Co-Designing Learning Materials to Empower Laypersons to Better Understand Big Data and Big Data Methods

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus' Data Science to Patient Value Program and 2040 Partners for Health sought to create open learning materials for engaged citizens and community leaders regarding big data and big data methods to support their collaboration in patient-centered and participatorybased community research and evaluation. 2040 is a local nonprofit organization that cultivates partnerships in Aurora, Colorado neighborhoods to tackle critical health needs. Our goal was to co-design and co-create a series of big data learning modules accessible to community laypeople, so they might better understand big data topics and be empowered more actively engage in health research and evaluation that uses big data methods.