🕵 We are still looking for #AI specialists to work on the #OpenDataEditor. But not just any experts: we want those who know about #opensource, local #LLMs, and privacy-preserving strategies.
Know anyone? Please share! https://buff.ly/7VYBHwE
🏃🏽♀️ Deadline: 30 May
🏢 🇭🇷 Zagreb’s #opendata ecosystem is rich but fragmented. It is hard to maintain interoperability across city offices and city-owned companies.
Solution? #OpenDataEditor: the City of Zagreb now uses #ODE to foster a culture of data literacy.
👉🏾 Find out how: https://buff.ly/JtIqkIr
🏢👨🏾💻 For its work with local governments in 🇳🇵 Nepal, Open Knowledge Nepal needs to overcome the data literacy gap among civil servants.
Solution? #OpenDataEditor: now the IT staff is empowered to validate data independently.
👉🏾 Find out how: https://blog.okfn.org/2025/05/19/open-data-editor-in-action-empowering-local-governments-in-nepal/
🏅 The #OpenDataEditor app + course combo is definitely your gateway to the world of #opendata.
See everything you'll learn from an instructor with exclusive lessons in just 15 hours. Plus it's free and fun!
Let's bridge the digital literacy gap together!
✨ We've just published 2 opportunities for #AI specialists to work on the #OpenDataEditor. But not just any experts: we want those who know about #opensource, local #LLMs, and privacy-preserving strategies.
Know anyone? Please share! https://okfn.org/en/jobs/
🏃🏽♀️ Deadline: 30 May
❌🥳 Is your Errors Report full? Great! The #OpenDataEditor is helping you improve the quality of your data.
Download the app now and try it out on a spreadsheet you're working with.
#ODE is available for 🍏 🐧 🪟 → https://okfn.org/en/projects/open-data-editor/
🧐 How open is your data?
★ 5-star Open Data from @timbl is one of the assessment frameworks you'll learn about in the 'Quality and Consistent Data with the #OpenDataEditor'
The course is free, online, and fun! 👉🏾 Start today: https://schoolofdata.org/#course
📣 Enroll now! "Quality and Consistent Data with the #OpenDataEditor" – a free, learn-by-doing online course designed for non-technical users. Developed with @okbr and #EscolaDeDados, it's part of our mission to increase #digitalliteracy.
👉🏾 More: https://schoolofdata.org/#course
🤓 That was a tough one! But no worries, we'll take you by the hand on our new free, online course: 'Quality and Consistent Data with the #OpenDataEditor’.
Enroll now and start producing better databases without writing code! 👉🏾 https://okfn.org/en/projects/open-data-editor/#course
💬 “The #OpenDataEditor course was very useful to understand #metadata and realise that our datasets were not really ready to be shared”
– Sayat Topuzogullari, coord of @obsarm
🎢 The course is free, open, and fun! Enroll now: https://okfn.org/en/projects/open-data-editor/#course
🍃🚶🏾♂️ For its work monitoring the air quality in 🇰🇪 Kenya, The Demography Project team needs to ensure a giant table of environmental data is accurate for analysis.
Solution? #OpenDataEditor: reduced error resolution time from months to seconds.
👉🏾 Find out how: https://blog.okfn.org/2025/04/28/open-data-editor-use-case-a-giant-spreadsheet-of-environmental-data-now-accurate-for-analysis/
🤦🏾♀️ Anyone who works with data knows what a burden PDFs are!
✨ In this lesson from our new course ‘Quality and Consistent Data with #OpenDataEditor’, you will understand why #PDF is not suitable for data publication and analysis.
👉🏾 Enroll now: https://okfn.org/en/projects/open-data-editor/#course
🌟 The #OpenDataEditor version 1.4.0 is out! 🌟
This is the latest version of our desktop app for data practitioners to detect errors in tables. It significantly improves user experience and adds essential features that help make datasets better.
👉🏾 Learn more: https://blog.okfn.org/2025/04/21/announcement-open-data-editor-1-4-0-version-release/
Tag the ⭐️ #UX experts ⭐️ from your networks!
@okfn is currently migrating the #OpenDataEditor to a new architecture and is looking for a consultant to evaluate usability, accessibility, and the overall user journey.
👉🏾 Info & How to apply: https://okfn.org/en/jobs/open-data-editor-ux-consultant/
⁉️ There's no need to be shy about asking: why is #CSV better?
✨ Our new course ‘Quality and Consistent Data with #OpenDataEditor’ takes you by the hand.
👇🏾 In this lesson, you learn the anatomy of CSV and why it's a key format for #opendata.
🧨💰 For their work monitoring the arms and war market in 🇫🇷 France, @obsarm needs to combine several databases into one quality spreadsheet.
Solution? #OpenDataEditor: error resolution time reduced from days to seconds.
👉🏾 Find out how: https://blog.okfn.org/2025/04/14/open-data-editor-use-case-multiple-defence-spending-data-sources-in-a-single-quality-spreadsheet/
✨ This is one of the lessons of our new free, online course 'Quality and Consistent Data with the #OpenDataEditor'
Enroll now and learn how to produce/work with better databases without writing code! 👉🏾 https://okfn.org/en/projects/open-data-editor/#course
⭐️ Opportunity alert ⭐️ We are currently migrating the #OpenDataEditor to a new architecture and looking for a #UX consultant to evaluate usability, accessibility, and the overall user journey.
Is this you or someone you know?
👉🏾 Info & How to apply: https://buff.ly/yftzDnM
🇰🇪 Bioinformatics Hub of Kenya Initiative (BHKi) is one of the orgs piloting the #OpenDataEditor, working with #genomicdata and metadata.
💬 Pauline Karega, Coordinator: "This tool can be a gentle introduction to practice as our community learn coding skills.”
👉🏾 More: https://blog.okfn.org/2025/03/13/meet-the-organisations-selected-to-pilot-the-open-data-editor/
🤔 How can you produce better data without becoming a data scientist?
💫 Take our new free, online course now: 'Quality and Consistent Data with the #OpenDataEditor', made with ❤️ with #EscolaDeDados @okbr.
https://schoolofdata.org/#course
👇🏽 Here's a little about what you'll learn:
