From zero to data hero: teaching research data management through physical phone experiments
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RWTH Aachen University
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Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg
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Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT
Description
Skills in research data management (RDM) have become increasingly relevant for a range of professional roles, including data steward / engineer / scientist and RDM tool ambassador / community manager / liaison officer. For these roles, experience in data generation and a sense of dataset ownership are essential. The German National Research Data Infrastructure for Engineering Sciences (NFDI4ING) has recently implemented an innovative summer school concept for RDM ("Praktikum Digitalisierung", DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14222359). In the summer school, phyphox is used as a mobile lab that enables participants to collect, export, and analyze smartphone sensor data in reproducible, low-threshold experiments, while also engaging and motivating students in ways that support learning success.
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The authors would like to thank the Federal Government and the Heads of Government of the Länder, as well as the Joint Science Conference (GWK), for their funding and support within the framework of the NFDI4ING consortium.
Funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) - project number 442146713.