Applicability of Existing Computer Literacy Educationto Data Science Education

Abstract

In accordance with theAI Strategy 2019 issued by the Cabinet Office, Kyushu Institute of Information Sciences has established and is operating the KIIS Mathematical and Data Science and AI Education Program at the literacy level and the applied basic level. In particular, the literacy level can be completed by all students, and is recommended for all students to acquire the basic data science knowledge necessary after employment.In this paper, we took up the subject of "Exercise of Information Literacy," which is positioned asan introductory course for data science education, and examined the possibility of its application to data science education for existing courses, using the report assignments in the lectures and the results of questionnaires.The results show that,in both departments, the final survey displayedhigher marks than the initial survey, indicating thateach student was able to master the lecture content and basic skills during the lecture.Thisbrought about a certain level of educational effects in both humanities and sciences.Differences in data science backgroundsexistbetween humanities and science students, and it is important to fully take these into account in educational practices.