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NIH Request for Information: Teaching and Learning
Resourc
As part of the National Institutes of Heath program Big Data to
Knowledge (BD2K) Initiative, they have been issuing a number of
requests for information. This one, which is open till the end of
2014, deals with teaching and learning resources. See below for some
brief highlights and a pointer for more information.
Clifford Lynch
Director, CNI
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Request for Information (RFI) on the NIH Big Data to Knowledge
(BD2K) Initiative Resources for Teaching and Learning Biomedical Big
Data Management and Data Science (Notice number
NOT-LM-15-001)
An excerpt,
Some needed instructional resources for training in data
management and data science are already available. Please identify
resources and materials of interest with characteristics such as, but
not limited to:
·
Graduate-level short courses, tutorials and workshops (online,
in-person or hybrid) that are open to all;
·
Graduate-level online tutorials and modules;
· Massive
Open Online Courses (MOOCs;
· Curriculum
plans or resources (including sample datasets or data management plans
used in data management training;
· Evaluation
approaches for online data science or data management
courses.
NIH is interested in collections (aggregations) of the above
as well as individual topics. Materials for self-guided learning must
be available online or for download in standard digital
formats.
For each class or learning resource, please provide
information that will help NIH identify and locate the resources, such
as:
· The name
of the course or resource;
· A URL for
the online resource or a site that describes or offers the
resource;
· The
sponsor of the resource, such as organization or instructor.
Additional information, is also welcome, including comments
about the course or resource.
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