This unit provides students with an understanding of the tasks and the main issues associated with the management of data in modern organisations and communities for business and societal purposes. The unit will examine some of the key issues that affect the data management function, incorporating recordkeeping, information accessibility, knowledge management and the governance and accountability for the data repositories. This will be used as a basis for explaining the nature of specialist work in this field and associated professional roles and responsibilities. Topics cover digital repository infrastructures, digital continuity planning; data archiving; data migration; the development of systems to support data discovery and reuse; mediated access to digital information; negotiation of data rights (ownership, copyright, access, privacy etc); utilisation of cloud computing platforms, and the data curation continuum.
Minimum total expected workload equals 144 hours per semester comprising:
(a.) Contact hours for on-campus students:
(b.) Contact hours for online (Caulfield) students:
(c.) Contact hours for Monash Online students:
(d.) Additional requirements (all students):
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FIT5146 Data Curation and Managment is a new unit, running for the first time in Semester 2, 2015. As a consequence, there has been no student feedback received to date.
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| Week | Activities | Assessment |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | No formal assessment or activities are undertaken in week 0 | |
| 1 | Introduction to data curation | |
| 2 | Big data: context and quality; Tutorials begin | Assignment 1: Research Project and Presentation |
| 3 | Data curation models | |
| 4 | Metadata, data dictionaries and taxonomies | Assignment 1: Research Project and Presentation due 21 August 2015 |
| 5 | Data acuration strategies | |
| 6 | Data curation case studies | Assignment 3: Data curation models and strategies due 4 September 2015 |
| 7 | Service delivery | |
| 8 | Data tools: data discovery, analytics and visualisation | |
| 9 | Data curation, business and society | |
| 10 | Data curation: ethical and legal issues | |
| 11 | Data curation within an organisation | |
| 12 | The future of data curation | Assignment 4: Preparing a Data Management Plan due 23 October 2015 |
| SWOT VAC | No formal assessment is undertaken during SWOT VAC | |
| Examination period | LINK to Assessment Policy: http://policy.monash.edu.au/policy-bank/ academic/education/assessment/ assessment-in-coursework-policy.html |
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In-semester assessment: 100%
| Assessment Task | Value | Due Date |
|---|---|---|
| Assignment 1: Research Project and Presentation | 20% | Week 2 |
| Assignment 2: Data Curation: Basic Concepts | 10% | 21/8/2015 |
| Assignment 3: Data curation models and strategies | 10% | 4/9/2015 |
| Assignment 4: Preparing a Data Management Plan | Part 1: 30%; Part 2: 30% | 23/10/2015 |
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The assignment will be assessed on:
The assignment will be assessed based on the correctness of the answers and the students understanding of the basic concepts of data curation.
The assignment will be assessed based on the correctness of the answers and the students understanding of the basic concepts of data curation.
Part 1 will be assessed on the structure and detail of the Data Management Plan, and its conformance with standards. Part 2 will be assessed on the ability of the student to identify the issues raised in relation to each element of the plan, and to justify why particular choices were made - including decisions to delete parts of a standard template as being inappropriate to the given case.
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