Venue of workshop: Face to face workshop/working meeting at the Tsogo Sun Hotel, in Newlands, Cape Town
Dates for the workshop: 14th May – 17th May 2019 *(13th May 2019 - Bioschemas workshop at UCT)
Workshop organisers: Nicola Mulder, Verena Ras, Paballo Chauke, Shaun Aron, Sumir Panji, Kim Gurwitz, Cath Brooksbank, Niall Beard, Sarah Morgan, Celia van Gelder, Michelle Brazas, Teresa Attwood
Registration opens: 27th February 2019
Registration Closes: 31 March 2019
Notification date for the Education Summit workshop: Selections will only be made if the number of registrations exceeds capacity as space is limited. Notification will be by 5th April 2019.
Link to registration form: https://is.gd/education_summit
Participation: The summit is open to Bioinformatics trainers and educators, interested in working together on the development of guidelines, materials and resources for trainers.
Workshop Sponsor: H3ABioNet, GOBLET, ELIXIR and ISCB Education Committee
Summit Overview:
The aim of the meeting is for bioinformatics trainers and educators to:
- Refine bioinformatics competencies and develop guidelines for applying these to the development of a curriculum and vice versa.
- Define guidelines and processes for curriculum accreditation/endorsement
- Develop trainer support materials, including:
- Develop an online train-the-trainer course
- Develop guidelines for bioinformatics trainers
- Curation of training materials using bioschemas
Intended Audience: Bioinformatics Trainers and Educators
Tools: We will be using existing guidelines, reports, strategies and documents to assist us in developing new guidelines and resources.
Prerequisites: Training and Education knowledge in the field of Bioinformatics broadly including competencies, curriculum, assessments and accreditation.
Workshop limitations: This will be a working meeting where we hope to make substantial progress on the above objectives/ overview and come out with guidelines and materials. Where required there will be a few talks to introduce or provide context around the topics. If time is limited, we might have to continue developing the guidelines online after the workshop.