Train-the-Trainer
Using the New England
Collaborative Data Management
Curriculum to Teach RDM
Elaine Martin, MLS, DA
Director of Library Services, Lamar Soutter Library
Director of the National Network of Libraries of
Medicine, New England Region
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Curriculum
Introductions
• Who you are
• What you hope to walk away with from the
class
• Your prior experiences teaching RDM (if any)
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Agenda
Morning
Afternoon
•Background
•Piloting information
•Review of curriculum
•Teaching with research cases
•Customizing curriculum
•Breakouts
•Reporting/discussion
•Instructor panel
•Wrap-up/evaluations
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Objectives
Participants will be able to:
1. Teach data management using the NECDMC
2. Use a case to teach the NECDMC module
concepts
3. Navigate and use NECDMC website
4. Customize curriculum to meet institution’s
needs
5. Pilot and evaluate NECDMC
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NECDMC Development History
• Phase 1: Planning
• Phase 2: Content development and local
setting piloting
• Phase 3: Expanded implementation
• Phase 4: Evaluation
• Phase 5: Building community: refinement and
collaborative revision, additions, deletions,
etc….
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Phase 1: Planning
August 2010-December 2011
“Planning a Data Management Curriculum…”
IMLS grant w/ WPI
Project deliverable: “Frameworks for a Data
Management Curriculum”
http://library.umassmed.edu/data_management_frameworks.pdf
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Role of Having Teaching Cases
Ortho Case (2011)
Vitamin D Bipolar Depression Case (2013)
Lesson Plans
• Learner Objectives
• Module Content
• Activities
• Assessment
• Readings
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Phase 2: Content Development
May 2012-November 2013
Expanded collaboration of content contributors
(Tufts, UMA, Northeastern, MBL/WHOI)
Funding from NN/LM,NER
Content developers teamed up to create lecture
notes, slides, and additional cases
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Phase 2: Local Piloting
• NN/LM, MAR Class (Philadelphia, April)
• 90 minute class for UMMS CTSA
• 15-week Simmons GSLIS
• “Train the Trainer Class” (November 8, 2013)
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Phase 2: Local Piloting
http://www.slideshare.net/ElaineMartin1/20130801creamerkafelmartinmanagingyourdatacct-sslides
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Phase 2: Local Piloting
• E-Science Professional Development Day
Webinar: “Consulting on Data Management
Plans in New England” of the Teaching
Research Data Management series. Presented
October 31, 2013
https://webmeeting.nih.gov/p9l95ti03q0/
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532G-01 Scientific Data Management
https://sites.google.com/a/vt.edu/srdm/
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Phase 3: Piloting Beyond UMMS
• Make the curriculum available (site launched November
8, 2013)
• Solicited partner sites throughout the U.S. and Canada
• Currently participating in evaluation and feedback loop
• Potentially add to the database of cases
http://library.umassmed.edu/necdmc/
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Pilot Sites
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Piloting Activities
• Teach one or more NECDMC modules
• Use one or more cases
• Implement student evaluation forms and send to
UMMS for compilation
• Participate in instructor survey and individual
phone interview conducted by UMMS consultant
• Agree to share information via monthly phone
calls
• Add to database of cases (optional)
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Phase 4: Assessment Tools
• Student evaluation form
• Instructor surveys
• Instructor interview
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Phase 5: Reports from Community
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Pilot sites customize and teach curriculum
Pilot sites share their experiences
Elicit lessons learned
Share best practices for teaching RDM
Revise curriculum as needed and add to
database of cases
• Report results
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Beyond UMass Worcester:
Sample Pilot Activities
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Beyond UMass: Dissemination
• North Atlantic Health Science Librarians (NAHSL) (October
2013)
•Teaching RDM with the New England Collaborative Data
Management Curriculum workshop (November 2013)
•RDAP (March 2014)
•University of Massachusetts and New England Area
Librarian e-Science Symposium (April 2014)
•Medical Library Association (May 2014)
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What we’re doing today…
• Walk you through NECDMC content
• Illustrate RDM teaching principles and suggest
teaching methods and activities
• Customizing the curriculum
• Sharing pilot experiences panel
• Discussion—what will you do with this material?
Would you want to participate as a pilot?
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