Ways to reuse the training template:

• Use as a self paced learning activity or as a refresher
• Adopt it as suggested training for all staff
• Contextualise it for your discipline or situation
• Adapt it to meet your specific research data knowledge needs

Ideas for reusing these materials

The possibilities are endless! The materials developed for the Your first step to FAIR can be used however you wish. Some ideas and suggestions are below:

Self-directed learning activity

Individuals or small groups can work through the program at their own pace.

• Work through the modules in your own time
• Complete activities as a group, or work separately and compare your answers

Customise things for different audiences

• Change the links to showcase your data services
• Adapt the modules for specific audiences and disciplines

If you have questions or comments about any of this material you can share them by tweeting to @ardc_au or in the Data Librarians Slack Workspace.

Licence for reuse of the training template

All Your first step to FAIR materials are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence (CC-BY), meaning you can reuse and republish with attribution to the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC).

We want you to use, adopt, adapt and contextualise the activities and materials. If you do adapt the materials, and are willing to share what you’ve done, please submit an issue or a pull request and we’ll add them to the tool-kit. Let’s share as much as we can!

A snapshot of this repository is periodically saved to Zenodo, after major updates. Please use the suggested citation from the latest version of the Zenodo record if you want to cite any of these materials.

Examples of reuse

Have you adapted the training template for your institution? Let us know so we can feature your program here.