Teaching Data Analytics Using Excel and Bloomberg
TBA, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN
In the classroom, computers are as common as pencil and paper, but teaching methods remain virtually unchanged, with chalk-and-talk the dominant mode of delivery. This two-day, in-person professional development workshop will demonstrate how to utilize active learning techniques to teach economics, finance, and business with Excel and Bloomberg terminals. Participants will gain pedagogical knowledge and skills applicable to a variety of subfields and courses at different levels, enabling enhancement of existing courses and creation of new materials and content.
The workshop is designed to provide both ready-to-go classroom material and tools that can be used to generate your own examples and content. You can test drive a single application and gradually expand your teaching repertoire. This is an ideal, low-cost way to improve and re-energize a course you have taught many times or to create an entirely new course.
Target Audience: Economics and Business Faculty
Anyone teaching Economics or Business courses is welcome and will benefit from the innovative applications and pedagogical strategies showcased in this workshop.
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Dr. Humberto Barreto is interested in using computers (especially Microsoft Excel) to improve the teaching and learning of quantitative methods. He is Professor of Business at DePauw University and has published papers and books on pedagogy, including (with Frank M. Howland) Introductory Econometrics using Monte Carlo Simulation with Microsoft Excel (Cambridge University Press, 2006), Intermediate Microeconomics with Microsoft Excel (Cambridge University Press, 2009) -- now freely open-access -- and Teaching Macroeconomics with Microsoft Excel (Cambridge Univeristy Press, 2016). He has been a Fulbright Scholar, won several teaching awards, and has presented the materials used in this workshop at many colleges and universities around the world. His most recent book is Gateway to Business Analytics, an open-access inroductory text used in DePauw's new Business Analytics program.
Dates and Location
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Lodging
The Inn at DePauw, 2 W Seminary St, Greencastle, IN 46135 (765) 658-1000.
Registration and Questions
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Email haleighchasteen@depauw.edu or call 765-658-5363 if you have any questions or need further information.
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