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The Scope of the Course and Course Structure

The course covers multiple aspects of Open Science and Open Innovation.

Week 1: INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE

Introduction to week 1

1.2 The scope of the course and course structure

1.3 Meet the experts

1.4 Meet your fellow learners

1.5 Your Experience with Open Science and Open Innovation

The Transformation of Higher Education (HE)

1.6 Introduction to the Transformation of Higher Education

1.7 Major Trends and Societal Developments in HE

1.8 The Evolution of Universities

1.9 Knowledge and Innovation

1.10 Ecosystems for Innovation and Implementation

1.11 The University of the Future: Visions for the 21st Century

1.12 Case Study: Tilburg University

1.13 Resources

1.14 Assess your Learning

WEEK 2: WHAT IS OPEN SCIENCE?

Welcome to Week 2!

2.1 Get to know Clemens Blümel

What Is Open Science?

2.2. Introduction to Open Science

2.3. Background

2.4. Concepts of Open Science

2.5. Different Aspects of Open Science

2.6. Drivers of Open Science

2.7. Critique and Debates about Open Science

2.8. Assess your Learning

2.9. Resources

WEEK 3: THE OPEN SCIENCE POLICY OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

Introduction to this Week

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Meet Our Expert: Prof. Dr. Hans-Hennig von Grünberg

The Open Science Policy of the European Union

3.3. The Goals of the European Open Science Policy

3.4. Deeper Reasons for Open Science: Open Science is better Science

3.5. Deeper Reasons for Open Science: Higher Connectivity

3.6. Why Multistakeholder, why new Actors in the Research Process

3.7. Open Innovation: Getting more Research Results to the Market

3.8 What is wrong with Publish-or-Perish Culture?

3.9. Towards a Culture of Collaboration: New Rules for Research Assessment

3.10. Horizon Europe

3.11. Assess your learning

3.12. Resources

WEEK 4: OPENNESS IN (SOCIAL) INNOVATION

What is Open Innovation?

4.1 Introduction to Open Innovation

4.2 The Concept of Openness

4.3 The Evolution of the Concept of Open Innovation

4.4 Three Selected Open Innovation Methods: Introduction

4.5 Three Selected Open Innovation Methods: Lead User Method

4.6 Three Selected Open Innovation Methods: Crowdsourcing

4.7 Three Selected Open Innovation Methods: Technology Competence Leveraging

4.8 Generating Impact on Varying Levels

4.9 Two Case Studies: Implementing Open Innovation in Organisations

4.10 Two Case Studies: STRUCINSPECT

4.11 Two Case Studies: Leadership for Open Innovation

What is Open Social Innovation?

4.12 What is Open Social Innovation?

4.13 Introduction to Open Social Innovation

4.14 Theoretical Implication of Open Social Innovation

4.15 Open Social Innovation in Action

4.16 Examples of Initiatives and Alliances

4.17 The Open Social Innovation Process

4.18 Potential and Challenges of Open Social Innovation

4.19 What’s Next?

4.20 Resources

4.21 Exercise for the lecture on “What is Open Innovation?”

4.22 Exercise for the lecture on “What is Open Social Innovation?”

WEEK 5: LET’S TALK ABOUT DATA

Introduction to Week 5

5.1 Introduction to Data in Open Science

Research Data Management

5.2 Introduction to Research Data Management

5.3 Digital Research Data

5.4 Research Data Management

5.5 Order and Structure

5.6 Documentation and Metadata, Part 1

5.7 Documentation and Metadata: Solution

5.8 Documentation and Metadata, Part 2

5.9 Storage and Backup / Long-Term Archiving

5.10 Your Data Management Plan

5.11 Research Data Policies

5.12 Where to find more information

Open Data

5.13 Introduction to Open Data

5.14 What is Research Data?

5.15 What is Open Data?

5.16 What are the Benefits of Open Data for Researchers?

5.17 Cultural Barriers to Open Data

5.18 FAIR Data to Overcome Technical Barriers

5.19 Make Open Data Findable

5.20 How Can We Make Open Data Accessible?

5.21 Podcast with an ethics officer

5.22 The Interoperability of Your Data

5.23 Open Licenses

5.24 Podcast with a Data Steward at University of Twente

5.25 Common Misconceptions Around Open and FAIR Data

Open Reproducible Research (ORR)

