This document discusses managing training materials from EU-funded projects and organizations beyond individual projects. It notes that training materials are currently managed on project websites or solutions like MOOCs. Researchers want better discipline-specific and cross-discipline support, openly available reusable materials, and cataloguing with rich metadata. Projects want uptake of solutions, branding, and measurable impact. Issues include organizing materials across projects to avoid duplication, improving visibility, and long-term sustainability after projects end. Potential solutions discussed include the Elixir Training eSupport System and linking with communities of practice.

1. Managing training
materials beyond
individual projects
Vasso Kalaitzi, LIBER
Ellen Leenarts, DANS - KNAW
Prague, April 10th 2019

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Training information produced by EU
funded projects and organisations
- Learning materials (e.g. on Open Science, RDM, FAIR data, etc)
- Info related to training events
- Training networks
- Procedures
• Generic and interdisciplinary materials
• Re-used and re-branded materials

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How is training material currently
managed by projects?
* Most frequently: on their
websites, in project-specific
MOOC, or solutions such as:

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What are the wishes of the
researchers/targets of
training?
The starting point is/should be the communities’ and
end users’ needs
-Better equipped discipline-specific and across disciplines
RDM support
-OS support
-Openly available and reusable material
-Where to find the material
-Repositories and where to find them
-Curricula for researchers/data supporters/data
stewards/librarians, etc
-Cataloguing of training with rich metadata for sustainable
access and OS in practice

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What are the wishes of
the projects?
- Uptake of project solutions
- Sharing of project results with branding
- Measurable results/Impact
- Provide sustainable information
But also
*Build on existing materials with other and/or
improved generic content and/or domain and/or
discipline specific content
*Create project-specific material, if needed (for
example, on how to use project tools, or targeted
to developers

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What are the issues
identified?1
How can training material be organized across projects? What needs
to be taken into account? (e.g. Avoid duplication)
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How can it be more visible/findable by other projects and
researchers? (FAIR training)
3
What about long-term sustainability after the end of a project?
(storage, keeping material up to date, managing networks, etc) How
and who? EOSC Portal as a catalogue of catalogues?
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What about options like the Elixir Training eSupport
System (https://tess.elixir-europe.org/) ?
*To be taken into account at the
stage of the proposal!

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8. Who do/will we link with?
Community of Practice:
informal network to share
training experiences

9. Thanks!
Questions?
Vasso.kalaitzi@kb.nl ; ellen.leenarts@dans.knaw.nl
Credits: These slides are CC BY. Photographs by LIBER, LILLIAD Learning Centre
Innovation, Cantonal and University Library of Lausanne. Template by SlidesCarnival.

10. Thanks!
Questions?
Vasso.kalaitzi@kb.nl ; ellen.leenarts@dans.knaw.nl
Credits: These slides are CC BY. Photographs by LIBER, LILLIAD Learning Centre
Innovation, Cantonal and University Library of Lausanne. Template by SlidesCarnival.