Video Lesson: What is Open Education and Open Science?

Watch the video lesson on the basic concepts of open education and open science, and the benefits they provide.

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	Welcome. This video lesson explains the basic terms related to open education and science. We will explore the importance of openness for the development of higher education and science, and the potential of open educational content and research data. At a time when access to information is crucial, understanding the concept of open education and open science is becoming increasingly important for the development of individuals and society as a whole. The basic goal of open education is to encourage accessible, unbiased, inclusive, and high quality education. In short, to remove obstacles that can prevent an individual from getting an education. One way to increase the openness of education is to increase the availability of open educational content for learning and teaching. In doing so, it is important to clearly define the open education policies and strategies that will be systematically implemented and to develop a culture of openness. Open science is a movement that seeks to make scientific research, data, and dissemination accessible to all levels of society. It enables collaboration and contribution to make research data, research notes, and other research processes freely available in a way that allows for their reuse, sharing and reproduction. Open education can be considered an umbrella term for all the policies and practices of institutions and various initiatives that aim to expand access to quality educational programs and content beyond the framework or formal education. It enables everyone to learn anywhere at any time using any device and with anyone's support. The use of technology in education alone does not imply openness of educational materials, but it can be a key factor in accelerating that process. However, the use of technology in education has become an essential tool for improving the quality of the teaching and learning process. Open educational content encompasses learning, teaching, and research material, and all other educational materials that are publicly available or available under an open license. This allows free access to these materials and their use, adaptation and redistribution. The advantages of open education and the use of open educational content are great accessibility of quality education for all. Lower education costs for individuals and institutions. Flexibility in learning time, place, pace, encouraging innovation in teaching and learning. Option of updating and adapting educational content, easier knowledge sharing and collaboration between teachers and students. Greater impact of investment in education. The advantages of open science are that it accelerates scientific progress through faster dissemination and easier access to results. Increases the transparency and reliability of research by enabling verification of data and methods. Encourages collaboration and interdisciplinarity among researchers, reduces research redundancy and saves resources. Democratizes access to knowledge for the general public and scientists from less developed countries, increases the visibility and citation of scientific papers. Spurs innovation through the reuse of data and discoveries enables greater public involvement in the scientific process (called citizen science). Open education and open science share a similar vision, to make knowledge and education widely accessible. Open science can enrich open education by offering real research data and learning methods. While open education can help disseminate scientific discoveries to a wider audience. In order for these concepts to come to life, it is crucial to define clear policies and strategies at all levels. Develop a culture of openness throughout society, ensure the necessary resources and respect intellectual property rights. These are precisely the goals of this course.