Courses about OA

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• This is a list of courses about OA, in whole or part.

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Past courses about OA

2000s

• Introduction to Open Education, by David Wiley. Fall 2007, University of Utah.

• Open Access Class Syllabus, by Heather Morrison. First taught May 2007, University of British Columbia. Next class: May / June 2011.
  • OA Class 2008 Student Blogs & Wikis.

• Topics in Scholarly Communications class LIBR 559L blog, by Heather Morrison. First taught January 2008, University of British Columbia. Next class May / June 2011.
  • LIBR 559L Syllabus, Student sample journal.
  • Fall 2009

• FIS 2309, Design of Electronic Text, by Joan Cherry. Summer 2008, Faculty of Information Studies, University of Toronto.
  • Scroll: Essays in the Design of Electronic Text (the student journal)

• Seminar in Information Science: The Open Movement and Libraries, by Ellyssa Kroski. LIBR287-06/LIBR287-15. Fall 2008, San Jose State University.
  • Open and Libraries Class Journal.

• LIS 457 Digital Publishing, by Robin Peek. Regular Offering. Simmons College.

• LIS 421 Social Informatics, by Robin Peek. Regular Offering. Simmons College.

• Open Source, Open Access, Open Education, by Michael Peters. University of Illinois.
  • (No direct link to the course, and no date on the catalog. However, it was listed among "current courses" in March 2009.)

• Social Media & Open Education, by Alec Couros. Fall 2009, University of Regina.
  • Also see the Fall 2010 iteration of the course.

2010s

• Open Access: logiche e strumenti, by Elena Giglia. Fall 2010, University of Torino. In Italian.

• Open Access for Earth Scientists 2010, by Ivo Grigorov. One day webinar training will full support of European Institute for Marine Studies, UBO, France (2 credits).

• Open Access and Scholarly Communication, by Robin Peek. Course Proposal approved by the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Simmons College on November 16, 2011. Course number and inital offering pending.

• Open Access and Scholarly Communication, by Robin Peek. First taught Summer 2011, then Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Fall 2013. Simmons College

• Open Access for Global Climate Change Scientists 2011, by Ivo Grigorov. One day webinar training will full support of Graduate School at DTU-AQUA, Denmark (under negotiation for most appropriate way of insertion into the training catalogue).

• Otwarta nauka (open science), by Bożena Bednarek-Michalska and Karolina Grodecka, Poland. Online course full support of the Nicolaus Copernicus University Library, the AGH University of Science and Technology, and EIFL.
  • Began in 2011.

• Open Science: An Introduction. 2013, Peer 2 Peer University (P2PU).

• Intro to Openness in Education, by David Wiley. [2014?]. Peer 2 Peer University (P2PU).

• Open Research. 2014, Peer 2 Peer University (P2PU).
  • Includes Open Access Publishing module.

• Introduction to Open Access.
  • 81-page curriculum designed and written by experts from India, South Africa, etc.
  • Produced by UNESCO and the Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA), India.
  • Published in 2015.

• Open in Action: The Case for Open Access Publishing. 2016, University of Adelaide. In-person workshop.

• Curs Open Data Ambiental. 2017, Col·legi d’Ambientòlegs de Catalunya (COAMB). In-person course in Barcelona, Spain, about open data.

Current courses about OA

Last updated: July 2019.

• Knowledge and Communication for Development (IDSB10H3).
  • Online materials for in-person course at University of Toronto.
  • Instructor: Leslie Chan.
  • Began in 2008; recently taught in 2018.

• MANTRA: Research Data Management Training.
  • "Free online course for those who manage digital data as part of their research project."
  • Maintained by University of Edinburgh, UK.
  • Began in 2010.

• Online-Kurs zu Open Educational Resources (COER18).
  • Goal: overview of OER theory and practice. Aimed at faculty, producers.
  • In German.
  • Instructors: Sandra Schön, Martin Ebner.
  • Offered in 2017, 2018. Based on COER13, 2013.
  • Hosted by iMooX platform; maintained by Graz University of Technology, Austria. "All iMooX learning materials are not only free of charge, but can also be reused."

• Open Knowledge in Higher Education.
  • "Exploring themes of open knowledge in higher education. An open course module offered through Medium by the University of Manchester," UK.
  • Began in 2015.

