CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en-US"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> <title> 10 years of School of Data | School of Data - Evidence is Power </title> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <meta name="description" content="Evidence is Power" /> <link rel="pingback" href="https://schoolofdata.org/xmlrpc.php" /> <script defer data-domain="schoolofdata.org" src="https://plausible.io/js/plausible.js"></script> <meta name='robots' content='max-image-preview:large' /> <link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//s.w.org' /> <script type="text/javascript"> window._wpemojiSettings = {"baseUrl":"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/13.1.0\/72x72\/","ext":".png","svgUrl":"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/13.1.0\/svg\/","svgExt":".svg","source":{"concatemoji":"https:\/\/schoolofdata.org\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-emoji-release.min.js?ver=5.9.3"}}; /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(e,a,t){var n,r,o,i=a.createElement("canvas"),p=i.getContext&&i.getContext("2d");function s(e,t){var a=String.fromCharCode;p.clearRect(0,0,i.width,i.height),p.fillText(a.apply(this,e),0,0);e=i.toDataURL();return p.clearRect(0,0,i.width,i.height),p.fillText(a.apply(this,t),0,0),e===i.toDataURL()}function c(e){var t=a.createElement("script");t.src=e,t.defer=t.type="text/javascript",a.getElementsByTagName("head")[0].appendChild(t)}for(o=Array("flag","emoji"),t.supports={everything:!0,everythingExceptFlag:!0},r=0;r<o.length;r++)t.supports[o[r]]=function(e){if(!p||!p.fillText)return!1;switch(p.textBaseline="top",p.font="600 32px Arial",e){case"flag":return s([127987,65039,8205,9895,65039],[127987,65039,8203,9895,65039])?!1:!s([55356,56826,55356,56819],[55356,56826,8203,55356,56819])&&!s([55356,57332,56128,56423,56128,56418,56128,56421,56128,56430,56128,56423,56128,56447],[55356,57332,8203,56128,56423,8203,56128,56418,8203,56128,56421,8203,56128,56430,8203,56128,56423,8203,56128,56447]);case"emoji":return!s([10084,65039,8205,55357,56613],[10084,65039,8203,55357,56613])}return!1}(o[r]),t.supports.everything=t.supports.everything&&t.supports[o[r]],"flag"!==o[r]&&(t.supports.everythingExceptFlag=t.supports.everythingExceptFlag&&t.supports[o[r]]);t.supports.everythingExceptFlag=t.supports.everythingExceptFlag&&!t.supports.flag,t.DOMReady=!1,t.readyCallback=function(){t.DOMReady=!0},t.supports.everything||(n=function(){t.readyCallback()},a.addEventListener?(a.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",n,!1),e.addEventListener("load",n,!1)):(e.attachEvent("onload",n),a.attachEvent("onreadystatechange",function(){"complete"===a.readyState&&t.readyCallback()})),(n=t.source||{}).concatemoji?c(n.concatemoji):n.wpemoji&&n.twemoji&&(c(n.twemoji),c(n.wpemoji)))}(window,document,window._wpemojiSettings); </script> <style type="text/css"> img.wp-smiley, img.emoji { display: inline !important; border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; height: 1em !important; width: 1em !important; margin: 0 0.07em !important; vertical-align: -0.1em !important; background: none !important; padding: 0 !important; } </style> <link rel='stylesheet' id='wp-block-library-css' href='https://schoolofdata.org/wp-includes/css/dist/block-library/style.min.css?ver=5.9.3' type='text/css' media='all' /> <style id='global-styles-inline-css' type='text/css'> body{--wp--preset--color--black: #000000;--wp--preset--color--cyan-bluish-gray: #abb8c3;--wp--preset--color--white: #ffffff;--wp--preset--color--pale-pink: #f78da7;--wp--preset--color--vivid-red: #cf2e2e;--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-orange: #ff6900;--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-amber: #fcb900;--wp--preset--color--light-green-cyan: #7bdcb5;--wp--preset--color--vivid-green-cyan: #00d084;--wp--preset--color--pale-cyan-blue: #8ed1fc;--wp--preset--color--vivid-cyan-blue: #0693e3;--wp--preset--color--vivid-purple: #9b51e0;--wp--preset--gradient--vivid-cyan-blue-to-vivid-purple: linear-gradient(135deg,rgba(6,147,227,1) 0%,rgb(155,81,224) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--light-green-cyan-to-vivid-green-cyan: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(122,220,180) 0%,rgb(0,208,130) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--luminous-vivid-amber-to-luminous-vivid-orange: linear-gradient(135deg,rgba(252,185,0,1) 0%,rgba(255,105,0,1) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--luminous-vivid-orange-to-vivid-red: linear-gradient(135deg,rgba(255,105,0,1) 0%,rgb(207,46,46) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(238,238,238) 0%,rgb(169,184,195) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--cool-to-warm-spectrum: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(74,234,220) 0%,rgb(151,120,209) 20%,rgb(207,42,186) 40%,rgb(238,44,130) 60%,rgb(251,105,98) 80%,rgb(254,248,76) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--blush-light-purple: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(255,206,236) 