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During the program,
Organizers will inform participants of the week schedule by email.
| Week | Call | Date | Topic | Agenda |
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| Week 01 (start. February 08, 2021) | Mentor-Mentee | Meet your mentor! | Meet each other and discuss your personal motivation, expectations, working practices and project goals | |
| Mentor | February 8, 2021 (17:30 Universal Time) | Mentor training | ||
| Mentor | February 9, 2021 (14:00 Universal Time) | Mentor training | ||
| Week 02 (start. February 15, 2021) | Cohort | February 17, 2021 (12:30 Universal Time) | Welcome to Open Life Science! | Meet other members of your cohort, Share project vision, Intro to working openly (open canvas) |
| Week 03 (start. February 22, 2021) | Mentor | February 22, 2021 (09:00 Universal Time) | Mentoring workshop | |
| Mentor | February 23, 2021 (17:00 Universal Time) | Mentoring workshop | ||
| Mentor-Mentee | Meet your mentor! | Discuss assignments from the cohort call & concrete implementations | ||
| Coworking | February 24, 2021 (17:00 Universal Time) | Open office hour, coworking on assignments, knowledge exchange and networking | ||
| Week 04 (start. March 01, 2021) | Cohort | March 03, 2021 (17:00 Universal Time) | Tooling and roadmapping for Open projects | Working with GitHub as a community hub: Markdown as a tool to make websites, Licence, Goals and Roadmap, Contributors, Code of Conduct |
| Week 05 (start. March 08, 2021) | Mentor-Mentee | Meet your mentor! | ||
| Cohort | March 10, 2021 (12:30 Universal Time) | Skill-up: GitHub tutorial for beginners | ||
| Skill-up | March 10, 2021 (12:30 Universal Time) | GitHub tutorial for beginners | ||
| Week 06 (start. March 15, 2021) | Cohort | March 17, 2021 (12:30 Universal Time) | Open Science I: Project Development | Developing Open Projects: Iterative and agile project management, Open- Source, Software, Hardware, Data |
| Week 07 (start. March 22, 2021) | Mentor-Mentee | Meet your mentor! | ||
| Mentor | Mentor training | |||
| Coworking | March 24, 2021 (17:00 Universal Time) | Open office hour, coworking on assignments, knowledge exchange and networking | ||
| Week 08 (start. March 31, 2021) | Cohort | March 31, 2021 (16:00 Universal Time) | Open Science II: Knowledge Dissemination | Sharing Open Project: Preprint publications, DOI and citation, Open protocols, Open Education & Training |
| Week 09 (start. April 05, 2021) | Mentor-Mentee | Meet your mentor! | ||
| Skill-up | April 07, 2021 (11:30 Universal Time) | Personal Ecology and Ally Skills | ||
| Week 10 (start. April 12, 2021) | Cohort | April 14, 2021 (11:30 Universal Time) | Open Science III: Next steps - applying FAIR research principles | FAIRification of existing or mature projects, etc |
| Week 11 (start. April 19, 2021) | Mentor-Mentee | Meet your mentor! | ||
| Coworking | April 21, 2021 (16:00 Universal Time) | Open office hour, coworking on assignments, knowledge exchange and networking | ||
| Week 12 (start. April 26, 2021) | Cohort | April 28, 2021 (16:00 Universal Time) | Open Leadership: Academia, industry and beyond! | |
| Week 13 (start. May 03, 2021) | Mentor-Mentee | Meet your mentor! | ||
| Cohort | May 05, 2021 (11:30 Universal Time) | Sketchnoting and visual storytelling | ||
| Skill-up | May 05, 2021 (11:30 Universal Time) | Sketchnoting and visual storytelling | ||
| Week 14 (start. May 10, 2021) | Cohort | May 12, 2021 (11:30 Universal Time) | Designing & Empowering for inclusivity | Personas and pathways for contributors, Implicit bias & Community interactions |
| Week 15 (start. May 17, 2021) | Mentor-Mentee | Meet your mentor! | Preparation for the final demos | |
| Cohort | May 18, 2021 (07:00 Universal Time) | Final presentation rehearsal - Group 1 | ||
| Cohort | May 19, 2021 (12:00 Universal Time) | Final presentation rehearsal - Group 2 | ||
| Cohort | May 20, 2021 (15:00 Universal Time) | Final presentation rehearsal - Group 3 | ||
| Week 16 (start. May 24, 2021) | Cohort | Final presentations & Graduation! - Group 1 | 5-minute demos of projects (Audience: entire community & public, Open and recorded call) | |
| Cohort | Final presentations & Graduation! - Group 2 | 5-minute demos of projects (Audience: entire community & public, Open and recorded call) | ||
| Cohort | Final presentations & Graduation! - Group 2 | 5-minute demos of projects (Audience: entire community & public, Open and recorded call) | ||
| Mentor | Mentor wrap up |
Week starting on February 08, 2021
Date: During the week starting on February 08, 2021 (to define with mentors)
Duration: 30 min
This is your first meeting with your OLS mentor. This call should include you and your mentor. If you are working on a team of up to (and no more than) 3 registered participants, you can all meet together with your mentor.
