Courses

  • Courses, workshops and webinars bring the information about open science, assessment of science and its visibility, open access, citizen science and related topics in a Slovak or English language.
  • They are intended for researchers, citizen scientists, students, librarians, and information specialists in Slovakia.
  • All courses, webinars and workshops are free of charge.

Course: Open Science in Practice

The course has a modular structure, and it is divided into four separate modules. Each learning module is independent, allowing students to select only a specific module or modules to become experts in a specific area of open science.

Educational output

  • Participants will get expertise on open access and open science and be ready to implement them in practice.
  • They learn about the process of scholarly communication, the historical circumstances that led to the emergence of the open access movement, and the evolution of the scientific publishing system to its current form.
  • They also learn about current trends in online research visibility, open access publishing principles, data management (FAIR principles), and open educational resources (OERs).

Target groups (all modules)

  • libraries, scientific and research institutions, universities, funders, policy makers or publishing houses.

This module provides basic information about different facets of Open Science.

Participants:

  • gain a detailed insight into open science and open access philosophy;
  • become familiar with the history, terminology and principles of open access and open science; 
  • get an overview of intellectual property rights and public licences;
  • can demonstrate the impact of openness on professional and scholarly communication;
  • acquire the skills necessary for quality research support, specifically suitable for positions in the field of scientific publishing, research information support, library services or in general—for anyone interested in an open science phenomenon;
  • receive an a certficate of completion–after successful completion of the final exam.

This module focuses on repositories and open access publishing platorms.

Participants will:

  • understand how to publish your work openly and be aware of the advantages and disadvantages of OA publishing;
  • get an insight into how digital repositories are built and what is needed to plan and realise such a project successfully;
  • become familiar with publishing open access content in repositories and on websites;
  • learn about digital publishing systems and have an opportunity to experience one of them in practice;
  • receive an a certficate of completion–after successful completion of the final exam

This module prepares participants for the systematic implementation of Open Science in their environment.

Participants:

  • can recognize and define Open Science policies and mandates at different levels;
  • gain an overview of the processes related to policy development and how to ensure its effectiveness;
  • become familiar with the National Open Science Strategy developments and related projects;
  • learn how to innovate their teaching with open educational resources and discuss the challenges and opportunities with sharing open educational resources;
  • learn about citizen science–how to bring science closer to citizens and prepare a citizen science project;
  • receive an a certficate of completion–after successful completion of the final exam.

This module introduces all aspects of open data and the latest development in this area of Open Science. 

Participants will:

  • understand the different types of data and FAIR principles and if their data meet them (make data findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable);
  • use in practice e-tools for research data management;
  • learn about the future of data management and data publishing;
  • receive a certificate of completion–after succesful completion of the final exam.

COURSE: Electronic Information Resources—Publishing Consultant

The course covers the creation, usage, evaluation, and management of electronic information resources (EIRs) for research and the academic community. It also focuses on scientific journals and related metrics and introduces various approaches to research assessment.

Educational output

Participants:

  • gain an overview of electronic information resources;
  • learn the best search strategies, citation techniques and how to work with citation managers;
  • become familiar with unique identifiers;
  • learn about the scientific article writing process and how to select the most suitable research journal;
  • become familiar with the challenges of the peer review process, scientific and publishing ethics, and copyright issues;
  • gain an overview of open science, research assessment, e-science, research data management, and the future of libraries in the digital age.

Target groups

  • researchers, librarians, academic community.