0%,rgb(152,150,240) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--blush-bordeaux: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(254,205,165) 0%,rgb(254,45,45) 50%,rgb(107,0,62) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--luminous-dusk: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(255,203,112) 0%,rgb(199,81,192) 50%,rgb(65,88,208) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--pale-ocean: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(255,245,203) 0%,rgb(182,227,212) 50%,rgb(51,167,181) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--electric-grass: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(202,248,128) 0%,rgb(113,206,126) 100%);--wp--preset--gradient--midnight: linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(2,3,129) 0%,rgb(40,116,252) 100%);--wp--preset--duotone--dark-grayscale: url('#wp-duotone-dark-grayscale');--wp--preset--duotone--grayscale: url('#wp-duotone-grayscale');--wp--preset--duotone--purple-yellow: url('#wp-duotone-purple-yellow');--wp--preset--duotone--blue-red: url('#wp-duotone-blue-red');--wp--preset--duotone--midnight: url('#wp-duotone-midnight');--wp--preset--duotone--magenta-yellow: url('#wp-duotone-magenta-yellow');--wp--preset--duotone--purple-green: url('#wp-duotone-purple-green');--wp--preset--duotone--blue-orange: url('#wp-duotone-blue-orange');--wp--preset--font-size--small: 13px;--wp--preset--font-size--medium: 20px;--wp--preset--font-size--large: 36px;--wp--preset--font-size--x-large: 42px;}.has-black-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--black) !important;}.has-cyan-bluish-gray-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--cyan-bluish-gray) !important;}.has-white-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--white) !important;}.has-pale-pink-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--pale-pink) !important;}.has-vivid-red-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-red) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-orange-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-orange) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-amber-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-amber) !important;}.has-light-green-cyan-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--light-green-cyan) !important;}.has-vivid-green-cyan-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-green-cyan) !important;}.has-pale-cyan-blue-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--pale-cyan-blue) !important;}.has-vivid-cyan-blue-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-cyan-blue) !important;}.has-vivid-purple-color{color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-purple) !important;}.has-black-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--black) !important;}.has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--cyan-bluish-gray) !important;}.has-white-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--white) !important;}.has-pale-pink-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--pale-pink) !important;}.has-vivid-red-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-red) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-orange-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-orange) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-amber) !important;}.has-light-green-cyan-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--light-green-cyan) !important;}.has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-green-cyan) !important;}.has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--pale-cyan-blue) !important;}.has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-cyan-blue) !important;}.has-vivid-purple-background-color{background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-purple) !important;}.has-black-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--black) !important;}.has-cyan-bluish-gray-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--cyan-bluish-gray) !important;}.has-white-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--white) !important;}.has-pale-pink-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--pale-pink) !important;}.has-vivid-red-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-red) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-orange-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-orange) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-amber-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--luminous-vivid-amber) !important;}.has-light-green-cyan-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--light-green-cyan) !important;}.has-vivid-green-cyan-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-green-cyan) !important;}.has-pale-cyan-blue-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--pale-cyan-blue) !important;}.has-vivid-cyan-blue-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-cyan-blue) !important;}.has-vivid-purple-border-color{border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--vivid-purple) !important;}.has-vivid-cyan-blue-to-vivid