Open Science – Open Principles
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This is the first step in giving you a solid grounding in all things Open Science. This module has been developed in the open collaboration by an international team of Open Science Wizards and updated in 2025 by a team from Marburg University.
Publisher: eResearch Service Center
This is an edited and updated version of the Open Science learning module: Jon Tennant, Bruce Caron, Jo Havemann, Samuel Guay, Julien Colomb, Eva Lantsoght, Erzsébet Tóth-Czifra, Katharina Kriegel, Justin Sègbédji Ahinon, Cooper Smout. (2019, March 16). OpenScienceMOOC/Module-1-Open-Principles: Second release (Version 2.0.0). Zenodo. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2595951
Contributors to the revised version in alphabetical order: Hannah Ernst, Marcel Neumann, Hanna Prautzsch, Lydia Riedl
Review: We thank Lydia Riedl for critical feedback.
Requirements: No prior knowledge is required for this learning module. The chapters build on each other thematically, but can also be worked on individually.
Target group: Designed primarily for students and researchers at the graduate and undergraduate level, this module also serves as training material for postdocs and more senior researchers. We want to help make openness universal and for all, not just a select few. This aims to be a cross-disciplinary module covering all research branches, including Engineering, Medicine, Biosciences, Mathematics, Social Sciences, Humanities, and the Arts. Therefore, irrespective of your background you are very much welcome here.
Learning objective: The learning module provides ethical, legal, social, economic, philosophical and research-relevant arguments for and against open science, information on the core principles of Open Science and is the start of an own open science practice.
Content: If you prefer to read, you can access the content of this learning unit exclusively via the text. However, the inserted videos offer further access to the respective topic, so that those who work well with video explanations are presented with the content in a different way.
Duration: 5 hours (including the tasks). If you read all the texts with concentration and have a look at the videos, that would be the estimated total processing time. If you watch the complete amount of videos or look up further information, e.g. via the links provided, you will need longer. And don't forget to take breaks.
Published or last modified: September 2025
License: This module is licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal. All image and video material is excluded from the general CC0 licensing, for further information, please check the specific license of the material.
Videos: This learning module includes videos. Unfortunately, ILIAS does not allow subtitles to be activated. If you want to enable subtitles, copy the link below the video and open it directly on YouTube to adjust the settings to your personal preferences there.
Questions: Throughout this module, responsive elements in form of questions are employed. This approach allows the learner to test and deepen the knowledge that has been acquired so far.
Certificate of Attendance: Once all questions in the module have been successfully completed, a proof of participation will be issued.
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