When we met at the last Education Summit we had just all been thrown into a world of virtual only delivery, for both higher education teaching & assessment and short course training. At that time we had all started to look at, test out and review different tools and methods for delivery and were starting to get a grasp on what was achievable quickly and where our bigger challenges lay. During the initial discussion in May 2020 we collated a set of tips and guidance around a whole set of tools for delivery, pain points / challenges and how people in attendance had started to address these and a review of assessment methods being employed. Further work was undertaken at the ISMB WEB in 2020, and over the intervening period we have grown more accustomed to working in this virtual landscape and many of us now see a future where this virtual approach is here to stay.

One of the major plus points in moving virtual has been increased access to training and education, but it has also come with larger demands on offerings as well. With more people wanting to access training / education and it being offered in a more portable manner, can we therefore work more on ensuring our courses and training materials are FAIR as a way of making them more usable after an event?

This session will explore themes set out in last years summit, but with an update a year ahead and a look to the future of virtual training and how we can ensure our training and education is provided in a FAIRer manner.