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Published March 9, 2023 | Version v1
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Professionalizing Training - Origin Stories for the Modern Researcher

  • 1. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

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Keynote Presentation for the ARDC Skills Summit 2023

This keynote presentation provides a brief outline of Jason William’s experience and an overview of the training initiatives he has been involved in. His presentation looks at what makes a good researcher and provokes thinking about modern researchers and the need for them to get serious bout career-spanning training. Jason also provides an overview of the Bike Principles and focuses on the first Bike Principles recommendation - Professionalize the training of short-format training instructors and instructional designers.

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"Speaker bio: Jason is Assistant Director, External Collaborations, at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory's DNA Learning Center where he works to spread hands-on biology education internationally. As Education, Outreach, and Training lead for CyVerse – the U.S. National Cyberinfrastructure for Life Science – Jason provides training and support to scientists and educators, helping them leverage the most advanced tools and best methods for research and education in data-intensive biology. Jason organizes, instructs, and speaks at more than a dozen bioinformatics workshops and conferences annually. Additionally, he serves on several committees and boards for projects that advance science and science education including his service on the Steering Committee of the Software Carpentry Foundation (Chair, 2016), and as an instructor for Software and Data Carpentry – organizations that center around scientists teaching scientists computational best practice. Jason is co-creator and Lead Instructor of ""The Science Institute"" at Yeshiva University High School for Girls."

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