The SSH Training Discovery Toolkit provides an inventory of training materials relevant for the Social Sciences and Humanities.
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Copyright Guide at the University of Sussex | A copyright game of snakes and ladders | The aim of the game, as with the traditional snakes and ladders, is to be the first player to reach the finish square, 100, by moving acros |
University of Helsinki | Applied Language Technology | These learning materials consist of a two-course module that seeks to provide humanities majors with a basic understanding of language technology and the practical skills needed to apply language t |
CESSDA Data Management Expert Guide | Archive and Publish | High-quality data have the potential to be reused in many ways. |
UK Data Service: Teaching with Data | Building skills in quantitative methods and statistical software | A collection of quantitative methods e-books and accompanying quizzes for direct use in teaching students or for self-study. |
edX | Community Engagement: Collaborating for Change | Learn principles and strategies for engaging with global communities through partnerships, research, service, and learning. |
UK Copyright Literacy | Copyright the Card Game Online | Introduction to copyright law and the relationship between licences and copyright exceptions. The four ‘suits’ in the game are: |
UK Data Service: Survey and Census Data | Cross sectional and longitudinal survey data | This is an introductory guide to the main types of data with a time element. The guide is a brief overview of key elements in need of consideration when using these types of data. |
DigCurV - Digital Curator Vocational Education Europe Project | CURATE! The Digital Curator Game | The CURATE game is designed to be used as an exercise that prompts players to put themselves into digital project scenarios in order to address issues and challenges that arise when institutions en |
DANS Training | DANS Data Game | DANS has developed a game especially for researchers: the DANS Data Game. The game gives an impression of the research data landscape and was specially produced for the 15th anniversary of DANS. |
Research Data Mantra | Data handling tutorials | Practical tutorials to manage and handle research data for particular software packages: SPSS, R, ArcGIS and N-Vivo. Tutorials contain many practical exercises. |
IIIF - International Image Interoperability Framework | David Rumsey MapTab | A IIIF powered, Chrome extension that displays a random map from the David Rumsey Map Collection everytime you open a new tab in your browser. Built using Leaflet-IIIF and React.js. |
Digital Curation Centre | Delivering Research Data Management Services | This is a five-week course for individuals that support researchers to manage and share their data, including librarians, IT and information specialists, data stewards, and research off |
FAIRsFAIR | Design training in easy steps | This module is a part of the introductory online course “Data Steward Training”. |
Erasmus University Rotterdam | Dilemma Game | Like in any profession, scientists are frequently faced with dilemmas: Can I exclude particular observations from my research? |
CESSDA Data Management Expert Guide | Discover | Chapter on the process of data discovery and reuse, including evaluating data quality. |
Open Education Resources | Game Jam | A Game Jam is an organised event where a group of people gather with the intention of creating a full game – from conception to completion – in a pre-determined, short period of time. |
School of Simulation and Visualisation at The Glasgow School of Art | How to Fail Your PhD | How to Fail Your Research Degree was created to deliver knowledge and understanding of research processes and techniques, within the context of a postgraduate training programme at Glasgow School o |
Danish e-Infrastructure Coorporation (DeiC) | How to FAIR: a Danish website to guide researchers on making research data more FAIR | A website from the Danish National Forum for Research Data Management. Concept of research data management. |
edX | Human Rights: The Rights of Refugees | This short course will enable you to find the answers and empower yourself to defend and promote the rights of refugees and discover how you can be part of the solution. |
Data management support for researchers | LEGO: Metadata for Reproducibility game pack | This is a set of resources for the LEGO® Metadata for Reproducibility game. |
Harvard University: online courses | Managing Evidence: A CAEL Module | In this era of evidence-driven reform, school leaders must learn to harness an array of data to drive improvement. In this module, you will explore key concepts in performance measurement, research |
UK Data Service: Survey and Census Data | Mapping Census Data in QGIS | This guide will cover how to map census data in QGIS. |
UK Data Service: Survey and Census Data | Mapping Census Microdata using R | This guide aims to show the strength of using Census Microdata for a variety of research purposes, via a worked example taken from real-life research. |
FutureLearn | MOOC Delivering Research Data Management Services | Collaboratively developed MOOC by RDNL, DCC and the University of Edinburgh, published on FutureLearn MOOC on delivering RDM services |
National Coordination Point Research Data Management: RDM Advice and Tips | Online Data Horror Escape Room | It is an online escape room game that engages researchers with the principles of research data management (RDM). |
Digital Preservation Coalition | Online Digital Preservation Training | Part of The National Archives’ new digital capacity building strategy, ‘Plugged In, Powered Up,’ the Novice to Know-How learning pathway aims to provide beginner |
The Library Advisory Group (LAG) at the University of Essex | Open Access Escape Room | This Open Access themed escape room was created in September/October 2018. This fileset contains all downloadable items and props for the Open Access Escape Room. |
FAIRsFAIR | Open and responsible research | This module is a part of the introductory online course “Data Steward Training”. |
OpenScience MOOC | Open Research Data | Open research data refers to the publishing the data underpinning scientific research results so that they have no restrictions on their access. |
OpenScience MOOC | Open Research Software and Open Source | Software and technology underpin modern science. |
DelftX - Free online courses from Delft University of Technology | Open Science: Sharing Your Research with the World | Explore ways to apply Open Science principles to academic work - including your own. Learn how to share your research effectively and responsibly, building greater visibility and impact. |
CESSDA Data Management Expert Guide | Organise and Document | Chapter on how to properly organise and document data and metadata, discussing good practices in designing an appropriate data file structure, file naming and organising data within suitable folder |
CESSDA Data Management Expert Guide | Plan | Chapter introducing research data management and data management planning, explaining basic concepts on: |
SURF e-learning courses | Privacy in Research. What does the GDPR mean for your work as a researcher? | Online dutch module on privacy research and GDPR is developed for researchers who are associated with a university or university of applied sciences. |
CESSDA Data Management Expert Guide | Process | Chapter on the data operations needed to prepare data files for analysis and data sharing, starting with data entry and coding of data files. |
CESSDA Data Management Expert Guide | Protect | Key legal and ethical considerations in creating shareable data. |
UK Data Service: Teaching with Data | Quantitative methods e-books | These quantitative methods e-books and accompanying quizzes are for direct use in teaching students or for self-study. |
RDM services @ Library & Information Service | Research Data Management Adventure | Stellenbosch University Library and Information Service is pleased to announce the launch of the Research Data Management (RDM) Adventure Game. |
FAIRsFAIR | Research data management service delivery | This module is a part of the introductory online course “Data Steward Training”. |
Social Sciences and Law - University of Bristol | Researchers, Impact & Publications (R.I.P.) Game | Increasing researcher awareness of the importance of the links between good Research Data Management, published articles, funder requirements and the research lifecycle is a large part of a Researc |
edX | Scratch: Programming for Teachers | In this course you will learn the basics of programming and how to teach it yourself as a primary or secondary school teacher. |
CESSDA Data Management Expert Guide | Store | Chapter on storage, backup, recovery and security strategies for research data, to protect them against accidental loss and against unauthorised manipulation. |
EOSC-Synergy Training Platform | Synergy Train the Trainer Programme | Massive open online courses platform. This service is based on the worldwide most popular Moodle platform. |
UK Data Service: Teaching with Data | Teaching ideas: Guides for teaching data analysis | This resource is a collection of short guides designed to make lesson planning more efficient for those teaching data analysis skills. |
University of Huddersfield Library Services | The Game of Open Access | The Game of Open Access is a board game developed by staff from Computing & Library Services (CLS) at the University of Huddersfield in 2017. |
UK Copyright Literacy | The Publishing Trap | The Publishing Trap is an exciting new board game which helps research students, early-career researchers and the wider academic community to learn about and discuss the importance of copyright lit |
IIIF - International Image Interoperability Framework | The Transcriptinator | A prototype "game" created for use on the British Library's crowd-sourcing arcade machine. |
CESSDA Data Management Expert Guide | Train-the-Trainers package | This Train-the-Trainers (TTT) package forms an addition to the CESSDA Data Management Expert Guide which was developed by the CESSDA Training Working Group in 2017 and 2018. |
UK Data Service: Survey and Census Data | Using survey data | This guide aims to help researchers utilise extensive survey data available. |
Data management support for researchers | Virtual Games Workshop | This workshop was a chance for research support staff to learn how they could design their own games using the Python programming language. |
UK Data Service: Survey and Census Data | What is complex sample design? | This guide covers the basics of sampling as well as other related topics such as clustering, stratification and weighting. |
UK Data Service: Survey and Census Data | What is weighting? | This guide explains the main reasons for using weights, how weights work and how to use weighting variables in statistical analysis. |
Title | Description | Organisation |
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CESSDA Data Management Expert Guide | The Data Management Expert Guide is designed by European experts from the CESSDA Training Working Group to help social science researchers m |
Consortium of European Social Science Data Archives |
Copyright Guide at the University of Sussex | Copyright gives legal protection to the creators of certain kinds of work so that they can control the way they may be exploited. |
University of Sussex |
Coursera | MOOC, offering diverse online teaching including single courses, specializations, professional certificates, mastertrack certificates and online degrees. |
Coursera |
DANS Training | Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) is the Netherlands institute for permanent access to digital research resources. |
Data Archiving and Networked Services |
Data management support for researchers | The University of Glasgow has a range of resources to support researchers seeking to manage their research data. |
University of Glasgow |
DCAF | Geneva Center for Security Center Governance (DCAF) is dedicated to making states and people safer, within a framework of democratic governance, the rule of law and respect for human rights. Since |
Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance |
DelftX - Free online courses from Delft University of Technology | Free online courses from Delft University of Technology on edX |
Delft University of Technology |
DigCurV - Digital Curator Vocational Education Europe Project | DigCurV, was a project funded by the European Commission’s Leonardo da Vinci programme to establish a curriculum framework for vocational training in digital curation launched today. |
Digital Renaissance Foundation, Goettingen State and University Library, Humanities Advanced Technology Institute, Institute of Museum and Library Services, MDR, University of Toronto, Trinity College Dublin, Vilniaus Universiteto Biblioteka, Digital Preservation Coalition, The nestor qualification consortium |
Digital Preservation Coalition | As it plays a key role for the DPC to empower and develop their members’ workforces, this page provides access to different training resources that aim to provid |
Digital Preservation Coalition |
EHRI Training | The European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI) portal offers interactive and online courses in Holocaust Studies, as well as information and useful links on Seminars and Workshops, Fellowshi |
EHRI |
EOSC-Synergy Training Platform | EOSC-Synergy training platform is set of tools for the creation and conduction EOSC related training courses. |
EOSC-synergy |
Erasmus University Rotterdam | Erasmus University Rotterdam is a highly ranked, international research university, based in the dynamic and diverse city of Rotterdam. Education and Research |
Erasmus University Rotterdam |
ESS EduNet | ESS EduNet is a training resource mainly developed for use in higher education. |
ESS ERIC |
FutureLearn | FutureLearn is a British digital education platform founded in December 2012. The company is jointly owned by The Open University and SEEK Ltd. |
The Open University, SEEK Ltd. |
Harvard University: online courses | About 200 online courses dedicated to various disciplines including humanities and social sciences. |
Harvard University |
IIIF - International Image Interoperability Framework | The International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) is a group of standard APIs around sharing and reuse of media. |
IIIF Consortium |
National Coordination Point Research Data Management: RDM Advice and Tips | National Coordination Point Research Data Management (LCRDM) is a national network of experts in the field of research data management (RDM). |
National Coordination Point Research Data Management |
Open Education Resources | Open Education Resources (OERs) are digital resources used in the context of teaching and learning that have been released by the copyright holder under an open licence permitting their use and re- |
University of Edinburgh |
OpenScience MOOC | Research is getting a global makeover, in part thanks to the power of the internet and the tools it provides for us, and in part due to a growing call for accountability (e.g., reproducibility and |
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PARTHENOS Project | PARTHENOS stands for “Pooling Activities, Resources and Tools for Heritage E-research Networking, Optimization and Synergies”. |
CLARIN ERIC, DARIAH ERIC, University of Applied Sciences Potsdam, King’s College London, Academy of Athens, Trinity College Dublin |
RDM services @ Library & Information Service | Section of the Library and information service of Stellenbosch University offering Training and Consultancy on Research Data Management |
Stellenbosch University |
Research Data Mantra | Free online course for those who manage digital data as part of the research process. |
EDINA, University of Edinburgh |
School of Simulation and Visualisation at The Glasgow School of Art | The School of Simulation and Visualisation is a state of the art research centre at The Glasgow School of Art focussing on cutting-edge real-time 3D visualization and interaction technologies. |
Glasgow School of Art |
SERISS Project | Synergies for Europe's Research Infrastructures in the Social Sciences (SERISS) is a four-year project that aims to strengthen and harmonise social science research across Europe. |
SERISS |
Social Sciences and Law - University of Bristol | Our academics work in a wide range of research centres and groupings across economics, education, human geography, law, policy studies, sociology, politics and international studies and are committ |
University of Bristol |
SURF e-learning courses | SURF offers e-learning courses about privacy for various target groups. |
SURF |
The Library Advisory Group (LAG) at the University of Essex | Library Services at the University of Essex comprises 3 libraries located in Colchester, Loughton, |
University of Essex |
UK Data Service: Data Skills | This source includes interactive modules designed for users who want to get to grips with key aspects of survey, longitudinal and aggregate data as well as tools that can be used to assess and impr |
UK Data Service |
UK Data Service: Survey and Census Data | This source includes a series of resources in the form of guides and e-books dedicated to trainers and students interested in sample design, weighting, changes over time using cross sectional and l |
UK Data Service |
University of Huddersfield Library Services | University of Huddersfield’s Library holds over 330,000 book and journal items, and provides access to around 750,000 electronic resources. |
University of Huddersfield |