• OpenData Media.
  • Goal: "To get civil society more involved in debates on public policies by better harnessing open data" in Francophone Africa and elsewhere. Aimed at journalists.
  • In French, English.
  • Organized by CFI, part of France Médias Monde.
  • Began in 2016.

• ASIRA (Access to Scientific Information Resources in Agriculture).
  • Goal: "enhance the visibility, accessibility and usability of agricultural data and science."
  • Aimed at researchers, librarians, students.
  • "Online course for low-income countries delivered by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with Research4Life."
  • Began in 2017.

• Building an Open and Information-rich Research Institution.
  • Instructors: Sarah Shreeves, Danny Kingsley.
  • Syllabus and bibliography.
  • Part of FORCE11 Scholarly Communication Institute, San Diego, USA, 2017.

• Making an Impact with Open Science.
  • Coordinator: Michiel de Jong.
  • Produced by TU Delft, Netherlands, as part of its online OpenCourseWare.
  • Began in [2017?]

• Navigating the Sea of Scholarly Communications.
  • Produced by Australian National University Library.
  • Includes OA segment.
  • Launched in 2017.

• Open Data Data Management in Agriculture and Nutrition.
  • "Online course aims to strengthen the capacity of data producers and data consumers to manage and use open data."
  • Curriculum, 2018.
  • Developed by GODAN Action network (Global Open Data for Agriculture & Nutrition), based in UK.
  • Began in 2017.

• Open Science MOOC.
  • Includes "10 core modules" "designed to help equip students and researchers with the skills they need to excel in a modern research environment."
  • Founded by Jon Tennant of the UK.
  • Development by volunteers began in 2017.

• Best Practices for Biomedical Research Data Management.
  • Instructors: Elaine Martin, Julie Goldman.
  • Organized by Harvard Medical School.
  • Hosted online by Canvas Network, of Instructure, based in Utah, USA.
  • Launched in [2018?].

• Emerging Learning Technologies.
  • Highly detailed online 2018 syllabus (known as "The Famed 'Monster Syllabus'").
  • Instructor: Curt Bonk.
  • In-person course offered by Indiana University, School of Education.

• Master Class on Open Data Awareness Raising.
  • Instructors: Laura Meggiolaro, Lissette Mey of Land Portal organization, based in the Netherlands.
  • Held at India Land and Development Conference (ILDC), New Delhi, 2018.

• Open and Reproducible Science (Psychology 9560B).
  • Online syllabus for in-person course at University of Western Ontario, Canada.
  • Created by Lorne Campbell.
  • Published in 2018.

• Open Education, Licensing and Copyright in the Digital World.
  • Developed by Wayne Makintosh, Jim Taylor.
  • Hosted online by OERu, based in New Zealand.
  • Began in 2018.

• Open Science Training Courses.
  • Group of online courses addressing "some of the most common questions you might have about putting open science into practice. Each course takes about 1-2 hours to work."
  • Includes: Best Practices; Data Protection and Ethics; Managing and Sharing Research Data; Open Access Publishing; Open Peer Review (OPR); Open Science and Innovation; OSS and Workflows; Sharing Preprints; What is Open Science?
  • Produced by European project FOSTER.
  • Courses available in English and Spanish.
  • Began in 2018.

• Transparent and Open Social Science Research.
  • "Explore the drivers of the social science credibility crisis and learn tools to make your own work more open and reproducible."
  • Instructors: Ted Miguel, Fernando Hoces.
  • Developed by Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences (BITSS), University of California.
  • Hosted online by FutureLearn of the Open University, UK.
  • Began in 2018?

• Designing Successful Open Access and Open Data Policies: Introductory.
  • Overview from PASTEUR4OA.
  • Online course hosted by FOSTER (fosteropenscience.eu).
  • Wikidata: Q55452210.
  • Began in [2010s?]

• Online Course on Open Science (click "Kirjaudu vierailijana" to login as guest)
  • In Finnish.
  • Coordinated by National Library of Finland.
  • Began in [2010s?]

• Open Science at the Core of Libraries.
  • Online course for librarians.
  • Hosted by FOSTER (fosteropenscience.eu).
  • Began in 2013.