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Introduction to REDCap at Griffith University

This site is designed as a companion to Griffith Library’s Research Data Capture workshops. It can also be treated as a standalone, self-paced tutorial for learning to use REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture) a secure web application for building and managing online surveys and databases.

Keywords: REDCap, survey instruments

Resource type: tutorial

Introduction to REDCap at Griffith University https://dresa.org.au/materials/introduction-to-redcap-at-griffith-university This site is designed as a companion to Griffith Library’s Research Data Capture workshops. It can also be treated as a standalone, self-paced tutorial for learning to use REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture) a secure web application for building and managing online surveys and databases. y.banens@griffith.edu.au REDCap, survey instruments mbr phd ecr researcher support
Introduction to text mining and analysis

In this self-paced workshop you will learn steps to: 
- Build data sets: find where and how to gather textual data for your corpus or data set.  
- Prepare data for analysis: explore useful processes and tools to prepare and clean textual data for analysis
- Analyse data: identify different...

Keywords: textual training materials

Resource type: tutorial

Introduction to text mining and analysis https://dresa.org.au/materials/introduction-to-text-mining-and-analysis In this self-paced workshop you will learn steps to:  - Build data sets: find where and how to gather textual data for your corpus or data set.   - Prepare data for analysis: explore useful processes and tools to prepare and clean textual data for analysis - Analyse data: identify different types of analysis used to interrogate content and uncover new insights s.stapleton@griffith.edu.au; y.banens@griffith.edu.au; textual training materials mbr phd ecr researcher support
Introducing Computational Thinking

This workshop is for researchers at all career stages who want to understand the uses and the building blocks of computational thinking. This skill is useful for all kinds of problem solving, whether in real life or in computing.

The workshop will not teach computer programming per se. Instead...

Keywords: computational skills, data skills

Resource type: tutorial

Introducing Computational Thinking https://dresa.org.au/materials/introducing-computational-thinking This workshop is for researchers at all career stages who want to understand the uses and the building blocks of computational thinking. This skill is useful for all kinds of problem solving, whether in real life or in computing. The workshop will not teach computer programming per se. Instead it will cover the thought processes involved should you want to learn to program. s.stapleton@griffith.edu.au computational skills, data skills
Advanced Data Wrangling with OpenRefine

This online self-paced workshop teaches advanced data wrangling skills including combining datasets, geolocating data, and “what if” exploration using OpenRefine.

Keywords: data skills, data

Resource type: tutorial

Advanced Data Wrangling with OpenRefine https://dresa.org.au/materials/advanced-data-wrangling-with-openrefine This online self-paced workshop teaches advanced data wrangling skills including combining datasets, geolocating data, and “what if” exploration using OpenRefine. s.stapleton@griffith.edu.au data skills, data mbr phd ecr researcher support professional
Introduction to Data Cleaning with OpenRefine

Learn basic data cleaning techniques in this self-paced online workshop using open data from data.qld.gov.au and open source tool OpenRefine openrefine.org. Learn techniques to prepare messy tabular data for comupational analysis. Of most relevance to HASS disciplines, working with textual data...

Keywords: data skills, Data analysis

Resource type: tutorial

Introduction to Data Cleaning with OpenRefine https://dresa.org.au/materials/introduction-to-data-cleaning-with-openrefine Learn basic data cleaning techniques in this self-paced online workshop using open data from data.qld.gov.au and open source tool OpenRefine openrefine.org. Learn techniques to prepare messy tabular data for comupational analysis. Of most relevance to HASS disciplines, working with textual data in a structured or semi-structured format. s.stapleton@griffith.edu.au; Sharron Stapleton data skills, Data analysis mbr phd ecr researcher support professional
Introduction to Unix

A hands-on workshop covering the basics of the Unix command line interface.

Knowledge of the Unix operating system is fundamental to the use of many popular bioinformatics command-line tools. Whether you choose to run your analyses locally or on a high-performance computing system, knowing...

