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Operationalcourseandeducationmaterialregistry

DocumentinformationTitle OperationalcourseandeducationmaterialregistryID CLARINPLUS-D5.2(CE-2017-0986)Author(s) BarbaraSafradin(CLARINERIC)ResponsibleWPleader FranciskadeJong(CLARINERIC)ContractualDeliveryDate 2017-02-28ActualDeliveryDate 2017-02-28Distribution PublicDocumentstatusinworkplan

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ProjectinformationProjectname CLARIN-PLUSProjectnumber 676529Call H2020-INFRADEV-1-2015-1Duration 2015-09-01–2017-08-31Website www.clarin.euContactaddress [email protected]

http://www.clarin.eu

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CLARIN-PLUS D5.2.Operationalcourseandeducationmaterialregistry

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Tableofcontents1 ExecutiveSummary.................................................................................................................22 Introduction..............................................................................................................................33 DesignandstatusoftheDHCourseRegistry.................................................................54 Datacurationandmetadatascheme.................................................................................64.1 Datacollectionanddatacuration...............................................................................................64.2 MetadataDHCourseRegistry......................................................................................................7

5 Evaluationandnextsteps.....................................................................................................95.1 Lessonslearnt.....................................................................................................................................95.2 Nextstages.........................................................................................................................................10

6 Conclusion...............................................................................................................................13Appendix–Nationalmoderator’scribsheet......................................................................14


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1 ExecutiveSummaryThisdeliverabledescribesthestepstakensofarinthecontextofWP5-SubtaskT5.2.2towardsasustainableregistryofcoursesandothereducationalmaterialrelatedtotheuse of digital language resources and tools inHumanities and Social Science research(hereafter:SSH).Theobjectiveof theactions takenwasanonlineplatformandunderlying informationsystemthatprovidesasearchableregistrywithinformationoncoursesandcoursewarefor thedigitalhumanities acrossEurope,under theheading ‘DHCourseRegistry’.Theregistry realized is to provide information to: (i) studentsandresearcherswho intendtake up a study in the field of Digital Humanities, (ii) lecturers who are looking forexamples of good practices in the DH field orwant to promote their ownDH-relatedteaching activities and material, and (iii) administrators who aim to facilitate staffmobilityandexchangeacrossborders.AbetaversionofacourseregistrydevelopedundertheauspicesofDARIAHwasusedasastartingpoint for there-installationrealizedwith thesupportofCLARIN-PLUS. ThecurrentregistryisajointinitiativeofCLARINandDARIAH.Itistobeviewedasalivingproject:thecurrentplatformisasteppingstonetowardsthecreationofarichresource.Thecontentthathasbeeningestedthusfar,islimited,buttheingestofnewinformationwillstartinthecourseof2017,andwhereneededtheplatformwillbeadjustedtotheneeds of users and the dynamics in the offer of courses and educational materialsstimulatingdigitalscholarshipinSSH.


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2 IntroductionForscholars in thehumanitiesandsocial scienceswhowant toeducate themselves indigital scholarship, as well as for the educators of scholars in the various SSH fields,there is a strong need to find out which courses and educationalmaterials involvingdigitaldataand/orservicesalreadyexist thatcouldbeasourceof inspirationforneweducational tracks or the starting point for the development of new materials. Inaddition this type of information is relevant for administrators who facilitate staffmobilityandexchange.Inthecontextofapilotprojectthatwascarriedoutin2014-2016,fundedbyCLARIAH(DARIAH_NL)undertheheadingDODH1,andexecutedbytheErasmusStudio,ErasmusUniversityRotterdam, in collaborationwithUtrechtUniversity andKNAW (DANS andeHumanities group), and supported by developers from CLARIAH Austria, an onlineplatform and underlying information system was designed in order to provide asearchable registry with information on courses and courseware for the digitalhumanities across Europe. For the course information collected, a data model wasdefined that would support easy access and maintenance. During the pilot phaserelevantentriesforthedatabasewerecollectedinseveralcountries,andtodemonstratethepotentialimpactabeta-versionoftheDHCourseRegistrywaspresentedatseveralDH-events. Based on an internal evaluation of the beta-version of the platform,recommendationsforadjustmentswerecollectedandin2016aplanwasdevelopedforarevised implementation, tobecombinedwithamigrationof theDHCourseRegistryplatformtotheAustrianAcademyofSciences.MoreorlessatthesametimeCLARINERICandDARIAHERICexpressedtheirintentiontoinitiatecollaborationinthefieldofeducationandtraining.AstheDHCourseRegistryconceptwas generallywell received in theDARIAH community, and as the audiencesaddressedpartlyoverlapwithinthetargetaudiences thatCLARIN-PLUShad identifiedas relevant, it was decided between CLARIN ERIC and DARIAH ERIC to start theenvisaged collaborationwith a joint investment in the furtherdevelopmentof theDHCourse Registry. A plan was developed for improvement of the functionality of theexisting platform thatwould support the extension of the coverage and stimulate theinclusionofcoursesandeducationalmaterialthatservesthespecificeducationalneedsofthecommunitiesofuseworkingwiththekindoflanguageresourcesthattheCLARINinfrastructureisofferingaccessto.AprojectteamwithrepresentativesofbothDARIAHandtheCLARIN-PLUSteamwasinstalledtopreparethere-implementation.Inadditionaplanwasdesignedforthecommunicationtowardsthevariouscommunities.Thisalsowill involve a role of the country moderators that are supposed to collect and/oraggregate the information that shouldpopulate thedatabaseunderlying theplatform.ThesenationalmoderatorswillbeappointedbytherespectiveNationalCoordinatorsof

