Hi Martin, Thanks a lot for the those links — I wasn’t aware of the static material from the courses. That’s a really wonderful resource that I’ll definitely take advantage of! Best of luck on the continued outreach efforts. I can definitely say for myself and probably many others: we’re grateful! Best, Dale ...................................................................... ................................ Dale Richardson, Ph.D. Laboratory of Plant Molecular Biology Instituto Gulbenkian de Cięncia Rua da Quinta Grande, 6 2780-156 Oeiras Portugal http://www.igc.gulbenkian.pt Tel: +351 967 992 816 Email: drichardson@igc.gulbenkian.pt On 15/09/2014, at 18:02, Martin Morgan <mtmorgan@fhcrc.org> wrote: > On 09/15/2014 09:34 AM, Dale N. Richardson wrote: >> Seconded! An online version of the course would be indispensable. > > It's a lot (as in months) of work to produce a true online course, and the material becomes dated very quickly! > > The static material from courses is at http://bioconductor.org/help /course-materials/ > > The 'community' page http://bioconductor.org/help/course-materials/ includes links to some videos and on-line material, including the EdX MOOC: PH525x Data Analysis for Genomics and some initial videos produced here https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=bioconductor. > > We haven't looked at the infrastructure or cost (including opportunity cost) required to live stream three days worth of material (probably including 2 days worth of 'um' and 'oops'); maybe there's a sponsor out there willing to provide us with technical and financial support for this? > > The obstacles to making video available for the lecture part of our courses is becoming smaller, so it is not impossible to imagine that these will become part of the Bioc video collection (no promises with respect to the current course). > > While obviously not scalable, there are many training events offered each year http://bioconductor.org/help/events/. > > Hope that helps, > > Martin > > >> >> ................................................................... ................................... >> Dale Richardson, Ph.D. >> >> Laboratory of Plant Molecular Biology >> Instituto Gulbenkian de Cięncia >> Rua da Quinta Grande, 6 >> 2780-156 Oeiras >> Portugal >> http://www.igc.gulbenkian.pt <http: www.igc.gulbenkian.pt=""/> >> >> Tel: +351 967 992 816 >> Email: drichardson@igc.gulbenkian.pt <mailto:drichardson@igc.gulbenkian.pt> >> >> >> >> >> On 15/09/2014, at 17:27, Son Pham <spham@salk.edu <mailto:spham@salk.edu="">> wrote: >> >>> Thanks Martin for offering the course. It's fantastics -- and if it would >>> be an online course, like coursera, it will also be great for a lot of >>> distant people. >>> >>> -Son. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Son Pham, Ph.D >>> cseweb.ucsd.edu/~kspham/ <http: cseweb.ucsd.edu="" ~kspham=""/> >>> >>> On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 7:13 AM, Martin Morgan <mtmorgan@fhcrc.org> wrote: >>> >>>> Course: Learning R / Bioconductor for Sequence Analysis >>>> >>>> Dates: October 27-29, Seattle, WA. >>>> >>>> Registration: https://register.bioconductor.org/Seattle-Oct-2014/ >>>> >>>> This course is directed at beginning and intermediate users who would like >>>> an introduction to the analysis and comprehension of high- throughput >>>> sequence data using R and Bioconductor. Day 1 focuses on learning essential >>>> background: an introduction to the R programming language; central concepts >>>> for effective use of Bioconductor software; and an overview of >>>> high-throughput sequence analysis work flows. 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