-purple-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--vivid-cyan-blue-to-vivid-purple) !important;}.has-light-green-cyan-to-vivid-green-cyan-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--light-green-cyan-to-vivid-green-cyan) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-amber-to-luminous-vivid-orange-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--luminous-vivid-amber-to-luminous-vivid-orange) !important;}.has-luminous-vivid-orange-to-vivid-red-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--luminous-vivid-orange-to-vivid-red) !important;}.has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray) !important;}.has-cool-to-warm-spectrum-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--cool-to-warm-spectrum) !important;}.has-blush-light-purple-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--blush-light-purple) !important;}.has-blush-bordeaux-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--blush-bordeaux) !important;}.has-luminous-dusk-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--luminous-dusk) !important;}.has-pale-ocean-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--pale-ocean) !important;}.has-electric-grass-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--electric-grass) !important;}.has-midnight-gradient-background{background: var(--wp--preset--gradient--midnight) !important;}.has-small-font-size{font-size: var(--wp--preset--font-size--small) !important;}.has-medium-font-size{font-size: var(--wp--preset--font-size--medium) !important;}.has-large-font-size{font-size: var(--wp--preset--font-size--large) !important;}.has-x-large-font-size{font-size: var(--wp--preset--font-size--x-large) !important;} </style> <link rel='stylesheet' id='contact-form-7-css' href='https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/plugins/contact-form-7/includes/css/styles.css?ver=5.5.6.1' type='text/css' media='all' /> <link rel='stylesheet' id='toc-screen-css' href='https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/plugins/table-of-contents-plus/screen.min.css?ver=2106' type='text/css' media='all' /> <link rel='stylesheet' id='wordpress-theme-okfn-css' href='https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/themes/wordpress-theme-okfn-fresh/style.css?ver=1559207409' type='text/css' media='all' /> <link rel="https://api.w.org/" href="https://schoolofdata.org/wp-json/" /><link rel="alternate" type="application/json" href="https://schoolofdata.org/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/39883" /><link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" title="RSD" href="https://schoolofdata.org/xmlrpc.php?rsd" /> <link rel="wlwmanifest" type="application/wlwmanifest+xml" href="https://schoolofdata.org/wp-includes/wlwmanifest.xml" /> <meta name="generator" content="WordPress 5.9.3" /> <link rel="canonical" href="https://schoolofdata.org/2022/02/08/10-years-of-school-of-data/" /> <link rel='shortlink' href='https://schoolofdata.org/?p=39883' /> <link rel="alternate" type="application/json+oembed" href="https://schoolofdata.org/wp-json/oembed/1.0/embed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fschoolofdata.org%2F2022%2F02%2F08%2F10-years-of-school-of-data%2F" /> <link rel="alternate" type="text/xml+oembed" href="https://schoolofdata.org/wp-json/oembed/1.0/embed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fschoolofdata.org%2F2022%2F02%2F08%2F10-years-of-school-of-data%2F&format=xml" /> <link rel="payment" type="text/html" title="Flattr this!" href="https://flattr.com/submit/auto?user_id=openknowledgefoundation&popout=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fschoolofdata.org%2F2022%2F02%2F08%2F10-years-of-school-of-data%2F&language=en_GB&category=text&title=10+years+of+School+of+Data&description=10+years+ago+exactly%2C+the+School+of+Data+project+was+announced+on+the+Open+Knowledge+blog+by+our+founder%2C+Rufus+Pollock.+Over+the+last+decade%2C+the+School+of+Data+team..." />  <style type="text/css"> @media (min-width: 980px) { .navbar{ max-height: 65px; } .navbar .brand { line-height: 65px; } .navbar .brand img { margin-top:15px; height:35px; } .navbar .nav > li > a { padding-top:24px; padding-bottom:22px; } .navbar .sub-brand { line-height:60px; padding-top:5px; } .header-text { margin-top:15px; } .navbar .navbar-inner .social-links, .navbar .navbar-inner .header-search { margin-top:22px; } } #wpadminbar {display:none; } html {margin-top: 0px !important;} </style> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="//assets.okfn.org/p/schoolofdata/img/favicon.ico" /> <script type="text/javascript"> var Okfn = Okfn || {}; // Make this variable available to Javascript Okfn.theme_directory = 'https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/themes/wordpress-theme-okfn-fresh'; </script>  </head> <body class="post-template-default single single-post postid-39883 single-format-standard" id="bp-default"> <header> <div class="navbar"> <div class="navbar-inner"> <div class="container"> <div