1This pilot projectwas executed under the nameDODH,which stands for Dutch Overview ofDigitalHumanities.DODHisadigitalresourcethataimstomapteachingandresearchactivitiesrelatedtoDigitalHumanitiesinEurope.TheseactivitieshavebeeninitiatedandarestillongoingintheNetherlands.TheserviceoffersasearchenvironmentthatcombinesamapofEuropewitha database that contains information on Digital Humanities courses and projects offered inEuropeancities.

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CLARINandDARIAH,drawingonthepoolofcolleaguesfrombothERICstoincreasethenumberofcandidatesandensuretheengagementofthenationalmoderatorstomonitorcoursesonaregularbasis(seetheAppendix:CribSheetfornationalmoderators).Thisreportdescribesthestepstakenaswellasthestepsahead,andisstructuredinthefollowingway:inSection3thereportsummarizesthegoalspursuedwiththeplatform,and gives an overview of the design and the current functionality. In Section 4, theadopted data collection and curation methodology is outlined, followed by anexplanationof themetadataschemeused for theplatform.Anoverviewof the lessonslearnt and the plans for future extensions are presented in Section 5. The reportconcludeswithanoverviewofstepsplannedfortheshortterm(Section6).


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3 DesignandstatusoftheDHCourseRegistryTheDHCourseRegistryoffersasearchenvironmentthatgivesaccesstoadatabasethatcontainsinformationonDigitalHumanitiescourses.Students,lecturersandresearcherscansearchthedatabaseonthebasisoftopographicalinformation(country,city),ECTScreditsortheacademicdegreesthatareawarded.Inadditionitispossibletosearchforcourses based on discipline-specific features. For this purpose the user interface isenhanced with filter options. The search functionality is also enhanced with aninteractivemapbasedonthetopographicalinformationassociatedwithaninformationelement.TheplatformcurrentlycoversonlyasubsetofDHcoursesofferedacrossEurope.Thefuturecoveragewillbemorebalancedintermsofgeographicalspread,andpointerstoresourcesoutsideEuropemayalsobeincluded.TheCourseRegistryistobeviewedasalivingprojectofthetwoERICsthatcurrentlygovernandmonitortheplatform:thedataandfunctionalityoftheregistrywillcontinuouslybeadjustedtotheneedsofusersandthedynamicsintheofferofcoursesandmaterials.TheDHCourseRegistryismeanttobeasinclusiveaspossible,butitwillalsobebasedonsomeverybasicrestrictionsinordertokeeptheinformationinthedatabaserelevantfor the envisaged audience and focused on the communities that are the targetaudiencesofCLARINandDARIAH:

● Nobasiccomputerliteracycourses(e.g.,coursesthatteachEuropeanComputerDrivinglicenseCourses,Officeapplications)

● Nobasic informationmanagement courses (e.g., courses at libraries onhow tosearchliterature/sources,...)

Courses are supposed to offer a combination ofmethods and content from SSH andComputer Sciences/ICT. (Not suitable are for example: courses on 'computerprogramming'withoutademonstrationofhowtoapplythis toahumanities'researchscenario,orcoursesonaSSHtopicwithoutdigitalmethodsordigitalsourcesinvolved.)TheCourseRegistryprojecthasthusfarledtothefollowingresults:a. Fine-tunedunderlyingplatformdesign,basedonthedesignavailablefromprevious

stages.b. Ametadataschemefordocumentingacourse(seeTable1below).c. Asourcecoderepository2,includingsomedocumentation,set-upinstructions,anda

bugtracker.d. HostingoftheplatformbytheAustrianAcademyofSciences.e. Aweb serverwith the following URL: https://registries.clarin-dariah.eu/courses/

(reflectingthejointresponsibilityofthetwoERICsinvolved).f. Access control and interface: access control is related to the integrated database

client,whichallowedmoderators to access all database tables. Interface concernsthenumerousenhancementsandbugsinthewebinterface.

g. Adatabasedumpofthecurrentlyavailablecoursedescriptionsandschemata.3

2Thecodeoftheregistry(includingdocumentation)isavailableathttps://github.com/hashmich/DH-Registry

https://registries.clarin-dariah.eu/courses/


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h. Amonitoring protocol for national moderators drawn from the CLARIN-DARIAHpool(seesection5.1).

4 Datacurationandmetadatascheme

4.1 DatacollectionanddatacurationThe process of collection/curation of the currently available data (approximately 100coursesdescriptionsfrom9differentcountries4)involvedthefollowingsteps:1. Conduct web research onwebpages of universities that list research activities in

faculties of Humanities, Computer Science, Information Science, CommunicationStudies.

2. Manually document the results of the web research in a Google spreadsheet,manuallytransportittothebackendofthedatabaseandattributespecificcodestoit.

3. Tag the courses with the TaDiRAH taxonomy, developed by DARIAH to tag DHactivitiesonaverygranularlevel:http://tadirah.dariah.eu/vocab/index.php.(Thiswasdonewith the intentionof increasing the traceability and linkingpotential ofthe courses. This feature will be evaluated for suitability currently and may beadjusted.)Coursesarealsotaggedfordisciplines.

Inaddition to thisregularprocess the followingmeasurehavebeentakento increasethecoverageandquality:4. The registry offers the possibility for lecturers to add courses to the registry

without the direct interference of the national moderator. They can register athttps://registries.clarin-dariah.eu/courses/users/register and the course will beaddedatonce.Avalidationprotocolhasbeendesignedsothatafterapprovalbythenationalmoderator,coursesareaddedtotheregistry.

5. Toidentifyoutdatedinformation,afeaturehasbeenaddedthatflagsanentry(red)when it is not updated after a certain amount of time; eventually inactive entriesdisappearfromtheregistry.Theproblemofinformationnotbeingup-to-dateaftersometimeispartlycoveredbymakingmoderatorsresponsibleformonitoringthequalityof thedata.FromeachcountryanationalmoderatorwillbeappointedbytherespectiveNationalCoordinatorsofCLARINandDARIAH,drawingonthepoolof colleagues from both ERICs to ensure the engagement of the moderators tomonitorcoursesonaregularbasis.(SeetheAppendixforanexplanationoftheroleofmoderators.)

6. Fall backon themanual checkingof entries on thebasis of furtherweb research,andwebresearchtoidentifysuitablecoursesbymembersoftheprojectteam.

3Thedatabasedumpcanbefoundhere:https://github.com/hashmich/DH-Registry/blob/master/app/Config.template/Schema/dhregistry.sql4The following countries are currently represented in the course registry: Austria, Belgium,France,Germany.Italy,theNetherlands,Spain,Switzerland,UnitedKingdom.

http://tadirah.dariah.eu/vocab/index.php

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4.2 MetadataDHCourseRegistryThissubsectionpresentsthemetadataschemeadoptedforthecoursedescriptions.SeeTable1below.Inadditiontagsthatarenotdirectlyincludedinthismetadataschemecanbeassignedtothecoursesusingpivottables.Theycanbeusedasfiltersandwillhelptheusersofthe registry to narrow down their search to the disciplines, research object,methodologiesfocusedon,etc.,totheirinterest.Thesetagsareeitherbasedon:

1. (anadjustedversionof ) thedisciplinescategorizationasappliedbytheDutchScientificCouncilforAcademicResearch(NWO)andNARCIS,the categorization used by the Dutch Royal Academy of Sciences(http://www.narcis.nl/classification/Language/en),or

2. (aselectionof)tagsfromTaDiRAH(TaxonomyDigitalResearchActivitiesintheHumanities);availableathttp://tadirah.dariah.eu/vocab/index.php.

Inthenextstagesoftheprojectanassessmentwillbeconductedontheusabilityofthetag sets. Further adjustments, in particular with the aim to serve the CLARINcommunitiesbetter,aretobeexpected.Animportantaspectintheselectionoftagsetstobeusedasthebasisoffilteringisthenumberofhierarchicallevels.Ahelpfilewillbegeneratedwithanexplanationthedisciplinelabelsselected.

FieldName Type Description

id INT UniquecourseidentifierwithintheCourseRegistry.

user_id INT Theidentifieroftheuser,whoisassignedtomaintainthiscourse.

active TINYINT[0,1] Whetherornotthecourseshallbevisibletothepublic.

created DATETIME[YYYY-MM-DDHH:ii:ss]

Thecourseentrycreationdateandtime.

updated DATETIME[YYYY-MM-DDHH:ii:ss]

Dateandtimeofthelastupdate.Equals`created`oncreation.Utilizedtocalculatethecourseexpirydatebasedonafixedexpirationperiod.

name VARCHAR Thecoursetitle.

description TEXT Averbosedescriptionofthecoursecontent,intent,audience,etc.

http://www.narcis.nl/classification/Language/en

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country_id INT Identificatorofthecountry,referencingtable`countries`.Utilizedforfiltering.

city_id INT Identificatorofthecity,referencingtable`cities`.Utilizedforfiltering.

institution_id INT IdentifieroftheInstitution,referencingtable`institutions`.Utilizedforfiltering.

department VARCHAR Nameofthedepartment.

course_parent_type_id

INT IdentifieroftheCoursetypeI,referencingtable`course_parent_types`.Utilizedforfiltering.[Degree,Credits]

course_type_id INT IdentifieroftheCoursetypeII,referencingtable`coursetypes`.Utilizedforfiltering.[Bachelor,Master,...]

language_id INT Identifierofthelanguage,referencingtable`languages`.Displayonly.

access_requirements

TEXT Descriptionoftherequiredqualificationstoparticipate.

start_date VARCHAR Startingdateofthecourse.ThefieldisoftypeVARCHARandnotDATE,toallowentryofdatessuchas“wintersemester”forrecurringdatesaswell.

recurring TINYINT[0,1] Whetherornotthegivenstartdaterecurseachyear.

url VARCHAR URLofgeneralinformationaboutthecourseorstudies.

guide_url VARCHAR URLtocurricula,teachingmaterialetc.

ects FLOAT NumberofECTSpointsgranted.

contact_mail VARCHAR Emailofthelecturer.(thelecturermightnotbethe


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maintainer)

contact_name VARCHAR Nameofthelecturer.(thelecturermightnotbethemaintainer)

lon DECIMAL Geographicallongitude(WGS84)ofthecourselocation.

lat DECIMAL Geographicallatitude(WGS84)ofthecourselocation.

Table1.Metadatamodelforthecoursedescriptions

5 Evaluationandnextsteps

5.1 LessonslearntSome lessonswere drawn from the obstacles encountered during the initial stages ofthe project. This section discusses the insights gained and provides somerecommendationsforfuturestepstobeconsidered(longterm)andforthestepsforthenextstage(2017).Classificationanddisciplinelabelling:abalancingactDuringtheprocessofexpandingtheDHCourseRegistrycontent, the listofdisciplinesrelated to the field ofDigitalHumanities underwent several changes. Another shift infocus istobeexpectedfromtheperspectivethattheCLARINcommunitywillbring. Inthenextstagesometestsareplannedwith.Clearlyadequatefilteringondisciplinesanddiscipline-specific features calls for continuousmonitoringandpossiblyadjustmentofthe tag set used, while sustainability of the annotations will require stability in thetagset.To keep the filtering function in linewith theneedswithin the community of use thefollowingwasagreedalready:

a. the platform candistinguish betweenmusthavemetadata fields and optionalfields

b. areassessmentoftheadequacyofthedisciplinelistunderlyingthefilterneedstobeconductedperiodically.

NationalmoderatorsThe DH Course Registry has been set up primarily as a portal pointing to courses atnationalandinternationallevelforcoursemakers(teachers)andstudents.Itspotentialfor success is partly based on the fact that other than for research output there iscurrentlynoinformationsystemforcoursesinHigherEducationonDH.For the monitoring of the quality of the registry a role is foreseen for nationalmoderatorswhowillcheckthecoursedescriptions.Overthepastyear,theengagement


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inthismonitoringtaskwasratherlimited.Reasonsforthisare:(1)nationalmoderatorsdonothavemuchtimeorinsomecasescountriesthatarerepresentedintheregistrydonot have a nationalmoderator appointed, and (2) nationalmoderatorswere notwellinstructed; (3) it is difficult for moderators to approach all relevant institutions;especially if thenumberof institutionswithrelevantcourses inacountry ishigh, it isnotstraightforwardhowtomaintainanoverview.The DARIAH-CLARIN collaboration led to various new ideas for how to increase thenumberofcandidatesforthisroleandthelevelofcommunityengagement.Activitiestogenerate awareness for the registry havebeenplanned, anddue to the growthof themembership of CLARINand DARIAH there is now a larger pool people that could beassignedamonitoringrole.Clearly it iscrucial thatthecoursedescriptionsneedtobecurated on a regular basis. A discussion is needed to identify measures and rewardmechanismsthatcouldmakethisarealisticexpectation.FilteringsystemTomaketheregistryeasilysearchable,afilteringfunctionalityhasbeenintroduced.AnimportantpartofthisistheabilitytosearchonSSHdisciplines.Thedisciplinefilteritismeantasatoolforeaseofaccess,andthereforeweoptedforacompactlistofnottoomanydisciplines.Somedecisions for "tags"were taken forpragmatic reasons, suchasknowingthatthereisalotofteachinginaspecificareadespiteitbeingsubordinatetoalargerdisciplinecategory.Itshouldbenotedthatthedisciplinefilter,justliketherestoftheDHCourseRegistry,isa"livingsystem",whichcanbeadjustedbasedoncommunityinput and experience. If the planned test confirms the expectation that some refinedtaggingisneededtoidentifycoursesforNaturalLanguageProcessing,additionallabelswillbeintroduced.Inthesamevein, ifwewouldfindoutthatnobodyactuallyteaches"ArtificialIntelligence"inaDHcontext,thatlabelcanberemoved.The compatibility with other available ontologies and/or taxonomies that couldcontributetoauser-friendlyfilteringondisciplineshasbeentakenintoaccount,suchasCERIF5. This issue will be taken up again once the coverage of the current taggingsystemhasbeenevaluatedbyrepresentativesoftheCLARINcommunity.

5.2 NextstagesAs indicated, the CLARIN-DARIAH collaboration on theDHCourseRegistry is a livingproject: the search facilities are planned to be refined in the near future and in thelongerrunaportalforteachingmaterialsisplanned.Tilltheendof2017thefocuswillbeonimprovingtheusabilityoftheplatformofthevariouscommunitiesandusertypes,outreachandgovernance.Inaddition,wewillcollectideasforfutureextensionsofthefunctionalityoftheplatform. 5CERIF (http://www.eurocris.org/cerif/main-features-cerif) is ontology for research entitiesandtheirrelationships.Itdistinguishesbetweenthefollowinglevels: Specification(ConceptualLevel), research entities and their relationships (Logical Level) and research entities and theirrelationships(PhysicalLevel).However,CERIF isnotsuited forourpurposes,because the top-level tagset for humanities is too general (5), while the second-level tagset is too extensive(160+).


