Open science is the movement to make scientific research, data and dissemination accessible to all levels of an inquiring society [@FOSTER]. Open Science is about increased transparency, re-use, participation, cooperation, accountability and reproducibility for research. Open science is science done properly. This course is tailored for graduate students and early-career researchers in archaeological science. It intends to teach guiding principles (open methods, open source, open data, open access, open peer review, open educational resources) and best practices (reproducible research) for doing science properly. Beside theoretical modules, this course provides hands-on sections to various methods that can be used to make your research reproducible and fulfil the current EU policy requirement for open science.
Offered in presence and/or online
Course prerequisite: None
Teaching language: English
Learn the basic principles of open science (open methods, open source, open data, open access, open peer review, open educational resources) and understand the ethical, legal, social, economic, and research impact arguments for and against Open Science. Understand EU and publishing policies. Learn some of the best practices of open science (computational science research, literate programming, pre-print/data repositories, open access journals, open licenses) and be able to use a variety of resources to create a workflow for reproducible research (R, GitHub, Markdown).
| Lectures |
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| 1. Open Concepts and Principles |
| 2. Open Research Data and Materials |
| 3. Open Research Software and Open Source |
| 4. Reproducible Research and Data Analysis |
| 5. Open Access to Published Research Results |
| 6. Open Licensing and File Formats |
| 7. Collaborative Platforms |
| 8. Open Peer Review, Metrics, and Evaluation |
| 9. Open Science Policies |
| 10. Citizen Science |
| 11. Open Educational Resources |
| 12. Open Advocacy |
There are 12 quizzes (week 1 to 12), to be submitted by email. You must earn a grade of at least 80% to pass a quiz. You may attempt each quiz up to 3 times. Your score will count toward your final grade.
swirl is an interactive learning environment for the R programming language. There are 15 swirl modules to be submitted by email. The swirl modules are optional and will not count toward your final grade, but it is highly recommended to complete them.
The final exercise focus on replicating a case study and it will be assessed by peer assessment. You will be asked to replicate a case study and you will be evaluated by your classmates on your work.
The final exam consists of quizzes.
Regardless of your platform (Windows, Mac or Linux) you will need a high-speed Internet connection in order to watch the videos, download data and software, submit your assignments. You will also need to have admin permits on your PC to be able to install software. This course make exclusively use of free and open software.
- Marwick et al. 2017. Open science in archaeology. SAA Archaeological Record.
- Marwick & Birch. 2018. A Standard for the Scholarly Citation of Archaeological Data as an Incentive to Data Sharing. Advances in Archaeological Practice 1-19.
- Schmidt & Marwick. 2020. Tool-Driven Revolutions in Archaeological Science. Journal of Computer Applications in Archaeology, 3(1), 18-32.
- Marwick. 2017. Computational Reproducibility in Archaeological Research: Basic Principles and a Case Study of Their Implementation. J Archaeol Method Theory 24, 424-450.
- Marwick. 2020. Open access to publications to expand participation in archaeology. Norwegian Archaeological Review.
Open Science. Guiding principles and best practices © 2021 by Domenico Giusti is an Open Educational Resource, and is therefore licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Lectures are based on 'The Open Science Training Handbook' at https://book.fosteropenscience.eu/en/.
Some of the materials referenced in this course might be copyright protected — if so, this will be indicated. I have tried to acknowledge all sources. If for some reason I have forgotten to provide you with proper credits, it has not been done with malicious intent. Feel free to contact me for any corrections.