Open Science Practice Certification — Foundation

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1. Module 1

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   1. Locked.What open science is, and what it is notLocked

      On completion you will be able to

      • On completion the learner can:
      • [R] State the components of open science and explain that they are separable — a paper can be open access with closed data, data can be open with an irreproducible analysis.
      • [R] Name the four core values and six guiding principles of the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science and distinguish them from its areas of action.
      • [A] Given a scenario, identify which instrument governs an expectation: international recommendation, funder policy, grant agreement, institutional policy, journal policy, or disciplinary norm.
      • [A] Apply "as open as possible, as closed as necessary" to a case with a genuine constraint, and distinguish a genuine constraint from a pretext.
      • [An] State fairly at least three substantive critiques of open science.

2. Module 2

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   1. Locked.The routes: gold, green, diamond, bronze, hybridLocked

      On completion you will be able to

      • [R] Define gold, green, diamond/platinum, bronze, hybrid and black open access precisely, including the licence status of each.
      • [A] Classify a real article into a route from the available evidence — licence statement, venue, repository record, publisher page — and justify the classification.
      • [An] Explain why bronze open access is not a durable form of access and what it fails to permit.
      • [A] Evaluate a candidate venue against a stated funder requirement using DOAJ and SHERPA services.
      • [An] Assess a suspect venue on evidence rather than on a list.

3. Module 3

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   1. Locked.Versions, licences and rightsLocked

      On completion you will be able to

      • [R] Distinguish the submitted version/preprint, the author accepted manuscript, and the version of record, and state what may lawfully be done with each.
      • [A] Determine, for a given publisher agreement, which version may be deposited, where, and after what embargo.
      • [R] State what CC BY, CC BY-SA, CC BY-ND, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-SA, CC BY-NC-ND and CC0 each permit.
      • [An] Explain why funders generally reject NC and ND terms even though both are "open".
      • [A] Advise an author on retaining the rights they need before signing, and on the options once they have signed.
      • [An] Choose between CC BY and CC0 for an article and for a dataset, and justify the difference.

4. Module 4

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   1. Locked.Repositories and depositLocked

      On completion you will be able to

      • [A] Select an appropriate repository for a given output type and discipline and justify the choice against named criteria.
      • [A] Deposit an output correctly: version, licence, embargo, metadata, identifiers, funder acknowledgement.
      • [An] Diagnose why a deposited output is not appearing in a funder or national monitor.
      • [R] Explain what repository certification (CoreTrustSeal) certifies, and that it is not a credential held by a person.

5. Module 5

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   1. Locked.Preprints, open peer review and open research practicesLocked

      On completion you will be able to

      • [A] Advise an author on whether, where and when to post a preprint, including the consequences for journal submission, media handling and citation.
      • [A] Cite a preprint correctly and distinguishably from the version of record.
      • [R] Distinguish open identities, open reports, open participation and post-publication review.
      • [R] Explain what preregistration and Registered Reports are, and where each is registered.
      • [A] Draft a data availability statement and a code availability statement that would actually allow a reader to obtain the material.

6. Module 6

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   1. Locked.Mandates in practice: answering the compliance questionLocked

      On completion you will be able to

      • [A] Determine which open-access obligation applies to a given output, from which funder, and by when.
      • [A] Determine whether a proposed venue satisfies that obligation and show the reasoning.
      • [A] Advise an author who has already published non-compliantly on the available remedies.
      • [R] Describe the structure of US federal public access and state that implementation is agency-by-agency.