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At DataONE, educational materials fall into three categories:
- best practice
- lesson
- video
- A best practice is a method or approach that is recognized by a community as the best or most appropriate way of acquiring, managing, analyzing, and sharing data.
- A best practice communicates a single idea and can be likened to a single bulletin point on a topic, whereas a lesson will contain multiple points and ideas on a topic.
- Consequently, a best practice is a shorter, less involved submission type.
- A best practice is a single-document submission written in Markdown (example given on the right).
- Overall, a best practice should include four short sections covering the following:
- the best practice itself
- a description rationale behind the best practice
- additional information, usually a citation of an article or website where you can learn more about the best practice
- examples
- A lesson is most commonly a slideshow on a subject. It is an in-depth guide for learning a specific topic and is developed with learning objectives in mind.
- Consequently, a lesson may involve multiple contributions including, but not limited to, the following:
- a powerpoint
- a handout
- an exercise
- supplementary data
- In order for your submission to be considered as a lesson, you have to contribute at least a slideshow, a handout, or an exercise, or any combination of these things.
- There are various types of educational videos which can be contributed including, but not limited to, the following:
- Screencast tutorials: a video which is a recording of someone's computer screen, usually also accomplanied by a voice recording
- Webinars: A video format that stands for "web seminar." This usually involves a screen recording going through a powerpoint along with a voice-over explaining the concepts in the slides.
- Animations: an video in which concepts are explained using animations