Open Science Training Handbook

Connected online for my contribution in the presention about “Education in Open Science” (photo by Giannis Tsakonas)

The Greek academic and research community discussed the adoption of Open Science principles in rearch processes, research data and collaborations during a symposium held in Athens, the 29^th and 30^th of November 2018. Open science is the movement to make scientific research, data and dissemination accessible to all levels of an inquiring society (definition of Open Science taxonomy @ Foster site).

In this workshop, Elli Pappadopoulou, invited me to contribute to the presentation of our voluntary work for translating in Greek the Open Science Training Handbook (OSTH). OSTH (developed by FOSTER, LIBER και OpenAIRE) offers guidance and resources for Open Science to instructors and trainers, as well as to anyone interested in improving levels of transparency and participation in research practices. My contribution was in chapter 3 of the handbook, which is a practical guide for the implementation of educational activities in Open Science principles. The main areas included in chapter 3 of OSTH are the following:

Educational Theories
Researched-informed teaching or Connected Curriculum principles
Backward educational design
Active-learning methods
Techniques for feedback and evaluation of educational activities

In the presentation, I discussed my experience and I concluded that the advantages for me by this involvement in the translation of the OSTH are the following:

The co-operation with an interesting team actively involved in Open Science
The improvement of my knowledge in Open Science
The combination of my pre-existing experiences about openness under the common umbrella of Open Science (although it is not clear to me if Open Education falls under the open science umbrella)
The understanding of the need to link research with my university courses
The extension of my knowledge in educational methods and techniques
The gain of an inspiration for the development of a guide for linking teaching in a Greek Higher Education Institution with Open Science principles in a blended learning environment

Featured image: Open Science Basic Concepts, from OSTH

I enjoy very much my volunteer work for the translation of the Open Science Training Handbook (OSTH) in Greek!

Open science is the movement to make scientific research, data and dissemination accessible to all levels of an inquiring society (definition of Open Science taxonomy @ Foster site). Open Science is frequently defined as an umbrella term that involves various movements aiming to remove the barriers for sharing any kind of output, resources, methods or tools, at any stage of the research process. The following picture gives an overview of the term:

Open Science taxonomy (Pontika et al., 2015)

OSTH offers guidance and resources for Open Science instructors and trainers, as well as anyone interested in improving levels of transparency and participation in research practices.

I am responsible for the translation in Greek of Chapter 3: “On Learning and Training“. It is very helpful for me because it presents an overview of training techniques as well as practical tips for designing a course. I always enjoy reviewing different teaching approaches and refreshing my knowledge in educational methods and practices.

The first part of our translation work will be finished by the end of October 2018. I will let you know when Open-Science-TrainingHandbook_EL is ready…