open life science
o illustrate the OLS journey, we use a persona/story of Joy, a mentee
participating in the program, and Sam, their mentor, as they progress through
their open science training. Joy will provide an outline of a project in their
application that they will develop in the program. Additionally, they will
indicate their interests in learning particular aspects of Open Science and
research. Sam will register as a mentor and list their expertise that they would
like to share with their mentee. After the selection process, they will be
involved in the following steps of this program: Based on their common
interests, they will be introduced to each other as suitable mentee and mentor
They will meet every 2nd week on mentee-mentor calls (around 30 minutes). Sam
will help Joy evaluate their understanding of the new topics introduced in the
program, and guide their progress by providing constructive feedback. Joy will
be given assignments before these calls to help them apply new skills to their
project. When needed, Joy and Sam will connect with other experts to invite
consultation on their project. Joy will participate in online training calls and
share insights with other participants in the program. In these cohorts calls,
they will be introduced to new topics and resources, participate in break-out
discussions, and listen to expert talks. Joy will get to know their peers from
the cohort during social and co-working calls. They will share their project
ideas, learn about others’ projects and discuss assignments. A final graduation
call will allow Joy to present their project to other participants and exchange
values. Sam will also participate in mentor training calls and attend
topic-based discussions with other mentors aimed at enhancing their mentoring
skills. A self-evaluation survey, mid-cohort survey and post-cohort survey will
help Joy and Sam in positioning their knowledge in open science leadership
before, during and after the program.
