Open Data Webinar OER

This is a webinar that is free to use for anyone who wishing to share, learn from, and teach the content.

Outline:

Slides and video:

Open Data Platforms & Access Guides

NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)

NYC Open Data


 Screening Tools & Environmental Justice


 Hackathon & Data Project Guides

Recording from the May 2025 Presentation

OER Open Data Webinar – Run of show by Michael Caprio

Overview

In this webinar, two instructors will present: first, Patrick Morgan, an expert in using machine learning to analyze climate change data, will discuss the basic principles of working with code, applications, and various data both online and offline. After a short break, our second presenter, Dr. Steven Jaret, will then invite each participant to follow along with a hands-on demonstration of analyzing and visualizing geographically based climate data from NOAA and NASA using several tools, with a demo of the OpenSpace visualization suite.

Title iconEvent titleUsing Open Data At Hackathons: Hands-On Training
Guests iconHostsNate Cooper Michael Caprio Steven Jaret , Patrick Morgan
Start time iconStart timeMay 7, 2025 4:00 PM EDT
End time iconEnd timeMay 7, 2025 4:00 PM EDT
Location iconLocationPlace                                                                                                       
Description iconPurposeThis Open Educational Resources webinar is meant to be an introduction to people who have not yet participated in a hackathon or yet worked with online open data resources. Attendees should be on a laptop with Internet access and be able to download and install the required software listed prior to the webinar so they can follow along with the hands-on demonstration.

Agenda

Links to relevant website resources, documentation, and software to download and install are found below the schedule.

TimeSpeakerDescriptionDuration
4:00 PMMichael CaprioWelcome and Intro to Patrick5 min
4:05 PMPatrickCode, Data, Types, ETL and APIs25 min
4:30 PMPatrickA Brief History Of Online Data Transfer10 min
4:40 PMPatrickQ&A5 min
4:45 PMMichael Caprio10 minute break10 min
4:55 PMMichael CaprioIntro to Steven5 min
5:00 PMStevenHands-On Walkthrough Demo25 min
5:25 PMMichael CaprioOpenSpace flying & visualization demo10 min
5:35 PMMichael CaprioQ&A, Closing Remarks and Additional Wrap-Up10 min
  1. Code (5 min)
    1. Various languages used at hackathons
      1. JavaScript, python, Java, PHP, Swift, Ruby
    2. Using frameworks for rapid app dev
      1. Node.js, django/flask, others tied to languages
      2. Mobile/native/responsive apps
    3. Cloud services
  2. Data (5 min)
    1. Databases
    2. To SQL or NoSQL – That Is The Query
  3. Types (3 min)
    1. Code types versus data types
      1. Static vs Dynamic types
    2. CRUD and ISUD and PGPD
  4. ETL & APIs (7 min)
    1. What is ETL?
    2. Understanding and interpreting data (extract)
    3. Normalizing data (transform)
    4. Visualizing data (load)
    5. Getting data from REST APIs
    6. From the back end to the front end – JSON, JWT

Resource Links

  • Getting Started with Hackathons
  • JavaScript / Node
  • Python / django, flask
  • Ruby on Rails
  • GitHub setup
  • NASA APIs
  • NOAA APIs
  • OpenSpace Project

Resources for creating accessible presentations at the link below:

OER Grant Requirements with links