External RDM self-study courses and information material
Below you will find a selection of different asynchronous introductory courses as well as further information material on research data management from other institutions.
Online self-study courses:
The self-study course on research data management at Technische Universität Berlin provides an overview of the various aspects of research data management in the stages of the research process as well as basic RDM practices in everyday research.
- Language: German and English
- Access: Open for everyone, free of charge, can be used by non-TU members with guest access
- Target group: Researchers, students of all subjects
- Format: Information texts, quiz
- Workload: 90 - 120 minutes
- Special feature: By completing an additional online workshop (workload 7.5 hours), it is possible to obtain the "Research Data Management" certificate.
The self-study course Research Data Management - an online introduction offered by the Hessian state initiative HeFDI - Hessian Research Data Infrastructures provides a structured introduction to all relevant aspects of research data management.
- Language: German
- Access: Open for everyone, free of charge, without registration
- Target group: Students, PhDs, researchers
- Format: Information texts, videos
- Workload: 4 hours (+ time for further reading and videos)
- Special features: Clearly formulated learning objectives, many practical examples, short summaries
- Last updated: March 2022
MANTRA - Research Data Management Training course offered by the University of Edinburgh provides an overview of research data management. A total of eight different units cover topics such as data management planning, data organization, protection of sensitive data, archiving, data exchange and access.
- Language: English
- Access: Open for everyone, free of charge, without registration
- Target group: Students, researchers, employees from infrastructure facilities, multipliers
- Format: Videos, tutorials, information texts, quizzes
- Workload: approx. 8 hours (+ time for further reading and the tutorials)
- Special feature: Interactive online resources
- Last updated: 2022
The E-Learning Platform Research Data Management of HTW Chur and HEG Genf offers an introduction to the topic of research data management in eight different modules, supplemented by a ninth didactics module "Train the Trainer".
- Language: German and French
- Access: Open for everyone, free of charge, no registration required
- Target group: Students, researchers, employees from infrastructure facilities, multipliers
- Format: Information texts, images, graphics, videos
- Workload: approx. 8 hours (+ didactics module)
- Special characteristics: Various case studies, subject-specific (humanities)
- Last updated: 2017
Further information material:
- Collection of the Thuringian Competence Network for Research Data Management (TKFDM): https://forschungsdaten-thueringen.de/Info_Material_V02_en.html
- Detailed information, FAQs and fact sheets from the Hessian Federal State Initiative HeFDI: https://www.uni-marburg.de/en/hefdi/info
- Collection of various materials and other courses: https://forschungsdaten.info/praxis-kompakt/fdm-einfuehrungsmaterialien/
- Checklists for research data management from Technische Universität Berlin: https://www.tu.berlin/en/ub/szf/tips-tools/what-is-research-data-management/checklists-for-rdm
Last updated 18.06.2024