An open-access laboratory medicine course for medical students – ScienceDirect

Abstract:  The senior author created a 2-week online laboratory medicine course for fourth-year medical students to meet an unmet need at our institution for a brief survey course of clinical pathology in an online format. The course includes online videos, reading assignments, study questions, and a rubric for written assignments that apply the key principles to topics that are customized based on the specialty interests of each student. Anonymous course evaluation surveys were completed by 42 of 60 students (70%), and 92% of respondents stated that they strongly agree with the quality metrics statements in the survey. The complete course materials are shared in this article in the spirit of open access and may be used for medical students, pathology residents, and other learners.

 

Open Science course available on new knowledge platform | NWO

“NWO teamed up with the Research Council Norway (RCN) and the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) to create an open science course. This course was offered last year to employees of NWO and RCN. Its content is now available to anyone through an open knowledge platform set up by CWTS….”

CWTS :: Scientometrics Using Open Data

Open data sources such as Crossref, DataCite, ORCID, OpenAlex, OpenCitations, and many others offer important opportunities to perform scientometric analyses in more transparent, inclusive, and reproducible ways. The course Scientometrics Using Open Data in our CWTS course program provides an introduction to the use of these open data sources. The next edition of the course will take place online in October 2023. The course is offered jointly by CWTS and the Curtin Open Knowledge Initiative (COKI)….

Compared with proprietary scientometric data sources, open data sources enable more responsible approaches to the use of scientometric information in research assessment and research policy. The course Scientometrics Using Open Data aims to provide a practical introduction to open scientometric data sources and their use in research assessment and research policy contexts. The course focuses on the following topics:

The landscape of open data sources
Strengths and weaknesses of open data sources for different use cases
Accessing and using open data sources
Applications in research assessment and research policy
Future trajectories – deciding when open data sources will be the right choice for your use case…”

Open with purpose: How and why to make your data open | EMBL-EBI Training

“As part of EMBL-EBI’s celebration of Open Access week, this special one-off webinar will give you insight into the benefits of open access data, alongside guidance and tips on managing your data.

 

Featuring four members of EMBL-EBI’s resource teams (from BioSamples, ENA, IntAct/Complex Portal & Europe PMC), you’ll get an overview of Open and FAIR data, insights into submission processes and support, the importance of open literature and some hints, tips and tricks for ensuring your data can easily be made available to others. You’ll also get an opportunity to ask live questions to all four of our speakers, and find out where you can learn more….”

Open Science Winter School | Universität Tübingen

From Google’s English:  “On February 13, 2023, the TOSI Chapter Economics and Social Sciences will host the second Winter School on Open Science/Open Scholarship. The Winter School program covers a wide spectrum – for newcomers as well as for advanced students and experts . Quantitative , qualitative and cross- paradigm aspects of Open Science/Open Scholarship will be covered in six hands-on workshops.”

Open Science for Librarians

“The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Library, with funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services as part of the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program, aims to create 14 lessons that invite librarians to increase their aptitudes in the principles and practices of Open Science. Led by the UCLA Library Data Science Center, this project will incentivize two sequential one year cohorts of authors to develop and refine lessons through summer workshops. As part of this project, the UCLA Library Data Science Center is pleased to announce the call for proposals to develop lessons for librarians focused on open science methods and principles. Read the Full Call for Proposals …”

FSCI 2023 – FORCE11

“The dates are set and the Call for Courses is live for FSCI 2023 Online, which will be held Monday, July 31 – Friday, August 4, 2023. 

The theme this year is “Enhancing the Global Impact of Open Scholarship.” 

Save the dates and consider submitting a course proposal! Further, please help us get the word out to your colleagues in research and scholarly communication by sharing the following information with your network. As always, thanks for your assistance in helping FSCI to develop and grow….”

Open Source Research Methods for the Social Sciences

“Welcome! This website has all the materials I use for teaching research methods within the Psychology major at Pitt. I’m making these materials public, and calling this project Open Source Research Methods for the Social Sciences (osRMss). I hope that you find the content useful. I look forward to getting feedback and suggestions and to continually improve osRMss over time….”

Open Source Research Methods for the Social Sciences

“Welcome! This website has all the materials I use for teaching research methods within the Psychology major at Pitt. I’m making these materials public, and calling this project Open Source Research Methods for the Social Sciences (osRMss). I hope that you find the content useful. I look forward to getting feedback and suggestions and to continually improve osRMss over time….”

About the Toolkit – Open Research Toolkit – LibGuides at CAUL – Council of Australian University Librarians

The Open Research Toolkit was created by the Open Research Working Group, comprising representatives of the Australasian Research Management Society (ARMS) and the Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL) with advisors from ARC, NHMRC, ARDC and CAUDIT.

Open Education Challenge Series – Bite-Sized Learning for the Busy Educator

BCcampus is hosting an open education challenge series for educators interested in learning more about open education practices (OEP). This series is a fun way to get a taste of  OEP – over the course of 5 days we will release 2 challenges per day.  A challenge is a micro activity that you can do in 10 minutes or less that will cover a small aspect of open education.

Release of the FOSTER Open Science toolkit | FOSTER

“FOSTER Plus developed a set of ten free online courses covering key topics of Open Science. Each course takes about one hour to complete and a badge is awarded after successful completion. You will need to create a free account on the FOSTER portal if you wish to claim your badge but the courses can also be accessed without registration if no badge is desired. The order you take the courses in is not important, the system tracks your progress regardless and you can claim the badge as soon you completed each of the suggested courses. However, we recommend starting with “What is Open Science?” as an introduction. The draft courses were released for public consultation during the summer and have been refined based on community feedback. …”