University of Turin
www.unito.it

SCHEDULE

The course consists of four modules, each lasts from 10.00 a.m. – 1.00 p.m.:

13. October: Module 1: Why do we need open science?
14. October: Module 2: Open science – An alternative
21. October: Module 3: Open access in practice
22. October: Module 4: European policies and European Open Science Cloud

Dear PhD candidates and postdocs,

You are welcome to sign up for the course: Open Science

Open Science A to Z is a comprehensive course aimed at giving participants a 360° view on open science, open access, and European policies on this topic. During the practice time, participants will get first-hand experience of some of the open science tools. Interaction between students and instructor will be enabled through Mentimeter.

The course consists of four modules, each lasts from 10.00 a.m. – 1.00 p.m.:

  1. October: Module 1: Why do we need open science?
  • How it works (if it works)
  • Peer review: A crisis?
  • Costs and the anelastic market
  • Reproducibility crisis
  • Research evaluation
  1. October: Module 2: Open science – An alternative
  • Open Science principles
  • Scholarly communication functions reloaded: preprint, open peer review, altmetrics, etc.
  • Overview on useful tools to open every step of the research workflow
  1. October: Module 3: Open access in practice
  • Self-archiving and publishing
  • How to make your paper open: copyright policies, repositories, journals, etc.
  1. October: Module 4: European policies and European Open Science Cloud
  • Open science European policies
  • European Open Science Cloud (EOSC)
  • Open science and innovation

Learning objectives

Knowledge

After completion of the course, the candidate:

  • Has in-depth understanding of the current scholarly communication system and its biases
  • Has in-depth understanding of the core principles of open science and open access
  • Has basic knowledge of data management and FAIR data
  • Has specific knowledge about the tools to properly do Open Science and Open Access in practice

Skills

After completion of the course, the candidate:

  • Can discuss critically the current scholarly communication system
  • Can use Open Science and Open Access tools in order to open up the research workflow

Instructor: Elena Giglia, Head of the Open Access Office at the University of Turin, Italy

Location: Zoom

Places available: 25

Please sign up here: https://nettskjema.no/a/openscience