Learning Objectives

At the successful completion of this lesson, you should be able to:

• discuss alternative approaches to a solution to the problem with TU Wein students
• share and reflect upon how different cultures approach a solution to the problem
• deliver mini-presentation on proposed solution
• provide peer feedback on proposed solution

Lesson Roadmap

Please refer to Canvas for lesson deliverables, including specific timeframes and due dates.

Questions?

If you have any questions about course mechanics, where to do something, or how to do something, feel free to send us a message in Canvas at any time (or  - this week - talk to us in person!). Yea!

Please note: the following schedule is subject to change.

Saturday, May 6

Morning - Evening:

• Students and faculty depart from their homes on flights to Vienna, Austria

Sunday, May 7

Morning - Afternoon:

• Students and faculty arrive in Vienna, Austria and travel to the hotel (Hotel Henri Vienna)
• Welcome dinner 

Monday, May 8

Morning - Afternoon:

• Kick off meeting
• Meet TU Wein students and faculty for a day-long workshop
• Discuss the scope of and plan for the week’s activities
• TU faculty research presentations
• PSU faculty research presentations

Evening:

• Group dinner hosted by TU Wien

Tuesday, May 9

Morning:

• Question/Answer session
• Assign tasks and deadlines for each group member in project management software
• Group work

Afternoon:

• Begin group work on project
• Outline tasks to be accomplished this week
• Post an update on social media (Facebook) on group work progress
• File a report to the instructor on what each group’s goals are for the week
• Visit the Globe Museum

Evening: 

• Free time to work on group project

Wednesday, May 10

Morning:

• Continue group work
• Visit research labs at TU Wien

Afternoon:

• Continue group work
• Assess task completeness on each group member in project management software

Evening: 

• Free time to work on group project

Thursday, May 11

Morning: 

• Continue group work

Afternoon: 

• Group presentations on project progress
• Peer-review of presentations
• Assess task completeness on each group member in project management software

Evening: 

• Free time 

Friday, May 12

Morning:

• Travel by coach to Ljubljana, Slovenia

Afternoon: 

• Walk around Ljubljana

Evening:

• Free time

Part of this class requires you to select data related to some aspect of COVID-19. This data can include cases, deaths, vaccine status, etc. The specific data set of choice is compltely up to you and the organization from which you download the data is of your choosing. However, the goal of this project is to think about how to leverage geovisual analytics to visualize some spatial aspect of COVID-19. The results of that investigation will be used to make a formal response to Healing the Health of Humanity International (H³I). H³I is a gloablly-based non-profit, non-denominational, apolitical, and non-governmental organization whose mission is to heal humanity. This formal response will present geovisual solutions on how H³I can best allocate funds to help direct COVID-19 relief measures. 

While you are free to find COVID-19 data on your own we have compiled the list below of data resources that you may find helpful for this course. As mentioned on this web page, this is not an exahustive listing of COVID-19 data sources but should be enough to get you started on finding useful data. Once you have identified appropriate data, download it and begin examining its contents.

This is a listing of various organizations that include download portals for COVID-19 data. No attempt has been made in curating this list in terms of an agency's authority, accuracy, or timeliness in collecting, updated, or releasing any of the COVID-19 data. An agency's inclusion in this list does not warrant endorsement of any kind with respect to this class or its assignments. Get to know the data before using it. There are dozens of other data download portals that were not included in this list.

The data sources are presented geographically.

1. United States of America 

Centers for Disease Prevention and Control COVID-19 Resources
COVID-19 Data Tracker
General COVID-19 Web Site
COVID-19 Public Data Sets
Case Surveillance Public Use Data

HealthData.gov
Health Data Covid-19 dashboard 

U.S. Veterans Administration Covid-19 National Summary
VA COVID-19 Dashboard 

2. Other Countries 
Many countries have their own Covid-19 dashboard and download sites.

Canada
Canada's COVID-19 Web Site

EU Countries
Other EU Countries Dashboards

3. Regional 

European CDC (Eurostat)
Europa COVID-19 Data 
Europa COVID-19 Database 

4. Global 

Data World
Data World COVID-19 Resources 

Google COVID-19 Open Data
Google COVID-19 Dashboard

Humanitarian Data Exchange
HDX COVID-19 Dashboard

Johns Hopkins
COVID-19 Dashboard

NY Times
NY Times COVID-19 Dashboard

Our World in Data
Our World in Data COVID-19 Dashboard

World Health Organization
COVID-19 Data Download
General COVID-19 Landing Page
COVID-19 Dashboard

5. Miscellaneous 

Other COVID-19 Data Sources
Tableau's COVID-19 Resources