As part of the ORCA-funded OCTOPUS project, we are developing guidelines for student use of open lab notebooks.

Student Lab Notebooks and Open Science

Topic: 

Accessible and Open Electronic Lab Notebooks using Pressbooks and Existing H5P Resources

Why?

Documentation of lab procedures and results is critical for reproducible science. While a variety of electronic lab notebooks are commercially available, the cost may be prohibitive for institutions and an additional financial burden for students. Free options have limitations or are cumbersome to implement in a classroom. Importantly, this is an opportunity to integrate documentation training into an open science curriculum and leverage existing knowledge available on Pressbooks. 

How?

We will identify, adapt, and develop resources to help instructors explain to students the importance of lab documentation and its connections to open science. We will create an H5P activity that is modified to allow students to submit lab entries, as well as provide the necessary training for instructors and students to use and improve the system.