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UsabilitytestingofplatformThisentailscollectingfeedbackfromresearchersintheCLARINcommunity(topicstobeincluded: adequacy of current metadata schema and search facilities) and collectingfeedbackfromnationalmoderatorsonthecurationprotocolandmanual.AwarenessactionsAs explained in Section 3, the current registry builds on a predecessor called DODH.Within thispredecessorprojectseveraldisseminationactivitieshavebeenundertaken(e.g., at DHBenelux 20156and DH2016 in Krakow). This has already generated someawarenessamongthetargetaudiences.ThelaunchofthenewreleasewilltakeplaceduringtheDARIAHdaysinApril2017andis likely to attract attention again. During the upcoming CLARIN newsletters andcommunityeventsawarenessfortheregistryandthepotentialtouseitforintegratingdescriptions of courses that are relevant for the various CLARIN communitieswill beraised.A clip is in themakingwithVideoscribe illustrating the registry’s interface foruploading course descriptions. A similar instruction clip is planned for the use of theregistry.TheseclipswillbepublishedontheCLARINwebsite.GovernanceThecollaborationon theDHCourseRegistrybetweenCLARINandDARIAHstarted inSeptember2016withconsentoftherespectiveboardsoftheERICs.Thiscollaborationwill be continued in the upcoming stages of the realization, monitoring and periodicevaluationoftheplatforminordertoensureasustainablefutureoftheplatform.OptionsforfutureextensionsCurrently the collection and curation protocol is based on the idea of nationalmoderators who collect and upload information. It is considered to create a secondplatformwhere teachers and researchers canupload their teachingmaterialswithoutone of these national moderators as intermediary. The benefit would be that peoplewould be able to store their course descriptions and materials in one open accessenvironment.MonitoringtheroleofnationalmoderatorsNationalModeratorswillbeselectedfromtheCLARIN-DARIAHpool,andwheneverthisseems feasible and relevant, from other countries. A crib sheet describing the role ofnational moderators has been prepared and will be distributed among CLARIN andDARIAH colleagues. (See the Appendix for a version based on the beta-version of theplatform.)OncetheDHCourseRegistrywillhavegeneratedacertainuserbase,itcouldbe considered to transfer part of the responsibility of National Moderators tomaintainers of courses and curricula at universities.Anotherpossibility is to delegatethe tasks of National Moderators to student assistants. In the Netherlands this hasprovenasuccessfulmodel. 6Scagliola,S,SafradinB.,SchmeerH.,andScharnhorstA.,“DutchoverviewofDigitalHumanities”,,DHBeneluxConference2015,availableathttp://www.dhbenelux.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/94_Scagliola_et-al_FinalAbstract_DHBenelux2016_demo.pdf


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CandidateregistriesthatcouldbelinkedtotheDHCourseRegistryApart from including pointers to relevant resources in the CLARIN and DARIAHinfrastructureitcouldbeconsideredtoincludelinkstothefollowingregistries:

● DiRT - Digital Research Tools is a registry that enables searching for digitalresearch tools for scholarly use. DiRT is maintained by an internationalvolunteercommunityofprofessors, students,and librarians. It canbeused fordiscoveringandcomparingDHtools. Itenablesaccesstoavarietyoftoolsthatrangefromsoftwareforanalysisandvisualizationworktotoolsforannotatingresources and managing bibliographies. The tool descriptions includeinformationsuchastheplatform(e.g.Windows,iOS,etc.),financialaspectsandlicensing. In addition one can find reviews, tips, and tricks for efficient use.Availableathttp://dirtdirectory.org/.

● Zenodo is a service that enables sharing, preserving and publishingmultidisciplinaryresearchresults in formofdataandpublicationsthatarenotpart of the existing institutional or subject-based repositories of the researchcommunities.Allresearchoutputsfromallfieldsofsciencearewelcome.Typesoffilesrangefrombooksandbooksectionstoimages,softwareandinteractivematerials such as lessons. Zenodo was launched within the EU fundedOpenAIREPlusproject.Availableathttp://zenodo.org/collection/user-dcc-rdm-training-materials.

● ADHO-TheAllianceofDigitalHumanitiesOrganizationsdoesnotmaintainaninventory of training materials. However, their website offers a collection of“resources”whichincludesadetailedlistofrelevantsummerschoolsinthefieldofDigitalHumanities.Availableathttp://adho.org.

● OpenEducationalResourcePlatformofferstrainingmaterialinvariousresearchareas. In the ‘DARIAH-Group’ a huge number of either self-generated learningandteachingmaterialsorexternalopenlicensedmaterial inthefieldofDigitalHumanities forhighereducationhasbeencollected (aneffortbyDARIAH-DE).Training material is divided into the categories: Computational Linguistics,Digital Humanities, Digital Libraries and Databases, Semantic Technologies,SoftwareEngineering,TechnicalApplications,andTechnicalbasics.Availableathttps://www.oercommons.org/groups/dariah/229/.

● #dariahTeach is an Erasmus+project thatwill launch a repositorywith open-sourcemultilingualteachingmaterialsteachingfordigitalscholarshipinMarch2017.ItaimstostrengthenandfosterinnovativeteachingandlearningpracticesamongthemembersofDARIAH.Availableathttp://dariah.eu/teach/.

● TeLeMaCoisacollaborativeportal fortrainingandteachingmaterialsrelevantin linguisticsanddigitalhumanitieshostedattheCLARIN-DcentreatSaarlandUniversity inSaarbrücken.Theportal is easy touseboth for casualuserswhosearch for teaching and training material and for community members whowanttocontributedescriptionsof theirmaterials.TeLeMaCoofferssearchandaccess to a wide range of teaching and learning materials, including thefollowing;technicaldocumentation(e.g.,quickstarts,tutorials,orfullmanuals);learning material for self study (e.g., YouTube videos and screencasts); shortteaching modules (2–4 hours) that can be integrated in existing courses; full

http://zenodo.org/collection/user-dcc-rdm-training-materials

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courses covering a broader spectrum of language resources and tools orfocusing on specific topics of application of language resources and tools;reference materials (e.g., specialised dictionaries). Available at http://clarin-d.net/de/ueber/lehrmaterial

● The H2020 project Parthenos has produced a training plan (D7.1), mainlyconsisting of “training the trainers” activities and pilot courses for theconsortium members. The plan details audiences and topics and is validatedthrough experts’ consultation. Available at http://www.parthenos-project.eu/?s=training

6 ConclusionThe DH Course Registry described in this report has been set up as a portal to findcourses fostering digital scholarship in SSH at the European level for course makers(teachers), students and policy makers. It is the result of collaboration betweenrepresentativesofDARIAHandtheCLARIN-PLUSteamandhasbeenbuiltonpreviouseffortsinitiatedinthecontextofCLARIAH.To ensure the sustainable operation of the DH Course Registry the following actionshavebeenplannedforthenextstages:

● assessmentoftheusabilityofthetagsetsused● integrationofahelpfilewithanexplanationofthedisciplinelabelsselected● launchofthere-installationoftheregistryasajointCLARIN-DARIAHinitiative

inApril2017● refinementofthemodelforengagingnationalmoderatorsinmonitoringthe

qualityofthecoursedescriptionenteredintheregistry;● developmentofamodelforgovernance● developmentofamodelforoverallsupervisionandtechnicalsupport;● theplanningof(online)disseminationactivities.

Thesoftwaredeveloperwhohasdesigned theplatformwill remainavailableuntil theendof2017toensureproperguidanceandplatformadjustmentintothenextstage.

http://clarin-d.net/de/ueber/lehrmaterial

http://clarin-d.net/de/ueber/lehrmaterial

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Appendix–Nationalmoderator’scribsheetIntroductiontotheDHCourseRegistryTheDHCourseRegistry offers an online platform andunderlying information systemthatprovidesasearchableregistrywithinformationoncoursesandcoursewareforthedigital humanities. It currently covers only (a selection of) DH courses offered byEuropeanacademicorganizations,butanextensionoftheRegistrybeyondEuropemaybeconsideredlater.Students,lecturersandresearcherscansearchthedatabaseonthebasisoftopographicalinformation(location),ECTScreditsortheacademicdegreesthatare awarded. In addition it is possible to search for courses based on TaDiRAH, aTaxonomy of Digital Research Activities in the Humanities (including labels fortechniquesandobjects)andsub-disciplinesfromtheSocialSciencesandtheHumanities(SSH).The goal of the DH Course Registry is to provide information to: (i) students andresearcherswho intend takeupastudy in the fieldofDigitalHumanities, (ii) lecturerswhoarelookingforexamplesofgoodpracticesintheDHfieldorwanttopromotetheirown DH-related teaching activities and material, and (iii) administrators who aim toattractandfacilitatestaffmobilityandexchangeThe database content will be moderated. The selection of content will be based onrequestsfortheregistrationofcourses,andontheidentificationofrelevantcoursesbythenationalmoderatorsthatwillbeappointedbytheDHCourseRegistryteam(basedonnominationsfromCLARINandDARIAH).CriteriaforacceptanceofcoursesTheDHCourseRegistrywillbeasinclusiveaspossible,butwillalsobebasedonsomeverybasicrestrictionsinordertokeeptheinformationinthedatabaserelevantfortheenvisagedaudienceandDH-focused:

