5. Where is
my lego
train? Only I can find the
bendy batman
because he lives in a
secret house (a.k.a.
the pink bag in the
salad spinner)I need the wooden
screwdriver for
this construction
kit RIGHT NOW
6. I have all the
knowledge of where
reports live and
which insights are in
them
I need to know how
users feel about this
cancel subscription
flow RIGHT NOW
Where is
the report
on new
customer
behavior?
7. ● When do you need a repository?
● Benefits of a repository
● What we learned
8. All this research just lives in my brain!
Do we have research on …?
I need these insights from the past RIGHT NOW
10. Research Repository:
A research repository is any platform, system, drive, database,
content collaboration tool, library, knowledge base, wiki, or
file cabinet that stores research data, notes, transcripts,
images, videos, recordings, findings, insights, reports,
metadata, etc. to support consumption and reuse by the
entire team.
Research Repositories Workshops in 2020
A Research Ops Community project
https://researchops.community/
16. Icon: spreadsheet by Ralf Schmitzer, path by Adrien Coquet from the Noun Project
17. Insight Theme User Role Emotional State etc.
What information do school admins need when they evaluate teacher performance?
18. Insight Theme User Role Emotional State etc.
School admins
need to see
student
homework
grades over
time
Homework,
Grades
Admin
Admins are
constantly
manually
adjusting
teacher
gradebooks
Grades Admin 1
Relevant to the
research question
NOT relevant to the
question, but
interesting!
What information do school admins need when they evaluate teacher performance?
19. Icon: spreadsheet by Ralf Schmitzer, path by Adrien Coquet from the Noun Project
20. Icon: spreadsheet by Ralf Schmitzer, path by Adrien Coquet from the Noun Project
21. Icon: sql by Dave, spreadsheet by Ralf Schmitzer, path by Adrien Coquet from the Noun Project
22. Icon: dashboard by Rafael Garcia Motta, sql by Dave, spreadsheet by Ralf Schmitzer, path by Adrien Coquet from the Noun Project
23.
24. ● When do you need a repository?
● Benefits of a repository
● What we learned
26. The main dialogue:
Democratize data!
Don’t repeat research!
Icon: Sync by My Toley from the Noun Project
Only researchers
are looking!
27. The main dialogue:
Democratize data!
Don’t repeat research!
Icon: Sync by My Toley from the Noun Project
Only researchers
are looking!
Research is
reconsidered, not
reused!
28. Compare current work
to past work
Icon: Compare by Nhor from the Noun Project
Benefit of a Repo
33. Researchers dig deep quickly
Icon: Shovel by Bartama Graphic, Compare by Nhor from the Noun Project
Benefit of a Repo
34. Do we have research on …?
Icon: report by Yamini Ahluwalia from the Noun Project
+ A couple of hours =
35. Icon: career by faisalovers from the Noun Project
Better Researchers
● Identify the nature of the data
we collect
● Coding for the repo uncovered
new meaning
● Debating usefulness of old
research focused us on
relevancy
● Examine how we surface
insights in our work
36. Challenges
Icon: Brain by Candra, database by Prashanth Rapolu, tail by Ayub Irawan from the Noun Project
Institutional
knowledge is
golden
Uploading
insights is
effort
Don’t eat our
own tail
37. Democratize data
Don’t repeat
research
Compare current
work to past work
Get to know our data
Researchers dig deep
quickly
Identify the nature of the
data we collect
Coding for the repo
uncovered new meaning
Debating usefulness of old
research focused us on
relevancy
Examine how we surface
insights in our work
Benefits we
anticipated
Benefits we
found
Becoming
better
researchers