Scalable multi-mode education to increase use of ITCR tools by diverse analysts

项目总结/摘要 我们建议为广泛的公民群体开发内容，并提供信息学培训， 科学家和信息学研究人员。我们将利用和扩展现有的培训平台， 我们开发的内容。我们将提高癌症信息学素养和现有 ITCR工具，支持未来的ITCR工具开发人员，并向广泛的 感兴趣的各方。我们的成功将深化该领域的专业知识，并扩大 ITCR工具在目前未参与的研究社区。具体而言，我们将：（1）开发和 发布一个软件平台，用于快速原型设计、验证和共享模块化培训材料 可以以一系列形式提供，从大规模的在线开放课程，到面对面的简短课程， 课程，以深入一学期长的课程，（2）制定信息学课程教学不仅具体 使用ITCR工具来解决具体的科学挑战，但也广泛的信息学概念， 广泛的社区，从公民科学家到NCI资助的PI，（3）为ITCR工具开发课程 开发人员围绕可用性，文档，支持和营销，以提高这些 工具，以及（4）亲自提供和“培训培训员”课程， 我们的教育计划，无论是在国家卫生研究院资助的癌症中心， 社区大学、少数民族服务机构、历史上的黑人大学和 大学，以及学术界之外的参与公民。所有软件、内容和数据均由 我们的计划将是开源的，并通过利用 我们在在线和可扩展的面对面教育方面的现有专业知识，沿着我们与 MOOC提供商、信息学平台和开发人员。因此，我们将大大增加 癌症信息学知识和技能，并加快数据的采用和使用，以解决重要的 癌症研究中的问题。

Project Summary/Abstract We propose to develop content for, and deliver informatics training to a broad cross-section of citizens, scientists, and researchers in informatics. We will leverage and extend an existing training platform and content we have developed. We will improve cancer informatics literacy and the usability of existing ITCR tools, support future ITCR tool developers, and teach informatics to a broad cross-section of interested parties. Our success will both deepen expertise within the field and broaden the exposure of ITCR tools within currently-unengaged research communities. Specifically, we will: (1) develop and release a software platform for rapidly prototyping, validating, and sharing modular training materials that can be delivered in a range of formats from massive online open courses, to in-person short courses, to in depth semester long courses, (2) develop informatics courses teaching not only specific use of ITCR tools to solve concrete scientific challenges but also broadly the concepts of informatics to a broad community ranging from citizen scientists to NCI funded PIs, (3) develop courses for ITCR tool developers around usability, documentation, support and marketing to improve the impact of these tools in the field, and (4) deliver in person and "train the trainer" courses that will scale the impact of our educational program both within NIH funded cancer centers and into currently underserved researchers at community colleges, minority serving institutions, historically black colleges and universities, and engaged citizens outside of academia. All software, content, and data developed by our program will be open source and made accessible to the broadest possible audience by leveraging our existing expertise in online and scalable in-person education, along with our relationships to MOOC providers, informatics platforms, and developers. We will thus will dramatically increase cancer informatics knowledge and skill, and speed the adoption and use of data to tackle important problems in cancer throughout the research enterprise.