These 30-minute meetings will happen every other week during OLS. The default time is during your cohort call time. Your mentor will reach out to you this week to confirm when and where you’ll be meeting.
In your first meeting with your mentor, introduce yourselves and then:
Document your goals in your shared notes; you will return to these goals frequently to assess your progress towards meeting them.
Complete your own copy of the open leadership self-assessment and share it with your mentor
If you’re a group, each teammate should complete this assessment individually. This is here to help you set your own personal goals during the program. No need to share your results, but be ready to share your thoughts with your mentor.
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Draft a brief vision statement using your goals
This lesson from the Open Leadership Training Series (OLTS) might be helpful
You might address:
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Date: February 8, 2021, at 17:30 Universal Time
Duration: 60 min
During our first mentor training onboarding session, you will:
Date: February 9, 2021, at 14:00 Universal Time
Duration: 60 min
(This session is identical to the session the previous day). During our first mentor training onboarding session, you will:
Week starting on February 15, 2021
Date: February 17, 2021, at 12:30 Universal Time
Duration: 90 min
Hosts: Bérénice Batut, Yo Yehudi, Malvika Sharan, Emmy Tsang
During our first cohort call, we will:
Haven’t heard from your mentor yet? Let us know.
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Week starting on February 22, 2021
Date: February 22, 2021, at 09:00 Universal Time
Duration: 180 min
Date: February 23, 2021, at 17:00 Universal Time
Duration: 180 min
Date: During the week starting on February 22, 2021 (to define with mentors)
Duration: 30 min
During this week’s mentor meeting, you will:
Haven’t heard from your mentor yet? Let us know.
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Date: February 24, 2021, at 17:00 Universal Time
Duration: 30 min
During this week’s coworking call, you will:
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Week starting on March 01, 2021
Date: March 03, 2021, at 17:00 Universal Time
Duration: 90 min
Hosts: Yo Yehudi, Malvika Sharan, Emmy Tsang
During this week’s cohort call, we will:
The exact project structure and files used may look different on your project.
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README.md file, or landing page, for your projectLICENSE.md
CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
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Week starting on March 08, 2021
Date: During the week starting on March 08, 2021 (to define with mentors)
Duration: 30 min
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Date: March 10, 2021, at 12:30 Universal Time
Duration: 90 min
Hosts: Yo Yehudi, Malvika Sharan, Bérénice Batut
During this week’s cohort call, we will give you an optional 1 hour GitHub tutorial covering:
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Date: March 10, 2021, at 12:30 Universal Time
Duration: 90 min
Week starting on March 15, 2021
Date: March 17, 2021, at 12:30 Universal Time
Duration: 90 min
Hosts: Malvika Sharan, Bérénice Batut, Emmy Tsang
During this week’s cohort call, we will cover :
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For help with GitHub and GitPages, check the slides and video from week 05.
Create a project development plan for your project
Assignment to help you use Agile methods to breakdown your milestones into smaller tasks and define a timeline for your milestones
In your own time: After this assignment, you can transfer your tasks to a project management or kanban tools such as GitHub projects), Trello, Asana, Zenhub in GitHub
Start creating a contribution guideline for your community
We will revisit this next week so no need to rush!
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Week starting on March 22, 2021
Date: During the week starting on March 22, 2021 (to define with mentors)
Duration: 30 min
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Date: During the week starting on March 22, 2021 (to define with mentors)
Duration: 60 min
During our first cohort call, you will:
Date: March 24, 2021, at 17:00 Universal Time
Duration: 30 min
During this week’s coworking call, you will:
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Week starting on March 31, 2021
Date: March 31, 2021, at 16:00 Universal Time
Duration: 90 min
During this week’s cohort call, we will:
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Week starting on April 05, 2021
Date: During the week starting on April 05, 2021 (to define with mentors)
Duration: 30 min
Date: April 07, 2021, at 11:30 Universal Time
Duration: 90 min
During this week’s cohort call, we will hold a skill-up session on Personal Ecology and Ally Skills:
Personal Ecology and self care
Think about how you might briefly answer the following questions
The big idea: identify the most fulfilling conditions under which you thrive - sustain them; identify the least fulfilling conditions that frustrate you - avoid them.
