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To us, this is a wish come true, so we would like to invite you to also share your wishes: ✨ What would you like to see from DRA in 2025? ✨

🎄 Day 23 of our DRAdvent Calendar! 🎄 We love the Code for Thought podcast by Peter Schmidt. 💜 It's about software in research and the people behind it all. One of the episodes is about the Digital Research Academy 🤩

Topics include: - Overview of R and RStudio - Downloading and Installing R and RStudio - Navigating the R and RStudio interfaces - Managing your files and data - Basic arithmetic, arithmetic operators, and variables - Importing data and saving analysis outputs

🎄 Day 21 of our DRAdvent Calendar! 🎄 Can training materials be reproducible and FAIR? Yes! DRA trainers Esther Plomp and Lennart Wittkuhn made amazing slides how to do it using Quarto.

🎄 Day 20 of our DRAdvent Calendar! 🎄 Dive into this fantastic slide deck on self-awareness, communication, learner motivation, team dynamics, and psychological safety by Anne-Lise Ducournau, Laura Carter and Jez Cope.

🎄 Day 19 of our DRAdvent Calendar! 🎄 Want to make your research reproducible? We've got an amazing self-learning resource for you! Go through this booklet and you'll be well on your way!

🎄 Day 18 of our DRAdvent Calendar! 🎄 We’re sharing slides from @joyceykao and Carolina Natel de Moura on learning outcomes and flipped classrooms, which were a key part of their DRA Train-the-Trainer journey! 🎓✨ Check out the slides here:

🎄 Day 17 of our DRAdvent Calendar! 🎄 Today, we’re excited to feature DRA Trainer Fritjof Lammers's materials on Shell, Git, and Docker! 🐚✨ Learn how to use these essential tools to enhance your productivity and collaboration. Materials here:

🎄 Day 16 of our DRAdvent Calendar! 🎄 Comprehensive slides for a 3 hour workshop on Data Version Control, Computational Reproducibility, Good Coding Practices, and Open Platforms by DRA Trainer, Johanna Bayer! 💻✨ Check out Johanna’s slides here:

🎄 Day 15 of our DRAdvent Calendar! 🎄 Check out this brand new email course on #AgileMethodologies for research, created by DRA Co-Founder @joyceykao! 📧✨ Doing research is unpredictable and agile methods help navigate the unknown. Sign up here:

🎄 Day 14 of our DRAdvent Calendar! 🎄 Today, check out this podcast episode from Risky Conversations! 🎙️✨ DRA Co-founders Heidi and Joyce discuss betting on themselves in #SocialEntreprenuership with Executive Coach, Jamie Lee. Tune in:

Effective Podcasting for Researchers Workshop 🗓️ Date: Feb 18-19, 2025 📍 Location: Cologne, DE Sneak Peek: listen to our free podcast on getting started in podcasting. Register today and start your podcasting journey with us!

@openlifesci To find out more about the OSPARK bootcamp 📗 Read about it here: 🎥 Watch this short video: OSPARK is funded by OSCARS 🇪🇺

🎄 Day 11 of our DRAdvent Calendar! 🎄 @RiedlLydia's Introduction to Open Science presentation for the @OpenScienceUM Initiative at Uni Marburg and part of her Train-the-Trainer journey to become a DRA Trainer. 🌟✨ Check out Lydia’s slides:

Join us for an inspiring retreat dedicated to advancing Open Science. Connect with a diverse community, share ideas, and recharge in stunning Swiss landscape. Special thanks goes out to our local co-organizers, @crsuzh and @openlifescience!