[open-data-day] Open Data Day - Mountain View, CA [Open Science/Data Education Course Sprint]

Thu Jan 31 23:22:42 GMT 2013

thanks looks interesting Billy, any intention/partnerships around teaching
Open Science to youth/kids (Webmaker)
We're part of Open Data day Victoria , bringing kids and youth in to make
things with Open Data w/Webmaker Tools & Wiki maps.  If there are any small
pieces/ideas around we could take to kids on this day that relate, let me
know.

On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 10:51 AM, Billy Meinke <
billy.meinke at creativecommons.org> wrote:

> Hey All #ODHD13 Peoples-
>
> I wanted to drop in and announce an alternative to the many code-heavy
> hackathons that will be happening on/around Open Data Day.
>
> I'm working with a few people at PLoS/OKFN/P2PU to put together an
> "Introduction to Open Science" course on the Peer to Peer University
> platform.  The module plan is being developed, and I'll be posting the
> organizing documents for any interested parties to check out, but it would
> great to have local and remote participants help flesh out the course
> during a "course sprint" on Fri Feb 22nd or Sat Feb 23rd.  The hope is that
> course will be ready to roll for Open Education Week in March, though the
> primary build-out will take place on Open Data Day.
>
> Details have been posted to the events wiki here:
> http://wiki.opendataday.org/MountainView2013
>
> Feel free to get in contact with me if you have resources that could be
> included or ideas for activities that would align with the basics of Open
> Science/Data.  If you're in the Bay Area, I'm also entertaining the idea of
> hosting in-person attendees here at the Creative Commons HQ in Mountain
> View.
>
> Best,
>
> Billy
>
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