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Open education and open science

can librarians strengthen the relationship?

Slides online at: https://tinyurl.com/OEandOS

Jeroen Bosman, Utrecht University Library. ENOEL meeting 20220516

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Open education and open science

  • There are relations between open education and open science
  • These two fields/goals are addressed/organised differently in each institution
  • The role of libraries and librarians in this also varies widely

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Some relations between open education and open science

Open educational resources

MOOCS

Open-licensed research outputs

Open-licensed non-academic output

Openly shared student output (e.g. theses)

Open pedagogies (e.g. community based learning)

Open science mindset and skillset

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Open education and open science

  • There are relations between open education and open science
  • The role of libraries and librarians in this also varies widely
  • These two fields/goals are addressed/organised differently in each institution

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Developing/potential roles in open education in my institution

student:

- acquires and applies OS practices and principles with an OS mindset

- considers sharing thesis

library:

- provides information resources on OS

- includes OS in information literacy

- provides support on sharing, licensing, publishing & meta-

data

OSP & FOSTS:

(OS programme, faculty OS teams)

- aligns changes in policy and practices, also with other tracks

- stimulates initiatives UU-wide and in faculties

teaching staff:

- applies OS principles and practices to courses & assignments

- shares slides, course outlines, assignments (OER)

- offers MOOCS

IT department & EducateIT

- provides/develops tools that support OS and educational workflows

graduate schools:

- stimulates collaboration and implementation on integrating OS in courses

- sets expectations / learning goals

CAT:(centre for academic teaching)

- stimulate and innovate on OS in teacher development and educational scholarship

- helps evaluate learning approaches & practices

societal stakeholders:

- offer application and learning contexts (e.g. internships, fieldwork) that fit open science criteria

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Roles of libraries?

OS in information literacy teaching

Library as a place for open pedagogies

Library expertise and knowledge in OS courses

Providing information sources on (applying) OS

Open licensing support

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Open education and open science

  • There are relations between open education and open science
  • The role of libraries and librarians in this also varies widely
  • These two fields/goals are addressed/organised differently in each institution

hands on activity:

https://tinyurl.com/enoel2205

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Where does the support for these live in your institution?

OER:

Using open licenses:

Creating a MOOC:

Open pedagogy:

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Discussion

Is there interest among ENOEL members to work on

strengthening the relation between open education and open science?

What could that look like?

What could we work on?

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[added by Jeroen 20220627:] Things ENOEL could work on

  • Exploring the positioning of OE in or alongside OS:
    • what are the various configurations in HE institutions
    • advantages and disadvantages of a strong organisational relational between the two
  • OER on practising open science
    • Promoting the visibility of concrete OER on practising open science
    • Looking at gaps in the availability of concrete OER on practising open science
    • Promoting the creation of concrete OER on practising open science