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DSF Fall 2023 Learner Log Entry #6

Prompts

Following the Rose/Bud/Thorn model:

The rose/bud/thorn learning model is a simple but powerful tool for reflection and improvement. It encourages people to identify positive aspects (roses), challenges (thorns), and opportunities (buds) in a given situation. This information can then be used to plan for the future and make changes as needed.

Here is how the rose/bud/thorn learning model works:

  • Identify roses. What went well? What did you enjoy? What were you proud of?
  • Identify thorns. What challenges did you face? What could have been done better? What did you learn from your mistakes?
  • Identify buds. What opportunities are there for growth? What are you curious about? What new things would you like to try?

Rose:

The highlight from the previous FOSS session, such as something you found particularly interesting. This could also be something you're excited to implement now.

  • FOSS session 6 was about reproducibility of science and software. This session taught me the full meaning of reproducibility: before this and the previous sessions, reproducibility to me was basically repeatability. I found very interesting and inspirational to discover the spectrum of reproducibility and the difference between repeatibility, replicability, and reproducibility.

Bud:

Something that you are looking forward to digging into deeper. This could also include ideas on how to apply concepts to your research in the future.

  • I am looking forward to applying the advices they gave us to improve reproducibility in my work, that were mainly focused on automation, using cloud machine, and software managers. I am particularly thrilled to do versioning of the packages I am using in R.

Thorn:

Something that was challenging that could be worked on, such as anything that wasn't 100% clear and could be elaborated on. Any sticking points should be addressed here.

  • In session 6 tutorial, we experienced how difficult git implementation can be and how also the 'most experienced' instructors can sometimes do not understand the errors. This fact reassured me on one hand, on the other it scared me a little bit. But I think that the more experience you have, the more awareness you develop to face any problems.

DSF Fall 2023 Last update: 10/19/2023

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