[Responding to all in case this is a general question others have.] Good question Doug. This one-hour onboarding session does not replace or stand-in for the Carpentries Instructor Training certification process (which it sounds like you're in the midst of). That certification process includes a two-day workshop in pedagogy, plus some follow-up tasks. This lesson-specific onboarding is meant for people who are already Carpentry Instructors (or who are in the process of completing certification) and want to teach the Geospatial lesson specifically. The Carpentry Instructor certificate qualifies you to teach any of the SWC or DC lessons, but for Geospatial workshops, we will be prioritizing Instructors who have also gone through this short onboarding session. This is part of a pilot effort to develop lesson-specific onboardings to support Instructors in preparing to teach different lessons as our lesson stack grows and diversifies.
Best, Erin On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 2:34 PM, Doug Joubert via discuss < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Erin, > > Thanks for the background information, this was really helpful. At this > point I am excited about learning more. I recently graduated with a > certificate in GIS from Penn State. However, the focus was on ESRI > products. So, I want to be able to offer some support on open source tools. > Also, I am still waiting to complete my software carpentry training. So, > the DC training is different than the SC training? > > Doug > > On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 5:27 PM Erin Becker <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi Doug, >> >> The onboarding sessions will be one hour. We won't be working through the >> lessons (that would take a day or two!). The sessions will provide enough >> information about the lessons so that Instructors who are already familiar >> with geospatial data and with Carpentry teaching practices will be able to >> start teaching. In particular, we'll talk about where the potential >> trouble-points are in the lessons (where learners might get stuck or >> Instructors need to know a particular trick), the overall flow of the >> workshop, the data that is used, and a few other things that make it >> different from other Carpentry workshops. >> >> Hope this helps! >> >> Erin >> >> On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 1:22 PM, Doug Joubert via discuss < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hey, >>> >>> I am excited about potentially hosting one of these sessions. However, I >>> did have a question...how long is this "onboarding" session going to take? >>> Are we simply working through all of the lesson? >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Doug Joubert >>> >>> On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 1:25 PM Erin Becker <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Dear all, >>>> >>>> We are excited to announce the first release of the *long-awaited Data >>>> Carpentry Geospatial lessons* >>>> <https://datacarpentry.org/geospatial-workshop/>. As with all newly >>>> developed curricula, this lesson is still in ‘beta’. This means we are >>>> actively organizing pilot workshops and collecting feedback. The lesson >>>> Maintainers and Carpentries staff will continue to update and improve the >>>> lesson based on feedback from Instructors and learners. >>>> >>>> This R-based workshop: >>>> >>>> · introduces project organisation and management for spatial data >>>> >>>> · covers common data structures and storage and transfer formats >>>> >>>> · teaches the creation of summary statistics and >>>> publication-quality graphics >>>> >>>> · helps users work with and plot vector and raster format >>>> spatial data in R. >>>> >>>> Find more information on *the workshop homepage* >>>> <https://datacarpentry.org/geospatial-workshop/>. >>>> >>>> For this first release, we are looking for Instructors who want to >>>> teach it – we will onboard you to help you get started – and institutions >>>> who would like to pilot a workshop for their researchers. >>>> >>>> Sign up for an onboarding session on *this Etherpad* >>>> <https://pad.carpentries.org/geospatial-onboarding>. If you want to >>>> pilot a geospatial workshop at your institution, you can *request a >>>> workshop here* <https://amy.software-carpentry.org/forms/dc/request/>. >>>> >>>> >>>> You can also self-organise a geospatial workshop. Use *our checklists* >>>> <https://docs.carpentries.org/topic_folders/hosts_instructors/index.html> >>>> to help you plan and organise it. >>>> >>>> >>>> The new lessons were developed by the Carpentry community. A big thanks >>>> to the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) for hosting the 2016 >>>> hackathon that kickstarted these lessons, and thanks to the many >>>> contributors along the way who have got the lessons ready for teaching >>>> broadly. Read the blog post >>>> <https://datacarpentry.org/blog/2018/08/geospatial-launch> for more >>>> details. >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> Erin >>>> >>>> >> >> >> -- >> Associate Director, The Carpentries >> Pronouns: she/her/hers >> > *The Carpentries <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/latest>* / discuss / > see discussions <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss> + > participants <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/members> + > delivery > options <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription> > Permalink > <https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/T8539168dc765dd99-Mf570532333efa8232c8cffb6> > -- Associate Director, The Carpentries Pronouns: she/her/hers ------------------------------------------ The Carpentries: discuss Permalink: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/T8539168dc765dd99-Md9de7c416f9527d67a49cd5d Delivery options: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription
