Schedule for OLS-9 DRI-EDIA

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During the program,

  • Mentors and mentees meet every 2 weeks for a 30 minutes call
  • Mentees participate every ~2 weeks to 90-minutes cohort calls during which the program leaders introduce new topics and resources, facilitate break-out discussions, and invite experts from the field to give talks
  • Mentees can participate to skill-up, Q&A or coworking sessions in the weeks without cohort calls
  • Mentors take part in mentoring workshop and calls

Organizers will inform participants of the week schedule by email.

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Week Call Date Topic Agenda
Week 01(start. September 16, 2024) Cohort   DRI-EDIA champions announced!  
  Skill-up   Facilitator’s onboarding and training  
Week 02(start. September 23, 2024) Mentor September 26, 2024 (16:00 Universal Time) Mentor onboarding 1  
  Mentor September 27, 2024 (12:00 Universal Time) Mentor onboarding 2  
Week 03(start. September 30, 2024) Cohort   Welcome to DRI-EDIA champions to OLS  
Week 04(start. October 07, 2024) Cohort October 10, 2024 (16:00 Universal Time) DRI-EDIA Champions Q&A Webinar 1, Welcome to Open Seeds  
  Cohort October 11, 2024 (16:00 Universal Time) DRI-EDIA Champions Q&A Webinar 2, Welcome to Open Seeds  
Week 05(start. October 14, 2024) Cohort October 15, 2024 (16:00 Universal Time) Tooling for Project Design  
  Skill-up October 16, 2024 (16:00 Universal Time) GitHub tutorial for beginners  
  Cohort October 17, 2024 (16:00 Universal Time) Tooling for Open Collaboration  
  Mentor October 16, 2024 (16:00 Universal Time) Mentor 360 Training  
  Mentor October 17, 2024 (12:00 Universal Time) Mentor 360 Training  
Week 06(start. October 21, 2024) Mentor-Mentee   1st Mentor-mentee meeting  
  Cohort October 23, 2024 (16:00 Universal Time) Open Science Garden I  
  Cohort October 23, 2024 (17:00 Universal Time) Open Science Garden I (Clock changes for the UK)  
  Q&A October 24, 2024 (16:00 Universal Time) DRI-EDIA Informal Q&A  
Week 07(start. October 28, 2024) Mentor-Mentee   2nd Mentor-mentee meeting  
  Q&A November 01, 2024 (16:00 Universal Time) DRI-EDIA Informal Q&A  
Week 08(start. November 04, 2024) Cohort November 06, 2024 (16:00 Universal Time) Community Management I  
  Q&A November 07, 2024 (16:00 Universal Time) DRI-EDIA Informal Q&A  
Week 09(start. November 11, 2024) Mentor-Mentee   3rd Mentor-mentee meeting  
  Skill-up November 13, 2024 (16:00 Universal Time) Open-source software practices  
  Q&A November 15, 2024 (16:00 Universal Time) DRI-EDIA Informal Q&A  
Week 10(start. November 18, 2024) Cohort November 20, 2024 (16:00 Universal Time) Open Science Garden II  
  Q&A November 21, 2024 (16:00 Universal Time) DRI-EDIA Informal Q&A  
Week 11(start. November 25, 2024) Mentor-Mentee   4th Mentor-mentee meeting  
  Skill-up November 27, 2024 (16:00 Universal Time) Personal Management  
  Q&A November 29, 2024 (16:00 Universal Time) DRI-EDIA Informal Q&A  
Week 12(start. December 02, 2024) Cohort December 04, 2024 (16:00 Universal Time) Open Science Garden III  
  Q&A December 05, 2024 (16:00 Universal Time) DRI-EDIA Informal Q&A  
Week 13(start. December 09, 2024) Cohort December 11, 2024 (16:00 Universal Time) Community Management II  
  Q&A December 13, 2024 (16:00 Universal Time) DRI-EDIA Informal Q&A  
Week 14(start. December 16, 2024) Mentor-Mentee   5th Mentor-mentee meeting  
  Q&A December 19, 2024 (16:00 Universal Time) DRI-EDIA Informal Q&A  
Week 15(start. January 13, 2025) Mentor-Mentee   6th Mentor-mentee meeting  
  Skill-up January 14, 2025 (14:00 Universal Time) Final presentation rehearsal 1  
  Skill-up January 15, 2025 (16:00 Universal Time) Final presentation rehearsal 2  
  Skill-up January 16, 2025 (18:00 Universal Time) Final presentation rehearsal 3  
Week 16(start. January 20, 2025) Mentor-Mentee   7th Mentor-mentee meeting  
  Cohort January 21, 2025 (14:00 Universal Time) Final presentations & Graduation 1  
  Cohort January 22, 2025 (16:00 Universal Time) Final presentations & Graduation 2  
  Cohort January 23, 2025 (18:00 Universal Time) Final presentations & Graduation 3  

Week 01 Week starting on September 16, 2024

Cohort call: DRI-EDIA champions announced!

