The Carpentries

Code

Education

Published

May 31, 2023

Modified

May 31, 2023

Carpentries.org …teaches foundational coding and data science skills to researchers

Project comprised of…
- …software-carpentry.org
- …datacarpentry.org
- …librarycarpentry.org
Lessons are developed collaboratively (on GitHub)…
- …freely available under the Creative Commons - Attribution License
- …lesson development training …curriculum teaching good practices in lesson design
- …lessons build with The Carpentries Workbench

List of available lessons…

…Software Carpentry lessons
…Data Carpentry lessons
…Library Carpentry lessons
…Carpentries Lab …peer-reviewed lessons
…Carpentries Incubator …lessons under development and seeking peer review

Communities of instructors, trainers, maintainers, helpers …community overview…

…sponsored project of Community Initiatives …501(c)(3) non-profit based in California, USA
…executive council …highest leadership body …
…revenue sources include membership fees, grants and donations, workshops and instructor fees, sponsorships
…communication …Blog …Newsletter …TopicBox (mailing lists) …Etherpads
…documentation in The Carpentries Handbook
For instructors…
- …material for current and aspiring Carpentries Instructors
- …become an instructor …apply for instructor training

Workshops

Workshops centrally-organised…

…full support of The Carpentries Workshop Administration team
…organised for a fee (travel and accommodation costs for instructors, administration fee)
…least 2-3 months before your desired workshop date
Regional coordination DACH countries …mailing lists: local/germany …local/dach
HiDA (Helmholtz Information & Data Science Academy)…
- …postgraduate training network in the field of information and data science
- …hub for the exchange of knowledge and methods within the Helmholtz Association
- …course funding

Self-organised workshops…

…not managed by The Carpentries Workshop Administration
…no administrative fee …all logistics under responsibility of the workshop host
…have at least one certified instructor
…cf. workshop check-list …complete the self-organised workshop notification
…Use The Carpentries surveys to get evaluations
…Tips for Organising Your First Carpentries Workshop
The Carpentries Workshop Template…
- …template for creating websites for workshops
- …customization of the workshops website

--- title: The Carpentries categories: - Code - Education date: 2023/05/31 date-modified: 2023/05/31 --- [Carpentries.org](https://carpentries.org) ...teaches **foundational coding and data science** skills to researchers - Project comprised of... - ...[software-carpentry.org](https://software-carpentry.org) - ...[datacarpentry.org](https://datacarpentry.org) - ...[librarycarpentry.org](https://librarycarpentry.org) - **Lessons are developed collaboratively** (on GitHub)... - ...freely available under the [Creative Commons - Attribution License](https://software-carpentry.org/license) - ...[lesson development training](https://carpentries.github.io/lesson-development-training) ...curriculum teaching good practices in lesson design - ...lessons build with [The Carpentries Workbench](https://carpentries.github.io/workbench) List of available lessons... - ...[Software Carpentry lessons](https://software-carpentry.org/lessons) - ...[Data Carpentry lessons](https://datacarpentry.org/lessons) - ...[Library Carpentry lessons](https://librarycarpentry.org/lessons) - ...[Carpentries Lab](https://carpentries-lab.org) ...peer-reviewed lessons - ...[Carpentries Incubator](https://carpentries.org/community-lessons) ...lessons under development and seeking peer review **Communities of instructors, trainers, maintainers, helpers** ...[community overview](https://carpentries.org/community)... - ...sponsored project of [Community Initiatives](https://communityin.org) ...501(c)(3) non-profit based in California, USA - ...[executive council](https://carpentries.org/governance) ...highest leadership body ... - ...revenue sources include membership fees, grants and donations, workshops and instructor fees, sponsorships - ...communication ...[Blog](https://carpentries.org/blog) ...[Newsletter](https://carpentries.org/newsletter) ...[TopicBox](https://carpentries.topicbox.com) (mailing lists) ...[Etherpads](https://pad.carpentries.org) - ...documentation in [The Carpentries Handbook](https://docs.carpentries.org) - [For instructors](https://docs.carpentries.org/topic_folders/for_instructors/index.html)... - ...material for current and aspiring Carpentries Instructors - ...[become an instructor](https://carpentries.org/become-instructor) ...apply for [instructor training](https://carpentries.github.io/instructor-training) ### Workshops [Workshops](https://carpentries.org/workshops) centrally-organised... - ...full support of The Carpentries Workshop Administration team - ...organised for a fee (travel and accommodation costs for instructors, administration fee) - ...least 2-3 months before your desired workshop date - Regional coordination [DACH countries](https://carpentries.org/regions_dach) ...mailing lists: [local/germany](https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/local-germany) ...[local/dach](https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/local-dach) - [HiDA](https://www.helmholtz-hida.de) (Helmholtz Information & Data Science Academy)... - ...postgraduate training network in the field of information and data science - ...hub for the exchange of knowledge and methods within the Helmholtz Association - ...[course funding](https://www.helmholtz-hida.de/lernen-vernetzen/course-funding) [Self-organised workshops](https://docs.carpentries.org/topic_folders/hosts_instructors/index.html#self-organised-workshop)... - ...not managed by The Carpentries Workshop Administration - ...no administrative fee ...all logistics under responsibility of the workshop host - ...have at least one [certified instructor](https://carpentries.org/instructors) - ...cf. [workshop check-list](https://docs.carpentries.org/topic_folders/hosts_instructors/hosts_instructors_checklist.html) ...complete the [self-organised workshop notification](https://amy.carpentries.org/forms/self-organised/) - ...Use The Carpentries [surveys](https://carpentries.org/assessment) to get evaluations - ...[Tips for Organising Your First Carpentries Workshop](https://carpentries.org/blog/2019/10/organising-workshops) - [The Carpentries Workshop Template](https://github.com/carpentries/workshop-template)... - ...template for creating websites for workshops - ...[customization of the workshops website](https://carpentries.github.io/workshop-template/customization/index.html)