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- ExpandWelcome to the ORION MOOC for Open Science in the Life Sciences!
- ExpandOverview
- What is this MOOC about?Open Science is about putt...
- Before we start...
- Welcome, please introduce yourself!View
- What Open Science animal are you? Take the quiz!
- Open Science attitudes, take the survey!View
- General information
- General Guidelines
- Meet your instructors!
- How to succeed in a MOOC?
- General Resources
- Glossary: Open Science in the Life Sciences
- Support Forum
- What is this MOOC about?Open Science is about putt...
- ExpandWeek 1: Publishing & Open Access - Part I
- Welcome to Week 1! This week you will learn about ...
- This week's lessonsClick through the lessons below...
- Start Lesson 1.1: What is Open Access ?View
- Start Lesson 1.2: Routes to Open Access
- This week's assignmentsIn these small assignments ...
- Assignment 1: Journal Open Access policies
- Assignment 2: Self-archiving
- Assignment 3: Publishing QuizView
- Assignment 4: Join the discussion
- This week's forum discussionThink about your own e...
- Week 1 Forum
- Bonus MaterialYou want to learn more? Here is some...
- Podcast: Björn Brembs - 'There is no spoon'
- Movie: Paywall - the business of scholarship
- Welcome to Week 1! This week you will learn about ...
- ExpandWeek 2: Publishing & Open Access - Part II
- Welcome to Week 2!
- This week's lessonsClick through the lessons below...
- Start Lesson 2.1: Open up your research!View
- Start Lesson 2.2: Understanding Peer ReviewView
- Start Lesson 2.3. Preregistration and Registered ReportsView
- Glossary: Open Science Tools and PlatformsView
- This week's forum discussion:Have you ever preregi...
- Week 2 Forum
- This week's assignmentsThis is an overview of your...
- Assignment 1: Open Science Tools and Platforms
- Assignment 2: Open Collaborative Peer Review
- Assignment 3: Join the discussion!
- Bonus MaterialYou want to learn more? Here is some...
- DORA: San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment
- PlanS: Open Access by default for publicly funded research
- Welcome to Week 2!
- ExpandWeek 3: Research Data Management
- Welcome to Week 3!
- This week's lessonsClick through the lessons below...
- Start Lesson 3.1: Why Manage Research Data?View
- Start Lesson 3.2: Guide to Research Data ManagementView
- Start Lesson 3.3: Create a Data Management PlanView
- This week's forum discussionIf you think or your o...
- Week 3 ForumView
- This week's assignmentsThis is an overview of your...
- Assignment 1: Create a Data Management Plan!
- Assignment 2: Join the discussion!
- Welcome to Week 3!
- ExpandWeek 4: FAIR & Open Data
- Welcome to Week 4!
- This week's lessonsClick through the lessons below...
- Start Lesson 4.1: FAIR and open dataView
- Start Lesson 4.2: FAIR data workflowsView
- This week's forum discussionIn this week's forum d...
- Week 4 ForumView
- This week's assignmentsThis is an overview of your...
- Assignment 1: Join the discussion!
- Assignment 2: Creating Metadata
- Bonus MaterialYou can't get enough and want to lea...
- Webinar: Open Science Framework
- Handbook: The Turing Way
- Welcome to Week 4!
- ExpandWeek 5: Science Communication & Public Engagement
- Welcome to Week 5!
- This week's lessonsClick through the lessons below...
- Start Lesson 5.1: Science Communication - OverviewView
- Start Lesson 5.2: Science Communication - How to Communicate?View
- Start Lesson 5.3: Citizen ScienceView
- This week's forum discussionPlease join your peers...
- Week 5 ForumView
- This week's assignmentsThis is an overview of your...
- Assignment 1: Subject Communication Excercise
- Assignment 3: Join the discussion!
- Assignment 2: Pitch Yourself!
- Welcome to Week 5!
- ExpandWeek 6: Reflection & Action
- Welcome to Week 6!
- This week's lessonClick through the lesson below a...
- Start Lesson 6.1: Reflection & ActionView
- This week's forum discussionPost about your most s...
- Week 6 ForumView
- Please give us feedback on the MOOC!
- Please give us feedback on our MOOC!View
- Welcome to Week 6!
About this course
- 12 hours study
- 1Level 1: Introductory
- Course description
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ORION MOOC for Open Science in the Life Sciences
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