# 2020-12-03 DataONE Community Call

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3 Dec 2020, 15:00 Pacific Time

## Participants (please add your name, affiliation, and email)

- Amber Budden, NCEAS/DataONE, [e-mail]
- Ashley Orehek, University of Tennessee Knoxville, [e-mail]
- Donna Scott, NSIDC/CIRES/CU Boulder, [e-mail]
- Marjorie Mitchell, UBC Okanagan, [e-mail]
- Rob Crystal-Ornelas, Berkeley Lab, [e-mail]
- Erica Krimmel, iDigBio / Florida State Univ, [e-mail]
- Emily Robles, Berkeley Lab, [e-mail]
- Kristin Vanderbilt, EDI, [e-mail]
- Stevan Earl, CAP LTER / [e-mail]
- Renée F. Brown, McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER, [e-mail]
- Karl Benedict, University of New Mexico, [e-mail]
- Sam Kennefick Wilairat, CU Anschutz, [e-mail]
- Adrian Ho
- Amy Forrester
- Chris Michaud
- Debora Drucker, Embrapa, [e-mail]
- Jennifer Abel
- Karin Schwartz, conservation data management consultant, [e-mail]
- Lynn Peterson
- Madison Burrus
- Mary Martin
- Susan Boyd
- Young-Joo Lee
- Matt Jones, NCEAS/DataONE, [e-mail]

## [Training Materials and Opportunities](https://github.com/DataONEorg/community-calls/issues/4)

### Agenda

- Overview of DataONE training and resources (Amber)
- [Skillbuilding Hub](https://dataoneorg.github.io/Education/)
- [RDMLA course](https://learn.canvas.net/courses/2719)
- [Webinars](https://www.dataone.org/webinars/)
- [Training events](https://www.dataone.org/training/)
- Overview of the Data Management Training Clearinghouse (Karl)
- [Production Clearinghouse site](https://dmtclearinghouse.esipfed.org)
- [Clearinghouse statistics document](https://drive.google.com/open?id=1kY--bqnIjqUgD9tXgYDjFE2Fv7aWaIxL)
- Discussion of aligned / complementary initiatives, challenges that exist within the community, pathways towards integration

### Notes

- Are there challenges in the community regarding how to navigate the complexity of information and resources that exist?
- MB: It can be hard to navigate.
- How could the DMTC search be updated? What methods do you use?
- Crowdsource efforts. Largely exploratory.
- Would feedback ratings support use / understanding materials?
- RCO: Metrics are helpful.
- How does the DMTC collect resources?
- Both based on submissions from creators and also graduate intern support to add resources (funded thtough IMLS)
- DMTC Resource Contribution Page: https://dmtclearinghouse.esipfed.org/submit
- DD: Have used DataONE education modules a lot. Would be interesed in exploring translation to Portugese. Connecting to FAIR community could enhance the clearinghouse and materials.
- Have been explosing FAIR in terms of documentation of content
- How does the DMTC handle changing (dynamic) curriculum? Use case of the [DataONE/NCEAS short course](https://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/learning-hub/short-course).
- Haven't built this into current rpocess. It's a challenge. Continued availability is imporant - beyond standard link checking.
- Does the DMTC index in person 'events' vs curriculua / resources?
- No, also assessmengt piece ties in to this
- Largely a metadata challenge - are resources intended for in-person events, self instruction etc?
- Leah Wasser started in on this type of classification to indexing against in person events when she was at NEON
- Q for Amber: Do you have an ongoing list of in development materials for the dataONE education hub?
- I think you are referring to the modules in GitHub: https://dataoneorg.github.io/Education/githubdirect. That's right, if we have ideas for additional modules, can we post there somewhere? Yes! See https://dataoneorg.github.io/Education/contribute Great thanks!!