Thank you all for these comments and resources. Reading these I got a few ideas about how we could help our students, even if they don't participate in a full in person workshop.
* If there are workshops in the area, send the students to these. If not: * Make sure that they get the help they need to install the software in their computer, and get it running. I think assigning a mentor (e.g. a more senior grad student) who is at the same institution could help with this step. So that they can meet in person and the students can be helped with this tricky step before taking the training. * Pair students so that they can take the training together. * A person delivering the workshop live would be the best option, even if it is via zoom. If that is not possible, I wonder what the best alternative would be... a recording of a person teaching the class (that the student can stop if necessary, because they are taking the class alone or in pairs), or the student following the written version of the workshop on their own. Another option would be using different lessons, like the ones suggested in this thread. * Have a system through which students can get help on the moment/soon. This is tricky. I have a few ideas, but they would need to be tested to see if they are realistic/logistically possible/effective: a mentor in the room, a chat/zoom session staffed by a person familiar with the lesson, a slack channel/e-mail listserv with students that have participated in the training before. The mentor would have to be involved here to make sure that they feel comfortable asking questions through these channels. * I think that a slack channel or equivalent could be very powerful post workshop (specially in this scenario in which they are all people who will be working in the same grant). A community building tool, somewhere to go to when their individual projects create challenges. Do any of you do something along these lines after a carpentries workshop? Thanks again for your comments! Clara ------------------------------------------ The Carpentries: discuss Permalink: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/T5e4e7987c2f5839f-M9dc31a5922cf87b6d2c9a150 Delivery options: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription
