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Teaching open and reproducible scholarship: a critical review of the evidence base for current pedagogical methods and their outcomes

Teaching open and reproducible scholarship: a critical review of the evidence base for current pedagogical methods and their outcomes

Pownall, Madeleine, Azevedo, Flavio, König, Laura, Slack, Hannah, Evans, Thomas ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6670-0718, Flack, Zoe, Grinschgl, Sandra, Elsherif, Mahmoud M., Gilligan-Lee, Katie A., de Oliveira, Catia M F., Gjoneska, Biljana, Kalandadze, Tamara, Button, Katherine, Ashcroft-Jones, Sarah, Terry, Jenny, Albayrak-Aydemir, Nihan, Děchtěrenko, Filip, Alzahawi, Shilaan, Baker, Bradley J., Pittelkow, Merle-Marie, Riedl, Lydia, Schmidt, Kathleen, Pennington, Charlotte R., Shaw, John J., Lüke, Timo, Makel, Matthew C., Hartmann, Helena, Zaneva, Mirela, Walker, Daniel, Verheyen, Steven, Cox, Daniel, Mattschey, Jennifer, Gallagher-Mitchell, Tom, Branney, Peter, Weisberg, Yanna, Izydorczak, Kamil, Al-Hoorie, Ali H., Creaven, Ann-Marie, Stewart, Suzanne L. K., Krautter, Kai, Matvienko-Sikar, Karen, Westwood, Samuel J., Arriaga, Patrícia, Liu, Meng, Baum, Myriam A., Wingen, Tobias, Ross, Robert M., O'Mahony, Aoife, Bochynska, Agata, Jamieson, Michelle, Tromp, Myrthe Vel, Yeung, Siu Kit, Vasilev, Martin R., Gourdon-Kanhukamwe, Amélie, Micheli, Leticia, Konkol, Markus, Moreau, David, Bartlett, James E., Clark, Kait, Brekelmans, Gwen, Gkinopoulos, Theofilos, Tyler, Samantha L., Röer, Jan Philipp, Ilchovska, Zlatomira G., Madan, Christopher R., Robertson, Olly, Iley, Bethan J., Guay, Samuel, Sladekova, Martina and Sadhwani, Shanu (2023) Teaching open and reproducible scholarship: a critical review of the evidence base for current pedagogical methods and their outcomes. Royal Society Open Science, 10 (5):221255. ISSN 2054-5703 (Online) (doi:10.1098/rsos.221255)

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Abstract

In recent years, the scientific community has called for improvements in the credibility, robustness, and reproducibility of research, characterized by increased interest and promotion of open and transparent research practices. While progress has been positive, there is a lack of consideration about how this approach can be embedded into undergraduate and postgraduate research training. Specifically, a critical overview of the literature which investigates how integrating open and reproducible science may influence student outcomes is needed. In this paper, we provide the first critical review of literature surrounding the integration of open and reproducible scholarship into teaching and learning and its associated outcomes in students. Our review highlighted how embedding open and reproducible scholarship appears to be associated with (1) students’ scientific literacies (i.e., students’ understanding of open research, consumption of science, and the development of transferable skills); (2) student engagement (i.e., motivation and engagement with learning, collaboration, and engagement in open research), and (3) students’ attitudes towards science (i.e., trust in science and confidence in research findings). However, our review also identified a need for more robust and rigorous methods within pedagogical research, including more interventional and experimental evaluations of teaching practice. We discuss implications for teaching and learning scholarship.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Higher Education; open research; open scholarship; open science; pedagogy; reproducibility; teaching
Subjects: Q Science > Q Science (General)
Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > Z665 Library Science. Information Science
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group: Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences
Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > Institute for Lifecourse Development
Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > Institute for Lifecourse Development > Centre for Professional Workforce Development
Last Modified: 15 Jun 2023 12:23
URI: http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/42425

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