[CAUSE] eCOTS proposals are now being accepted (deadline March 1)

eCOTS proposals are now being accepted (deadline March 1 ) The 2018 Electronic Conference on Teaching Statistics (eCOTS) May 21 -25, 1918 is shaping up to be an exciting online event with keynote presentations from Jeff Leek (Johns Hopkins)and Dick DeVeaux (Williams College) as well as a record number of face-to-face regional conferences! Registration is live and the deadline for proposals for breakout sessions, virtual posters, and birds-of-a-feather discussions is this week. This year's eCOTS focuses on statistics education at all levels and types of learning institutions: secondary school, two-year/community colleges, and four-year liberal arts and research universities. The conference theme is "Data Science for All." Recently, we have seen a rise in data scientist (or related) positions in industry as well as a boom in data science graduate and undergraduate programs. How should statistics educators and students respond? What curriculum should we teach? How should we teach it? Have the goals of statistics education changed? If so, how? This conference is for anyone who teaches or studies statistics or data science, regardless of experience with either. Sessions will range from ideas for incorporating data science and statistics concepts into all curricular levels to providing interactive data and learning opportunities for all students and teachers to building certificates and programs that include data science. Panel discussions will include describing data science and its potential role in statistics education, a look at the state-of-the-art in online statistics education tools, and the future of statistics education, including funding opportunities. The conference website will also include a list of related available statistics and data science resources for attendees as well as the general public. Session proposals related to the conference theme will be given priority. Virtual posters related to a broader coverage of statistics education topics will be given equal priority. Note that only abstracts are required at this point - not the video presentations themselves. All proposals are due by March 1 , 2018 (email dkp13(a)psu.edu or rnugent(a)stat.cmu.edu if you need an extra day or two). For more details about eCOTS 2018 and to submit a proposal, please visit [ http://www.causeweb.org/cause/ecots/ecots18/proposals/submit | www.causeweb.org/cause/ecots/ecots18/proposals/submit ] If you have any questions about the conference program, please contact program chair Rebecca Nugent at rnugent(a)stat.cmu.edu. Thanks!