Can you teach R and Python without a laptop?

An overview of some of the features of Quarto you can use to improve live-coding demonstrations, as part of a session on Beyond the basics of literate programming.

Abstract

Quarto is a powerful and popular tool to combine code and content in dynamic and fully reproducible documents. For R users, Quarto is an extension and modernisation of RMarkdown. For Python users, Quarto presents a new paradigm for teaching and reporting, with potential far beyond interactive notebooks.

This session showcases the practical ways that educators and trainers are using Quarto to create engaging, interactive, and transparent learning resources.

Speakers will demonstrate how to embed executable code, timers, and surveys within sides; how to personalise assessments using parameterised reporting and how build your own reproducible workflow for personalised teaching and reporting. The session will conclude with a panel discussion to address your questions about best practices in reproducible teaching and the future of literate programming both in and out of education.

Speakers

• Nicola Rennie, Office for National Statistics
• Zak Varty, Imperial College London
• Charlotte Hadley, GPCDS

Organised by Zak Varty for the Software, Technology and Reproducibility in Statistics (STARS) group and RSS Teaching Statistics Section