Date: During the week starting on September 16, 2024 (to define with mentors)

Duration:

Talks

Resources

Skill-up call: Facilitator’s onboarding and training

Date: During the week starting on September 16, 2024 (to define with mentors)

Duration: 60 min

Talks

Resources

Week 02 Week starting on September 23, 2024

Mentor call: Mentor onboarding 1

Date: September 26, 2024, at 16:00 Universal Time

Duration: 60 min

Hosts: Malvika Sharan

Mentor call: Mentor onboarding 2

Date: September 27, 2024, at 12:00 Universal Time

Duration: 60 min

Hosts: Malvika Sharan

Week 03 Week starting on September 30, 2024

Cohort call: Welcome to DRI-EDIA champions to OLS

Date: During the week starting on September 30, 2024 (to define with mentors)

Duration:

Talks

Resources

Week 04 Week starting on October 07, 2024

Cohort call: DRI-EDIA Champions Q&A Webinar 1, Welcome to Open Seeds

Date: October 10, 2024, at 16:00 Universal Time

Duration: 60 min

Hosts: Malvika Sharan

Learning objectives

At the end of this call, learners will be able to:

  • Introduce you to OLS’s Open Seeds

  • Introduce you to the OLS team

  • Show you different resources that you would need to participate

  • Have a few breakout discussions for you to speak with your peers

  • Make sure your questions regarding your participation in OLS are answered

After the call

Cohort call: DRI-EDIA Champions Q&A Webinar 2, Welcome to Open Seeds

Date: October 11, 2024, at 16:00 Universal Time

Duration: 60 min

Hosts: Malvika Sharan

Learning objectives

At the end of this call, learners will be able to:

  • Same as above

Before the call

  • Same as above

Talks

Resources

After the call

  • Same as above

Week 05 Week starting on October 14, 2024

Cohort call: Tooling for Project Design

Date: October 15, 2024, at 16:00 Universal Time

Duration: 180 min

Hosts: Malvika Sharan

Learning objectives

At the end of this call, learners will be able to:

  • Identify ways for newcomers to quickly understand what the project is about, who can be involved, and where the work is headed

  • Fill the open canvas for your project to think through an open project strategy to develop an MVP

  • Reflect on the roadmap for your project with milestones - start drafting them with descriptions and tasks

  • After this call, develop documentation and resources for your project and share them with others

Before the call

  • Carry out self-assessment: https://docs.google.com/document/u/1/d/1hnwOWjpssgRc-YYk5b-j3f3Y92bxcO_D/copy

  • Create a vision statement for your project: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RrraS0C4vZ6cpnbRsu65uoMKJbru5Vun/copy

After the call

Skill-up call: GitHub tutorial for beginners

Date: October 16, 2024, at 16:00 Universal Time

Duration: 90 min

Hosts: Tajuddeen Gwadabe

Learning objectives

At the end of this call, learners will be able to:

  • Create a new repository

  • Create a (README) file - write in Markdown

  • Manage issues and labels

  • Enable a small website via GitHub

  • Submit changes to a GitHub repository via Pull Request (PR)

  • Set the scene for self-paced learning after this session

Before the call

Talks

Resources

After the call

  • Update your project issue by sharing your vision statement and project roadmap

  • Comment on other project issues - giving feedback on their recent posts (vision, open canvas etc.) and inviting collaboration where possible

Cohort call: Tooling for Open Collaboration

Date: October 17, 2024, at 16:00 Universal Time

Duration: 180 min

Learning objectives

At the end of this call, learners will be able to:

  • Identify essential files to add to a collaborative project

  • Explain why you need to select a license for an open project

  • Select the best license for your project

  • Write a clean and welcoming README file

  • Discuss about Code of Conduct

Before the call

  • Bring along your vision statement to share with others

  • Create a GitHub repository for your project, if not created one already

After the call

Mentor call: Mentor 360 Training

Date: October 16, 2024, at 16:00 Universal Time

Duration: 180 min

Learning objectives

At the end of this call, learners will be able to:

  • Training for mentors on mentoring and coaching skills

Mentor call: Mentor 360 Training

Date: October 17, 2024, at 12:00 Universal Time

Duration: 180 min

Learning objectives

At the end of this call, learners will be able to:

  • Training for mentors on mentoring and coaching skills

Week 06 Week starting on October 21, 2024

Mentor-Mentee call: 1st Mentor-mentee meeting

Date: During the week starting on October 21, 2024 (to define with mentors)

Duration: 30 min

Cohort call: Open Science Garden I

Date: October 23, 2024, at 16:00 Universal Time

Duration: 90 min

Learning objectives

At the end of this call, learners will be able to:

  • Define Open Science and Responsible Research

  • List the different principles of Open Science

  • Give examples of 3 use cases of the different Open Science principles

Talks

  • Open Science Garden(s)

  • Open Science Introduction

  • Prepare, curate, connect: amplifying your data’s impact through reuse

  • How do we learn from each other in global large-scale collaborative research networks?

  • Why open reviews?

Resources

Cohort call: Open Science Garden I (Clock changes for the UK)

Date: October 23, 2024, at 17:00 Universal Time

Duration: 90 min

Hosts: Tajuddeen Gwadabe

Learning objectives

At the end of this call, learners will be able to:

  • Define Open Science and Responsible Research

  • Navigate the different principles of Open Science

  • Give examples of use cases of the different Open Science principles

Before the call

  • Update your project issue, see examples in OLS-9

  • Look up two other projects and comment on their issues with feedback on their Open Canvas and README

  • Create a GitHub/online repository for your project

  • Using your canvas, vision, and roadmap - start writing a README, or landing (web)page, for your project

  • Select an open license to your repository as a file called LICENSE.md. Find more on open licenses: Mozilla Open Leadership Training

After the call

  • Check the GitHub Intro notes, learning resource and video from last week

  • Prepare to share your project online through Git Pages, Google Site, WordPress or other options. ← long-term assignment, do it at your own pace.

Q&A call: DRI-EDIA Informal Q&A

Date: October 24, 2024, at 16:00 Universal Time

Duration: 60 min

Hosts: Malvika Sharan

Week 07 Week starting on October 28, 2024

Mentor-Mentee call: 2nd Mentor-mentee meeting

Date: During the week starting on October 28, 2024 (to define with mentors)

Duration: 30 min

Q&A call: DRI-EDIA Informal Q&A

Date: November 01, 2024, at 16:00 Universal Time

Duration: 60 min

Hosts: Malvika Sharan

Week 08 Week starting on November 04, 2024

Cohort call: Community Management I

Date: November 06, 2024, at 16:00 Universal Time

Duration: 90 min

Hosts: Tajuddeen Gwadabe

Learning objectives

At the end of this call, learners will be able to:

  • Considering different kinds of interactions in your community

  • Use the Mountain of Engagement method to support participants through various levels of engagement

  • Develop persona and pathways for your community for taking people’s experiences and expectations in planning your projects

After the call

  • Respond to mid-cohort survey

  • Reflect on your work

  • What was insightful about thinking about persona and pathways for inclusion?
  • What pathways have you already created? What other personas and pathways you didn’t consider for your project?
  • What are you doing now to provide mentored support to contributors?
  • What other ways you can create to centre the voices of marginalised groups?

Q&A call: DRI-EDIA Informal Q&A

Date: November 07, 2024, at 16:00 Universal Time

Duration: 60 min

Week 09 Week starting on November 11, 2024

Mentor-Mentee call: 3rd Mentor-mentee meeting

Date: During the week starting on November 11, 2024 (to define with mentors)

Duration: 30 min

Skill-up call: Open-source software practices

Date: November 13, 2024, at 16:00 Universal Time

Duration: 90 min

Hosts: Tajuddeen Gwadabe

Learning objectives

At the end of this call, learners will be able to:

  • Deep dive into open source practices

Q&A call: DRI-EDIA Informal Q&A

Date: November 15, 2024, at 16:00 Universal Time

Duration: 60 min

Week 10 Week starting on November 18, 2024

Cohort call: Open Science Garden II

Date: November 20, 2024, at 16:00 Universal Time

Duration: 90 min

Hosts: Malvika Sharan

Learning objectives

At the end of this call, learners will be able to:

  • Define Open Science and Responsible Research

  • Navigate the different principles of Open Science

  • Give examples of use cases of the different Open Science principles

Before the call

  • Respond to mid-cohort survey

Talks

Resources

After the call

  • Update your project issue with any recent progress you have made

  • Update your GitHub repository or website with any recent new development

Q&A call: DRI-EDIA Informal Q&A

Date: November 21, 2024, at 16:00 Universal Time

Duration: 60 min

Week 11 Week starting on November 25, 2024

Mentor-Mentee call: 4th Mentor-mentee meeting

Date: During the week starting on November 25, 2024 (to define with mentors)

Duration: 30 min

Skill-up call: Personal Management

Date: November 27, 2024, at 16:00 Universal Time

Duration: 90 min

Hosts: Malvika Sharan

Learning objectives

At the end of this call, learners will be able to:

  • Discuss personal ecology and self care: moving from individual to collective well being

Before the call

  • Grab a drink of your choice and join the call!

After the call

Q&A call: DRI-EDIA Informal Q&A

Date: November 29, 2024, at 16:00 Universal Time

Duration: 60 min

Week 12 Week starting on December 02, 2024

Cohort call: Open Science Garden III

Date: December 04, 2024, at 16:00 Universal Time

Duration: 90 min

Hosts: Malvika Sharan

Learning objectives

At the end of this call, learners will be able to:

  • Define Open Science and Responsible Research

  • Navigate the different principles of Open Science

  • Give examples of use cases of the different Open Science principles

After the call

  • Identify what specific aspects of open science you can prioritise in your project

  • Review your roadmap and see where open science can add to your project milestones

  • Update your project issue and GitHub repository

Q&A call: DRI-EDIA Informal Q&A

Date: December 05, 2024, at 16:00 Universal Time

Duration: 60 min

Week 13 Week starting on December 09, 2024

Cohort call: Community Management II

Date: December 11, 2024, at 16:00 Universal Time

Duration: 90 min

Hosts: Malvika Sharan

Learning objectives

At the end of this call, learners will be able to:

  • Discuss Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in open science communities

  • Learn about and practice Ally skills: what is an ally, why it matters, and how to act as an ally.

After the call

  • Use the goal setting template to help you plan to put ally skills into practice

  • Review graduation criteria and catch up on anything you haven’t managed to: https://we-are-ols.org/openseeds/cohort-procedures-and-templates/graduation-guide.html

Q&A call: DRI-EDIA Informal Q&A

Date: December 13, 2024, at 16:00 Universal Time

Duration: 60 min

Week 14 Week starting on December 16, 2024

Mentor-Mentee call: 5th Mentor-mentee meeting

Date: During the week starting on December 16, 2024 (to define with mentors)

Duration: 60 min

Q&A call: DRI-EDIA Informal Q&A

Date: December 19, 2024, at 16:00 Universal Time

Duration: 60 min

Week 15 Week starting on January 13, 2025

Mentor-Mentee call: 6th Mentor-mentee meeting

Date: During the week starting on January 13, 2025 (to define with mentors)

Duration: 30 min

Skill-up call: Final presentation rehearsal 1

Date: January 14, 2025, at 14:00 Universal Time

Duration: 60 min

Talks

Resources

Skill-up call: Final presentation rehearsal 2

Date: January 15, 2025, at 16:00 Universal Time

Duration: 60 min

Talks

Resources

Skill-up call: Final presentation rehearsal 3

Date: January 16, 2025, at 18:00 Universal Time

Duration: 60 min

Talks

Resources

Week 16 Week starting on January 20, 2025

Mentor-Mentee call: 7th Mentor-mentee meeting

Date: During the week starting on January 20, 2025 (to define with mentors)

Duration: 30 min

Cohort call: Final presentations & Graduation 1

Date: January 21, 2025, at 14:00 Universal Time

Duration: 60 min

Talks

Resources

Cohort call: Final presentations & Graduation 2

Date: January 22, 2025, at 16:00 Universal Time

Duration: 60 min

Talks

Resources

Cohort call: Final presentations & Graduation 3

Date: January 23, 2025, at 18:00 Universal Time

Duration: 60 min

Talks

Resources