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Mozilla Science Lab
Owner: Stephanie Wright	Years Active: 2013-2018	Updated: 2022-08-2
The Mozilla Science Lab was an initiative of the Mozilla Foundation from 2013 - 2018. We explored how the power of open source could change the way science was done on the web. We operated under the belief that a community of peers that work, learn and build together could make research thrive on the open web. We did this through sprints, participatory learning, and prototyping with the research community to make science more like the web: open, collaborative and efficient. If you’re interested in Mozilla’s continuing efforts around open science, please visit the Mozilla Festival website at mozillafestival.org.

PROGRAM RESOURCES

Global Sprint

Mozilla’s Global Sprint was an annual fun, two-day collaborative global hackathon. A diverse network of educators, engineers, artists, scientists, and many others come together in person and online to build projects for a healthy Internet. #MozSprint

Open Data Guides

The primers were designed to for you to read at your own pace and pick and choose the topics you want to read concerning open data. The Instructor guides are a resource for train-the-trainer type materials on Open Data. They are meant to provide a series of approachable, fun, collaborative workshops where each of the modules is interactive and customizable to meet a variety of audiences.

Open Leadership

Resources on working openly and leading openly (#WOLO)

Study Groups

Study Groups were started in 2015 as a way for folks to hold informal spaces to hangout and learn from each other about coding in the lab.

Publications & Communications

PROGRAM TIMELINE

14 June 2013 - The Mozilla Science Lab (MSL) is open for business!

Aug 2013 - MSL starts up the Code Review pilot with PLOS Computational Biology

Nov 2013 - The Lab begins Community Calls and participates in its first Mozilla Festival

Dec 2013 - MSL partners with GitHub and figshare to launch "Code as a Research Object".

May 2014 - The first Data Carpentry workshop takes place.

July 2014 - The Science Lab runs its first annual Global Sprint.

Oct 2014 - Software Carpentry leaves the Mozilla Science Lab to become the Software Carpentry Foundation.

Nov 2014 - Contributorship Badges project takes off.

Mar 2015 - MSL releases Collaborate, a community portal for open science projects.

Apr 2015 - Mozilla Science Study Groups are introduced.

Jun 2015 - Applications open for the first cohort of Mozilla Fellows for Open Science.

Sep 2015 - The Lab holds the Open Science Leadership Summit at the Mozilla Toronto office.

Nov 2015 - MSL adds to its regular monthly community calls with Project Calls

Feb 2016 - The first Working Open Workshop is held in Berlin and the start of our first Open Leadership Training Cohort.

Oct 2016 - The Mozilla Science Lab Book Club is formed.

Mar 2017 - MSL opens enrollment to Open Leadership 101.

May 2017 - The Lab opens the call for proposals for the Mozilla Science Mini Grants program.

Jul 2018 - The Science Lab publishes the Open Data Instructor Guides and Open Data Primers.

Sep 2018 - The Mozilla Science Lab program is sunsetted and its programs are folded into other Foundation programs and partner organizations.

SUPPORT

The Mozilla Science Lab was supported over the years by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Helmsley Charitable Trust, and the Siegel Family Endowment.

