A few years ago, Justin Millar, Shawn Taylor, and Ben Toh ran a 7-week version of the data carpentry workshop here at UF, and blogged about it: https://datacarpentry.org/blog/2018/04/dc-seven-weeks
Best, -- Hao Ye (he/him/his) [email protected] On Sat, Feb 13, 2021 at 9:57 AM Sue McClatchy <[email protected]> wrote: > 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-M6d9c686fe9dc6b358d3ba9df> > ------------------------------------------ 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-M46773150d88ca2baca3395b5 Delivery options: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription
