[OGRUG] R-UG-Ottawa Digest, Vol 38, Issue 1

[Chris Cole]

I would be interested in joining the instructor training, though I can't
guarantee teaching a course in the next 6 months.

Chris

On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 8:37 AM, ProfJCNash <profjcnash at gmail.com> wrote:

> uottawa is probably "easy" on a Saturday, less so (doors locked) on
> Sunday, and essentially impossible to book rooms other times due to regular
> needs.
>
> When are the dates envisaged?
>
> JN
>
>
> On 15-10-28 07:00 AM, r-ug-ottawa-request at r-project.org wrote:
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>>     1. software carpentry training in December (Tyler Smith)
>>     2. Re: software carpentry training in December (Alex Demarsh)
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>> Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2015 10:07:35 -0400
>> From: Tyler Smith <tyler at plantarum.ca>
>> To: r-ug-ottawa at r-project.org
>> Subject: [OGRUG] software carpentry training in December
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>> Hi folks,
>>
>> The Software Carpentry group has announced a new round of R instructor
>> training. This is a two-day workshop this December, aimed at proficient
>> R users who wish to learn to train others to use R. They also work with
>> Bash, Python, Git, SQL, and other tools useful in data analysis. The
>> details are here:
>>
>>
>> http://software-carpentry.org/blog/2015/10/call-for-instructor-training.html
>>
>> The training is free, but there is an expectation that instructors will
>> host a 2-day training workshop for new R users at their own institution
>> in the 6 months following the workshop. The training will actually be
>> delivered via web conference, so we can 'attend' wherever we like, given
>> we can get 6-8 people together with a reliable web connection.
>>
>> Questions for the list:
>>
>> 1. Is anyone interested (or know someone who might be) in joining me on
>> an application to attend the instructor training?
>> 2. If so, are you interested in hosting an R training course sometime
>> next spring? I'm happy to coordinate this, or help to do so, however is
>> useful. I can host here at Ag Canada (Carling Avenue), but another venue
>> would be preferable as we have really spotty internet connection in our
>> conference rooms.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Tyler
>>
>>
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