Sharing scientific knowledge, research steps and results, or educational materials - Open Science encompasses many measures and practices to make knowledge and data accessible to everyone.
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Researchers, teachers and students of Ruhr-University, partners of the European UNIC university network and interested parties are invited to participate in our Open Science November. This Month offers various formats - both for beginners and experts interested in the topic of Open Science.
Below you will find the complete program including registration options for the Open Science November:
Speaker: Kathrin Braungardt, Center for Teaching and Learning | eLearning (RUB)
Target group: Teachers/Researchers, Beginners
Location: Online
What is allowed when I use images and videos for my own teaching materials and publications? What copyright conditions must be observed? In this short introduction, you will receive answers to these questions and an introduction to the aspects relevant to copyright law for universities, including specific case studies.
Speaker: Dr. Bernhard Miller, Coordinator KonsortSWD – nfdi4society
Target group: Beginners and advanced researchers
Location: Online
The presentation highlights the increasing importance of research data management (RDM) in the social sciences and how researchers can deal with the associated challenges.
The increasing relevance of RDM is due to the need to make research results reproducible, avoid data loss and enable the reuse of data. The National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI) develops and bundles RDM services in order to strengthen and expand the research data infrastructure for researching society. Within the NFDI, the consortium for the social, educational, behavioral and economic sciences (KonsortSWD- NFDI4Society) focuses on the specific needs of these disciplines. The presentation will introduce the services offered by KonsortSWD, which aim to provide researchers with technical and content-related support in the management and reuse of research data, with a special focus on the challenges and requirements of handling sensitive data. This includes support services for the management of research data throughout the entire research data lifecycle, ensuring access to data while taking ethical and legal aspects into account and promoting the interoperability and visibility of research data. The presentation will also provide insights into the data services offered by the research data centers accredited by the German Data Forum (RatSWD). These insights provide an overview of the diverse research data available to researchers and show how this data can be supported and made reusable by the services offered by KonsortSWD.
Speaker: Katharina & Jenny from eTeam Digi, Center for Teaching and Learning | eLearning (RUB)
Target group: Students, Beginners
Location: Online
Do you need images or icons for your presentation or are you looking for a suitable video for your presentation? Wouldn't you like some suggestions for the structure and design of your presentation? We'll show you where you can find free materials for use and inspiration and how you can use them for your presentations and the like without worrying about copyright. And all this in a nutshell during the coffee break!
Speaker: Carla Hansmann, RUB University Library
Target group: Teachers/Researchers, Beginners
Location: Online
Open Access is a central aspect of Open Science and describes the free, unrestricted and irrevocable access to reusable scientific publications on the Internet.
This event offers you an up-to-date, practical introduction to the topic of Open Access: Why is Open Access important and what are the advantages? What are the ways to publish Open Access? What should you pay particular attention to and what funding opportunities are available?
Speaker: Matthias Kostrzewa, Professional School of Education RUB | University Network digiLL
Target group: Teacher Training Students, Beginners
Location: Online
We will show you where you can find free teaching materials and how you can use them in your (future) lessons. We will take a look at the most popular OER platforms and give you some tips and tricks for a successful search for materials. The event is an absolute must for all student teachers of all subjects and the perfect opportunity for OER beginners to plunge into the exciting world of open educational resources!
Speaker: Lianne Wolsink, Global Steering Committe ReproducibiliTea
Target group: Researchers, Beginner
Location: Online
As early career researcher (PhD or postdoctoral researcher), the topic of Open Science can seem complicated and overwhelming.
In this talk, I aim to show that starting with Open Science is doable and worthwhile. At the core of Open Science lies transparency, and implementing Open Science practices will improve the verifiability, reproducibility, and credibility of your research.
Speaker: Carla Hansmann, RUB University Library
Target group: Teachers/Researchers, Beginners
Location: Online
The scientific policy demand for free access to scientific publications in Open Access is also changing the publication culture in the humanities and social sciences. But what do these changes and new opportunities mean for disciplines in which monographs in particular are published? What opportunities does an open access publication offer in addition to the printed book? What reservations and hurdles are there and what should you pay attention to when communicating with publishers?
In this lecture, you will receive a practical overview of the topic of open access publishing, both in journals and monographs, with a focus on the humanities and social sciences. The focus will be on the advantages and hurdles, ways and possibilities, requirements of funding bodies as well as special features of publishing contracts and funding opportunities at RUB.
Speaker: Kathrin Braungardt & Sarah Görlich, Center for Teaching and Learning | eLearning (RUB)
Target group: Teachers, beginners
Location: Online
What are Open Educational Resources and what do these Creative Commons licenses stand for? In our shortie, we explain what OER is all about and how it can be used. So grab a cup of coffee or tea and use the break to find out briefly and concisely about the use of free educational materials.
