Academic Life and Culture

 

Introducing the National Open Research Training Programme

In this blog post, Dr Dermot Lynott, Assistant Professor in Psychology at Maynooth University, and Lead Investigator on the NORF-funded National Open Research Training Programme introduces the work of the project and its overall goals for open …

Open and Responsible Researcher Reward and Recognition (OR4)

The Programme aim is to accelerate the uptake of high quality open research practices. The Center for Open Science theory of change highlights five types of action that can promote change. This project is focused on making open research rewarded and, …

Open Education Challenge Series

The OE Challenge is a learning resource of small doable activities you can work through at your own pace. The series is a fun way for educators to get a taste of  Open Education Practices (OEP) in micro-activities that you can do in 10 minutes or …

Open Pedagogy: A Driving Force for Meaningful Learning

In this article, we show how the concepts of Open Education and Open Pedagogy make learning more meaningful. We argue that the application of meaningful learning is essential in light of current developments in higher education. We do this based on …

Open Pedagogy: how to engage your students and transform education

Education is not only about learning facts and skills but also about preparing students for active and successful participation in society. Traditional methods of teaching, however, may not always fully engage students or show them how their …

Open Science

In this section, you will learn more about: - Open access publishing and open research data; - How to apply for open access funding; - How to archive your articles and other results at your institution; - Research data and research data management in …

Open Science 2030 in the Netherlands: NPOS2030 Ambition Document and Rolling Agenda

Open Science is a global transition to making scientific research practices more open and collaborative, for greater scientific and societal impact. The goal of the Netherlands National Open Science Programme (NPOS) is to facilitate all national …

Open Science Practices are on the Rise: The State of Social Science (3S) Survey

Has there been meaningful movement toward open sci-ence practices within the social sciences in recent years? Discussions about changes in practices such as posting data and pre-registering analyses have been marked by controversy—including …

Recommendations for empowering early career researchers to improve research culture and practice

Early career researchers (ECRs) are important stakeholders leading efforts to catalyze systemic change in research culture and practice. Here, we summarize the outputs from a virtual unconventional conference (unconference), which brought together 54 …

Resource lists overview for working with Open Educational Resources

The guidelines in this Library Guide give an in-depth, but limited first look at how you can find and engage with Open Educational Resources (OER). This section provides lists detailing where to find specific types of OER, tools you can use to create …
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