Open Science Trainings
Ready to make your research more transparent, impactful, and accessible? Our Open Science Essentials and Open Science 101 courses are the perfect starting point for researchers and managers of all disciplines!
Choose An Open Science Training
Open Science Essentials offer a high-level, 2-hour overview designed for those seeking a quick introduction to core open science concepts. Open Science 101 is a 5-module course that provides a comprehensive deep dive into practical execution, ethics, and best practices of open science. This course takes approximately 12 hours to complete.
Both courses are available to the public and NASA’s internal workforce through digital learning platforms. Click through the tabs below to find out more about each course and enrollment options. Upon successful completion, learners are eligible to receive a digital badge and certificate, allowing you to showcase your achievement.
How To Take Open Science Essentials
The Open Science Essentials course provides introductory knowledge of the principles, practices, and tools necessary to conduct open science. The course covers key topics such as open data, open peer review, and collaborative research practices. Open Science Essentials is intended to be a concise, standalone course for learners who are seeking a broad overview of open science concepts. The course takes approximately 2 hours to complete.
Managers, researchers and students outside of NASA can create an account and register for the Open Science Essentials course at the link below. Upon enrollment in the course, learners will be able to complete the course at their own pace. Course progress will be saved between sessions.
How To Take Open Science 101
This free, 5-module course will provide researchers, students, and the general public with a solid foundation on the principles of open science; how to plan, conduct, and participate in open science research projects; legal and ethical considerations when planning open science projects; and open science best practices. Each course module takes approximately 2.5 hours to complete.
Researchers and students outside of NASA can create an account and register for the Open Science 101 course at the link below. Upon enrollment in the course, learners will be able to complete the course at their own pace. Course progress will be saved between sessions.
Taking Open Science Trainings at NASA
As part of NASA's commitment to building an open science community over the next decade, it is strongly encouraged that managers and team leads suggest open science training materials to research staff.
For NASA's internal workforce, these Open Science training materials are conveniently accessible through SATERN, the agency's established learning management system. NASA personnel may also find and enroll in the course directly within the SATERN platform.
By following the links below, NASA learners will be taken to the corresponding course enrollment pages in SATERN.
What Is Open Science?
Open science is a collaborative culture enabled by technology that empowers the open sharing of data, information, and knowledge within the scientific community and the wider public to accelerate scientific research and understanding.
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What Can You Learn From Each Training?
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Open Science Essentials
Lesson 1: Learn what open science is and explore its benefits.
Lesson 2: Examine common hurdles in adopting open science, such as social and institutional barriers, fear of being "scooped," and data ethics.
Lesson 3: Review the standard framework for open science, including the workflow, FAIR principles, Open Science and Data Management Plans (OSDMP), and project roles.
Lesson 4: Discover the core components of open research: open data, open-source software, and open results.
Lesson 5: Explore practical tools for open science, including persistent identifiers, open licensing, repositories, version control, pre-registration, and the role of AI.
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Open Science 101
Module 1: Explore what open science is, its current practices, and its benefits and challenges.
Module 2: Get an overview of open science fundamentals, including the "Use, Make, Share" framework, FAIR principles, and essential tools.
Module 3: Learn practical approaches to finding, assessing, making, and sharing open data.
Module 4: Discover how to practice and apply open code throughout the development lifecycle using the "Use, Make, Share" framework.
Module 5: Learn to kick-start scientific collaborations, create ethical contributor guidelines, and effectively discover, assess, publish, and credit open results, integrating them into open science and data management plans.
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