Open SCIENCE in the digital humanities
Boostcamp Open Science 
Leuven 
24 October 2014Katrien Verbert             
HCI research group - KU Leuven
@katrien_v
Barbara Bordalejo
Faculty of Arts - KU Leuven
@TextualScholar, @bordalejo
Katrien Verbert             
HCI research group - KU Leuven
@katrien_v
Barbara Bordalejo
Faculty of Arts - KU Leuven
@TextualScholar, @bordalejo
Boostcamp Open Science Leuv n 
24 October 2014
2http://erikduval.wordpress.com/2013/06/07/something-cannot-be-bad-when-its-open-or-not-for-a-very-long-time/
Introducing the Open Scholar
The Open Scholar, as I'm defining this person, is not simply someone who 
agrees to allow free access and reuse of his or her traditional scholarly articles 
and books; no, the Open Scholar is someone who makes their intellectual 
projects and processes digitally visible and who invites and encourages 
ongoing criticism of their work and secondary uses of any or all parts of it--at 
any stage of its development.
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http://www.academicevolution.com/2009/08/the-open-scholar.html
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7OPEN Analytics
ARTEL 2014 . Graz, Austriahttp://ariadne.cs.kuleuven.be/LARAe/
9OPEN ACCREDITATION
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http://openbadges.org/
Charleer, S., Klerkx, J., Santos, J. L., & Duval, E. Improving awareness and reflection through 
collaborative, interactive visualizations of badges. In Proceedings of the 3rd Workshop on 
Awareness and Reflection in Technology-Enhanced Learning, pages 69-81. CEUR Workshop 
Proceedings, 2013
ARTEL 2014 . Graz, Austria
ARTEL 2013
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OPEN DATA
http://bit.ly/datatel
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In summary
• Open content
• Open learning
• Open analytics
• Open accreditation
• Open data
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Ensuring the Future: Open 
Culture
• Creative Commons Licenses without commercial restrictions 
• Independence from the interface 
• Educating academics 
• Engaging the general public 
• Making Open Culture sustainable
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CC Without Commercial 
Restrictions
• It truly ensures the long-term survival of the data:
• by allowing its modification in any context
• by permitting derivative works
• by encouraging commercial development and exploitation 
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Independence of the Interface 
• Raw data deposited in institutional repositories 
• Made truly available to anyone for any purposes
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Educating academics 
• Highlighting benefits
• Developing reliable versioning systems 
• Encouraging a culture of acknowledgment
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Engaging the General Public
• Through participative projects (crowdsourcing)
• By developing products with practical uses
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Making Open Culture 
Sustainable
• Thinking of ways in which commercial entities can take 
advantage of the raw data
• Encouraging data use for both commercial and non-commercial 
projects
• Remember “Information wants to be free” refers to “free” as in 
“freedom,” not “free” as in “gratis.”
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Thank you!
Boostcamp Open Science 
Leuven 
24 October 2014Katrien Verbert             
HCI research group - KU Leuven
@katrien_v
Barbara Bordalejo
Faculty of Arts - KU Leuven
@TextualScholar, @bordalejo
Katrien Verbert             
HCI research group - KU Leuven
@katrien_v
Barbara Bordalejo
Faculty of Arts - KU Leuven
@TextualScholar, @bordalejo
Boostcamp Open Science Leuv n 
24 October 2014