Where to next? – Educational resources for teaching Open Research to novices

Where to next

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> From open research knowledge to action: Your journey, your plan.

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## About these materials

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## Citation statement
Please cite these materials as: Von Grebmer Zu Wolfsthurn, S., (2026). *Where to next* [PowerPoint slides]. [LMU Open Science Center](https://www.osc.lmu.de/). [https://lmu-osc.github.io/teaching-material-for-novices/wrap-up/where-to-next](https://lmu-osc.github.io/teaching-material-for-novices/wrap-up/where-to-next)
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**Welcome!** This workshop is intended to **bring together** different open research topics and encourage you or your audience of open research novices to **reflect on their own open research journey** and the **next steps** after having acquired and practiced all of these open research skills. This session was designed to sort through previously acquired open research knowledge and skills, and make informed **decisions about what is most relevant** given the own individual context. The aim is to **begin the design process** for a personal **implementation plan**, that is, to think about **which open research practices** make **sense** and are **relevant** given the specific context, to think about **who can support** with the implementation,  which **obstacles** can be foreseen and how they can be **mitigated**, **how behavior is changed** in a **sustainable** manner, how **knowledge can be passed** on to others and finally, how **to obtain credit** for the efforts for more robust and credible research.

### Who are these materials for?

- **Educators** in higher education with or without familiarity with open research planning to **teach open research** to **novices**
- **Self-learners** with no or limited familiarity with open research planning to **develop and build** up on their open research skills

### Prerequisites

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| Prerequisite   |  Description  | Where to find it   |
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| Foundational open research skills | Replicability, R, Git, GitHub, Zotero, Quarto, simulations ... | [Access here](https://lmu-osc.github.io/teaching-material-for-novices/) |
| Preparatory reading | Heise, V., Holman, C., Lo, H., Lyras, E. M., Adkins, M. C., Aquino, M. R. J., ... & Weissgerber, T. L. (2023). Ten simple rules for implementing open and reproducible research practices after attending a training course. PLOS Computational Biology, 19(1), e1010750.  | [Access here](https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010750) |
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### Learning objectives

At the end of this session, you or your learners will be able to ...

- **Reflect** on their own personal (research) contexts and the relevance of different open research tools and elements
- **Reflect** on the implementation of at least three open research practices in the future
- **Discuss** obstacles and their solutions to mitigate challenges in the implementation
- **Derive** a list for important support people and resources for the implementation process

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## Contributors and licence details

**Creator**: Von Grebmer Zu Wolfsthurn, Sarah (![](images/ORCID-iD_icon_16x16.png){fig-alt="orcid logo"}
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This work was originally created by Verena Heise and are a derivative of her presentation “What’s Next?” used under the [CC-BY 4.0 license](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en). The current slides “Where to next?” by Sarah  von Grebmer zu Wolfsthurn are also licensed under a [CC-BY 4.0 license](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en).
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