class="header-text" style="float:left; padding-left:0px; padding-right:5px;"> <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/"><img src="https://schoolofdata.org/files/2016/07/scoda-horizontal-212x60-nontransparent.png"></a> </div> <a data-target=".nav-collapse" data-toggle="collapse" class="btn btn-navbar collapsed">Menu</a> <a title="Home" class="brand" href="https://schoolofdata.org"> </a> <nav class="nav-collapse collapse"> <ul id="nav" class="nav"><li id="menu-item-39061" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-has-children menu-item-39061 dropdown" data-dropdown="dropdown"><a href="#" class=" dropdown-toggle">Learn</a> <ul class="sub-menu dropdown-menu"> <li id="menu-item-39077" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-39077"><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/courses/">Online Courses</a></li> <li id="menu-item-39071" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-39071"><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/offline-trainings/">Offline Trainings</a></li> </ul> </li> <li id="menu-item-39062" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-has-children menu-item-39062 dropdown" data-dropdown="dropdown"><a href="#" class=" dropdown-toggle">Our Work</a> <ul class="sub-menu dropdown-menu"> <li id="menu-item-39073" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-39073"><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/programmes/">Programmes</a></li> <li id="menu-item-39070" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-39070"><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/methodology/">Methodology</a></li> </ul> </li> <li id="menu-item-39063" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-has-children menu-item-39063 dropdown" data-dropdown="dropdown"><a href="#" class=" dropdown-toggle">Fellows & Experts</a> <ul class="sub-menu dropdown-menu"> <li id="menu-item-39081" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-39081"><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/fellowship-programme/">The Fellowship Programme</a></li> <li id="menu-item-39194" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-39194"><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/data-expert-programme/">The Data Expert Programme</a></li> <li id="menu-item-39068" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-39068"><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/fellowsandexperts/">Our Fellows & Experts</a></li> </ul> </li> <li id="menu-item-39064" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-has-children menu-item-39064 dropdown" data-dropdown="dropdown"><a href="#" class=" dropdown-toggle">About</a> <ul class="sub-menu dropdown-menu"> <li id="menu-item-39078" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-39078"><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/team/">Who we are</a></li> <li id="menu-item-39069" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-39069"><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/our-history/">Our History</a></li> <li id="menu-item-39079" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-39079"><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/contact/">Contact</a></li> </ul> </li> <li id="menu-item-39065" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-has-children menu-item-39065 dropdown" data-dropdown="dropdown"><a href="#" class=" dropdown-toggle">Join</a> <ul class="sub-menu dropdown-menu"> <li id="menu-item-39067" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-39067"><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/contribute/">Contribute</a></li> <li id="menu-item-39072" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-39072"><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/become-a-member/">Become a Member</a></li> </ul> </li> <li id="menu-item-39066" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-39066"><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/blog/">Blog</a></li> </ul> </nav>  </div> </div> </div> <form action="" method="post" class="search-form" role="search"> <label for="search-terms" class="accessibly-hidden">Search for:</label> <input type="text" id="search-terms" name="search-terms" value="" /> <input type="submit" name="search-submit" id="search-submit" value="Search" /> </form> <div class="sub-header"> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="span8"> </div> <div class="span4"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </header> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="span8"> <div class="padder"> <div class="row"> <div id="content" class="span8"> <div class="page" id="blog-single" role="main"> <div id="post-39883" class="post-39883 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-announcement category-update"> <div class="post-content"> <h2 class="posttitle">10 years of School of Data</h2> <div class="date"> February 8, 2022 <span>in <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/announcement/" rel="category tag">Announcement</a>, <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/update/" rel="category tag">Update</a></span> </div> <div class="entry"> <p>10 years ago exactly, the School of Data project <a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2012/02/08/announcing-the-school-of-data/">was announced on the Open Knowledge blog</a> by our founder, Rufus Pollock. Over the last decade, the School of Data team and network facilitated trainings for over 6,000 individuals around the world, designed innovative training resources and methodologies and influences several dozens of organisations around the world which are now using our open resources; and we aren’t done yet!