An Immersive Open Science Experience for Student Researchers
Abstract
For Open Science advocates in universities, guiding students through their first research experience is a privileged educational opportunity. Despite their expertise with advanced research resources and tools, academic librarians may, however, miss these opportunities when there lacks space for focused Open Science instruction This submission will highlight and demonstrate a course model for librarians to transfer their Open Science expertise to students who are new to research. In this model, students learn research fundamentals while simultaneously incorporating Open Science principles throughout the research lifecycle. Students fully immerse in this experience with research output assessments, where they compare two different paths of research dissemination for the same subject sample. In these assessments, students review the accessibility, understandability, and reproducibility of both a closed and open output at each research lifecycle stage. Outputs include research notes, article collections, data, and code. Along with these activities, students simultaneously apply classroom skills to create their own open, reproducible research on chosen topics of interest. Students finish the course by presenting digital posters archived on Open Science Framework. This final deliverable both outlines project outcomes and links to each open research output created during the process. With this immersive and hands-on model, librarians can advance students' understanding of research practices while empowering them to create open, reproducible research products.