PAI-C, more than RDM Training: Towards Aligning Institutional RDM Policies, Infrastructure and Understanding
Adrian Wei Chew1, Jacky Cho1 1UNSW
Abstract
The Australian Research Data Common (ARDC) Institutional Underpinnings (IU) program has developed a jointly-agreed framework for Research Data Management (RDM). As part of this program, eight universities (i.e., Bond University; Charles Darwin University; Curtin University; Deakin University; Griffith University; University of Canberra; University of New South Wales; and University of Sydney) have developed and pilot tested a Principles Aligned Institutionally-Contextualised (PAI-C) RDM educational/training experience for Higher Degree Research (HDR) candidates. The PAI-C experience is an introductory/baseline RDM training that incorporates the IU RDM framework principles (e.g. storing data safely), and is contextualised based on the respective university’s policies, systems and processes. In addition, the PAI-C experience aims to facilitate cross-institutional management of data by raising HDR candidates’ awareness of RDM best practices to a common baseline level.
This presentation will (1) share the survey and focus group findings from the pilot testing of the PAI-C educational/training experience at the various universities; and (2) more importantly, discuss how through the process of developing and designing the PAI-C educational/training experience, the process itself acted as a way to have RDM conversations with different internal stakeholders at the various universities, which paved the way towards an alignment of institutional RDM policies, infrastructure and understanding.
Biography
Dr Adrian W. Chew is the project coordinator and academic lead for the Principles Aligned Institutionally-Contextualised RDM introductory educational/training experience. He is also an Adjunct Lecturer and Research Fellow with the School of Education at the University of New South Wales, Sydney.