Speaker: Peter Häfner, INNOcentric GmbH
Target group: Researchers, Beginners and advanced users
Location: Online
Today, the commercial exploitation of research results, their transfer to industry and thus their application in society are essentially based on protecting research results, regulating access to them and, in some cases, keeping them secret.
This is contrasted by various open concepts under the umbrella term Open Science. Keywords such as open source, open data or open hardware are used not only to simplify access to knowledge and make it cheaper or free of charge, but often also to make it free to use. This will have a significant impact on the way knowledge and technology are transferred. Not only transfer institutions have to deal with this, but also scientists.
This short seminar will introduce the basic concepts of Open Science and highlight the effects on knowledge and technology transfer. In addition to the legal framework, the focus will be on options for action, decision-making aids and options for business models in the "open world".
Speaker: Kathrin Lucht-Roussel & Carla Hansmann, RUB University Library
Target group: Teachers/Researchers, Beginners
Location: Online
Would you like to publish Open Access? We will introduce you to the Open Access services at RUB and answer your questions: How do I apply for funding from the Publication Fund? Which publishing agreements can I benefit from? What do I need to consider in the context of Project DEAL (Wiley, Springer)? What other publication services does the University Library provide?
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Achim von Keudell, RUB
Target group: Beginners and advanced Researchers
Location: Online
The INF project in the CRC 1316 aims at educating the researchers of the CRC regarding data storage awareness as well as contribution to a research data management. In addition, working groups were formed in coordination with the Plasma Physics Section of the German Physical Society to develop metadata standards for the individual scientific areas of CRC 1316. The presentation is intended to illustrate the various aspects of the activities of CRC 1316.
Speaker: Willem Fiene & Marlene Pacharra, IT.Services & University Library RUB | Research Data Management
Target group: Beginners and advanced researchers
Location: Online
Effectively publishing and securely archiving research data is a critical challenge for scientists of all disciplines. Selecting the appropriate repository is particularly crucial for data that is not intended or not yet ready for publication. It's essential to use a platform that ensures your data can be well managed according to the Guidelines of Good Scientific Practice and eventually be archived or published.
ReSeeD, the central research data repository of Ruhr-Universität Bochum, offers a comprehensive infrastructure for research data management. The repository covers various application options (e.g. metadata assignment, role and rights management, collaborative work) and is suitable for different types of data.
In this workshop you will explore the basic functionalities of ReSeeD and learn how to manage and store your data in ReSeeD - from the creation of datasets, collaboration and sharing of datasets, to their archiving and publication. You will gain hands-on experience with ReSeeD, allowing you to directly apply what you've learned.
Participants without a RUB-LoginID may access ReSeeD via a free ORCID-iD.
No prior knowledge is required for this workshop.
Speaker: Kathrin Braungardt & Sarah Görlich, Center for Teaching and Learning | eLearning (RUB)
Target group: Teachers, beginners and advanced learners
Location: Ruhr University Bochum | ZfW, FNO 02/73
We would like to invite you to the RUB OER Meetup! Under the motto “Impulses, networking, openness”, interested parties and practitioners of Open Educational Resources (OER) meet here at regular intervals for dialog.
Why take part in the OER Meetup?
Speaker: Carla Hansmann, RUB University Library
Target group: Teachers/Researchers, Beginners
Location: Online
Open Access is an important topic across all disciplines, but there are also discipline-specific features and offers. In this short input you will learn where you can find information on Open Access specifically in your subject area.
Speaker: Tuba Güden-Silber & Elena Schick, RUB University Library | Research Data Management
Target group: Researchers, Beginners
Location: RUB University Library, Room 6/24
Research data is the basis for scientific progress and is essential for publications. Everyone has probably already experienced in their everyday work that data or files can no longer be found, are accidentally overwritten, are available in several versions or you no longer know exactly what each file contains. Avoiding such situations is one of the many aspects of structured research data management (RDM).
In its “Guidelines for Safeguarding Good Scientific Practice”, the German Research Foundation calls on scientists to make the underlying research data accessible in accordance with the FAIR principles in addition to the research results. But what exactly are these principles and what does this mean for your work? What is research data management anyway, why do more and more funding bodies require statements on the handling of research data and does this mean that you (also) have to do this now?
After the workshop, you will be aware of the benefits of structured research data management and that the topic is not as new as you might have thought. You will learn how to structure, organize and manage your research data in a meaningful way, how to work collaboratively with several project partners and which contacts within the university you can turn to if you get stuck. You will also learn about helpful tools that will make it easier for you to handle research data in your everyday work.
Speaker: OER-Team, Center for Teaching and Learning | eLearning (RUB)
Target group: People interested in OER, beginners and advanced users
Location: Ruhrturm Essen
As part of this year's OER Festival from November 18 to 20, the OERcamp will take place in Essen in addition to the ORCA.nrw conference - and we from the OER team of the ZfW will be there! Visit us on site and discuss the opportunities and challenges of OER with us.
