Hi all, The Genomics Curriculum Advisory Committee met on 24 and 25 September to discuss upcoming developments in the Genomics lessons. A major agenda issue was a proposed update to the curriculum to incorporate a more modern, longer-read sequencing dataset and a more modern aligner. The committee decided unanimously to move forward with these changes in advance of a new lesson release in early 2019. This release will coincide with the first official release of the Genomics R lessons, which will also incorporate the new dataset and aligner to present a smooth curriculum around a single dataset. Representatives from the Genomics Maintainers groups will work closely with a group of community members, including Taylor Reiter at the University of California, Davis on these changes. Taylor will be leading a mini-hackathon group at UC Davis this week.
The CAC also unanimously voted to institute a two year freeze period for major changes in the curriculum, which will start after this coming release. Although small scale updates will still occur on a rolling basis, the dataset and tools used will not change between early 2019 and 2021. This freeze will ensure some stability to the lessons for repeat Instructors and will also enable a greater focus on the core concepts being taught. Want more details? Check out the meeting minutes. <https://github.com/datacarpentry/curriculum-advisors/blob/master/genomics/september-2018-genomics-minutes.md> If you're interested in helping out with the lesson overhaul, please respond to this thread and I'll help get you directed to the right people! Best, Erin -- Associate Director, The Carpentries Pronouns: she/her/hers ------------------------------------------ The Carpentries: discuss Permalink: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/Tfe381c3560bc7972-M6fcbc5d46bd57260768d7d9d Delivery options: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription
