In the Trainer Launchpad section you will find everything you need during the Train-the-Trainer program. To get started, please complete the Onboarding Checklist.
¶ Onboarding Checklist
Let's get started with the basics! Here is a check list to get you all set up (you can already cross off the first step):
- create an account on the DRA Wiki
- create an account on Mattermost
- Introduce yourself on the Mattermost channel - write a few sentences about who you are and why you want to join the community!
- follow us on our socials
- subscribe to our mailing list
create anOSF account(the repository where we publish and share our training materials)→ We are moving over to Zenodo (see next point).- create an Zenodo account (if you don't have one already) - we upload training materials in our DRA Zenodo Community
- check out roles and responsibilities to get an overview of who is in the DRA
- join a monthly trainer meet up to get to know some more people and be an active part of the community
- read up on the following section to find out more about the program!
Everything else you will learn at the TTT Kick-Off Meeting!
¶ How does the Train-the-Trainer (TTT) program work?
This program serves three purposes:
- Give prospective trainers the time and space to learn about good, evidence-based teaching,
- Provide trainers with a community of like-minded peers, and
- Ensure that all trainers of the Digital Research Academy know how to teach well.
We are here to support you all the way!
We offer the Train-the-Trainer programm online or with a block of in-person meetings - the program is the same, however, the timeline differs a little.
Below, you find an overview of the structure of the program:
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Part 1: Learning about Didactics
In this part we will learn how to be(come) good trainers. We will do so by teaching each other principles of teaching that are based on best practices. We want to break the bad habit of teacher-centered teaching and work according to evidence on how people learn well. Didactics-lesson preparation and teaching can be done alone or in pairs. You may already know a bit about teaching from experience, or have one topic you are well versed in - this would be perfect to share with the others in the group!
- Each trainer (pair) prepares one lesson. We will choose lesson topics together as a group.
- After each session we make notes about our key take-aways.
- We all give feedback on the lesson content and how it was taught.
Ideally, we can already integrate what we learned into the next sessions!
Still not quite sure what these didactics sessions will look like?
Here are some examples from other trainers that have already completed the program:
- techniques to structure a lesson (e.g. learning outcomes or flipped classroom)
- using different tools for teaching (e.g. live coding or collaboration tools)
- ways to communicate with your audience (e.g. interactive presentations)
¶ Uploading your Part 1 Materials
¶ Part 2: Practicals
In this part we will put our new knowledge into practice by teaching a course. Courses may be taught alone or in pairs.
- Each trainer (pair) prepares a course. The topic and course format is up to the respective trainer (pair).
- At least two other trainers serve as peer reviewers and give feedback both during course development and after the course was run.
- Feedback needs to be implemented into the course (material) after the course was run.
- Course material is made available under a CC-BY license as part of the Digital Research Academy material collection.
¶ Teaser course delivery process
Part 2 course delivery should take place within 3-4 months after the completion of the Part 1. We'll check in with you regularly after Part 1 to set a tentative ‘due date’ for Part 2.
When you've set a date, there are some key timepoints before and after you deliver your training:
In the case if you plan to deliver an online course with live participants via an online meeting-
- ~4 weeks before
- We'll confirm your date with you again.
- Do an up-and-coming trainer interview for social media.
- Help you recruit 2 reviewers for your course.
- Set up a Google Drive folder for you and your reviewers to exchange materials and for you to have access to the DRA course feedback survey template.
- We'll set up the registration on our event platform.
- We'll also open up the registration for our internal trainer community at this time.
- You'll also have to decide if you want your session to be recorded or not.
- ~2 weeks before
- We'll open registration publicly and announce it on our DRA mailing list, our partner communities, and then on social media.
- ~1-2 days before
- We'll remind your reviewers about your course.
- We can also do an online meeting room test to make sure everything works (e.g. breakout rooms, screen sharing , etc.)
- Day of course
- Log in at least 10-15 minutes to do a tech check.
- Deliver your course and get feedback at the end.
- ~1-2 days after
- Participants of the course will recieve a follow up email.
- 1 week after
- Reviewer(s) will share their reviews.
- 1 month after
- Review feedback should be incorporated into teaching materials should be updated and uploaded/re-uploaded to an open repository (i.e. the DRA Zenodo Community)
¶ How to create your teaser course?
The format and type of course can be chosen freely. Here are some examples linked to different types of courses other trainers have prepared:
- A book chapter (e.g. version control with git)
- A 90 minute course suited for teaching in an online setting (e.g. digital notetaking for researchers)
- An e-mail course (e.g. agile methodology for scientific research)
- An interactive web page
- …
When creating your materials, please make sure to use DRA Branding. If you make a new course format, please be so kind to provide a template of it for others to use.
DRA can provide online meeting rooms (Zoom or Google Meet) for live delivery of a teaser course as well as Miro boards if you would like to use one. We also have a standard course survey that we will set up for you which can be customized to your needs.
¶ How to get feedback on your materials?
We are a community and want all of our materials to be of high quality. Therefore, we all contribute to this by reviewing each others courses.
To become a trainer, you need to review at least two courses. You are of course welcome to review even more!
Also your own course needs to be reviewed by at least two peers.
One round of review will happen before the course is held or sent out. Depending on the course format, this could be e.g. a test version of your email course, or you can use this to practice/run through your live session with a small audience!
After this, you will receive feedback from your peers and should integrate this into your course. Please make sure to also share the updated version with your reviewers.
Only then will the final version be public (in whatever format you chose) and you can finish the program!
¶ How to share the TTT Part 1 and Part 2 training materials and join the DRA Zenodo Community?
Upload your materials to the DRA Zenodo Community for review. Currently, Joyce, Heidi, Danny and Julia are admins, who can approve your submissions.
Keywords Tip
For any materials related to Part 1 please use Train-the-Trainer and Didactics in the keywords section of the upload.
For Part 2 materials, you only need to use the keyword Train-the-Trainer to your upload.
Please add any other keywords that are descriptive of the content of the training materials.
Licensing Tip
Unless otherwise discussed, please license your materials under CC-BY license.
¶ Get added to the DRA Zenodo Community
Once your first submission is accepted, we will invite you to the Community.
Make your Zenodo profile public
If you want to be invited as a member to the DRA Zenodo Community, your profile needs to be public (not hidden) so we can find you and send you an invitation.
If you don't recieve an invitation after your first upload has been accepted and you want to be listed as a DRA Community member, please get in touch on MM with Joyce.
¶ What do I need to finish the program?
To earn the Digital Research Academy Trainer badge, you need to be able to check all the following boxes:
To complete Part 1: Didactics
To complete Part 2: Practicals
On the Miro Board for your specific cohort, there is a space where you can track your own progress.
¶ DRA Freelance Trainer 101
To get an idea about the logistics of training and learn about invoicing, taxes, etc., please check out the-