Speaker: Carla Hansmann, RUB University Library
Target group: Teachers/researchers, beginners
Location: Online
You already know that you want to publish Open Access, but where can you find a suitable journal for your article? The selection of Open Access journals is large, but you should also consider the visibility and quality of the journal, the requirements of your funding bodies or the funding options of your institution. And what about a suitable publisher for your open access book? In this short input, you will learn which sources can help you in your search and decision-making process.
Speaker: Kathrin Lucht-Roussel, RUB University Library
Target group: Teachers/researchers, Beginners
Location: Online
You have already published your article, but not Open Access? What now? What exactly does the secondary publication law say and what is the Green Road? Can you still make the article permanently freely available to readers and if so, what needs to be considered? This brief input will show you how to proceed and where you can find helpful information on publishers' guidelines.
Speaker: Sabine Römer & Sarah Görlich, Centre for Science Didactics | eLearning (RUB)
Target group: Teachers, Beginners
Location: Online
In this workshop, you will gain an insight into the creative use of AI tools such as Midjourney and ChatGPT and develop stories for escape room scenarios, interactive tours and other learning materials together with us. We will show you how you can generate ideas for learning tours and games quickly and as easily as possible and implement them with suitable tools. A special focus will be on how you can use AI tools to create OER-capable materials.
Speaker: Marlene Pacharra, RUB University Library | Research Data Management
Target group: Researchers, beginners and advanced users
Location: Online
Are you faced with the question of how and where you can manage your research data efficiently and securely?
We will show you when and for which data it makes sense to use Sciebo, network drives from IT.SERVICES, GitLab, the RUB research data repository ReSeeD or the state service Coscine.
Find out how early planning of your storage options can optimize your RDM processes, data access and data security and how this can facilitate team collaboration.
We also explain how you can successfully implement FAIR and open data principles and what options are available to you for the various infrastructures.
Speaker: Sabine Römer & Sarah Görlich, Center for Teaching and Learning | eLearning (RUB)
Target group: Teachers, Beginners
Location: Online
In this introduction, we will show you how to use PowerPoint and various online tools to create creative educational/explanatory videos as animations (e.g. in comic, whiteboard or "claymation" style or using the laying technique).
In addition, we will look at the use of AI for educational videos, in particular with the Vyond Go program and with Whisper AI and Adobe Premiere for automated subtitling of videos. You will also find out how you can use free materials (Open Educational Resources) for video production.
Speaker: Linda Groß, RUB University Library
Target group: Teachers/Researchers, Beginners
Location: Online
It is important for you to make your research visible and to publish your results. Some dubious providers try to exploit this with fraudulent publication offers, but how can you identify them? In this input you will receive helpful tips on how to recognize a potential predatory publisher.
Speaker: Jenny from eTeam Digi and Sarah Görlich, Center for Teaching and Learning | eLearning (RUB)
Target group: Students, Beginners
Place: Online
Free learning materials, so-called Open Educational Resources (OER), can enrich your own studies. Whether you want to delve deeper into a topic, prepare for exams or do research for presentations etc. - OER can be a source of knowledge for you.
In this workshop, we will show you where you can find OER and under what conditions you are allowed to use them. The workshop combines knowledge units with interactive elements.
Speaker: Matthias Kostrzewa, Professional School of Education RUB | University Network digiLL
Target group: Teachers, Beginners
Place: Online
Since 2017, the digiLL university network has been publishing OER learning modules to build digitalisation-related skills. The digiLL learning modules are perfect for use in your own (university) teaching. For example, your students can work through a single learning module in preparation for a face-to-face or online session, similar to an inverted/flipped classroom scenario. The learning modules are also very suitable as an introduction to media didactics. In this event, we will show you how you can easily integrate OER learning modules into your teaching.
Speaker: Pia Piontkowitz, RUB University Library
Target group: Teachers/Researchers, Beginners
Location: Online
Open Access and Creative Commons licenses (CC licenses for short) belong together. However, the choice of the actual license variant for your own publication can be a challenge and should be carefully considered. In this input you will be introduced to the different license types and individual decision-making aids in the search for the appropriate CC license.
The Open Science Weeks take place once a year at Ruhr University Bochum: Get information on Open Access, Open Data and Open Educational Resources and learn how to publish your publication as Open Access and share your research data or teaching materials with the community. Take the opportunity to discuss current developments and challenges in the Open Science community with experts and network with other Open Science enthusiasts.
You can find more information on the topic of Open Science in our open Moodle Course.
The Open Science Week is organized by the Open Science Working Group of Ruhr-University Bochum. If you have any questions about the event, please contact: arbeitsgruppe-openscience@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
