A survey based analysis on training opportunities

Dr. Jūratė Kuprienė

Framing the digital curation curriculumInternational Conference

Florence, Italy 6 - 7 May 2013

www.digcur-education.org

What we planned?

To identify, document and analyze the training courses, curriculum, resources, good practice instances that are currently available.

To profile the existing training opportunities.

To establish a framework for the evaluation of the training curriculum.

What we did?Questionnaire on training opportunities: – Institutions and organizations with interest or involvement in

digital curation and preservation training activity.– Focus on issues related to:

• Training content• Metchodologies• Delivery options• Assessment• Certification

Registry of training opportunities

Training evaluation framework

Structure of questionnaireInformation about institution;

Information about trainings provided by the institution:– Type of training;– Target audience and their knowledge;– Key topics covered;– Training format;– Trainers;– Learning objectives and benefits of attending;– Accessment – Certification– Evaluation

Information about future plans to organize such trainings.

Survey distribution

Survey population

Did your institution organize trainings during the last 2 years?

Accessibility

Audience

Required experience

Key topics

Trainings format

Trainers

Learning objectivesAwareness of issues in digital curation field:– critical challenges and trends;– latest developments in managing;– requirements in different environments;– development of policy for organisation;– applying the standards.

Getting knowledge about:– digital preservation methods;– data management planning;– repository systems;– web archiving;– file formats.

Awareness of good practice: projects, networks.

Benefits of attendingAbility to make choices between short, medium and long-term digital preservation;

Becoming able to define strategy and planning in the field;

Understanding of the preservation planning process and its benefits to overall digital preservation strategies;

Acquiring competence on the main tools and standards;

Capacity to dynamically interpret rules and legislation;

Knowledge of the role and use of metadata and representation information needed for preservation;

Knowledge of web archiving and implementation of existing software; etc.

Assessment, certification, credits

79% didn’t offer any assessment, 9% offered tests, 6% offered exams.

40% of all training provided attendees with certificates:– 42% of those certificates were vocational;– 32% academic.

34% of all training provided credits:3 respondents gave 2 ECTS credits;2 respondents gave 4 ECTS credits;some respondents: “it depends”…

Evaluation

Future plans43% of respondents were planning to organize trainings.

Topics:a general introduction to digital preservation;attributing metadata;evaluating the format of digital resources;checking an OAIS-compliant ingest plan;data archiving of scientific data sets;management of photo archives.

Outcomes:– raising awareness about digital preservation and existing tools;– learning about current developments in the field;– understanding the risks associated with information access;

32% may organize 25% were not planning to organize.

ConclusionsThe differing levels of awareness of the field;

The variety of institutions ;

The dynamic rate of development of the digital preservation field;

Closer interaction between practice and theory;

The awareness raising of why successful digital curation action is important to undertake in the first place;

The flexibility in vocational training requires collaboration between organizers of relevant courses and the ongoing exchange of teaching ideas, methods and techniques.

OutcomesTraining evaluation framework:– The survey + desk reseach of previous work.– The structured approach to consideration of a curriculum or piece of

training.– For those developing training:

• To assess what is already available, • To clarify which potential approaches, audiences and skills may need to

be addressed.– For those assessing training:

• A structure to which training offerings can be mapped;• To clarify where provision is ample;• To learn which approaches, audiences or skills are scarcely served in

training;• To compare different training offers.

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A survey is available onhttp://www.digcur-education.org/eng/Resources

jurate.kupriene@mb.vu.ltVilnius University Library