DReSA – a story of continuing collaboration in skills training
Melissa Burke1,2,3, Kathryn Unsworth4, Nick May5, Mark Crowe3, Kay Steel6, Ann Backhaus7, Frederick Fung8, Anastasios Papaioannou9 1Australian BioCommons 2Research Computing Centre, The University of Queensland 3Queensland Cyber Infrastructure Foundation 4Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) 5La Trobe University 7Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre 8National Computational Infrastructure 8National Computational Infrastructure
Abstract
Collaboration: multiplying talent, dividing effort
Collaboration is a valuable approach for leveraging collective knowledge, skills, and resources to achieve common goals that may be impossible to accomplish individually.
This presentation provides perspectives on the importance of collaboration for successfully developing skills training infrastructure, namely the Digital Research Skills Australasia training registry (DReSA).
What is DReSA?
DReSA is an online and freely accessible registry that describes and links to digital research training events, materials and trainers. It’s a training community initiative born out of the need to improve the discoverability of training to upskill the research workforce on digital research methods and technologies.
Collaboration: from idea to functioning registry to sustainable future
This presentation will take you on a journey of collaboration.
From:
– A common idea that came out of ARDC Skills Summits and – –trainer forums
– A working group to scope the idea and its challenges
– Leveraging connections between the Australian BioCommons and ELIXIR’s training portal TeSS
– Investments from Pawsey and ARDC to support the development of a fully functioning training registry
To:
– A partnership between the ARDC, NCI and Pawsey to ensure DReSA’s longevity.
– Continuing support from the wider community, and the grassroots effort that spearheaded and built today’s DReSA
Ultimately, DReSA is a story of community and highlights the importance of grassroots support and trusted partnerships for enhancing the longevity, development, outreach, and maintenance of DReSA. An exemplar for other projects.
Want to collaborate? Get in touch at contact@dresa.org.au
Biography
Melissa Burke is the Training and Communications Officer for Australian BioCommons. She has many years of experience in coordinating face-to-face and online training in bioinformatics. She is an active member of international working groups on bioinformatics training and has a particular interest in FAIR training.
Kathryn Unsworth leads the Skilled Workforce Development team at the ARDC. Her career in research data management-related roles spans more than ten years. She manages a program that drives a nationally coordinated approach to skills and training initiatives targeting key areas of the workforce that conduct, underpin, and enable data-intensive research.