Open Science workshop: From vision to practice

Group Submission Type: Pre-conference Workshop

Description of Session

Open Science is based on the principles of inclusion, fairness and sharing for the benefits of the public good, but also transparency for increased efficiency and scientific rigour. It encompasses a number of practices from collaborative platforms for research creation over open access to academic articles, educational resources and data as well as open forms of peer reviews and research evaluation. Unfortunately, we can see an increasing number of publishing businesses that promote proprietary/for-profit systems of knowledge production, management (e.g. data bases) and dissemination that are detrimental to the democratisation of knowledge, quality education and decent work. This participatory and practical workshop invites participants to explore open scholarly practices that they can integrate into their daily scientific routines and fosters a critical discussion on how open education practices and policies can be promoted in their constituencies.

Proposal

Nikola Wachter
Jon Tennant
Gustavo Fischmann
Rosario Rogel

The objectives of this workshop are to help inform participants about some of the major issues within the scholarly publishing, communications, and research ecosystem. This includes the increasing privatisation and monopolisation of services and outputs by major corporate players, which acts to inhibit the education and knowledge dissemination for the public at large. We will organise an interactive and hands-on learning space for participants based on the concept of a ‘marketplace of ideas’. Key experts from a range of stakeholder groups will be on hand to share their knowledge, and answer questions from the participants. The workshop will comprise several ‘knowledge centres’, represented by key the experts. Participants will form groups, and rotate between the centres, and engage in lively and active discussions. The expected outcomes of the workshop are for participants to gain a greater depth of understanding of the open science movement, get ideas for their daily practices as researchers or organisations commissioning research and gain insight into how the issues surrounding it translate into the broader educational domain.

Duration: 1 hour

Size: 30 participants

Special requests: NA

Sub Unit

• Pre-Conference Workshops

Workshop Organizers

• Nikola Wachter, Education International

• Jon Tennant, Independent Researcher

• Gustavo E. Fischman, Arizona State University

• Rosario Rogel, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México

• David Robinson, Canadian Association of University Teachers