LICENSE

This work by the Mozilla Science Lab is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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-|updated=Jan 13, 2014
+|updated=Jan 19, 2016
-|owner=Kaitlin Thaney
+|owner=Stephanie Wright
-|description=The Mozilla Science Lab is an initiative of the Mozilla Foundation exploring how the power of the open web can change the way science is done. We build educational resources, tools and prototypes for the research community to make science more open, collaborative and efficient. For more, visit [http://mozillascience.org mozillascience.org].
+|years=2013-2018
+|description=The Mozilla Science Lab was an initiative of the Mozilla Foundation from 2013 - 2018.  We explored how the power of open source could change the way science was done on the web. We operated under the belief that a community of peers that work, learn and build together could make research thrive on the open web. We did this through sprints, participatory learning, and prototyping with the research community to make science more like the web: open, collaborative and efficient. If you’re interested in Mozilla’s continuing efforts around open science, please visit the Mozilla Festival website at [https://www.mozillafestival.org/?utm_source=sunset mozillafestival.org].
 }}<section end=summary />
-== The vision ==
+=== PROGRAM RESOURCES ===
+== Global Sprint ==
+Mozilla’s Global Sprint was an annual fun, two-day collaborative global hackathon. A diverse network of educators, engineers, artists, scientists, and many others come together in person and online to build projects for a healthy Internet. [https://twitter.com/hashtag/mozsprint #MozSprint]
-The web has revolutionized many aspects of our everyday life, from media to education and business. But even though the web was invented ''by scientists'', we still have not yet seen it change scientific practice to nearly the same extent. In scientific research, we’re dealing with special circumstances, trying to innovate upon hundreds of years of entrenched norms and practices, broken incentive structures and gaps in training that are dramatically slowing down the system, keeping us from making the steps forward needed to better society.
+* [https://github.com/mozilla/global-sprint/blob/master/_articles/participants-guide.md Participant Guide]
+* [https://github.com/mozilla/global-sprint/blob/master/_articles/project-lead-guide.md Project Lead Guide]
+* [https://github.com/mozilla/global-sprint/blob/master/_articles/site-hosts-guide.md Site Host Guide]
-The aim of the Science Lab is to foster an ongoing dialogue between the open web community and researchers to tackle this challenge. Together they'll share ideas, tools and best practices for using next-generation web solutions to solve real problems in science, and explore ways to make research faster, more agile and collaborative.
+== Open Data Guides ==
+The primers were designed to for you to read at your own pace and pick and choose the topics you want to read concerning open data.  The Instructor guides are a resource for train-the-trainer type materials on Open Data. They are meant to provide a series of approachable, fun, collaborative workshops where each of the modules is interactive and customizable to meet a variety of audiences.
-== Focus areas ==
+* [https://mozillascience.github.io/open-data-primers/ Primers]
+* [https://mozillascience.github.io/open-data-guides/#teach Instructor Guides]
-=== Code and data literacy ===
+== Open Leadership ==
+Resources on working openly and leading openly (#WOLO)
-Digital literacy is as important as reading, writing and arithmetic. In academia, skills training to match the tools and technology is still leagues behind where it should be. We need to find a way to better empower students to be "digital researchers" by shortening the gap and providing the means for them to learn how to share, reuse and reproduce research on the web.
+* [https://mozillascience.github.io/leadership-training Working Open Workshop]
+* [https://mozilla.teachable.com/p/open-leadership-101 Open Leadership 101]
+* [https://mzl.la/openleaders Mozilla Open Leaders]
+* [https://mzl.la/open-leadership| Open Leadership Training Series]
-==== Software Carpentry ====
+== Study Groups ==
+[https://blog.mozilla.org/foundation-archive/mozilla-science/introducing-mozilla-science-study-groups/ Study Groups were started in 2015] as a way for folks to hold informal spaces to hangout and learn from each other about coding in the lab.
