Open Science/Week 7: Innovations Throughout the Scientific Process

Learning Outcomes

• Describe the stages of the scientific process.
• Identify ways open science practices can be incorporated at each stage.

Readings

“A Vision for Open Science by Design” in Open Science by Design: Realizing a Vision for 21st Century Research, Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, Copyright National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) 2018. 13 pages.

"Open Science Framework (OSF)" by Foster, E. D., & Deardorff, A. in Journal of the Medical Library Association: JMLA, 105(2), Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International. 3 pages.

In addition to reading the resource review above, encourage students to explore the OSF website https://osf.io/

Discussion Question

Locate an example using the Discover Public Research search on the Open Science Framework website. Suitable examples could be preprints, projects, or registrations. Provide a brief summary of your example, like the case studies used by Foster & Deardorff in their review of the Open Science Framework. Include at least one reference to the phases of the research lifecycle as presented in Open Science by Design. Conclude your case study with a question for further discussion.

Self-check Questions

1 In the report Open Science by Design: Realizing a Vision for 21st Century Research, to what does the phrase “Open Science by Design” refer?

	open science principles and practices in each phase of the research lifecycle
	practices originally developed for the design of open source software
	being intentional in one’s adoption of open principles and practices in science
	relying on public policy to incentivise the adoption of open science

2 What is the primary motivation behind the Open Science by Design framework?

	quality
	equity
	human rights
	inclusion

3 Which of the following items lists the phases of the research life cycle in the order used in the Open Science by Design model?

	provocation, ideation, knowledge generation, validation, dissemination, preservation
	provocation, ideation, knowledge generation, dissemination, validation, preservation
	ideation, provocation, knowledge generation, validation, dissemination, preservation
	ideation, knowledge generation, dissemination, provocation, validation, preservation

4 The Open Science Framework is best described by which of the following terms?

	infrastructure
	theory
	public policy
	advocacy

5 What conclusions do Foster & Deardorff draw from the two case studies in their resource review of Open Science Framework (OSF)? Choose the best answer.

	OSF enabled a complex, multi-institutional open science project.
	OSF was more complicated than some other options for a small project within a single institution.
	Both of the above
	None of the above