommunities, and behavioral changes through follow up
evaluations. The goal ofthis research position is to parse the large amount of
quantitative andqualitative data, explore multiple analysis and answer and
publish onfundamental research questions about how the learning happens related
to ourtheories of change, the impact of the learning, how community
formationinfluences learning, and other areas to be discovered. Candidates who
are interestedin an academic career in quantitative social science or learning
sciences arestrongly encouraged to apply. The position will be one year,
renewable for upto three years contingent on funding, and is available
immediately.
Qualifications:
- Significant research-basedexperience and expertise in manipulating and
analyzing large data sets withquantitative and text data, learning analytics a
plus
- Significant experience in codingwith R or Python or equivalent;
experience in SQL or willingness to learn
- Strong data visualization andcommunication skills
Education:
- Computer science, statistics, STEM(with emphasis on computational
skills/statistics), data sciences, learningsciences or quantitative social
science PhD.
Responsibilities:
- Translate edX event logs intoanalyzable format
- Perform basic and advancedstatistical analysis of online course data,
particularly student engagementpatterns and online course outcomes (descriptive
statistics, linear/logisticregression analysis, latent class, cluster analysis,
etc)
- Analyze large amounts ofqualitative text-based data using natural
language processing
- Create figures and graphs todemonstrate key findings
- Lead and contribute to teamdiscussions about data analysis and insights
- Lead and contribute to thepreparation of manuscripts, particularly
methods and results sections of themanuscripts
- Perform duties in accordance withIRB standards
Contact: Bennett Goldberg, [email protected];Director of
Research in Higher Education, Training and Evaluation atNorthwestern
University. Position is remote until pandemic is over; generallyin-person
afterward, with remote as a potential option.
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