Dear Toby Hi I hope you are well. It is exciting news from the Carpentries. I would like to participate in this group. I am available for peer review and GitHub project management. What should I do next? Thanks in advance Regards Elnaz
On Wed, 6 Mar 2024 at 13:10, Toby Hodges via discuss < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Rachida, > > In principle, status as a PhD student would not prevent you from taking on > the role of Editor: I would like to build an editorial team with a range of > perspectives and expertise. Nevertheless, Editors will benefit from past > experience with any/all of the following: peer review, GitHub project > management, curriculum design, and web accessibility. I will invite > volunteers to become Editors based on their experience in these areas. > > If you are interested in taking up the role, or if you want to discuss it > further, I encourage you to contact me directly at > [email protected] > > Thanks, > > Toby > > On 1. Mar 2024, at 15:28, Rachida Namoune <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Thank you for your email. I am still a PhD student and i am interested in > it. Do i have experience in it? > > Thank you > > Kind regards > > On Wed, Feb 28, 2024, 16:25 Toby Hodges via discuss < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi everyone, >> >> I published a blog post last week, titled *Supporting the Curriculum >> Development Community in 2024* >> <https://carpentries.org/blog/2024/02/support-curriculum-community-2024/>. >> I recommend reading it if you are interested in learning about how changes >> to the capacity of the team will impact the community’s lessons and the >> infrastructure that supports them, and/or how you can get involved. >> >> I would like to highlight one really important part of the blog post, >> which is also an exciting opportunity for any community members who would >> like to promote the development of high quality, open source lessons: *we >> are calling for volunteers to take on the role of Editor for open peer >> review of lessons in The Carpentries Lab*. >> >> The Lab <https://github.com/carpentries-lab/reviews/> has been on a bit >> of a slow burn, but we are really starting to see the platform making an >> impact. For example, the Metagenomics curriculum >> <https://carpentries-lab.github.io/metagenomics-workshop/> that was our >> first accepted submission last year was recently published in The >> Journal of Open Source Education >> <https://jose.theoj.org/papers/10.21105/jose.00209>. I am looking >> forward to working with community members to help build on this momentum >> and keep reviews moving. >> >> I am pasting the relevant section of the post below, for more >> information. Please send me an email <[email protected]> if you >> are interested in taking up this role. I would also be delighted to answer >> any questions you have about the Lab and the role of Editor. You can >> respond here, or contact me directly on Slack, by email >> <[email protected]>, or by scheduling a call with me >> <https://calendly.com/tobyhodges/>. >> >> Finally, a brief note of gratitude to the Maintainer community before I >> sign off, for the phenomenal response we received this month to the annual >> opt-in survey — thank you to everyone who filled that in, and especially to >> Nathaniel Porter, our Maintainer Community Lead, for leading the process! >> >> All the best, >> >> Toby >> >> — >> *Become an Editor for The Carpentries Lab* >> >> Lesson reviews in The Carpentries Lab are publicly visible issue threads >> on the Reviews repository >> <https://github.com/carpentries-lab/reviews/issues>. Editors manage the >> review process, performing basic checks to determine whether submitted >> lessons are appropriate for the Lab and ready for review, finding and >> assigning reviewers, and ensuring the integrity of the review process. >> >> Becoming an Editor for the Lab is a fantastic way to support lesson >> development in The Carpentries community, expand your network, and gain >> experience with Open Source and peer-review practices. >> >> Community members acting as Editors for the Lab would benefit from prior >> experience in any/all of the following: >> >> - the academic peer review process >> - managing projects on GitHub >> - curriculum design >> - web accessibility >> >> Editors from the community will be supported by The Carpentries >> Curriculum Team. We already provide a guide for Editors >> <https://github.com/carpentries-lab/reviews/blob/main/docs/editor_guide.md>, >> which will be expanded further, and the Curriculum Team will be available >> for direct support, e.g. to help contact potential reviewers, to >> troubleshoot issues, and to answer questions. We will also schedule >> dedicated onboarding sessions for community members taking on the role. >> >> If you are interested in becoming an Editor, please send me an email >> <[email protected]>. >> >> --- >> >> -- >> >> Dr Toby Hodges (he/him) >> Director of Curriculum >> The Carpentries | https://carpentries.org >> >> Schedule a meeting with me: https://calendly.com/tobyhodges >> >> > > -- > > Dr Toby Hodges (he/him) > Director of Curriculum > The Carpentries | https://carpentries.org > > Schedule a meeting with me: https://calendly.com/tobyhodges > > 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. 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