ARDC National Skills Forum: Developing Training as a Non-Subject Expert

About the Event

Have you ever been in a situation where you are asked to develop training in a subject where you are not an expert? It may seem like a daunting task, but we’re here to say: you’ve got this.

Hear from 4 research trainers who share their experiences developing sessions in highly specialised and technical subject areas, and how they facilitated relationships with key stakeholders to produce impactful and meaningful training.

Questions addressed will include:

• How do you find and form relationships with subject matter experts?
• What are the most important questions to ask subject matter experts if you have very limited time with them?
• What do you do if no subject matter expert will ever be involved?
• How is this different from being impacted by Imposter Syndrome?
• What general skills will good trainers bring to any topic, regardless of their expertise?

The ARDC National Skills Forum is a monthly community event for trainers and research support professionals hosted by the ARDC Skilled Workforce Development Team. Our purpose is to facilitate knowledge exchange across the trainer community, and showcase digital research skills development activities, resources and best practice across the sector.

Speakers

• Dr Amany Gouda-Vossos, Skills Development Lead (People Research Data Commons), ARDC
• John Brown, Coordinator, Research Services, Curtin University
• Katie Hannan, Senior Research Data Specialist, CSIRO
• Meirian Lovelace-Tozer, Skills Development Lead (Services), ARDC

Who Should Attend

People who train researchers and broader stakeholders invested in data skill uplift in research, including but not limited to:

• trainers and training managers
• research software engineers, and NCRIS and compute facilities staff
• researchers who coach and mentor peers and colleagues

What You’ll Gain

In this session, you’ll:

• hear how training specialists use their expertise to manage relationships with subject matter experts
• understand the methods behind developing training without specialised and/or technical subject matter expertise
• compare strategies amongst training experts
• have the opportunity to ask questions and share ideas.

Recording

This event will be recorded. The recording will be provided to all registrants and published online.

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