Preparing for the Ally Skills
Think how people step up for you in social scenarios and how you step up for them to support each othe:
The big idea: Based on your experience, what would you consider doing to make your project inclusive for your contributors or team members?
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Week starting on April 12, 2021
Date: April 14, 2021, at 11:30 Universal Time
Duration: 90 min
During this week’s cohort call, we will discuss how to apply FAIR research principles on data, software, training
FAIR stands for findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable. The ideal is that research should be “as open as possible, as restricted as necessary.”
Think about and plan to apply FAIR principles to your project in your own time
Week starting on April 19, 2021
Date: During the week starting on April 19, 2021 (to define with mentors)
Duration: 30 min
Date: April 21, 2021, at 16:00 Universal Time
Duration: 30 min
During this week’s coworking call, you will:
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Week starting on April 26, 2021
Date: April 28, 2021, at 16:00 Universal Time
Duration: 90 min
During this week’s cohort call, we will:
A few days before the event, think about how you might briefly answer the following questions (ref: https://www.bu.edu/lernet/pathways/organizers/panel.html):
Social entrepreneurship by David Selassie Opoku
Open Lab and Makers movement by Thomas Mboa
Journal and public relations by Zulidyana Rusnalasari
Talking about data in trustworthy ways by Natalie Banner
Week starting on May 03, 2021
Date: During the week starting on May 03, 2021 (to define with mentors)
Duration: 30 min
Date: May 05, 2021, at 11:30 Universal Time
Duration: 90 min
During this week’s coworking call, you will:
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Date: May 05, 2021, at 11:30 Universal Time
Duration: 90 min
Week starting on May 10, 2021
Date: May 12, 2021, at 11:30 Universal Time
Duration: 90 min
During this week’s cohort call, we will:
Inclusion is not an afterthought or (Unconscious bias: Does it really matter?) by Rowland Mosbergen
Welcoming new contributions to your project by Bérénice Batut
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Week starting on May 17, 2021
Date: During the week starting on May 17, 2021 (to define with mentors)
Duration: 30 min
During this week’s mentor meeting, you will:
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Date: May 18, 2021, at 07:00 Universal Time
Duration: 60 min
During this week’s cohort call, we will:
Come prepared to share a 5 mins presentation of your project
Your presentation can be in the form of a demo, short 1-2 slides presentation or walk through your website
This could also be only the highlights from your presentation
Use this HackMD template to guide your talk (OLS team should have shared link to your project HackMD via email)
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Date: May 19, 2021, at 12:00 Universal Time
Duration: 60 min
During this week’s cohort call, we will:
Come prepared to share a 5 mins presentation of your project
Your presentation can be in the form of a demo, short 1-2 slides presentation or walk through your website
This could also be only the highlights from your presentation
Use this HackMD template to guide your talk (OLS team should have shared link to your project HackMD via email)
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Date: May 20, 2021, at 15:00 Universal Time
Duration: 60 min
During this week’s cohort call, we will:
Come prepared to share a 5 mins presentation of your project
Your presentation can be in the form of a demo, short 1-2 slides presentation or walk through your website
This could also be only the highlights from your presentation
Use this HackMD template to guide your talk (OLS team should have shared link to your project HackMD via email)
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Week starting on May 24, 2021
Date: During the week starting on May 24, 2021 (to define with mentors)
Duration: 60 min
During this week’s cohort call, we will:
Come prepared to share a 5 mins presentation of your project
Your presentation can be in the form of a demo, short presentation or a walk through your website
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Date: During the week starting on May 24, 2021 (to define with mentors)
Duration: 60 min
During this week’s cohort call, we will:
Come prepared to share a 5 mins presentation of your project
Your presentation can be in the form of a demo, short presentation or a walk through your website
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Date: During the week starting on May 24, 2021 (to define with mentors)
Duration: 60 min
During this week’s cohort call, we will:
Come prepared to share a 5 mins presentation of your project
Your presentation can be in the form of a demo, short presentation or a walk through your website
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Date: During the week starting on May 24, 2021 (to define with mentors)
Duration: 60 min
During our first cohort call, we will: