Open Source Comes to Campus/Open Science

OpenHatch is partnering with [Mozilla Science Lab http://www.mozillascience.org/] to create "Open Science Comes to Campus" - events aimed at introducing students, faculty, and beyond to the vibrant world of open science. We're in the process of developing the curriculum.

There are three basic steps to developing curriculum activities: brainstorming, developing, and polishing.

Brainstorming

In the brainstorming phase, we suggest topics to cover. We decide whether or not they're a good fit by asking the community for their opinions, and also look to see if similar curriculum materials already exist.

Here are some places where we've been discussing Open Science Comes to Campus:

• Forum
• Community brainstorm etherpad

You can also talk about the project on IRC. Find as at #openhatch on Freenode and #sciencelab on Mozilla.

And here are some good sources of open science curriula/activities to look into:

• Software Carpentry lessons

Please feel free to make suggestions, grap an activity and start developing it, etc. Anyone can contribute! If you're not sure where to start, please reach out.

Developing

Once someone has decided to run with a topic, it's time to develop it.

Polishing

The third step of the process is preparing the activity to be delivered at an event. This may involve the following steps:

• Creating a presentation
• Creating an attendee-facing wiki page
• Writing up instructions to mentors
• Writing up preparation guides as needed