-Software Carpentry helps researchers be more productive by teaching them basic computing skills. Its volunteers have run over 90 intensive two-day boot camps at dozens of sites around the world in the last 18 months for over 2500 scientists, and the site provides open access material online for self-paced instruction.  For more on Software Carpentry, [http://software-carpentry.org/ visit their website].
+* [https://github.com/mozillascience/studyGroup Template]
+* [https://github.com/mozillascience/studyGroupLessons Lessons Bank]
+* [https://mozillascience.github.io/studyGroupHandbook/lessons.html Handbook]
-=== Support and innovate with the community ===
+== Publications & Communications ==
+* [https://github.com/mozillascience/Reports Annual Reports]
+* [https://github.com/mozillascience/Reports/blob/master/MSLEvaluationFINAL_20181001.pdf Impact Evaluation (pdf)]
+* [https://blog.mozilla.org/foundation-archive/category/mozilla-science/ Blog]
+* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/139954518@N06/ Flickr]
+* [https://twitter.com/MozillaScience Twitter]
+* [https://github.com/mozillascience/ GitHub]
-There are some incredible tools out there pushing the limits to what the future of science on the web can be. We want to help support that work as well as find ways to help coordinate efforts and innovate together.
+=== PROGRAM TIMELINE ===
-=== Convening a global conversation ===
+'''14 June 2013''' - [https://kaythaney.com/2013/06/14/announcing-the-mozilla-science-lab/ The Mozilla Science Lab (MSL)] is open for business!
-Science is a global enterprise, and this needs to be a global conversation. We want to make sure we are getting tools into the hands of the people who need them most, and continually soliciting your thoughts about how we can, together, work towards more open, efficient science on the web.
+'''Aug 2013''' - MSL starts up the [https://kaythaney.com/2013/08/08/experiment-exploring-code-review-for-science/ Code Review pilot] with PLOS Computational Biology
-== The team ==
+'''Nov 2013''' - The Lab begins [https://blog.mozilla.org/foundation-archive/mozilla-science/join-our-next-community-call-december-12-11-et/ Community Calls] and participates in its first [https://www.mozillafestival.org/ Mozilla Festival]
-* Kaitlin Thaney (Director, Mozilla Science Lab): Kaitlin came to Mozilla from Digital Science, a technology company that works to make research more efficient through better use of software. She also advises the UK government on digital technology, is a Director for DataKind UK, and chairs the London Strata Conference series on big data. Prior to Mozilla and Digitial Science, Kaitlin managed the science program at Creative Commons, worked on education technology with MIT and Microsoft, and wrote for the Boston Globe. You can follow her at [http://twitter.com/kaythaney/ @kaythaney].
+'''Dec 2013''' - MSL [https://blog.mozilla.org/foundation-archive/mozilla-science/code-as-a-research-object-a-new-project/MSL partners with GitHub and figshare] to launch "[http://mozillascience.github.io/code-research-object/ Code as a Research Object]".
-* Greg Wilson (project lead, Software Carpentry): Greg started the Software Carpentry project in 1998. He has been a professional software developer, an author, and a university professor, and was the lead editor for ''[http://www.amazon.com/Beautiful-Code-Leading-Programmers-Practice/dp/0596510047/ Beautiful Code]'', ''[http://www.amazon.com/Making-Software-Really-Works-Believe/dp/0596808321/ Making Software]'', and ''[http://aosabook.org The Architecture of Open Source Applications]''. You can follow him at [http://twitter.com/gvwilson @gvwilson].
+'''May 2014''' - The [https://blog.mozilla.org/foundation-archive/mozilla-science/our-first-data-carpentry-workshop/ first Data Carpentry workshop] takes place.
-* Arliss Collins (bootcamp facilitator): Arliss handles communication, scheduling and administration for Software Carpentry bootcamps and trainings. In her previous life she was a geophysical engineer and an IT analyst.
+'''July 2014''' - The Science Lab runs its [https://blog.mozilla.org/foundation-archive/mozilla-science/the-mozsprint-heard-round-the-world/ first annual Global Sprint].