Keywords: Unix, Command line, Command-line, CLI

Resource type: tutorial

Introduction to Unix https://dresa.org.au/materials/introduction-to-unix A hands-on workshop covering the basics of the Unix command line interface. Knowledge of the Unix operating system is fundamental to the use of many popular bioinformatics command-line tools. Whether you choose to run your analyses locally or on a high-performance computing system, knowing your way around a command-line interface is highly valuable. This workshop will introduce you to Unix concepts by way of a series of hands-on exercises. This workshop is designed for participants with little or no command-line knowledge. Tools: Standard Unix commands, FileZilla Topic overview: Section 1: Getting started Section 2: Exploring your current directory Section 3: Making and changing directories Section 4: Viewing and manipulating files Section 5: Removing files and directories Section 6: Searching files Section 7: Putting it all together Section 8: Transferring files Tutorial instructions available here: https://www.melbournebioinformatics.org.au/tutorials/tutorials/unix/unix/ For queries relating to this workshop, contact Melbourne Bioinformatics (bioinformatics-training@unimelb.edu.au). Find out when we are next running this training as an in-person workshop, by visiting the Melbourne Bioinformaitcs Eventbrite page: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/o/melbourne-bioinformatics-13058846490 For queries relating to this workshop, contact Melbourne Bioinformatics (bioinformatics-training@unimelb.edu.au). Unix, Command line, Command-line, CLI ugrad masters mbr phd ecr researcher support professional
VOSON Lab Code Blog

The VOSON Lab Code Blog is a space to share methods, tips, examples and code. Blog posts provide techniques to construct and analyse networks from various API and other online data sources, using the VOSON open-source software and other R based packages.

Keywords: visualisation, Data analysis, data collections, R software, Social network analysis, social media data, Computational Social Science, quantitative, Text Analytics

Resource type: tutorial, other

VOSON Lab Code Blog https://dresa.org.au/materials/voson-lab-code-blog The VOSON Lab Code Blog is a space to share methods, tips, examples and code. Blog posts provide techniques to construct and analyse networks from various API and other online data sources, using the VOSON open-source software and other R based packages. robert.ackland@anu.edu.au visualisation, Data analysis, data collections, R software, Social network analysis, social media data, Computational Social Science, quantitative, Text Analytics researcher support phd masters
Programming and tidy data analysis in R

A workshop to expand the skill-set of someone who has basic familiarity with R. Covers programming constructs such as functions and for-loops, and working with data frames using the dplyr and tidyr packages. Explains the importance of a "tidy" data representation, and goes through common steps...

Keywords: R, Tidyverse, Programming

Resource type: tutorial

Programming and tidy data analysis in R https://dresa.org.au/materials/programming-and-tidy-data-analysis-in-r A workshop to expand the skill-set of someone who has basic familiarity with R. Covers programming constructs such as functions and for-loops, and working with data frames using the dplyr and tidyr packages. Explains the importance of a "tidy" data representation, and goes through common steps needed to load data and convert it into a tidy form. To be taught as a hands on workshop, typically as two half-days. Developed by the Monash Bioinformatics Platform and taught as part of the Data Fluency program at Monash University. License is CC-BY-4. You are free to share and adapt the material so long as attribution is given. Paul Harrison paul.harrison@monash.edu R, Tidyverse, Programming phd ecr researcher
Linear models in R

A workshop on linear models in R. Learning to use linear models provides a foundation for modelling, estimation, prediction, and statistical testing in R. Many commonly used statistical tests can be performed using linear models. Ideas introduced using linear models are applicable to many of the...

Keywords: R statistics

Resource type: tutorial

Linear models in R https://dresa.org.au/materials/linear-models-in-r A workshop on linear models in R. Learning to use linear models provides a foundation for modelling, estimation, prediction, and statistical testing in R. Many commonly used statistical tests can be performed using linear models. Ideas introduced using linear models are applicable to many of the more complicated statistical and machine learning models available in R. To be taught as a hands on workshop, typically as two half-days. Developed by the Monash Bioinformatics Platform and taught as part of the Data Fluency program at Monash University. License is CC-BY-4. You are free to share and adapt the material so long as attribution is given. Paul Harrison paul.harrison@monash.edu R statistics phd ecr researcher
Introduction to R

An introduction to R, for people with zero coding experience.

To be taught as a hands on workshop, typically as two half-days.

Developed by the Monash Bioinformatics Platform and taught as part of the Data Fluency program at Monash University. License is CC-BY-4. You are free to share and...

Keywords: R

Resource type: tutorial

Introduction to R https://dresa.org.au/materials/introduction-to-r An introduction to R, for people with zero coding experience. To be taught as a hands on workshop, typically as two half-days. Developed by the Monash Bioinformatics Platform and taught as part of the Data Fluency program at Monash University. License is CC-BY-4. You are free to share and adapt the material so long as attribution is given. Paul Harrison paul.harrison@monash.edu R phd ecr researcher
Introduction to Jupyter Notebooks

This workshop will introduce you to Jupyter Notebooks, a digital tool that has exploded in popularity in recent years for those working with data.

You will learn what they are, what they do and why you might like to use them. It is an introductory set of lessons for those who are brand new,...

