Research Data Toolkit: Training

This free, self-paced, online course provides an introduction to research data management and sharing. This Coursera MOOC was developed by the Curating Research Assets and Data Using Lifecycle Education (CRADLE) Project at UNC-Chapel Hill in collaboration with EDINA at the University of Edinburgh.

MANTRA is a free, self-paced, online course for those who manage digital data as part of their research project.

DataBytes is a lunchtime webinar series sponsored by the National Consortium for Data Science (NCDS) that gives NCDS members and the larger data community the chance to discuss the most pressing and interesting issues in data science. Webinars are generally held on the first Wednesday of every month, excluding July. All webinars are easily accessible via the NCDS homepage and from this linked page. Talks generally last 30 to 45 minutes, followed by Q and A, and conclude no later than 1 p.m. Questions are taken via chat. Audience members are encouraged to call in using their computer rather than using the call-in number.

Data Matters™ is a week-long series of one and two-day courses aimed at professionals in business, research, and government. This week of short courses is typically offered in the summer and aims to help participants sharpen their data science skills.