Open Scholarship: How to Be an Open Researcher Today

Open Scholarship: How to be an Open Researcher Today

Intersession 2018

Instructor

Robin N Sinn, Scholarly Communication Specialist, Sheridan Libraries & Museums

Course Schedule

MWF, 1/8/10 – 1/26/18, 1:00 – 2:45, MSEL ERC

Class meets 8 times

Course description

‘Open’ is a term often used to describe the movement to share scholarship and research without pay walls. Open scholarship topics include open source, open access, open data, open educational resources, and open science. What do these terms really mean? And how will this affect your writing and research as you move through your academic career? These are the questions we will explore in this one-credit course.

Students who complete this course will

• Be able to analyze options for sharing their own work with the world
• Be able to use others’ work in an ethical fashion
• Have reliable resources to help them understand the changing landscape of scholarly publishing and communication

Course work

Readings/viewings will be required throughout the course; most of the class sessions will be discussions. The links to readings and videos will be made available through Blackboard.

The closing assignment will help students synthesize what they’ve learned from the readings and class discussions.

Individuals or pairs will be given a research scenario with a question about the options available for dissemination of their research outcomes. Presentations should be 5-10 minutes long and will occur on the last day of class.

Class attendance, participation in class discussion, and the closing scenario presentation will provide a grounding in the changing landscape of scholarly publishing.

Grading

Course is pass/fail. Attendance and participation in the class sessions and completion of the scenario assignment will ensure a Pass.

Ethics

Ethical use of information is part of this course. Students are expected to comply with the JHU Homewood Student Affairs Student Conduct code, particularly the section on Academic Ethics.

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