Reproducibility Hackathon

Workflow and Curriculum Development

Purpose

To develop an open source curriculum for a two-day workshop on reproducibility with an emphasis on modularity for incorporation and dissemination in multiple formats.

Goals not in scope

developing new tools
specialized curriculum components
tools/approaches for bench science
anything that others cannot reuse without restrictions

People

Teachers
Researchers
Developers
Students
Programmers
Experts in the open movement

Reproducibility in sciences is a problem

Change through education

Overview of the obstacles

People are unaware there is a problem
100% reproducibility is hard
One workflow does not fill all
Lack of motivation
Scared of initial time investments

Motivation

Stress self-benefit

Saving time and effort

Bigger & faster science

Audience for Bootcamp

Little to no programming experience
Has struggled with organization
Excel users

What are the essentials for learning reproducibility?

Mind Map

How the hell do we teach this?

1. Teach reproducibility as a way of thinking

2. Good, Better, Best

3. Don't teach git, teach version control as a concept

4. Strive to be programming agnostic

5. Teach pain points and how to get help

Mission Statement: To train researchers in the best practices and approaches of reproducible research

Tagline: Accelerating scientific progress through reproducible science.

Common Dataset: Gapminder

http://www.gapminder.org/data/

https://github.com/Reproducible-Science-Curriculum

Developed new workflow for managing curriculum material

More info: https://github.com/Reproducible-Science-Curriculum/rr-logistics-join

central place
Continuous checking
Easy to remix content
Single download
Scratch space
Easy Setup

Ulterior Motive

Get people passionate about reproducibility together in one place to discuss tools.

i.e.nerd out.

Unconference

maker

Future

Organizing Committee

Karen Cranston

Hilmar Lapp

Ciera Martinez

Francois Michonneau

Matt Pennell

Tracy Teal

Full list of participants