Thank you, joined the channel, will study the lessons you offer May be able to contribute more dubmproofing
On Sat, Oct 15, 2022 at 10:50 PM Brook Moyers <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Paola, > > Welcome to the Carpentries! I have done most of my teaching in the Ecology > and Genomics Data Carpentry lessons, which both have introductions to both > the data ([1] and [2], respectively) and lessons on project > organization/set up ([3] and [4], respectively). I think the standard > Software Carpentry lesson set is more focused on the software skills, with > the trade-off that there is less time for the data! I agree, though, that > these skills are really important, which is probably why I end up teaching > the DC lessons most often. > > Cheers, > Brook > > [1] the Ecology lesson github pages seem to be currently broken (!!), but > it would be "starting from data" linked from > https://github.com/datacarpentry/R-ecology-lesson/ > [2] https://datacarpentry.org/wrangling-genomics/01-background/index.html > [3] https://datacarpentry.org/spreadsheet-ecology-lesson/ > [4] https://datacarpentry.org/organization-genomics/ > > On Fri, Oct 14, 2022 at 11:56 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Greetings, Good Carpentry Folks >> a few words of intro about be at the bottom of this post >> wanted to quickly suggest that for all lessons, (software, data, >> libraries ) it could be beneficial to provide an overview of the datasets >> being imported. I have already attended a few carpentry courses - all so >> excellent in different ways - but the curricula jump straight into import >> dataset/start hacking dataset and learning commands/doing exerices/ This >> is good, but a bit mechanical. I suggest that when importing data sets for >> the lessons, instructors should provide an overview of what the data files >> are, what they contain, how are they structured. The lesson should end >> successfully imho when the learner can use the commands and functions to >> query and manipulate their own data sets. For this purpose, the lesson >> should also include how to prepare your data files for processing. with >> some examples, I have not yet seen this in the curruculum. Again, this is >> NOT A COMPLAINT! I am enjoying thoroughly the opportunity to get up to >> speed with all this wonderful stuff, Please consider this post as MY >> CONTRIBUTION as I have completed instructor training this year and I hope >> to checkout before the end of the year. Cheerios. PDM >> I joined recently and so glad I did . The Carpentries is excellent and >> doing my best to come to grips with the vast amount of resources. I am a >> systems engineer b, did and MSc in UK in 2001 (knowledge modelling) >> researched data structures in my work, taught various courses in IT at >> graduate level and completed a PhD in 2012 in Open data for systems >> engineering (tough one) I collected and analyzed data using google >> spreadsheets, approx 100 samples. and have experience handling data in the >> thousands units. The way the data is structured/accessed is very important >> (that s my background) and will impact the effort/cost /outcome of the data >> analysis. I look forward to continue to learn as much as I can!! >> > 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/T6ca7ebed8451d4e7-Me4f4c9070cd09bbe77359519> > ------------------------------------------ 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/T6ca7ebed8451d4e7-M4c44eba1fd7830ba241dca41 Delivery options: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription
