This course is composed of 7 sessions, based on the FAIR training handbook and 10 simple rules to make material FAIR publication. All sessions are structured in a way that complement each other aiming to introduce participants with a theoretical & hands-on approach of how to create FAIR material by design.

Syllabus

Please see the course website, which will be updated regularly, for more information:
Sessions to be covered over the 2 days (Note: sessions and content might be slightly changed)

Session 0 - what is Open and FAIR
Session 1 - Syllabus and documentation
Session 2 - Training material formats and interoperability
Session 3 - Illustrations, aesthetics and acknowledgements
Session 4 - Making e-learning FAIR, challenges and possibilities
Session 5 - Releases and use of unique identifiers
Session 6 - Course metadata, standardisation and structure

Topics covered will include:

FAIR vs OPEN training material
Training material documentation and reproducibility
(ontology, Learning Outcomes,etc)
Illustrations, keeping it FAIR
E-learning and videos, challenges and solutions to keep it FAIR
Unique identifiers and version control

Activities are thought to increase the technical skills and critical thinking during the development of a new training course. From A to Z participants are going to be challenged to work in a group to build a FAIR lesson on a topic to be presented at the end of the course. The topic will be disclaimed during the sessions, come inspired!

Important Dates

Application open: 11-April-2024
Application closes: 23-August-2024

Confirmation to applicants 30-August-2024

Note:
The course is highly interactive and hence it is important that you, as a participant, actively contribute to all sessions and elements of the course.

Participants need to bring a laptop.
There are no fees for this course.

All are welcome! Particularly interesting for trainers and instructors that design-develop-deliver short-format training.