Rec. 11: Implement curriculum frameworks and training
- Short Title: Rec. 11: Implement curriculum frameworks and training
- Source Documnent: Turning FAIR into reality: Final report and action plan from the European Commission expert group on FAIR data
- Source Document Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.2777/1524
- Publishing Organisation: European Commision
- Date of Publication: 2018-11-26
- Topic: Capacity building/ incentivisation
- Keywords: capacity, training, education
- Addressed Stakeholders: coordination fora, institutions, policy makers
- Full Text: A concerted effort should be made to coordinate and accelerate the pedagogy for professional data roles. To support uptake, skills transfer schemes, fellowships, staff exchanges and informal training opportunities are needed, as well as formal curricula. Action 11.1: Curriculum frameworks for data science and data stewardship should be made available and be easily adaptable and reusable. Action 11.2: Sharing and reuse of Open Educational Resources and reusable materials for data science and data stewardship programmes should be encouraged and facilitated. Action 11.3: Practical, on-the-job methods of training such as fellowships and staff exchanges should be supported, as well as Train-the-Trainer programmes so the body of data professionals can rapidly scale. Action 11.4: A programme of certification and endorsement should be developed for organisations and programmes delivering train-the-trainer and/or informal data science and data stewardship training. As a first step, a lightweight peer-reviewed self-assessment would be a means of accelerating the development and implementation of quality training.