This workshop was led by the Global OER Graduate Network (GO-GN) team (http://go-gn.net/). GO-GN is a network of PhD candidates around the world whose research projects include a focus on open education. These doctoral researchers are at the core of the network while around them, experts, supervisors, mentors and interested parties connect to form a community of practice. Considering the growth of open research and the commitment of research funders to follow this approach, there is a need to understand what open research practices imply. This involves understanding the benefits and challenges of making research more visible to increase impact and opportunities for collaboration with other researchers when doing a PhD and when pursuing a career in academia. The workshop will focus on introducing the network possibilities for PhD students, including worldwide support to those researching in the different areas of open education. We will expose the values of the network promoting equity and inclusion in the field of open education research and introduce the different types of events we host such as an annual face-to-face workshop and online events. As well, we will discuss the support for alumni and members with a funded fellowship scheme and the acknowledgement of our members’ achievements through our annual awards. At the second part of the workshop, we will have a practical exercise with the audience to promote the co-authoring of research publications with our members. Two examples of those which will be disclosed are the research methods handbook, awarded with the 2020 Open Education Award for Excellence Winner, and the Research Review Summer 2020.

1. The Global OER Graduate Network
(GO-GN): Engaging Doctoral
Research with Openness
Martin Weller, Rob Farrow, Beck Pitt, Francisco Iniesto
Open Education Research Hub
Institute of Educational Technology
The Open University, UK
gogn.oer@gmail.com
@GOGN_OER

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Fellowships
Paco02
Open practice interactive
Beck03
Research outputs
Rob04
STRUCTURE
Intro to GO-GN
Martin

3. Introduction to GO-GN
Martin Weller

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SUPPORTING DOCTORAL RESEARCH IN OPEN EDUCATION
GLOBAL OER GRADUATE NETWORK
http://go-gn.net/

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GLOBAL OER GRADUATE NEWORK
GO-GN started in 2013 as an initiative from Fred Mulder, UNESCO Chair in OER at the
Dutch Open Universiteit, in collaboration with Rory McGreal, UNESCO / COL Chair in
OER at Athabasca University (Canada).
GO-GN is currently funded through the OER programme of The William and Flora
Hewlett Foundation and administered by the Open Education Research Hub from
the Institute of Educational Technology at The Open University, UK.
The aims of the GO-GN are:
• to raise the profile of research into open education,
• to offer support for those conducting PhD research in
this area, and
• to develop openness as a process of research.
More than 100 doctoral and post-doctoral researchers
form the core of the network with more than 200 experts,
supervisors, mentors and interested parties forming a
community of practice
HISTORY

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PROCESSES
GLOBAL OER GRADUATE NEWORK
• Annual Seminar
• Allied to conference
• Webinars
• Twitter
• Newsletter
• Sharing resources
• Supportive network
• GO-GN Fred Mulder Awards
• Encourage open practice

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ANNUAL SEMINAR
GLOBAL OER GRADUATE NEWORK
• Students present to each other
• Different stages, countries,
topics, methods
• Feedback
• Sessions on open practice,
getting published, surviving
PhD, life after PhD
• Some then present at
conference

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FACTS AND FIGURES
GLOBAL OER GRADUATE NEWORK
• 113 members
• 4 seminars (Krakow, Cape
Town, Delft, Galway)
• Around 15 researchers at each
• 30 webinars
• 44 publications from members
in 2020
• At OER19 31 presentations

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ACTIVITY IN 2020
GLOBAL OER GRADUATE NEWORK
• OER20 Online-Seminar • Webinars
• Individual Catch up sessions • OE Global Award
• Research Methods Report • Fred Mulder Awards launch (Nov)
• Fellowship Scheme • Seminar October (Fellows)
• Research Review • Seminar Nov (new members)
• ALT membership for GO-GN
members
• December celebration
• ALT Summer Summit GASTA • New Member Pack
• Reclaim Hosting • Sponsored ALT/OE Global attendance
• (Member led activity)

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MEMBERSHIP PACK
GLOBAL OER GRADUATE NEWORK
• Benefits
• ALT
• Reclaim Hosting
• Communication
• Twitter
• Website
• Newsletter
• WhatsApp
• Resources
• Reports
• Theses
• Images
• http://go-gn.net/members/members-
pack/

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LESSONS FROM THE PANDEMIC
GLOBAL OER GRADUATE NEWORK
• We had a community of care in place
• Transferring some action online
• Finding new activities
• Outputs replace seminars in terms of activity spike
• Sustainable
• Maybe more difficult for new members?
• Takes more effort

12. https://www.instagram.com/go_gn_penguin/

13. Fellowships
Paco Iniesto

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FELLOWSHIPS
Fellowship scheme to support GO-GN alumni and members
in the last steps of their PhD.
At least one of the fellowships is ringfenced for Global South
applicants.
Fellowships last from October 2020 until March 2021.
1. Benefits include a financial award
2. Fellows will be listed on the GO-GN website and their
fellowship work promoted and recognised.
3. Fellowships can be based around a specific piece of
relevant research.
4. Support to attend conferences for the promotion of the
network using the financial award given
5. GO-GN support to organise regional online seminars for
the same purpose.

