This is an introductory online course on the elementary issues of open science with a focus on two focal perspectives: open access (OA) publishing and open research data. This course will help you to understand what open science is and why it is something you should care about. Legislation, the principles of responsible research, research ethics and good scientific practices at all stages of the research must be understood as an integral part of open science.

The University of Eastern Finland (UEF) Library, together with other university experts involved in open science, provides this course for UEF and YUFE network graduate students as a part of UEF Doctoral School’s studies. This open study material is also available for everyone interested in conducting research in a more open and responsible way.

The course consists of three parts:
1) What is open and responsible science?
2) Open access publishing
3) Open research data

After finishing this course, you will:
- Understand the concepts and principles of open science.
- Be aware of the potential benefits and challenges of practicing open science.
- Know different ways to make your own research more open in a responsible way.
- Be familiar with some of the digital platforms, tools and services available for practicing open science.
- Have skills to search and publish scientific articles on open access.
- Understand what kind of measures are required to enable research data sharing and how to reuse existing research data responsibly.