</p> <p>At the time of its launch, School of Data was inspired by the model of the Peer to Peer University (<a href="https://www.p2pu.org/en/">P2PU</a>; specifically the <a href="https://www.mozillalabs.com/en-US/school-of-webcraft/">School of Webcraft</a>, a defunct partnership between P2PU and Mozilla), but with a focus on more curated content. The project was also rooted in the Open Educational Resource movement, to which OKF contributed through its <a href="http://education.okfn.org/">Open Education Working Group</a>. School of Data was a product of its time: 12 days after our announcement <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udacity">Udacity</a> started offering online courses and was followed three months later by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EdX">edX</a>. As the New York Times said at the time, it was “<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/04/education/edlife/massive-open-online-courses-are-multiplying-at-a-rapid-pace.html">The Year of the MOOC</a>”.</p> <p>But the project – sustained in its early years thanks to funding from Shuttleworth, Open Society Foundation and Hewlett- quickly pivoted: it became clear that for an NGO aiming to promote open knowledge across the world, publishing learning modules and tutorials online was not enough. The people who needed data skills the most were often the ones least likely to come to our website and learn by themselves; we needed to go to them.</p> <p>So we got to work. Starting with conferences, such as Mozfest, our team travelled around the world to teach data to journalists and civic actors. At the same time, we developed and tested the methodology and learning resources, which would become a backbone of our work: <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/methodology/">the data pipeline methodology, the data expedition format</a> and our <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/courses/">online learning modules</a>. We produced several pieces of <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2016/01/08/our-data-literacy-research-findings/">research</a> to better understand the field of data literacy. We partnered with NGOs from other countries who shared our vision, such as <a href="https://socialtic.org/">SocialTIC</a> in Mexico and Code4SA (now <a href="https://openup.org.za/">OpenUp</a>). We kicked off a <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/fellowsandexperts/">Fellowship programme</a> which ran for 6 years and worked with a variety of organisations such as Hivos, NRGI, Internews, Transparency International, IREX, Publish What You Pay, IDRC, the World Bank or Code for Africa.</p> <p>All this work contributed to the growth of, and was made possible by our single most important asset: the School of Data network.</p> <div id="attachment_39885" style="width: 949px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/files/2022/02/Capture-d’écran-2022-02-08-à-18.19.11.png"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-39885" class="size-full wp-image-39885" src="https://schoolofdata.org/files/2022/02/Capture-d’écran-2022-02-08-à-18.19.11.png" alt="map of the School of Data network" width="939" height="490" srcset="https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/files/2022/02/Capture-d’écran-2022-02-08-à-18.19.11.png 939w, https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/files/2022/02/Capture-d’écran-2022-02-08-à-18.19.11-300x157.png 300w, https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/files/2022/02/Capture-d’écran-2022-02-08-à-18.19.11-768x401.png 768w" sizes="(max-width: 939px) 100vw, 939px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-39885" class="wp-caption-text">The global School of Data network is visible on the map, with former Fellows as triangles, partner organisations as circles and coordination team members (current and former) as stars</p></div> <p>Made of former Fellows and partner organisations sharing our vision and methodologies, the School of Data network was a necessary step to address one of the biggest challenges that we had identified: the lack of mentors with the data literacy skills needed to implement our vision on the field, around the world. Today the network allows the School of Data to deliver trainings in fifteen languages across the world, ensuring that our trainings are inclusive and culturally relevant.</p> <p><b>What’s next</b></p> <p>Those who follow the project know that the School of Data has been quiet in the past few years. Although the work <a href="https://github.com/school-of-data">never stopped</a>, we are very much aware that our public activity fell short of the expectations that our friends and partners had come to expect from us. But this anniversary comes at a perfect time: under the leadership of our new CEO, <a href="https://blog.okfn.org/2021/10/12/a-new-ceo-for-open-knowledge-foundation-renata-avila/">Renata Ávila</a>, OKF will once again invest in reimagining and launching an updated School of Data, combining knowledge, technical tools and critical thinking about the present and future of technology. With this renewed focus, we will be able to support our network better, continue innovating with better training and learning resources, and, more importantly, speed up our work toward achieving our vision: a world where everyone, from civil society organisations, to journalists and citizens, are empowered with the skills they need to use data effectively, transforming into knowledge, leading to change.</p> <p>If you want to work with us on what’s coming next, don’t hesitate to <a href="https://schoolofdata.org/contact/">contact us!</a></p> <p class="wp-flattr-button"><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/?flattrss_redirect&id=39883&md5=b8f2ac9d4476464b35af0b17aca5dbb9" title="Flattr" target="_blank"><img src="https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/plugins/flattr/img/flattr-badge-large.png" srcset="https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/plugins/flattr/img/flattr-badge-large.png" alt="Flattr this!"/></a></p> </div> <p class="post-utility"></p> <p class="postmetadata"></p> <div class="alignleft"><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/2019/03/06/public-procurement-data-in-the-philippines-and-where-to-find-it/" rel="prev"><span class="meta-nav">←</span> Public Procurement Data in the Philippines and Where to Find It</a></div> <div class="alignright"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div style="clear:both;"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="sidebar" class="span4" role="complementary"> <div class="widget"> <div class="author-box small"> <div class="author-box-header"> <div class="avatar"><img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7bd734ae2d23c382894e0326ce6c1343?s=90&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7bd734ae2d23c382894e0326ce6c1343?s=180&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-90 photo' height='90' width='90' loading='lazy'/></div> <span class="avatar-title">Written by</span> <span class="avatar-subtitle"><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/author/cedric/" title="Posts by Cédric Lombion" rel="author">Cédric Lombion</a></span> </div> <p>Cédric is the Data and Innovation Lead at the Open Knowledge Foundation and the main coordinator of the School of Data network. He got involved in the network in 2014, when he kickstarted School of Data activities in France. Today he works with network members to include them in training projects and disseminate new methods, resources and content.</p> </div> </div> <div class="padder"> <div id="search-4" class="widget widget_search "><h2 class="widgettitle">Search the blog</h2> <form role="search" method="get" id="searchform" class="searchform" action="https://schoolofdata.org/"> <div> <label class="screen-reader-text" for="s">Search for:</label> <input type="text" value="" name="s" id="s" /> <input type="submit" id="searchsubmit" value="Search" /> </div> </form></div><div id="text-11" class="widget widget_text "> <div class="textwidget"><div style="margin-top: 20px; font-size: 110%;"> <p>Told a data story recently? Ran a successful data driven campaign? Want to share with others how you did it? <a href="/contact/"><b>Contact us!</b></a> We're always looking for guest posts.</p> </div></div> </div><div id="nav_menu-4" class="widget widget_nav_menu "><h2 class="widgettitle">On the blog</h2> <div class="menu-sidebar-blog-container"><ul id="menu-sidebar-blog" class="menu"><li id="menu-item-3163" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-3163"><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/data-expeditions/">Data Expeditions</a></li> <li id="menu-item-3160" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-3160"><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/data-stories/">Data Stories</a></li> <li id="menu-item-3161" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-3161"><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/data-roundup/">Data Roundup</a></li> <li id="menu-item-3310" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-3310"><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/events/">Events</a></li> <li id="menu-item-3230" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-3230"><a href="https://schoolofdata.org/category/howto/">HowTo</a></li> </ul></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <footer> <div class="inner"> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div id="first" class="span12"> <div id="text-4" class="widget"> <div class="textwidget"><div class="hero-numbers"> <div class="hero-numbers-block">6000<sup>+</sup> <strong>people</strong> trained </div> <div class="hero-numbers-block"> 44 <strong>learning</strong> modules </div> <div class="hero-numbers-block"> 13 <strong>member</strong> organisations </div> <div class="hero-numbers-block"> 100 individual <strong>members</strong> </div> <div class="hero-numbers-block"> 34 <strong>countries</strong> represented </div> </div></div> </div> </div> <div id="second" class="span4"> <div id="text-5" class="widget"><h2 class="widgettitle">Built with the support of</h2> <div class="textwidget"><ul class="list-inline footer-logos"> <li><a href=""><img src="https://schoolofdata.org/files/2019/05/open-knowledge-foundation-portrait-white.png"></a></li> <li><a href=""><img src="https://schoolofdata.org/files/2016/07/od4d-logo-400x150.png"></a></li> <li><a href=""><img src="https://schoolofdata.org/files/2016/07/hivos-logo-498x255.png"></a></li> <li><a href=""><img src="https://schoolofdata.org/files/2016/07/hawlet-logo-512x199.png"></a></li> <li><a href=""><img src="https://schoolofdata.org/files/2016/07/osf-logo-512x120.png"></a></li> </ul></div> </div> </div> <div id="fourth" class="span4"> <div id="nav_menu-3" class="widget"><div class="menu-footer-links-container"><ul id="menu-footer-links" class="menu"><li id="menu-item-450" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-450"><a href="https://okfn.org/terms-of-use/">Terms of Use</a></li> <li id="menu-item-451" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-451"><a href="https://okfn.org/privacy-policy/">Privacy Policy</a></li> </ul></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </footer> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/syntaxhighlighter3/scripts/shCore.js?ver=3.0.9b' id='syntaxhighlighter-core-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/syntaxhighlighter3/scripts/shBrushAS3.js?ver=3.0.9b' id='syntaxhighlighter-brush-as3-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/syntaxhighlighter3/scripts/shBrushArduino.js?ver=3.0.9b' id='syntaxhighlighter-brush-arduino-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/syntaxhighlighter3/scripts/shBrushBash.js?ver=3.0.9b' id='syntaxhighlighter-brush-bash-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/syntaxhighlighter3/scripts/shBrushColdFusion.js?ver=3.0.9b' id='syntaxhighlighter-brush-coldfusion-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/third-party-brushes/shBrushClojure.js?ver=20090602' id='syntaxhighlighter-brush-clojure-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/syntaxhighlighter3/scripts/shBrushCpp.js?ver=3.0.9b' id='syntaxhighlighter-brush-cpp-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/syntaxhighlighter3/scripts/shBrushCSharp.js?ver=3.0.9b' id='syntaxhighlighter-brush-csharp-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/syntaxhighlighter3/scripts/shBrushCss.js?ver=3.0.9b' id='syntaxhighlighter-brush-css-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/syntaxhighlighter3/scripts/shBrushDelphi.js?ver=3.0.9b' id='syntaxhighlighter-brush-delphi-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/syntaxhighlighter3/scripts/shBrushDiff.js?ver=3.0.9b' id='syntaxhighlighter-brush-diff-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/syntaxhighlighter3/scripts/shBrushErlang.js?ver=3.0.9b' id='syntaxhighlighter-brush-erlang-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/third-party-brushes/shBrushFSharp.js?ver=20091003' id='syntaxhighlighter-brush-fsharp-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/syntaxhighlighter3/scripts/shBrushGo.js?ver=3.0.9b' id='syntaxhighlighter-brush-go-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/syntaxhighlighter3/scripts/shBrushGroovy.js?ver=3.0.9b' id='syntaxhighlighter-brush-groovy-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/syntaxhighlighter3/scripts/shBrushHaskell.js?ver=3.0.9b' id='syntaxhighlighter-brush-haskell-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/syntaxhighlighter3/scripts/shBrushJava.js?ver=3.0.9b' id='syntaxhighlighter-brush-java-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/syntaxhighlighter3/scripts/shBrushJavaFX.js?ver=3.0.9b' id='syntaxhighlighter-brush-javafx-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/syntaxhighlighter3/scripts/shBrushJScript.js?ver=3.0.9b' id='syntaxhighlighter-brush-jscript-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/third-party-brushes/shBrushLatex.js?ver=20090613' id='syntaxhighlighter-brush-latex-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/third-party-brushes/shBrushMatlabKey.js?ver=20091209' id='syntaxhighlighter-brush-matlabkey-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/third-party-brushes/shBrushObjC.js?ver=20091207' id='syntaxhighlighter-brush-objc-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/syntaxhighlighter3/scripts/shBrushPerl.js?ver=3.0.9b' id='syntaxhighlighter-brush-perl-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/syntaxhighlighter3/scripts/shBrushPhp.js?ver=3.0.9b' id='syntaxhighlighter-brush-php-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/syntaxhighlighter3/scripts/shBrushPlain.js?ver=3.0.9b' id='syntaxhighlighter-brush-plain-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/syntaxhighlighter3/scripts/shBrushPowerShell.js?ver=3.0.9b' id='syntaxhighlighter-brush-powershell-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/syntaxhighlighter3/scripts/shBrushPython.js?ver=3.0.9b' id='syntaxhighlighter-brush-python-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/third-party-brushes/shBrushR.js?ver=20100919' id='syntaxhighlighter-brush-r-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/syntaxhighlighter3/scripts/shBrushRuby.js?ver=3.0.9b' id='syntaxhighlighter-brush-ruby-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/syntaxhighlighter3/scripts/shBrushScala.js?ver=3.0.9b' id='syntaxhighlighter-brush-scala-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/syntaxhighlighter3/scripts/shBrushSql.js?ver=3.0.9b' id='syntaxhighlighter-brush-sql-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/syntaxhighlighter3/scripts/shBrushSwift.js?ver=3.0.9b' id='syntaxhighlighter-brush-swift-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/syntaxhighlighter3/scripts/shBrushVb.js?ver=3.0.9b' id='syntaxhighlighter-brush-vb-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/syntaxhighlighter3/scripts/shBrushXml.js?ver=3.0.9b' id='syntaxhighlighter-brush-xml-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/syntaxhighlighter3/scripts/shBrushYaml.js?ver=3.0.9b' id='syntaxhighlighter-brush-yaml-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript'> (function(){ var corecss = document.createElement('link'); var themecss = document.createElement('link'); var corecssurl = "https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/syntaxhighlighter3/styles/shCore.css?ver=3.0.9b"; if ( corecss.setAttribute ) { corecss.setAttribute( "rel", "stylesheet" ); corecss.setAttribute( "type", "text/css" ); corecss.setAttribute( "href", corecssurl ); } else { corecss.rel = "stylesheet"; corecss.href = corecssurl; } document.head.appendChild( corecss ); var themecssurl = "https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/syntaxhighlighter3/styles/shThemeDefault.css?ver=3.0.9b"; if ( themecss.setAttribute ) { themecss.setAttribute( "rel", "stylesheet" ); themecss.setAttribute( "type", "text/css" ); themecss.setAttribute( "href", themecssurl ); } else { themecss.rel = "stylesheet"; themecss.href = themecssurl; } document.head.appendChild( themecss ); })(); SyntaxHighlighter.config.strings.expandSource = '+ expand source'; SyntaxHighlighter.config.strings.help = '?'; SyntaxHighlighter.config.strings.alert = 'SyntaxHighlighter\n\n'; SyntaxHighlighter.config.strings.noBrush = 'Can\'t find brush for: '; SyntaxHighlighter.config.strings.brushNotHtmlScript = 'Brush wasn\'t configured for html-script option: '; SyntaxHighlighter.defaults['pad-line-numbers'] = false; SyntaxHighlighter.defaults['toolbar'] = false; SyntaxHighlighter.all(); // Infinite scroll support if ( typeof( jQuery ) !== 'undefined' ) { jQuery( function( $ ) { $( document.body ).on( 'post-load', function() { SyntaxHighlighter.highlight(); } ); } ); } </script> <link rel='stylesheet' id='okfn-school-css' href='https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/themes/wordpress-theme-okfn-fresh/css/school.css?ver=1559207407' type='text/css' media='all' /> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://schoolofdata.org/wp-includes/js/dist/vendor/regenerator-runtime.min.js?ver=0.13.9' id='regenerator-runtime-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://schoolofdata.org/wp-includes/js/dist/vendor/wp-polyfill.min.js?ver=3.15.0' id='wp-polyfill-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' id='contact-form-7-js-extra'> /* <![CDATA[ */ var wpcf7 = {"api":{"root":"https:\/\/schoolofdata.org\/wp-json\/","namespace":"contact-form-7\/v1"}}; /* ]]> */ </script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/plugins/contact-form-7/includes/js/index.js?ver=5.5.6.1' id='contact-form-7-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.7.2.min.js?ver=1.7.2' id='jquery-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' id='toc-front-js-extra'> /* <![CDATA[ */ var tocplus = {"visibility_show":"show","visibility_hide":"hide","width":"Auto"}; /* ]]> */ </script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/plugins/table-of-contents-plus/front.min.js?ver=2106' id='toc-front-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='//netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/twitter-bootstrap/2.1.1/js/bootstrap.min.js?ver=2.1.1' id='bootstrap-js-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/themes/wordpress-theme-okfn-fresh/include/jquery.dotdotdot-1.5.6-packed.js?ver=1.5.6' id='dotdotdot-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://schoolofdata.org/wp-content/themes/wordpress-theme-okfn-fresh/include/footer.js?ver=5.9.3' id='footer-js'></script> </body> </html>