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课程主页: https://www.coursera.org/learn/being-researcher
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课程名称：成为一名研究者（信息科学与技术） 课程概述：该课程为学员提供了成为和发展为研究者的广泛视角，涵盖了科学思想的历史发展、研究方法、出版实务、研究资金、评估以及研究者职业发展的实用性等多个主题。同时，课程强调了研究中的伦理方面。尽管课程讨论的是科学研究的一般原则，但特别关注信息与通信科学技术领域。目标受众主要为从事研究的学生和初学者，同时也适合担任监督或指导角色的高级研究人员以及对科学研究运作感兴趣的所有人。 课程主要内容包括： - 研究、其历史发展及其在社会中的作用； - 研究方法； - 研究成果：出版物及其他； - 职业研究者：角色与职业进展； - 研究评估，从同行评审到文献计量学； - 研究伦理。 课程大纲： 第1周 - 研究及其背景：介绍科学及科学研究的概念，科学进步与社会进步之间的关系，研究与创新的关系，以及研究者的公众参与。 第2周 - 研究方法：探讨创造性与验证之间的互动，讨论“科学方法”的历史演变，并扩展到信息与通信科学技术研究。 第3周 - 研究成果：关注研究成果的传播过程，分析传统出版过程，并讨论开放获取的趋势及其他研究产品（如数据集和研究原型）。 第4周 - 研究者的职业进展：讨论从研究者成长为独立研究者及成熟为研究领导者的过程，提供成功发展的建议与技能。 第5周 - 研究评估：讨论研究评估的重要性，包括职位招聘、资金申请和提升，以及同行评审与基于文献计量的定量指标评估。 第6周 - 研究伦理：定义研究中的伦理和不当行为，讨论在研究提案、执行、评审和报告中的不当行为，并关注潜在人类、其他生物或环境的伦理问题。 本课程将帮助学员深入理解科学研究的各个方面，提升其作为研究者的能力与素养。
Name:WEEK 1 - Research and its context
Description:Week 1 has an introductory and motivational purpose. It faces the following questions: What is science? What is scientific research? What is the relation between scientific progress and the progress of society? What is the relation between research and innovation? Why should researchers engage themselves publicly?
Name:WEEK 2 - Research Methodology
Description:Week 2 focuses on research methods. It discusses the interplay between invention — the creative act that identifies an interesting open problem and a possible solution — and validation — the meticulous process through which the identified solution is critically evaluated. It briefly discusses the historical evolution of the notion of a “scientific method”, through which research results are validated, mainly developed in the context of physical and natural sciences. Then it broadens the analysis to other kinds of research, and in particular ICST research.
Name:WEEK 3 - The products of research: publications and beyond
Description:The results of research (its products) are used to develop further research and lead to industrial innovations and societal changes. Week 3 focuses on the diffusion process of research products. The main way of diffusing research results is through scientific publications. The traditional publication process is analysed and recent trends towards open access are also discussed. Other kinds of research products, which take the form of artifacts, like data sets or research prototypes, are also discussed.
Name:WEEK 4 - The researcher's progress
Description:Week 4 focuses on the researcher’s career progress in his/her professional life, from being a researcher-in-formation to becoming a junior independent researcher to maturing into an established research leader. In particular, it discusses the skills one needs to acquire and provides tips of advice on how to progress successfully.
Name:WEEK 5 - Evaluating research
Description:Week 5 focuses on evaluation in research. Evaluation is key to research, as for any intrinsically competitive human endeavor. Researchers are evaluated for hiring, funding, and promotion. Research units (groups, departments) are also evaluated for funding. Even global institutions (like universities) are evaluated and ranked internationally. Traditionally, evaluation is performed via peer review. Increasingly, other forms of evaluation based on quantitative indicators — such as bibliometric indicators — have been emerging and are increasingly used. Quantitative indicators are discussed and critically analyzed.
Name:WEEK 6 - Research ethics
Description:Week 6 focuses on the ethical issues involved in doing research. It defines the notions of ethics and misconduct. It discusses misconduct in proposing, performing, reviewing research or reporting research, focusing in particular on plagiarism, breach of confidentiality, conflict of interest. Possible ethical aspects involved in the specific research are also discussed. Research can involve or affects humans, other organisms, or the environment. This is traditionally well understood, e.g. in life sciences. Increasingly research in all areas of technology is getting closer to humans and touches ethical sensitive issues.
The course provides a broad view of how to become and progress as a researcher. It spans over a wide range of topics, from the historical development of scientific thought to research methodology, to the pragmatics of publication, research funding, evaluation, and promotion in a researcher’s career. It also stresses the ethical aspects of research. Although the course speaks about scientific research in general, it especially focuses on the field on Information and Communication Science and Technology. The course is mainly directed to students engaging in research and beginning researchers. It may also be of interest for senior researcher in their role as supervisors or mentors, and to all those who are interested in how scientific research works. The main topics addressed in the course are: - Research, its historical development, and its role in society; - Research methodology; - The products of research: publications and artifacts; - The professional researcher: roles and career progress; - Research evaluation, from peer review to bibliometrics; - Research ethics.
