Compilation of Recommendations

Details

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

Addressed Stakeholders

coordination fora, institutions, policy makers

Keywords

capacity, training, education

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.