-* Abigail Cabunoc (lead developer, Mozilla Science Lab): Abby comes to Mozilla after longtime contributions to open source projects helping science. Previously at the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research where she led development on WormBase, an online biological database aiding nematode research, she bring some serious worm knowledge to the team, as well as a background in bioinformatics and computer science. Abby's also an active member of the Toronto software development community as a mentor and educator. You can follow her at [http://twitter.com/abbycabs @abbycabs].
+'''Oct 2014''' - Software Carpentry leaves the Mozilla Science Lab to become the [https://software-carpentry.org/blog/2014/10/announcing-the-creation-of-the-software-carpentry-foundational.html Software Carpentry Foundation].
-== How to get involved ==
+'''Nov 2014''' - [https://blog.mozilla.org/foundation-archive/mozilla-science/contributorship-badges-a-new-project/ Contributorship Badges project takes off].
-* '''Twitter''': [http://twitter.com/mozillascience @MozillaScience], [http://twitter.com/swcarpentry @swcarpentry]
+'''Mar 2015''' - [https://blog.mozilla.org/foundation-archive/mozilla-science/collaborate-open-for-submissions/ MSL releases Collaborate], a community portal for open science projects.
-* '''[https://wiki.mozilla.org/ScienceLab/Calls Join our community calls]''': Second Thursday of every month. Come hear more about what we're up to, interact with community members and join the conversation.
-* '''Join us for a Software Carpentry bootcamp''': [http://software-carpentry.org/bootcamps/index.html a list of upcoming events], and [http://mozillascience.org/get-involved/ how you can get involved]
-* Follow our planning here on the wiki, for new ways to get involved over the coming week. We'll be hosting community calls, running events, and providing other means for you to join the conversation. Stay tuned.
-== Support ==
+'''Apr 2015''' - [https://blog.mozilla.org/foundation-archive/mozilla-science/introducing-mozilla-science-study-groups/ Mozilla Science Study Groups are introduced].
-The Mozilla Science Lab is supported by the [http://www.sloan.org Alfred P. Sloan Foundation]. If you'd like to find out how you too can support the Science Lab, [mailto:kaitlin@mozillafoundation.org contact us].
+'''Jun 2015''' - [https://blog.mozilla.org/foundation-archive/mozilla-science/apply-today-to-become-a-mozilla-fellow-for-science/ Applications open] for the first cohort of Mozilla Fellows for Open Science.
+'''Sep 2015''' - The Lab holds the [https://blog.mozilla.org/foundation-archive/mozilla-science/teaching-leadership-like-mozilla/ Open Science Leadership Summit] at the Mozilla Toronto office.
+'''Nov 2015''' - MSL adds to its regular monthly community calls with [https://blog.mozilla.org/foundation-archive/mozilla-science/introducing-the-monthly-mozilla-science-project-call/ Project Calls]
+'''Feb 2016''' - The [http://mozillascience.github.io/working-open-workshop/ first Working Open Workshop] is held in Berlin and the start of our first [https://mozilla.github.io/leadership-training/ Open Leadership Training Cohort].
+'''Oct 2016''' - The [https://blog.mozilla.org/foundation-archive/category/mozilla-science/page/7/ Mozilla Science Lab Book Club] is formed.
+'''Mar 2017''' - MSL opens enrollment to [https://mozilla.teachable.com/p/open-leadership-101 Open Leadership 101].
+'''May 2017''' - The Lab opens the call for proposals for the [https://blog.mozilla.org/foundation-archive/mozilla-science/mini-grant-cfp/ Mozilla Science Mini Grants program].
+'''Jul 2018''' - The Science Lab publishes the [https://mozillascience.github.io/open-data-guides/ Open Data Instructor Guides and Open Data Primers].
+'''Sep 2018''' - The [https://blog.mozilla.org/foundation-archive/mozilla-science/news-from-mozilla-science-lab/ Mozilla Science Lab program is sunsetted] and its programs are folded into other [https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/ Foundation programs] and partner organizations.
+=== SUPPORT ===
+The Mozilla Science Lab was supported over the years by the [http://www.sloan.org Alfred P. Sloan Foundation], the [http://www.helmsleytrust.org Helmsley Charitable Trust], and the [https://www.siegelendowment.org/ Siegel Family Endowment].
+=== LICENSE ===
+https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/4.0/88x31.png
+This work by the Mozilla Science Lab is licensed under a [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License].
+[[Category:Science Lab]]