Organizing Team: Christina Schröder, Dr. Janna Neumann, and Anna-Karina Renziehausen

In the second block of the workshop, the focus was on offers for competence development in RDM. The long-term goal is the coordinated and cooperative further development of existing training and certification courses in RDM. The first step was to define key criteria for describing these courses – including structure, form of study, target group, access requirements and methodology. On this basis, existing courses were systematically recorded and discussed. The resulting overview table should make it easier to compare the existing offers, identify potential for joint use and scaling and serve as a basis for future cooperation. The requirements, challenges and possible forms of cooperation were also discussed in a World Café. A particular focus was placed on training opportunities for data stewards and other RDM personnel. In order to promote networking in this area, an exchange group on this topic was set up to specifically address further training opportunities for these target groups.  A kick-off meeting is planned for the near future. In addition, the discussion in Block 2 also included offers for students and researchers. The insights gained will be sorted by target group and incorporated into further planning in order to better link generic and subject-specific offerings at all levels.

Organizing Team: Dr. Yvana Glasenapp, Dr. Beate La Sala, and Daniela Hausen

The third block of our workshop focused on the networking of data stewards. They often work in isolation, which makes the exchange and cooperation in networks particularly valuable. Three initiatives were presented as examples:

• Local: The activities at Kiel University,
• Regional: FDM-NDS,
• National: The TU9 initiatives.

These examples illustrated the range of possible approaches – from local projects to nationwide initiatives.

In an interactive format based on the Community Canvas Model, we took the results of the Data Stewardship goes Germany project and developed them further together. The gallery walk method enabled participants to exchange perspectives and formulate concrete ideas.

The aim of the workshop was to identify the first steps towards establishing a Germany-wide network. Through a strong community, we would like to support data stewards professionally and strategically and thus strengthen their important work in the long term. The results will be further developed with partners such as the FDM working group at TU9 and the NFDI in order to strengthen networking across Germany.

Organizer: Carolin Hundt

In this workshop, participants learned how to communicate scientific content strategically and effectively on social media. In addition to an introduction to platforms, target audiences, and tools, the focus was on developing and maintaining a long-term following.

Organizing Team: Dr. Barbara Weiner, Dr. Lioba Schreyer

The last block dealt with metadata for describing FDM teaching/learning materials in material collections. While there are already many available materials, it is still debatable which metadata will enable and facilitate their reuse. In 2020, the DINI/nestor Research Data UAG Training/Continuing Education published a metadata schema for training materials with information on which metadata should be mandatory and which should be optional. As part of the NFDI, the DALIA project has developed the DALIA Interchange Format (DIF) for its platform, which is intended to help publish teaching/learning materials in accordance with the FAIR principles. Based on these two metadata schemas, the participants discussed which metadata should be specified and whether they should be mandatory or optional. The participants included representatives from both organizations. The results of the discussion on metadata schemas for training materials were compiled by vote. It was noted where there was agreement among the participants and where there was a need for further discussion. The results were forwarded to the participants and the representatives of the UAG Training/Continuing Education and DALIA with the invitation and request to use them for their further development of the metadata. The added value of the discussion was not only a concrete definition of and agreement on a series of mandatory metadata (such as author, creation date, title, identifier, etc.), but above all an awareness of the complexity of the metadata schemas presented and the need for community-wide common standards. DALIA is planning a follow-up workshop on this topic.