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Doing citizen science as open science: what, why, and how

To enroll yourself in this course, use the following ENROLLMENT KEY: OpenCitSci

Teacher: Pen-Yuan Hsing Pen-Yuan Hsing
Teacher: Rafaella Antoniou Rafaella Antoniou

Skill Level: Beginner

The ECS Academy has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe Framework Programmes for Research and Innovation under grant agreements No. 824580 (EU-Citizen.Science project) and No. 101058509 (ECS project)

Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the REA. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

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Welcome to the course!

Reflect on open science

Why do open science - It is how science works

Why do open science - It promotes equality and inclusion

Open science in practice

Towards a working definition of open science

Section 1 review activity

Good practices to enable sharing and reuse

Where to publish scientific outputs?

What about sensitive data?

Publishing papers

Section 2 review activity

What are open source software and hardware?

Publishing software

What about hardware?

Section 3 review activity

Introduction to legal concepts

Quick legal primer

Why should I care about copyright?

Why do we need open licenses? An example.

Use open licenses to make sharing and reuse easier

Examples in citizen science

Do open licenses mean all uses of my work must be non-commercial?

A note on software and hardware licenses

Section 4 review activity

Citizen science, scientific literacy and civic engagement

Citizen science puts open science processes into action

Wrap up and an inspiration (optional)

Section 5 review activity

Course summary

Check-in and food for thought

End of course quiz

Further information

References

Archive of course content

Acknowledgements

Course info

Doing citizen science as open science: what, why, and how

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Welcome and Introduction (~5 mins)

Welcome to the course!

Reflect on open science

1. What is open science and why should you do it? (~12 mins)

Why do open science - It is how science works

Why do open science - It promotes equality and inclusion

Open science in practice

Towards a working definition of open science

Section 1 review activity

2. The basics of publishing your open science outputs (~18 mins)

Good practices to enable sharing and reuse

Where to publish scientific outputs?

What about sensitive data?

Publishing papers

Section 2 review activity

3. Open science outputs: software and hardware (~15 mins)

What are open source software and hardware?

Publishing software

What about hardware?

Section 3 review activity

4. Reuse, remix, and legal considerations (~20 mins)

Introduction to legal concepts

Quick legal primer

Why should I care about copyright?

Why do we need open licenses? An example.

Use open licenses to make sharing and reuse easier

Examples in citizen science

Do open licenses mean all uses of my work must be non-commercial?

A note on software and hardware licenses

Section 4 review activity

5. Open science processes – Where citizen science shines (~23 mins)

Citizen science, scientific literacy and civic engagement

Citizen science puts open science processes into action

Wrap up and an inspiration (optional)

Section 5 review activity

Summary and self-assessment (~12 mins)

Course summary

Check-in and food for thought

End of course quiz

Further information

Further information

Sources and acknowledgements

References

Archive of course content

Acknowledgements

Doing citizen science as open science: what, why, and how

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Contact