5.26 Introduction to ORR

5.27 Open Reproducibility Research: Overview

5.28 ORR and Related Concepts

5.29 The Reproducibility Crisis

5.30 Technical Obstacles Concerning Data and Code

5.31 How to Become an Open Researcher?

5.32 Research Principles and Best Practices

5.33 Research Principles and Best Practices: Task

5.34 How to Secure the Verifiability of your Research?

5.35 Interactive Forms of Scientific Publication

5.36 Interactive Forms of Scientific Publication: Screencast

5.37 Resources

5.38 Assess your Learning on Research Data Management

5.39 Assess your Learning on Open data

5.40 Assess your Learning on ORR

WEEK 6: COLLABORATION IN SCIENCE AND SOCIETY

Introduction

6.1 Introduction to week 6

6.2 Get to know Dr. Sybille Reichert

The Role of Universities in Innovation Ecosystems

6.3 Introduction to the Role of Universities in Innovation Ecosystems

6.4 Drivers of Transformation for Universities – Stakeholder Interaction in Regional Networks

6.5 Emerging New Roles of State, Business, University Actors in a Triple Helix Cooperation

6.6 University Transformation, Transformative University

6.7 University Transformation: Examples of New Approaches to Learning

6.8 University Transformation: Research and Knowledge Transfer

6.9 Dynamics of Regional Cooperation and University-Centered Open Innovation Networks

Collaborative Science

6.10 Introduction to Collaborative Science

6.11 Background: Collaboration Characteristics in Academia

6.12 Challenges of Scholarly Collaborations

6.13 A Digital Collaborative Revolution? Digital Tools and Practices of Collaboration

6.14 Collaborative Forms of Knowledge Production

6.15 Use of Digital Tools and Infrastructure Across the Research Cycle

6.16 Digital Support for Collaboration

6.17 Conclusion

6.18 Resources

6.19 Assess your Learning

WEEK 7: OPEN ACCESS PUBLICATION

Welcome to Week 7!

7.1 Get to know Jessica Rücknagel

The Current Academic Publishing System

7.2 The Current Academic Publishing System

7.3 What is Open Access?

7.4 Why Do We Need Open Access?

7.5 A Brief History of the Open Access Movement

7.6 What Prejudices Against Open Access Exist?

The Publication Process

7.7 The Publication Process

7.8 Introduction to the Legal Framework

7.9 Primary Publications in Open Access

7.10 Criteria for Choosing an Open Access Publisher or Journal

7.11 Publishing in Repositories

7.12 Benefits of Publishing in Repositories

7.13 Manuscript Versions and Where to Publish them

7.14 Metadata and Persistent Identifiers

7.15 Gold or Green – Which Publication Strategy Suits Best?

Creative Commons Licences in Detail

7.16 Creative Commons Licences in Detail

7.17 What Combination of Licences Exist?

7.18 Barriers Mean it’s not Open

Transforming the Scholarly Publishing System

7.19 Transforming the Scholarly Publishing System

7.20 Resources on Open Access

7.21 Additional Material

7.22 Assess your Learning

WEEK 8: How to make Open Science with an Impact

Welcome to Week 8!

8.1 Introduction to this week

Science Communication

8.2 Introduction to science communication

8.3 Science Communication: Theory

8.4 Interview with Prof Dr Christoph Neuberger

8.5 Science Communication: Empirics

8.6 Interview with Dr PD Birte Fähnrich

8.7 Science Communication: Practice

8.8 Interview with Prof Dr Molthagen-Schnöring

Strategic Impact Management

8.9 Introduction to Strategic Change Management

8.10 The Logic Model

8.11 The Stakeholder Analysis

8.12 A Dissemination Strategy

Innovation Indicators

8.13 Introduction to Innovation Indicators

8.14 Background: A Classification and Typology of Innovative and Inventive Activity

8.15 Understanding Innovation

8.16 Typology of Innovation Indicators

8.17 Open Science and Open Innovation Perspectives Towards Research and Innovation Indicators

8.18 Monitoring Ideation and Data Generation in the Digital Realm

8.19 Monitoring Open Software Development

8.20 Exploring Digital Scholarly Communication

8.21 Citizen Science and Crowd Funding

8.22 Conclusion and Critique

8.23 Resources

8.24 Assess your Learning

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