Module 5: Open Research Software and Open Source

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Rationale
3. Learning outcomes
4. Development team
5. Key documents
6. Licenses

Introduction

Welcome to Module 5 of the Open Science MOOC! Here you can find important information on the development of the module, including the latest updates to the content.

STATUS: LIVE

This module us now LIVE on Eliademy. Check out the latest video online here.

The third release for this module is now also ready, and has been published on Zenodo:

Jon Tennant; Simon Worthington; Tania Allard; Philipp Zumstein; Daniel S. Katz; Alexander Morley; Stephan Druskat; Julien Colomb; Arfon Smith; Ina Smith; Tobias Steiner; Rutger Vos; Konrad Förstner; Heidi Seibold; Alessandro Sarretta; Abigail Cabunoc Mayes. (2018, December 4). OpenScienceMOOC/Module-5-Open-Research-Software-and-Open-Source: Third release (Version 3.0.0). Zenodo. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1937708.

• Content Development - This is where you can find all content currently being developed for the MOOC, and also contribute yourself.

• Production Toolkit - This is where the basic protocols and outline for the module development are kept. It includes a tracking scheme as the content development progresses.

Don't forget to join us in our open Slack group! The channel for this module is #module5opensource. You can also sign up to our mailing list here. To join the development team for the Open Science MOOC, anyone can openly add themselves here.

Rationale

Software and technology underpin modern science. There is an increasing demand for more sophisticated open source software, matched by an increasing willingness for researchers to openly collaborate on new tools. These developments come with a specific ethical, legal and economic challenges that impact upon research workflows. This module will introduce the necessary tools required for transforming software into something that can be openly accessed and re-used by others.

Learning outcomes

• The researcher will be able to define the characteristics of open source research software, and the ethical, legal, economic and research impact arguments for and against it.
• Based on community standards, researchers will be able to describe the quality requirements of sharing and re-using open code.
• The researcher will be able to use a range of research tools that utilise open source software.
• Individual researchers will be able to transform code designed for their personal use into code that is accessible and re-usable by others.
• Software developers will be able to make their software citable, and software users will know how to cite the software they use.

Development team

• Alex Morley, Open Sourceror, University of Oxford, UK.
• Kevin Moerman, Open Sourceror, MIT, USA.
• Tania Allard, Open Sourceress, Data Enchantress, University of Leeds, UK.
• Simon Worthington, Book Liberationist, TIB, Germany.
• Paola Masuzzo, Open Source Batman, Italy.
• Ivo Grigorov, Open Source Robin, Denmark.
• Jon Tennant, Rogue scientist, World.
• Julien Colomb, Open Science Ninja, Berlin, Germany

Key documents

• Contributing - How to contribute to the development of this module.
• Module design protocol - The procedure for content development.
• Code of conduct - The code of conduct that we expect contributors to adhere to.
• Key elements - Important reading materials and tools.
• Reading material - Specifically reports and peer reviewed papers.

Please note that all the reading materials are Open Access. Please do not upload articles which are paywalled or which are not openly licensed.

Licenses

Content

MOOC content license:

Code and software

Software associated with the MOOCs, or any code snippets contained in the MOOCs, carry the following default license: . If needed a different OSI approved software license may be chosen.

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