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Biomedical Big Data Training Collaborative (BBDTC): An effort to bridge the talent gap in biomedical science and research

2017; Elsevier BV; Volume: 20; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.jocs.2017.03.010

1877-7511

Shweta Purawat, Charles Cowart, Rommie E. Amaro, İlkay Altıntaş,

Scientific Computing and Data Management

The BBDTC (https://biobigdata.ucsd.edu) is a community-oriented platform to encourage high-quality knowledge dissemination with the aim of growing a well-informed biomedical big data community through collaborative efforts on training and education. The BBDTC is an e-learning platform that empowers the biomedical community to develop, launch and share open training materials. It deploys hands-on software training toolboxes through virtualization technologies such as Amazon EC2 and Virtualbox. The BBDTC facilitates migration of courses across other course management platforms. The framework encourages knowledge sharing and content personalization through the playlist functionality that enables unique learning experiences and accelerates information dissemination to a wider community.