Research data management (standalone online learning course)
pontika.nancy@gmail.com's bookmarks 2013-04-10
Summary:
"An online course which provides guidelines for good practice in Research Data Management (RDM). Research Data MANTRA aims to reflect best practice in research data management grounded in three disciplinary contexts: social science, clinical psychology, and geoscience. The course includes web-based learning units that users can work through at their own pace, the course includes video interviews with leading academics about data management challenges, and practical exercises in handling data in four software analysis environments: SPSS, NVivo, R and ArcGIS. Topics covered include: data management plans, organising data, file formats and transformation, documentation and metadata, storage and security, and data protection, rights, and access."