● Nobasiccomputerliteracycourses(e.g.,coursesthatteachEuropeanComputerDrivinglicenseCourses,Officeapplications)

● Nobasic informationmanagement courses (e.g., courses at libraries onhow tosearchliterature/sources)

NationalmoderatorsFor each country that is represented in the Course Registry, a dedicated nationalmoderator will monitor and curate the database entries for his/her country. ThenationalmoderatorswillbeappointedbytherespectivenationalcoordinatorsofCLARINandDARIAH,drawingonthepoolofcolleaguesfrombothERICstoincreasethenumberof candidates. The primary task of the national moderators will be to ensure theaccuracy of the database, curate the data and reach out to students, lecturers andadministratorsintheirrespectivecountries.


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Tasksofnationalmoderatorsdescribedinsteps

Step1:Assessment

Atthebeginningoftheacademicyear,thenationalmoderatorgoesthroughthecourseregistry,assessesthenecessarychangestothenationaldatabaseentriesandinitiatestherequiredupdateactivities.

Step3:Dissemination

Contactlecturersandeducationalofficesandinvitethemtoreviewandupdatetheinformationonexistingcourses.Identifynewcoursesoffered.Ifnecessary,researchandupdatetheinformationwithoutconsultation,oradjustthestatusofacourseto'inactive'(i.e.notvisibleinthepublicregistry).

Step2:Curation

ToreachouttotheDHcommunityandespeciallynewadoptersinterestedinthefield.Nationalmoderatorswillpromotetheregistryin(i)environmentswherelecturersdevelopcollaborativeeducationalagendas;(ii)academicteachingandresearchenvironments.


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AccessGuidelinesfortheDHCourseRegistryThisappendixprovidesguidelinesfornationalmoderatorsonthefollowingtasks:A.howtoupdatetheregistrycontent(adding/reviewingnewcourses)B.howtogivecoursemaintainersaccesstothedatabaseInbothscenariostheurltobeusedis:https://registries.clarin-dariah.eu/courses/A.StepstoupdatecoursesthatarealreadyinthesystemStep1.Gotothewebsiteandlogin(orregisterincaseoffirsttimeaccess)Step2.Intheupperleftpartofthepage,clickonDashboardandamaptogetherwithalistofcourseswillappear.Step3.Clickthe‘review’buttonofacoursethatneedstobeupdated.Step4.Areviewformwillappear,tobefilledinbythenationalmoderator.Notethatcoursesarenotdisplayedanylongerifthe"last-update"field'sdateistoolongago.Tomarkarecordasup-to-date,themoderatorhastocheckandsubmittheform,eveniftheinformationhasnotbeenchanged.Step5.Thenationalmoderatorcanaddnewentriestoeachtableintheleftadmintop-menu,incaseaninstitution,languageorpersonismissinginthelist.B.StepsformoderatorstogiveaccesstonewcoursemaintainersStep1.Gotothewebsiteandlogin(orregisterincaseoffirsttimeaccess)Step2.Clickonthe‘invite’linkvisibleonthedashboardStep3.Completethereviewformthatappearsonthescreen:


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Step4.Therecipientwillreceiveaconfirmationemailthathe/shehasbeenaddedasatrustedusertotheDHCourseRegistry.He/shecannowentercoursesandcurriculaofhis/her university or institute to the database. To access the account, the recipientneedstosetapasswordviaalinkintheemail.Step5.Ifheorsheclicksonthelinkandlogsin,afieldwillappeartoaddcourses:


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Step6.TheenteredinformationontheformwillbeautomaticallyvisibleontheCourseRegistry’swebsite.Note that owners of course records receive an email based on thedate in the field "last-update" to keep their entries alive. This should be consideredwhenmakingchangestoentriesnotmaintainedbyyourself.Step7.Thenationalmoderatorlogsintoreviewthenewlyaddedcourse.Step 8. The nationalmoderator checks themoderated courses, i.e. courses that havebeenaddedbycoursemaintainers.Step 9.Approve or reject changes to courses: the nationalmoderator can review thecourse information and change the entered information or can choose to delete thecourseinitsentirety.