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FELLOWSHIPS
Activities fellows will take up include:
• Undertake a piece of targeted OER/OEP related research
• Overview of OER activity in a region
• Strategic events identification
• Fostering connections to other networks
• Promotion of GO-GN at face to face conferences and online
events
• New GO-GN members recruitment
• Follow and promote GO-GN – Diversity, equity and inclusion
(DEI) recommendations and commitments.
• Provide a specific contribution to planned outputs
Outputs include:
• Regular reports back to the Network.
• Three blog inputs in the GO-GN website
• Production of an output review report at the end of the
fellowship

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MEET THE FELLOWS
• Jo Funk. Developmental evaluation of learning and OEP in core Humanities
Curriculum units and their impact on students’ employability skills and
workforce readiness
• Judith Pete. Promoting GO-GN and open education in African universities
and beyond
• Chrissi Nerantzi. Develop a collaborative storybook for raising awareness
of openness and open education in young people
• Virginia Rodés. Investigate the experiences of teachers in Uruguay when
creating and (re)using OERs and national repositories during COVID19

17. Open Practice Interactive
Beck Pitt

18. What does
open
research
mean to
you?
“Open House’ by Beck Pitt is licensed CC BY 2.0:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/40959105@N00/33531682466/in/dateposted-public/

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A DEFINITION
WHAT IS OPEN RESEARCH?
“Open research is the process of conducting and sharing
research in which a selection of research proposals, work-
process documents, literature reviews, methodologies,
research instruments, analytical frameworks, findings
and/or data are intentionally shared on publically-
accessible platforms in order for others to freely access,
use, modify, and share them subject to measures that
preserve ethical practice and legal provenance.”
(Hodgkinson-Williams & King, 2015:5)

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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Research_cycle.png By Cameron Neylon (Slide 30 of this
presentation.) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

21. Research Outputs
Rob Farrow

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Farrow, R., Iniesto, F., Weller,
M. & Pitt., R. (2020). The GO-
GN Research Methods
Handbook. Open Education
Research Hub. The Open
University, UK. CC-BY 4.0.
http://go-
gn.net/gogn_outputs/researc
h-methods-handbook/
Images by Visual Thinkery
CC BY

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What’s next?
• A companion volume focused
on theoretical perspectives
• Future editions to include
ongoing input from
researchers
• Expand to include discussion
of other research methods in
open education (e.g. textbook
research; COUP framework)
• Expand and refine
presentation of open research
• Build more detailed guidance
for research design

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Farrow, R. and Mathers, B. (2020),
"Conceptualising Research
Methodology for Doctoral
Researchers in Open Education (with
penguins)", International Journal of
Management and Applied Research, Vol.
7, No. 3, pp. 349-359.
https://doi.org/10.18646/2056.73.20-
025

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Farrow, R. (ed.) et al. (2020). GO-GN
Research Review (Summer 2020).
Global OER Graduate Network.
http://go-
gn.net/gogn_outputs/research-
review-summer-2020/
• Marjon Baas (Leiden University,
Netherlands)
• Natasha Chtena (University of
California Los Angeles, USA)
• Glenda Cox (University of Cape
Town, South Africa)
• Michael Dabrowski (Athabasca
University, Canada)
• Helen De Waard (Lakehead
University, Canada)
• Kathy Essmiller (Oklahoma State
University, USA)
• Paco Iniesto (Open University, UK)
• Caroline Kuhn (Bath Spa University,
UK)
• Rebecca Pitt (Open University, UK)
• Hélène Pulker (Open University, UK)
• Martin Weller (Open University, UK)

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• Review of GO-GN activity in
relation to KPIs
• Updated description of the
network and its membership
• Alumni & member
achievements/stories/profiles
• Fellowship overview
• Timeline of activity
• Results of annual survey
• GO-GN Publications
• Looking forward / Key dates

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What else could we be
doing/creating?
What else could you be
doing/creating?

29. THANK YOU
gogn.oer@gmail.com
@GOGN_OER
go-gn.net
oerhub.net

30. Get in touch!Go-gn.net
@GOGN_OER
Graphics:
@BryanMMathers