Learning resources
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| CSC Data Management Youtube channel |
Short Youtube tutorials on research data management (data management plans (DMPs) and FAIR data services) |
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| Open Science and Research Data Management course |
Researchers and PhD students. The course is intended to give you a basic understanding and overview of important concepts about Open Science and Data management within a research setting |
The course is produced by Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (Sweden) |
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| Expert tour guide on Data Management |
Social science researchers, but its is useful for all researchers who work with quantitative and qualitative data originating from human participants |
The course is produced by CESSDA ERIC (the Consortium of European Social Science Data Archives European Infrastructure Consortium). |
Easy to follow, comprehensive course with good structure. Recommended! |
| University of Bristol: Research data bootcamp |
This 30-min online tutorial is appropriate for all members of the University who undertake research with some kind of digital aspect |
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The tutorial is informative and easy to follow. |
| Mantra Research Data Management Training |
Mantra is a web based training course that takes you through the whole RDM-process. Mantra is divided to nine learning modules: documentation and metadata, data management planning, sharing, organising, storing and security. The course offers a general introduction to RDM, no answers to specific how-to-do questions. |
Mantra is provided by the University of Edinburgh and is updated by the librarians at the University of Edinburgh. |
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| Avoimen tieteen verkkokurssi/ An open introductory course into the practices of Open Science |
An open introductory course into the practices of Open Science explains how to make the most of the existing outputs of open research. This course is suitable for anyone interested in Open Science. |
Even though most of the course is in Finnish, some of the sections (Open Access as the basic principle of science, Research planning that enables Open Access, Open Science Knowledge Test) are available in English.
Authentication through Haka.
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| Finnish Doctoral Studies Network course on open science |
This is a one-month online course on the elementary issues of open science. It consists of four main sections: open science, open access, open data and open research process. The course is suitable for all beginners in open science topics. |
Lots of videos and additional material is attached to the course.
Authentication through Haka.
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A good basic course. |
| Open Science training content by FOSTER |
A collection of courses from different topics: open science, text and data mining, responsible research and innovation. The courses are free to read and download, but registration is required. |
FOSTER Plus (Fostering the practical implementation of Open Science in Horizon 2020 and beyond) is a 2-year, EU-funded project, carried out by 11 partners across 6 countries. |
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| The Australian National Data Service guides and other resources |
A collection of guides and resources by ANDS. In addition, https://www.ands.org.au/working-with-data page advises on e.g. metadata, citations and FAIR-principles. |
The Australian National Data Service (ANDS’) core purpose is to make Australia’s research data assets more valuable for researchers, research institutions and the nation.
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| CSC Customer training |
CSC training on computing, data management, and information networks |
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Handbooks
The handbook discusses the most important themes of open science and research.
The Finnish Social Science Data Archive guidelines help to understand the RDM related themes from the perspective of the research data life cycle. The guidelines consist of eight themes: the purpose of data management and reuse, data management planning, copyrights, informing research participants, processing quantitative and qualitative data, anonymisation and storage. Although researchers from all branches of research benefit from the comprehensive guidelines, the researchers who use survey and textual data might benefit most.
A group of authors came together in February 2018 to create an open, living handbook on Open Science training. High-quality trainings are fundamental when aiming at a cultural change towards the implementation of Open Science principles. The topics of training range from open concepts and principles to examples and practical guidance.
The guide by CSC IT Centre for Science provides help with the various stages of research data management.
Suggest new materials to this list
The training materials described above are materials we recommend. Do not hesitate to suggest a new source to the list. We appreciate your help! Please contact [email protected] or acris.aalto.fi.
