The Value of Open Scientific Information: A Student Learning Module

<p>This module brings together related and complementary components of open science, information literacy, and open pedagogy. It can be used as a standalone module within an undergraduate course to introduce students to the information literacy concept “Information has value” in the context of open science and to engage students in production of an open pedagogy project to communicate the value of open scientific knowledge to another audience. Alternatively, parts of the module can be adopted to support other lessons.</p> <h3>Introductory video:</h3> <p>[[Video(/community/groups/octopus/File:/uploads/movies/The_Value_of_Open_Scientific_Information_Module.mp4)]]</p> <p><a href="https://qubeshub.org/community/groups/octopus/File:/uploads/movies/The_Value_of_Open_Scientific_Information_Module.mp4">Download the video (31MB)</a></p> <p><a href="https://qubeshub.org/publications/5721/supportingdocs/">View the publication files and links here</a>.</p> <hr /> <p>Please visit the <a href="https://qubeshub.org/community/groups/octopus">OCTOPUS Group page</a> for additional information and other curriculum resources.</p> <p>OCTOPUS was generously supported by the <a href="https://www.orcaopen.org/" target="_blank">Open Research Community Accelerator (ORCA)</a> with additional support from the <a href="https://bioquest.org" target="_blank">BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium</a>.</p> <p style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://qubeshub.org/community/groups/octopus"><img alt="OCTOPUS logo" src="https://qubeshub.org/groups/octopus/File:/uploads/images/octopus_logo.png" style="height: 70px; width: 100px;" /></a>    <a href="https://www.orcaopen.org/" target="_blank"><img alt="ORCA logo" src="https://qubeshub.org/groups/octopus/File:/uploads/images/ORCA_logo.png" style="height: 100px; width: 100px;" /></a>    <a href="https://bioquest.org/" target="_blank"><img alt="BioQUEST logo" src="https://qubeshub.org/groups/octopus/File:/uploads/images/BQ_logo.png" style="height: 41px; width: 150px;" /></a></p>

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QUBES
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2026-01-25
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https://doi.org/10.25334/988n-xn11
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Open Education and E-Learning
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The Value of Open Scientific Information: A Student Learning Module

Megan Dempsey
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The Value of Open Scientific Information: A Student Learning Module

Megan Dempsey
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<p>This module brings together related and complementary components of open science, information literacy, and open pedagogy. It can be used as a standalone module within an undergraduate course to introduce students to the information literacy concept “Information has value” in the context of open science and to engage students in production of an open pedagogy project to communicate the value of open scientific knowledge to another audience. Alternatively, parts of the module can be adopted to support other lessons.</p> <h3>Introductory video:</h3> <p>[[Video(/community/groups/octopus/File:/uploads/movies/The_Value_of_Open_Scientific_Information_Module.mp4)]]</p> <p><a href="https://qubeshub.org/community/groups/octopus/File:/uploads/movies/The_Value_of_Open_Scientific_Information_Module.mp4">Download the video (31MB)</a></p> <p><a href="https://qubeshub.org/publications/5721/supportingdocs/">View the publication files and links here</a>.</p> <hr /> <p>Please visit the <a href="https://qubeshub.org/community/groups/octopus">OCTOPUS Group page</a> for additional information and other curriculum resources.</p> <p>OCTOPUS was generously supported by the <a href="https://www.orcaopen.org/" target="_blank">Open Research Community Accelerator (ORCA)</a> with additional support from the <a href="https://bioquest.org" target="_blank">BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium</a>.</p> <p style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://qubeshub.org/community/groups/octopus"><img alt="OCTOPUS logo" src="https://qubeshub.org/groups/octopus/File:/uploads/images/octopus_logo.png" style="height: 70px; width: 100px;" /></a>    <a href="https://www.orcaopen.org/" target="_blank"><img alt="ORCA logo" src="https://qubeshub.org/groups/octopus/File:/uploads/images/ORCA_logo.png" style="height: 100px; width: 100px;" /></a>    <a href="https://bioquest.org/" target="_blank"><img alt="BioQUEST logo" src="https://qubeshub.org/groups/octopus/File:/uploads/images/BQ_logo.png" style="height: 41px; width: 150px;" /></a></p>

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