Keywords: jupyter, Introductory, training material, CloudStor, markdown, Python, R

Resource type: tutorial

Introduction to Jupyter Notebooks https://dresa.org.au/materials/introduction-to-jupyter-notebooks This workshop will introduce you to Jupyter Notebooks, a digital tool that has exploded in popularity in recent years for those working with data. You will learn what they are, what they do and why you might like to use them. It is an introductory set of lessons for those who are brand new, have little or no knowledge of coding and computational methods in research. This workshop is targeted at those who are absolute beginners or ‘tech-curious’. It includes a hands-on component, using basic programming commands, but requires no previous knowledge of programming. sara.king@aarnet.edu.au Mason, Ingrid jupyter, Introductory, training material, CloudStor, markdown, Python, R
Heurist Tutorials

A set of video tutorials with accompanying walkthroughs for building your first Heurist database and website. The first three tutorials show you how to get started in Heurist. The five subsequent tutorials introduce you to the five main menus in the Heurist interface.

Keywords: Heurist, Data management, Data visualisation, Digital Humanities, Databasing, website

Resource type: tutorial

Heurist Tutorials https://dresa.org.au/materials/heurist-tutorials A set of video tutorials with accompanying walkthroughs for building your first Heurist database and website. The first three tutorials show you how to get started in Heurist. The five subsequent tutorials introduce you to the five main menus in the Heurist interface. michael.falk@sydney.edu.au Johnson, Ian Osmakov, Artem Heurist, Data management, Data visualisation, Digital Humanities, Databasing, website mbr phd ecr researcher support
Create a website resume

Written for the Qld Research Bazaar conference 2021, this self paced lesson breaks down how to use Github pages to make a resume, with a simple and basic template to start off with. It discusses how to use Markdown and minimum HTML to customize the template, and offers explanations on how the...

Keywords: personal development, website

Resource type: tutorial, guide

Create a website resume https://dresa.org.au/materials/create-a-website-resume Written for the Qld Research Bazaar conference 2021, this self paced lesson breaks down how to use Github pages to make a resume, with a simple and basic template to start off with. It discusses how to use Markdown and minimum HTML to customize the template, and offers explanations on how the components work together. a.miotto@griffith.edu.au personal development, website
10 Reproducible Research things - Building Business Continuity

The idea that you can duplicate an experiment and get the same conclusion is the basis for all scientific discoveries. Reproducible research is data analysis that starts with the raw data and offers a transparent workflow to arrive at the same results and conclusions. However not all studies are...

Keywords: reproducibility, data management

Resource type: tutorial, video

10 Reproducible Research things - Building Business Continuity https://dresa.org.au/materials/9-reproducible-research-things-building-business-continuity The idea that you can duplicate an experiment and get the same conclusion is the basis for all scientific discoveries. Reproducible research is data analysis that starts with the raw data and offers a transparent workflow to arrive at the same results and conclusions. However not all studies are replicable due to lack of information on the process. Therefore, reproducibility in research is extremely important. Researchers genuinely want to make their research more reproducible, but sometimes don’t know where to start and often don’t have the available time to investigate or establish methods on how reproducible research can speed up every day work. We aim for the philosophy “Be better than you were yesterday”. Reproducibility is a process, and we highlight there is no expectation to go from beginner to expert in a single workshop. Instead, we offer some steps you can take towards the reproducibility path following our Steps to Reproducible Research self paced program. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bANTr9RvnGg Tutorial: https://guereslib.github.io/ten-reproducible-research-things/ a.miotto@griffith.edu.au; s.stapleton@griffith.edu.au; i.jennings@griffith.edu.au; Sharron Stapleton Isaac Jennings reproducibility, data management masters phd ecr researcher support
Deep Learning for Natural Language Processing

This workshop is designed to be instructor led and consists of two parts.
Part 1 consists of a lecture-demo about text processing and a hands-on session for attendees to learn how to clean a dataset.
Part 2 consists of a lecture introducing Recurrent Neural Networks and a hands-on session for...

