I agree that virtual classroom type lesson formats might help as an alternative to people who are unable to join a session in person. However, one caveat is gaging the learner's involvement along with myriad of technical problems that unforatuntely happen more often than not that can derail the lesson flow. Have virtual lessons been tried at any center ?
Best, Saranya ________________________________ From: Hao Ye [[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2019 10:08 AM To: discuss Subject: Re: [discuss] Hybrid carpentry lessons? Training individuals at different times sound most challenging to address. The live-coding workshop atmosphere is really crucial for learners to feel comfortable asking questions or asking for help. My worry is that any sort of individualized or self-learning experience is consequently going to result in gaps. If it's possible to get trainees to workshops held at local conferences, etc. that might be a workaround to having a workshop specifically for everyone on the grant. re: online resources RStudio has some interactive tutorials set up using their cloud service and the `learnr` package. They run entirely within the web browser, so might be interesting to look at. https://rstudio.cloud/learn/primers re: DataCamp I think their lessons are top-notch, but wouldn't recommend sending any business their way, for solidarity reasons: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/daveyalba/datacamp-sexual-harassment-metoo-tech-startup Best, -- Hao Ye [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> On Tue, Oct 29, 2019 at 12:40 PM Clara Llebot <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Hello carpentries friends. I am a librarian that often teaches carpentries lessons. I am collaborating with a researcher that is thinking about developing a data management training for the new grad students and postdocs in a research grant. A lot of the content that she is hoping for matches lessons in the carpentries: spreadsheet best practices, R, python, version control. However, because of the characteristics of the grant (several institutions, 5 years, several grad students and postdocs hired at different moments), it is not realistic to organize software/data carpentry workshops, the students will not coincide in time and space. A great part of the value of a carpentry workshop is the personalized interaction with instructors and helpers in the moment, of course. But since this is not an option for her team, I was wondering if somebody has adapted carpentries lessons to a more “hybrid” format, something that will not be an in person workshop, but that will be more than just a link to a lesson that the student must follow on their own. I will also be interested to hear if you know of other resources that would allow students to get similar training than the training they would get in a carpentry workshop, without the in person element. The instructor mentioned DataCamp, which I am not very familiar with. As always, thanks for your help! Clara -- Clara Llebot Lorente, Data Management Specialist Oregon State University | The Valley Library | 5417371192 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/T5e4e7987c2f5839f-M971f8fa612aa29b0a037e441> ------------------------------------------ The Carpentries: discuss Permalink: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/T5e4e7987c2f5839f-Md32841b0f25fdee9c7cb9e13 Delivery options: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription
