Hi Lauren, Thanks for bringing up an important concern regarding attrition in longer courses that grant neither academic credit, a grade, nor a certificate or degree. Unfortunately I don't have data, but I can provide anecdotal evidence from my experiences running training. I have found that after the 4th session there's no point in continuing a course because attrition is so high afterwards that few are left in attendance. Consequently all of our courses are chunked up into 12-hour instructional blocks of 3 hours each. Motivation is the reason - people are more motivated by the need to get back to their work because they aren't receiving credit toward a certificate or degree. They're only willing to sacrifice a limited amount of time for training. Our training is free, so nobody feels that they are losing out on an investment of money either.
Yours, Sue McClatchy On Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 4:58 PM Lauren Michael via discuss < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I feel like there are probably data somewhere, but I'm looking for > information about the rate of drop-off at Carpentry-style workshops (and/or > those of similar durations) when taught on consecutive days, versus when > they are spread out over several weeks (e.g. one half-day session per > week). > > Note that information about free workshops would be most helpful, > knowing that charging a fee improves attendance, but I'll take what I can > get. I *am* hoping for data outside of (although in comparison with) > semester-long/for-credit courses over which the Carpentry materials are > taught, for which I know attendance is improved for obvious reasons. > > Thank you, in advance, for any pointers! > > Cheers, > Lauren > > Lauren Michael - Research Computing Facilitator, Center for High > Throughput Computing <http://chtc.cs.wisc.edu/>, University of Wisconsin > - Madison > Research Facilitation Lead, Open Science Grid > <https://opensciencegrid.org/>; co-PI, PATh <https://path-cc.io/>; co-PI, > People Network co-Coordinator, CaRCC <https://carcc.org/> > [email protected], tinyurl.com/LMichaelCalendar, Discovery 2262, > (608)316-4430 > > This list is for the purpose of general discussion about The Carpentries > including community activities, upcoming events, and announcements. Some > other lists you may also be interested in include discuss-hpc, discuss-r, > and our local groups. Visit https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/ to > learn more. All activity on this and other Carpentries spaces should abide > by The Carpentries Code of Conduct found here: > https://docs.carpentries.org/topic_folders/policies/code-of-conduct.html > *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/Tfd20e864bc0586ce-M6cd33185b76c8ddc5e156d8c> > ------------------------------------------ This list is for the purpose of general discussion about The Carpentries including community activities, upcoming events, and announcements. Some other lists you may also be interested in include discuss-hpc, discuss-r, and our local groups. Visit https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/ to learn more. All activity on this and other Carpentries spaces should abide by The Carpentries Code of Conduct found here: https://docs.carpentries.org/topic_folders/policies/code-of-conduct.html The Carpentries: discuss Permalink: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/Tfd20e864bc0586ce-M6d9c686fe9dc6b358d3ba9df Delivery options: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription
