Empowering Learners with WebR, Pyodide, and Quarto

on YouTube ↗19m

" summary

Demonstrates running R and Python entirely in-browser with WebR, Pyodide, and QuartoLive, showing a live filter penguins exercise that gives immediate feedback via Grade This and custom grading functions to catch common mistakes. Describes a multi-year R-Bootcamp repo using faded exercises to lower cognitive load and ramp learner autonomy. Shows social learning examples—paired coding, a Better Plots workshop with shareable annotations, and Data Snacks—and notes assessments are hard to secure because browser code can be inspected.

AI-written summary · about

" chapters (13)

1. 0:00Workforce training challenges
2. 0:43WebR and Pyodide for learning
3. 1:30Lowering cognitive load
4. 6:17Interactive exercises with feedback
5. 7:29Faded exercises and grading
6. 8:57R Boot Camp tools
7. 9:18Active learning practice
8. 10:01Exploring documentation
9. 11:32Social learning with exercises
10. 12:57Better Tables with ggplot2
11. 15:35Data Snacks examples
12. 16:42Assessment limitations
13. 17:26Conclusion

" related talks

• 05mWebR: R compiled for WebAssembly and running in the browserGeorge Stagg · rstudio::conf(2022)
• 01h 44mShinylive - Running R and Python Dashboards without a ServerMario Annau · DSC Europe 23
• 05m`livecode`: broadcast your live coding sessions from and to RStudioColin Rundel · rstudio::conf 2019
• 17mTeaching Data Science in Adverse Circumstances: Posit Cloud and Quarto to the RescueAleksander Dietrichson · posit::conf(2023)
• 33mIodide and Pyodide: Bringing Data Science Computation to the Web BrowserMichael Droettboom · PyData NYC 2018
• 25mReproducibility Around a Web ApplicationPablo Bernabeu · LatinR 2020
• 01h 06mHello Quarto: Share, Collaborate, Teach, ReimagineMine Cetinkaya-Rundel, Julia Stewart Lowndes · rstudio::conf(2022)
• 28mPython Apps in the Browser made simple by PyCafeMaarten Breddels · PyData Global 2024