SURVEY
Countries
75%
Europe
Respondents/career
stage
35%
PD/RA,
32%
MSc/PhD
Respondents/discipline
33%
plant
science
Current
learning
method
76%
self
taught/colleagues
Level
of
confidence
33%
level
3
(scale
of
1-­‐5)
Training
required
67%
analysis/interpretaMon
Preferred
delivery
method
74%
workshop/57%
e-­‐learn
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• Workflows
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• 1 to 1
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• Promote pragmatic SE to UK research computing
• Services
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• Training
– Workshops – hands on with tools
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• @SoftengSupport
I wonder if
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help?
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?
Discovery
of
training
opportuni6es:
website
adver6sing
courses,
webinars,
materials,
postgraduate
degrees,
resources,
etc
User
ra6ngs,
feedback
Single
entry
point
to
discover
e-­‐training
opportuni6es
Filter
for
relevant
results
Increased
outreach/
adver6sing
Embed
via
widget
into
3rd
party
websites
APIs
/
simple
uploads
e-­‐trained
researchers
claire.devereux@sJc.ac.uk
Discovery

Bridging
the
gap
Graduates
• Computer
Science:
14%
unemployed
(highest)
• Domain-­‐specific:
lack
training
in
compu@ng
How?
• Championing
to
raise
awareness
• Summer
schools
• short
courses
• “Driving
licence”
h-ps://eventbooking.s6c.ac.uk/news-­‐events/seiuccr-­‐summer-­‐school

Sharing, classifying and
finding training materials
Links:
http://www.vitae.ac.uk
http://www.jorum.ac.uk
http://www.dcc.ac.uk/training/damssi-abc

Education vs Training
Lessons from the MSc in HPC
Computer Science Physical ScienceMSc in HPC
Theory PracticeExam
Education Practical Coursework Training

Sharing effective learning methods
Do you have a learning method that works for you and that
you'd be happy to share with others? Tell us!
http://svy.mk/1d2AeBH
Where are
your
trainees?
How many
are you
training?
What is
your
schedule of
delivery
likely to be?
What is the
training
content?
What are
your main
limitations?
What type of
learning
delivery would
you consider
using?
What are
your goals
for this
training?
! Local
! National
" International
! Face-to-face
! Distance
" Blended
! One-off
! Several times in
short succession
" Annually/
biannually
! Extended over
several weeks/
months
5methods
meet your
criteria
• We’re building a resource that will help
course developers to find and use learning
methods well suited to the type of training
that they do
• You’ll be able to select appropriate
methods for your type of course
• For each method we’ll provide practical
information on how to implement it
• Most importantly, you’ll be able to find real
examples of how the method is used, and
you’ll be able to get in touch with people
using the method to learn more and
perhaps arrange to see it in action.

http://www.scidip-es.eu/training-videos/
http://www.alliancepermanentaccess.org/index.php/training/
Further Data Preservation Training Information available from:
Researcher
Computation
Data at the centre of the scientific process
Data Intensive Science (4th Paradigm)
Shirley Crompton Workshop for e-Infrastructure Trainers 14 Aug 2013
Data AND the represented knowledge need to be
preserved
Data is the new gold. “We have a huge
goldmine .. Let’s start mining it.”
Neelie Kroes, Vice-President of the European
Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda
• ‘Rising tide’ of data
• May not be re-
producible
• Useful for an indefinite length of time
• Maximise ROI through interoperation
and reuse