🔴 Course description:
This is a free, 1 hour 45 minutes course introducing the ethical imperative for conducting citizen science as open science, including what open science is and how its outputs and processes can be incorporated into all aspects of citizen science.
The primary audience are citizen science practitioners such as those already managing a project or starting a new one. However, no prior knowledge about open science is assumed, and anyone with an interest in open science is encouraged to take this course.
After completing this module, you will be able to:
- Describe the ethical, scientific, social, and legal imperatives for practicing open science
- Clarify common misconceptions about open science (e.g. it is not just about publishing data)
- Describe the products of open science and the collaborative and inclusive processes they enable
- Identify which aspects of open science you could implement in your current or future citizen science projects
- Evaluate and choose tools to implement open science for all components of your citizen science project including text, images, data, software, hardware, and other media
💡Access information
This course allows 1) guest access (no registration required) and 2) self-enrollment as a user.
Type of access
Using guest access allows you to see course content freely but does not enable you to save your learning progress or earn a badge. Self-enrollment as a user allows you to see the course content, save your learning progress and earn a badge.
How to access
Guest access: enter the key ‘OpenCitSci’ into option “Guest access” below.
Self-enrollment: To self- enroll first create your account on the citizenscience.eu platform - then on the ECS Academy (it is a two step process). Once you have created your account on the ECS Academy you will be able to enroll without a key.
- Teacher: Pen-Yuan Hsing Pen-Yuan Hsing
- Teacher: Rafaella Antoniou Rafaella Antoniou