Skills for Open Agrobiodiversity Data

[iramosp]

Project Lead: @iramosp

Mentor: @pivg

Welcome to OLS-3! This issue will be used to track your project and progress during the program. Please use this checklist over the next few weeks as you start Open Life Science program :tada:.

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Week 1 (week starting 8 February 2021): Meet your mentor!

• [x] Create an account on GitHub
• [x] Check if you have access to the HackMD notes set up for your meetings with your mentor
• [x] Prepare to meet your mentor(s) by completing a short homework provided in the HackMD notes
• [x] Complete your own copy of the open leadership self-assessment and share it to your mentor If you're a group, each teammate should complete this assessment individually. This is here to help you set your own personal goals during the program. No need to share your results, but be ready to share your thoughts with your mentor.
• [x] Make sure you know when and how you'll be meeting with your mentor.

Before Week 2 (week starting 15 February 2021): Cohort Call (Welcome to Open Life Science!)

• [x] Create an issue on the OLS-3 GitHub repository for your OLS work and share the link to your mentor.

• [x] Draft a brief vision statement using your goals

  This lesson from the Open Leadership Training Series (OLTS) might be helpful

• [x] Leave a comment on this issue with your draft vision statement & be ready to share this on the call

• [x] Check the Syllabus for notes and connection info for all the cohort calls.

Before Week 3 (week starting 22 February 2021): Meet your mentor!

• [x] Look up two other projects and comment on their issues with feedback on their vision statement
• [x] Complete this compare and contrast assignment about current and desired community interactions and value exchanges
• [x] Complete your Open Canvas (instructions, canvas)
• [x] Share a link to your Open Canvas in your GitHub issue
• [x] Start your Roadmap
• [x] Comment on your issue with your draft Roadmap
• [x] Suggest a cohort name at the bottom of the shared notes and vote on your favorite with a +1

Before Week 4 (week starting 1 March 2021): Cohort Call (Tooling and roadmapping for Open projects)

• [x] Look up two other projects and comment on their issues with feedback on their open canvas.

Week 5 and later

• [x] Create a GitHub repository for your project
• [x] Add the link to your repository in your issue
• [x] Use your canvas to start writing a README.md file, or landing page, for your project
• [x] Link to your README in a comment on this issue
• [x] Add an open license to your repository as a file called LICENSE.md
• [x] Add a Code of Conduct to your repository as a file called CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
• [x] Invite new contributors to into your work!

This issue is here to help you keep track of work as you start Open Life Science program. Please refer to the OLS-3 Syllabus for more detailed weekly notes and assignments past week 4.

[iramosp]

Draft vision statement:

I am developing a workshop on open data skills for early career researchers who contribute with field data collection to an agrobiodiveristy information system in Mexico (SIAgro) so that they are empowered to use the data they are helping collect. I hope this workshop exemplifies how we can leverage our influence as a funding institution to promote the adoption of open data practices in life science.

[iramosp]

Open Canvas: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1tIwf_SgODVcd6l-VH_zLIK-X9w4OQcULHzXVWqFXAKI/edit?usp=sharing

[iramosp]

Vision statement v2: I am designing a workshop on open data for agrobiodiversity researchers in Mexico. The goal is to encourage them to become data users apart from data collectors. I hope the workshop shows how a funding institution can promote open data practices.

[open-phytoliths-admin]

Open Canvas: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1tIwf_SgODVcd6l-VH_zLIK-X9w4OQcULHzXVWqFXAKI/edit?usp=sharing

Hi @iramosp! Your project and canvas look promising! I would suggest to perhaps add some kind of survey before and after the workshop to actually evaluate if the workshop helped adopting open scientific practices within your research field. Also, it would probably help to promote your project/workshop at conferences, besides emails and internal communication channels.

[cemonks]

Open Canvas: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1tIwf_SgODVcd6l-VH_zLIK-X9w4OQcULHzXVWqFXAKI/edit?usp=sharing

This looks like a really interesting and valuable project! I wonder if, as your users/researchers learn more about open science and the way the data they collect can be used, you may see an improvement in data quality?

[iramosp]

Draft roadmap:

1. Get buy-in from supervisors and team members (late March) a. Draft workshop syllabus. b. Present a proposal of the workshop to supervisors and team members. c. Invite colleagues who can help in facilitation.

2. Map user profiles and needs (late April) a. Design a pre-workshop survey. b. Send survey and collect answers.

3. Design workshop materials a. Update syllabus according to user needs. b. Invite colleagues who are involved in different stages of the data life-cycle to collaborate with a short presentation. c. Design slides for presentations. d. Collect a list of resources for further learning.

4. Demo workshop (late May or early June) a. Design schedule. b. Send invites. c. Ask IT for technical support. d. Coordinate with colleagues on facilitation and presentations. e. DEMO

[iramosp]

Hi @iramosp! Your project and canvas look promising! I would suggest to perhaps add some kind of survey before and after the workshop to actually evaluate if the workshop helped adopting open scientific practices within your research field. Also, it would probably help to promote your project/workshop at conferences, besides emails and internal communication channels.

Hi @open-phytoliths-admin, the surveys are a good idea, thank you. I have actually talked to my mentor about this to both understand user needs and to have key feedback metrics. For now, the workshops will be designed for internal collaborators, but if they go well we might think of inviting external participants, and conferences sound like a good place to promote them.

[iramosp]

This looks like a really interesting and valuable project! I wonder if, as your users/researchers learn more about open science and the way the data they collect can be used, you may see an improvement in data quality?

Hi @cemonks, yes, I hope we can see an improvement in data quality in the long term. Currently, we manage most of the data cleaning and revision process with feedback from data collectors, but I hope that in providing training on open data practices we can transmit the idea that data quality is a shared responsibility, not just a task for the informatics team.

[iramosp]

Here is the link to the project repository and here is the README.