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2021 Lesson Hackathon

Michael R. Crusoe edited this page Mar 23, 2021 · 7 revisions

Organizers

  • Michael R. Crusoe
  • Fotis Psomopoulos
  • Renato Alves
  • Toby Hodges
  • Hervé Ménager
  • Peter van Heusden
  • Celia van Gelder

Introduction

In the CWL community a lot of efforts have been made to set up lesson materials. Previous work consists of establishing episodes, learning objectives and learner profiles. In this CWL lesson hackathon we intend to build on that work and make significant steps towards creating CWL lessons that can be (re-) used by the CWL community and others who need to train in CWL. The newly developed lessons will be first used in two upcoming CWL courses in 2021 (by ELIXIR-GR and ELIXIR-NL).

Audience & prerequisite knowledge

Participants in this lesson hackathon are expected to have some familiarity either with workflows (with CWL being the case in study), and/or training / lesson development / pedagogical aspects. The lesson hackathon itself will be structured into parallel development sessions, and therefore complementary experiences will be particularly useful to address the challenges and exercises of the lesson, and create balanced teams. Finally, it is important to note that the hackathon is open to any contributors, and not limited only to the ELIXIR network.

Registration

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeniSgVCCUIAzPVey-uWcEBV0XAJWkf3CSa2LI-wREQu2bg6Q/viewform

Day 1, 2021-03-22 13:00-17:00 CET (12:00 - 17:00 UTC)

13:00 Welcome and introduction (Michael R. Crusoe)

  • Starting point: what is in place: Episodes/lessons, Exercises, Learning outcomes (sketched), Learner profiles (complete)
  • Plan of approach for the hackathon
    • Not making new episodes/lessons; finishing the existing episodes/lessons; Making exercises
    • Expectations of organiser and expectations of participants
    • Divide in groups for the breakouts (per lesson)

13:30 Hacking in breakouts (3 hours)

Facilitators will rotate as need be

  • Write exercises
  • Send Pull Requests
  • When exercises are finished, write teaching material
  • Review PRs from other groups
  • Summarize results for reporting in the Wrap-up session

16:30 Wrap up

  • Each group reports back about what has been done and plans for Day 2.

17:00 Closing

Day 2, 2021-03-23 09:00-13:00 CET (optional) & 13:00-17:00 CET

09:00 - 13.00 No formal sessions

Optional hours are up to each individual; Toby Hodges and Michael R. Crusoe will be available starting from 09:00 Central European Time

13:00: Quick recap of Day 1

plus reshuffling of groups if needed/wanted

13:15: Hacking in breakouts

Facilitators will rotate as need be

  • Write exercises
  • Send Pull Requests
  • When exercises are finished, write teaching material
  • Review PRs from other groups
  • Summarize results for reporting in the Wrap-up session

16:30 Wrap up

  • Each group reports back about what has been done and plans for Day 2.

17.00 Closing