Instructor Notes

  • This lesson is discussion‑heavy by design
  • Avoid moralising — frame issues as systemic
  • Encourage honesty over perfection
  • Emphasise that partial reproducibility is better than none

Why Reproducibility Matters


Instructor Note

This is about normalising failure, not blaming individuals.



What do we mean by reproducibility?


Instructor Note

This activity usually reveals that many people conflate reproducibility and replicability.



Instructor Note

This activity is intentionally non‑judgmental and reflective.



Data, models, and FAIRness in ML astronomy


Ethics of ML & AI in astronomy research


Practical takeaways for astronomers


Wrap‑up and next steps