The 13th International Symposium on Open Collaboration (OpenSym 2017) is the premier conference on open collaboration research and practice, including open source, open data, open science, open education, wikis and related social media, Wikipedia, and IT-driven open innovation research.
OpenSym is the first conference series to bring together the different strands of open collaboration research and practice, seeking to create synergies and inspire new collaborations between people from computer science, information science, social science, humanities, and everyone interested in understanding open collaboration and how it is changing the world.
This year’s conference will be held in Galway, Ireland, on August 23-25, 2017. A Doctoral Symposium will take place on August 22, 2017.
We are looking for submissions on, but is not limited to, the following topics:
● Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS)
○ FLOSS development communities, including both software engineering aspects and human factors
○ FLOSS development processes, such as code reviews, joining process, etc.
● Open Data and Open Science
○ Open data quality, standards, measures and metrics
○ Open data and open science methods, applications and prototypes
○ Best practices and case studies for Open Data and Open Science
○ Repositories, networks and working platforms for open scientific communication, collaboration, exchange and access to open knowledge
● Open Education
○ Tools and methods for managing, storing and sharing of Open Educational Resources (OER)
○ Open online learning environments such as MOOCs
○ Enabling individual learning paths
○ Connecting formal and informal learning
○ Supporting self-paced learning and co-construction of knowledge
○ Development of new knowledge or products (e.g. Maker Spaces), collecting data (e.g. Citizen Science) or discussing political topics (e.g. e-participation).
● IT-Driven Open Innovation
○ Architecture and design of open innovation systems
○ The role of IT-artifacts in open and collaborative innovation activities
○ Implementation of open innovation platforms in corporate IT landscapes
○ IT security, intellectual property and personal anonymity in open innovation ○ Open innovation and GLAM
● Open Collaboration Research, esp. Wikis and Social Media
○ Novel open collaboration technologies ranging from entirely new socio-technical systems to MediaWiki extensions
○ Wikis in corporations, academia, non-profits, and other organizations
○ Online collaboration using social media technologies (e.g., Wikis, Blogs, Twitter)
○ Theoretical work on open collaboration
○ Digital divides and open collaboration technologies
● Open Policy/Open Government
○ Open policy formulation and design
○ Implications of open policies for governments
○ Implementation of open policies
○ Measuring the success and impact of open policies
○ Best practices and cases studies of open policy/government
○ Openness in various public initiatives (e.g. Smart Cities, Internet of Things etc.)
● Wikipedia and Wikimedia Research
○ Participation in Wikimedia communities
○ Group Dynamics and Organization in Wikipedia and related projects
○ Readership/Engagement on Wikipedia and related projects
○ Technical Infrastructure and Design in Wikimedia projects
○ Evaluating Content of Wikimedia projects
○ Knowledge Diffusion, Outreach, and Generalization
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