Schedule
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Lecture (🗣) – Walk through (🚶) – Hands on (🧑💻) – Break (☕) – Q&A (❓)
| Day | Time | Unit | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1 - 25th November 2024 | 14:00 | 🗣 Course introduction | |
| 14:15 | 1 | 🗣️ Introduction to Diversity and Analytical Palaeobiology | |
| 15:00 | 🚶 Introduction to the Paleobiology Database | ||
| 15:25 | 🧑💻 Getting hands on with the Paleobiology Database | ||
| 15:45 | ☕ Break | ||
| 16:00 | 2 | 🗣️ Introduction to Fossil Record Bias | |
| 16:45 | 🚶 Code walkthrough | ||
| 17:15 | 🧑💻 Individual practise | ||
| 17:45 | ❓ Q&A | ||
| Day 2 - 26th November 2024 | 14:00 | 3 | 🗣️ Data cleaning and preparation |
| 14:45 | 🚶 Cleaning and preparing data with palaeoverse | ||
| 15:15 | 🧑💻 Clean your own data | ||
| 15:45 | ☕ Break | ||
| 16:00 | 4 | 🗣️ Lecture | |
| 16:45 | 🚶 Code walkthrough | ||
| 17:15 | 🧑💻 Individual practise | ||
| 17:45 | ❓ Q&A | ||
| Day 3 - 27th November 2024 | 14:00 | 5 | 🗣️ Lecture |
| 14:45 | 🚶 Code walkthrough | ||
| 15:15 | 🧑💻 Individual practise | ||
| 15:45 | ☕ Break | ||
| 16:00 | 6 | 🗣️ Lecture | |
| 16:45 | 🚶 Code walkthrough | ||
| 17:15 | 🧑💻 Individual practise | ||
| 17:45 | ❓ Q&A | ||
| Day 4 - 28th November 2024 | 14:00 | 7 | 🗣️ Deep-time macroecology |
| 14:45 | 🚶 Palaeogeographic reconstructions | ||
| 15:15 | 🧑💻 Palaeogeographic reconstructions | ||
| 15:45 | ☕ Break | ||
| 16:00 | 8 | 🗣️ Deep-time macroecology | |
| 16:45 | 🚶 Latitudinal biodiversity gradient | ||
| 17:15 | 🧑💻 Latitudinal biodiversity gradient | ||
| 17:45 | ❓ Q&A | ||
| Day 5 - 29th November 2024 | 14:00 | 9 | 🗣️ Lecture |
| 14:45 | 🚶 Code walkthrough | ||
| 15:15 | 🧑💻 Individual practise | ||
| 15:45 | ☕ Break | ||
| 16:00 | 10 | 🗣️ Resources | |
| 16:45 | 🧑💻 Independent projects | ||
| 17:15 | 🧑💻 Independent projects | ||
| 17:45 | ❓ Q&A |