{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Count Me In®","title":"Ep. 77: Ron Guymon - The Evolution of Accounting Education","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/7daffd3a\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1158,"description":"Ron Guymon, Senior Lecturer at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, focuses on teaching data analytics to accounting and business students. While most of what he teaches focuses on using Python and R, he also continues to use Excel and Google Sheets. Ron believes that because these spreadsheet tools are excellent ways for establishing a foundation in data analytics because of their visual nature, and because they're widely understood. In this episode of Count Me In, Ron discusses the changes he has already seen in accounting curricula through his time in academia, and shares what he believes to be the necessary skills for accounting students and professionals to learn to keep pace with the evolving industry. Ron's career has been a mixture of accounting academics and data science. He believes that data analytic languages, like Python and R, can benefit nearly every department and organization because they automate many of the important, but mundane tasks associated with data analysis. Download and listen now to hear why data analytics in accounting education is important, how to start, and where you can go from there!","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/rcJwxyy46Yq0jlhpApzZH7lMN9921MWulzRUL5_-3sg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzEwNTcvMTcwMjQ5/ODcwNC1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}