Report: Project assessment

The activities corresponding to the first round of webinars + workshop are as follows:•••

1st Webinar: Principles of Data Quality – Oct 26, 2021
2nd Webinar: Application of Data Quality workflows – Nov 26, 2021
Workshop: Data cleaning using OpenRefine – Dec 9 & 10, 2021
Activity

1st Webinar

Participants
524 views on YouTubeFeedback
12 responses to the survey.
Only 25% responded that they were aware ofdata quality issues and that their institution
published their data with some type of quality
control.
DQ tools provided by GBIF: only the GBIF
Backbone (1/12 response) and the DataValidator (2/12 responses) were indicated asknown
Adoption of DQ tools: 91.7% (11/12responses) indicated that they will include
some of the tools presented in the webinar.
The remaining participant indicated thatmaybe.
Some comments:
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Excellent webinar, broad, concrete,applicable, understandable. Thanks!!
Too much information together
Exceeded expectations, very novel
and useful information.
Very complete and clear. I would likethere to be talks about migrations
between databases, export andimport, although I understand that it ismore of a technical computer topic,
and this series is aimed at biologists
more than anything.
I found the webinar extremelyinteresting and in my personal casevery moving since I am just startingwith this topic.

2nd Webinar

169 views on YouTube

11 responses to the survey.
81.8% (9/11 participants) indicated that theyknow the concept of DQ both in thedigitization and in the publication of data.
Regarding the application of data quality
routines, 54.5% (6/11) indicated that they do it
when digitizing, 27.3% (3/11) do it when
digitizing and publishing, and 18.2% (2/11) I
indicate that they do not perform any DQroutine.
Adoption of DQ tools: 81.8% (9/11 responses)
indicated that they will include some of thetools presented in the webinar. The remaining
participant indicated that maybe.
Some comments:
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Workshop

The seminar is completely new
Necessary information is presented tobe able to apply it
I think this type of webinar is very
important because it helps us torefresh the knowledge of previous
courses and to be able to advancecorrectly with the management ofcollection data.
Very good webinar, entertaining andvery complete
The webinar was excellent, just as
Anabela said, there is a lot of content
that Florencia provided to digest it, so
I will look at it again.

Day 1: 281 views on
YouTube89 responses to the survey.

Day 2: 175 views on
YouTube51.7% (46/89 responses) of the participants
did not know the OpenRefine tool prior to theworkshop

Zoom: 87 participants (63with certification)

89.9% (80/89) indicated that they would add
the use of OpenRefine to their DQ routine, 9%(8/89) indicated that perhaps, and only one
person indicated that they would not use it.

Regarding potential replications of theworkshop, 48.7% (37/89 responses) indicatedinterest in a replica for their institution.
Some comments:
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Thank you very much for all theinformation, very interesting to apply it
I would like to thank the previous
accompaniment that was given to me
to try to solve the equipment
installation problems.
Thank you for the time and in general
this topic, it was very interesting and it
is too useful
A longer course would be great.
Excellent explanation, times andcontent. It will be very useful for myresearch. Thanks a lot!!
Congratulations for starting thisForum, because this program is being
used every day and there were many
doubts and with this practical forum
all the functions that can be usedwere seen. Thanks
Thank you very much I did not know
the tool I needed it

Lessons learnt:•Offering activities in Spanish attracted a large audience within the LAC region and also
members of the region in countries from other regions.
• It is difficult to get answers in the surveys when the activity is open, without registration.
• Making the videos available on YouTube allows later consultation and also dissemination
with people who could not join the synchronous meeting.
• For activities with a quota, such as the workshop, it is useful to have a Zoom room for theexchange between trainers and participants, as well as the space of the rooms to achieve
better fluidity in the exchange.
• It is important to have a good ratio of the number of participants in the workshops andtrainers, since the number of queries that can be resolved depends on that.
• When using a tool that must be installed, like OpenRefine, having a space prior to theworkshop for consultation and troubleshooting regarding the installation is crucial (although
it also depends on the commitment of the participants to have it installed prior to theworkshop)• Duration of the workshop: complex topic, many people asked that it be developed in moredays, although many others indicated that a short duration made them more accessible.
We believe that it is a subject in which we will never leave the entire public satisfied.
Potential improvements:

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Find some mechanism that "hooks" to get more responses in the surveys of open activities(webinars) Maybe a file with all the links used?
Summon more trainers and coordinators to be able to reach a greater number ofparticipants in the workshops. Although this must be accompanied by the availability ofZoom licenses that allow more than 100 participants.
Offer workshops with a difference in duration, perhaps some more extended for theparticipants who mentioned that they needed more time and replicate the current
workshops for those who indicated little time availability. Although we must be realistic that
it is an opinion and that not always extending a schedule ensures greater participation