Keywords: Deep learning, NLP, Machine learning

Resource type: presentation, tutorial

Deep Learning for Natural Language Processing https://dresa.org.au/materials/deep-learning-for-natural-language-processing This workshop is designed to be instructor led and consists of two parts. Part 1 consists of a lecture-demo about text processing and a hands-on session for attendees to learn how to clean a dataset. Part 2 consists of a lecture introducing Recurrent Neural Networks and a hands-on session for attendees to train their own RNN. The Powerpoints contain the lecture slides, while the Jupyter notebooks (.ipynb) contain the hands-on coding exercises. This workshop introduces natural language as data for deep learning. We discuss various techniques and software packages (e.g. python strings, RegEx, NLTK, Word2Vec) that help us convert, clean, and formalise text data “in the wild” for use in a deep learning model. We then explore the training and testing of a Recurrent Neural Network on the data to complete a real world task. We will be using TensorFlow v2 for this purpose. datascienceplatform@monash.edu Deep learning, NLP, Machine learning
Visualisation and Storytelling

This workshop explores how data visualisation techniques could be utilised to better understand data and to communicate research efforts and outcomes. The workshop covers a broad range of techniques from simple and static 2D graphics to advanced 3D visualisations in order to provide a broad...

Keywords: data visualisation, storytelling

Resource type: presentation, tutorial

Visualisation and Storytelling https://dresa.org.au/materials/visualisation-and-storytelling This workshop explores how data visualisation techniques could be utilised to better understand data and to communicate research efforts and outcomes. The workshop covers a broad range of techniques from simple and static 2D graphics to advanced 3D visualisations in order to provide a broad overview of the tools available for data analysis, presentation and storytelling. We explore, among others, animated charts and graphs, web visualisation tools such as scrollytellers, and the possibilities of 3D, interactive, and even immersive visualisations. We use real world, concrete examples along the way in order to tangibly illustrate how these visualisations can be created and how viewers perceive and interact with them. We also introduce the various tools and skill sets you would need to be proficient at presenting your data to the world. By the conclusion of this workshop, you would gain familiarity with the various possibilities for presenting your own research data and outcomes. You would have a more intuitive understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of various modes of data visualisation and storytelling, and would have a starting point to obtain the right skill sets relevant to developing your visualisations of choice. datascienceplatform@monash.edu data visualisation, storytelling
Semi-Supervised Deep Learning

Modern deep neural networks require large amounts of labelled data to train. Obtaining the required labelled data is often an expensive and time consuming process. Semi-supervised deep learning involves the use of various creative techniques to train deep neural networks on partially labelled...

Keywords: Deep learning, Machine learning, semi-supervised

Resource type: presentation, tutorial

Semi-Supervised Deep Learning https://dresa.org.au/materials/semi-supervised-deep-learning Modern deep neural networks require large amounts of labelled data to train. Obtaining the required labelled data is often an expensive and time consuming process. Semi-supervised deep learning involves the use of various creative techniques to train deep neural networks on partially labelled data. If successful, it allows better training of a model despite the limited amount of labelled data available. This workshop is designed to be instructor led and covers various semi-supervised learning techniques available in the literature. The workshop consists of a lecture introducing at a high level a selection of techniques that are suitable for semi-supervised deep learning. We discuss how these techniques can be implemented and the underlying assumptions they require. The lecture is followed by a hands-on session where attendees implement a semi-supervised learning technique to train a neural network. We observe and discuss the changing performance and behaviour of the network as varying degrees of labelled and unlabelled data is provided to the network during training. datascienceplatform@monash.edu Deep learning, Machine learning, semi-supervised
Introduction to Deep Learning and TensorFlow

This workshop is intended to run as an instructor guided live event and consists of two parts. Each part consists of a lecture and a hands-on coding exercise.
Part 1 - Introduction to Deep Learning and TensorFlow
Part 2 - Introduction to Convolutional Neural Networks
The Powerpoints contain...

Keywords: Deep learning, convolutional neural network, tensorflow, Machine learning

Resource type: presentation, tutorial

Introduction to Deep Learning and TensorFlow https://dresa.org.au/materials/introduction-to-deep-learning-and-tensorflow This workshop is intended to run as an instructor guided live event and consists of two parts. Each part consists of a lecture and a hands-on coding exercise. Part 1 - Introduction to Deep Learning and TensorFlow Part 2 - Introduction to Convolutional Neural Networks The Powerpoints contain the lecture slides, while the Jupyter notebooks (.ipynb) contain the hands-on coding exercises. This workshop is an introduction to how deep learning works and how you could create a neural network using TensorFlow v2. We start by learning the basics of deep learning including what a neural network is, how information passes through the network, and how the network learns from data through the automated process of gradient descent. Workshop attendees would build, train and evaluate a neural network using a cloud GPU (Google Colab). In part 2, we look at image data and how we could train a convolution neural network to classify images. Workshop attendees will extend their knowledge from the first part to design, train and evaluate this convolutional neural network. datascienceplatform@monash.edu Deep learning, convolutional neural network, tensorflow, Machine learning