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

项目摘要/摘要 我们建议为广泛的公民群体开发信息学培训内容，并向其提供培训， 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，并 我们开发的内容。我们将提高癌症信息学素养和现有资源的可用性 ITCR工具，支持未来的ITCR工具开发人员，并向广泛的 有兴趣的人。我们的成功既将加深该领域的专业知识，也将扩大 目前未参与的研究社区中的ITCR工具。具体来说，我们会：(1)发展和 发布用于快速制作原型、验证和共享模块化培训材料的软件平台 它可以以一系列形式提供，从大规模的在线公开课到面对面的短片 课程设置方面，要深入开展学期较长的课程，(2)开展信息学课程教学不仅要有针对性 使用ITCR工具来解决具体的科学挑战，但也广泛地将信息学的概念 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、支持和营销来改善这些方面的影响 现场工具，以及(4)面授和培训培训员课程，这些课程将扩大 我们的教育计划在NIH资助的癌症中心内和目前服务不足的情况下 社区大学、少数族裔服务机构、历史上的黑人大学和 大学，以及学术界以外的公民。由开发的所有软件、内容和数据 我们的程序将是开源的，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，以及我们与 MOOC提供商、信息学平台和开发者。因此，我们将大幅增加 癌症信息学知识和技能，并加快数据的采用和使用，以应对重要的 癌症问题贯穿整个研究事业。

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.