Open Pedagogy: how to engage your students and transform education
| Date: | 06 July 2023 |
| Author: | Frederiek van Rij, Mira Buist-Zhuk & Martijn Blikmans-Middel |
Open pedagogy is a style of teaching in which students are actively engaged in the learning process. In this blogpost, educational advisor and trainer Frederiek van Rij highlights three benefits.
Open Access Publication in the Spotlight - 'Mind the gap: Data availability, accessibility, transparency, and credibility during the COVID-19 pandemic, an international comparative appraisal'
| Date: | 26 June 2023 |
| Author: | Open Access Team |
Valentina Gallo (Campus Fryslân) and her team mapped COVID-19 data availability and accessibility for nine countries. Their research highlights the importance of a transparent and detailed reporting of COVID-19 related variables.
Open science practices in different disciplines (8) - an interview with Mladen Popovic (Dean FTR) and Todd Weir (Open Science Ambassador)
| Date: | 12 June 2023 |
| Author: | Vera Heininga & Marjan van Ittersum |
The University of Groningen sees open science as one of its priorities. But what exactly is the status of open science at the different UG Faculties? Edition eight in this series is dedicated to the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies.
Open Access Publication in the Spotlight - ' "To buy or not to buy a home in a rural risk area" by mid-to-later life home purchasers
| Date: | 26 May 2023 |
| Author: | Open Access Team |
Buying a house in the Groningen earthquake region might be challenging. How do socio-demographic characteristics, housing attributes and earthquake circumstances influence the choice of mid-to-later life adults to purchase a house here?
Good practices for FAIR data management (4) - an interview with Pascal de Boer (UG DCC & GBB) about setting up a FAIR data repository
| Date: | 26 May 2023 |
| Author: | Leon ter Schure |
Having appropriate infrastructure in place is crucial for practicing open science. We asked researcher and data steward Pascal de Boer to tell us more about a FAIR and open access data repository he co-created.
Open Access Publication in the Spotlight - 'The process of replication target selection in psychology: what to consider?'
| Date: | 24 April 2023 |
| Author: | Open Access Team |
Replication studies help to restore the credibility of empirical research. Merle-Marie Pittelkow and team involved the scientific community to create a list of considerations for selecting a replication target in psychology.
Publishing the open access book 'Cities for talent' - insights from co-editor Marian Counihan
| Date: | 06 April 2023 |
| Author: | Babette Knauer |
This recent book publication from the University of Groningen Press (UGP) explores how medium-sized European cities such as Groningen can best manage the challenges of internationalisation.
Open Access Publication in the Spotlight (March) - ' The macroevolutionary impact of recent and imminent mammal extinctions on Madagascar'
| Date: | 22 March 2023 |
| Author: | Open Access Team |
This month's article was written by various co-authors, including corresponding author Luis Valente (FSE). It emphasis that immediate conservation actions are needed on Madagaskar, in order to prevent an extinction wave with deep evolutionary impact.
Open science practices in different disciplines (7) - an interview with Joost Frenken (Dean FSE) and Sonja Billerbeck (Open Science Ambassador)
| Date: | 16 March 2023 |
| Author: | Giulia Trentacosti and Marjan van Ittersum |
The University of Groningen sees open science as one of its priorities. But what exactly is the status of open science at the different UG Faculties? The seventh edition in this series is dedicated to the Faculty of Science and Engineering.
How to make research software FAIR - an interview with Burcu Beygu (UG DCC / ENTEG)
| Date: | 23 February 2023 |
| Author: | Leon ter Schure |
Part of open science is to not only make your research data, but also software and code available to others in a FAIR way. But how to do this? Software specialist Burcu Beygu shares some practical advice.