Open Science training
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Phase 2 - Collecting data
Some useful tips to help you understand why recording or documenting your research workflows will help to improve the clarity and transparency of your research processes to both yourself and others.
When analysing data it can be easy to forget what you’ve done and why you did it. For example, you may remember that you removed the outliers but do you remember how many were removed, what effect removing them had, or why you chose the cut-off point that you used? This can be a real problem for several reasons. What if you want to go back and make a small change in your analysis? What if you want to get your work into a publication that requires a detailed methods section? What if someone else wants to reproduce your research or apply your methods to a new dataset? This free session will help you learn the importance of recording a proper workflow, will provide several options for how to record it, and help you develop the skills for making your research process clear to you and others.
Language: English
Level: Master’s, PhD, early-stage researcher
Format/length: Video (59:58mins)
Course period: Ongoing
A basic introduction to Open Data originally recorded for the Library Skills training summer programme. The learning objectives are:
- Understand what ‘open data are’ within the context of Open Science and Scholarship
- Understand the benefits and challenges associated with adopting open practices
- Discuss approaches to making data open
Language: English
Level: Master’s, PhD, early-stage researcher
Format/length: Video (17:31mins)
Course period: Ongoing
Best practices for providing safe and secure access to sensitive data with an emphasis on the 5 Safes Framework.
This short video describes the principles to support international best practices for providing safe and secure access to confidential and sensitive microdata via secure remote access, the 5 Safes: Safe People, Safe Projects, Safe Settings, Safe Outputs, Safe Data.
Language: English
Level: Master’s, PhD, early-stage researcher
URL links:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mln9T52mwj0
Format/length: Video (04:00mins)
Course period: Ongoing
A handy, bitesize introduction to Open Science from a Social Science perspective.
Language: English
Level: Master’s, PhD, early-stage researcher
Format/length: Video (04:19mins)
Course period: Ongoing
An introduction to Citizen Science and the opening of science to anyone who would like to contribute to the development of knowledge, with examples of Citizen Science projects from across UCL.
As part of a week of events celebrating the launch of the new Office for Open Science and Scholarship we are hosting a lunchtime webinar focusing on Citizen Science and the opening up of science to anyone who wants to contribute to the development of knowledge. One of the eight pillars of Open Science, Citizen Science is a rapidly developing area full of exciting opportunities to try something new with your research. Join us and find out more about Citizen Science, what you can use it for, and how to get started using it in your own research, as well as showcasing examples from across UCL. Featuring an introduction to Citizen Science and lightning talks from across the university, we aim to show you the breadth of possibilities and hope that you will be able to join the discussion, learn about Citizen Science, and get some ideas for your next project!
Language: English
Level: Master’s, PhD, early-stage researcher
Format/length: Video (70:08mins)
Course period: Ongoing
Addressing the role citizens can play in the production of scientific knowledge, this webinar provides insights into the tools, strategies and advantages of involving citizens in research projects.
Citizen Science involves a wide range of activities and practices that aim at making the scientific process more participatory, facilitating the engagement of citizens in research activities and in the development of scientific questions. As such, Citizen Science is an important process that supports the embracing of science and scientific findings by all. This webinar will provide insights on the advantages and ways of involving citizens in research projects, and the recommendations for starting from scratch a Citizen Science project, including useful tools and resources. The webinar will also address the important role that citizens can play in science, which types of participation they can get involved with, and what the benefits for the citizens to participate are. As Science Communication is a very important part of Citizen Science, the webinar will outline some strategies and tools to facilitate the discussions between researchers and citizens.
Language: English
Level: Master’s, PhD, early-stage researcher
Format/length: Video (50:30mins)
Course period: Ongoing
Guidance on how to involve civil society in research, drawing on guidelines from the EU funded project CONSIDER.
On this website the project CONSIDER provides guidance on involving representatives from Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in research. Guidance is available from different perspectives: researchers, civil society, funders, evaluators and policy makers
Language: English
Level: Master’s, PhD, early-stage researcher
Format/length: CONSIDER project website
Course period: Ongoing
Included in the UK Economic and Social Research Council Festival of Social Science 2021, this University of York online event showcases the opportunities for public engagement in the production of social science research.
This online event showcased opportunities for public involvement and co-production in social science research at the University of York. It was part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science 2021 and was made possible thanks to funding from the UK’s Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), which is part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).
Language: English
Level: Master’s, PhD, early-stage researcher
Format/length: Video (85:12mins)
Course period: Ongoing
This course aims to help you understand the means and importance of engaging the public in the co-production of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI).
The following course will help you understand and justify the importance of public engagement as a key dimension of responsible research and innovation and open science, as well as designing, implementing and assessing a public engagement strategy within research funding and performing organisations. By the end of this course you will:
- understand what is public engagement for RRI and Open Science
- assess the level of "engagedness" of your current R&I practice
- understand the importance of public engagement for RRI and Open Science
- be aware of tools, resources and skills needed to start and implement public engagement processes
Language: English
Level: Master’s, PhD, early-stage researcher
Format/length: An interactive mix of text, video and quiz
Course period: Ongoing
Guidance on the importance of making metadata discoverable and accessible in order to help enhance the visibility of your publications and other research outputs.
In this webinar, Stephanie Dawson (ScienceOpen CEO) gives a rundown on the importance of rich metadata in scholarly publishing for discoverability. This webinar is relevant for scientific and academic authors, publishers, and journal editors. She gives concrete tips and statistics that support making abstracts, citations, affiliations, and other types of metadata freely accessible. This video also includes a helpful Q&A session where Stephanie answers questions from journal editors, researchers, and publishers.
Language: English
Level: Master’s, PhD, early-stage researcher
Format/length: Video (48:01mins)
Course period: Ongoing
