# Tagged for OEG Connect: Open practices across science, software, education and other domains | Nature Human Behaviour
**URL:** https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/tagged-for-oeg-connect-open-practices-across-science-software-education-and-other-domains-nature-human-behaviour/9245
**Category:** Sharing Zone
**Created:** [August 13, 2026, 4:13am UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/tagged-for-oeg-connect-open-practices-across-science-software-education-and-other-domains-nature-human-behaviour/9245 "2026-08-13T04:13:23Z")
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### Author:  [@cogdog](https://connect.oeglobal.org/u/cogdog)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2026, 4:13am UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/tagged-for-oeg-connect-open-practices-across-science-software-education-and-other-domains-nature-human-behaviour/9245/1 "2026-08-13T04:13:23Z")
**What’s of interest?** Open practices across science, software, education and other domains | Nature Human Behaviour
**More details** (Unless otherwise noted, this description is copied directly from the tagged web site)
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Open practices are actions people perform to influence transparency (who can see information), inclusion (who can voice perspectives) and decision rights (who can make decisions). Open practices have grown popular across domains, including open science, open-source software and open education, in hopes of spurring innovation and broadening participation. But which open practices best enable groups and organizations to achieve these ambitious goals, and why? This Perspective distils seven successful practices from across these domains that can help groups to define goals, allocate power, share information and set norms. These practices, such as documenting power structures and adopting a code of conduct, hold potential to support groups and organizations seeking to address great challenges through openness. However, delivering on that potential will depend on how well groups share lessons across domains, tailor these practices and sustain the people and platforms that carry them.
This is a paywalled article, there is a bit of a summary at [Open Practices Span Science, Software, Education, and Beyond](https://scienmag.com/open-practices-span-science-software-education-and-beyond/)
**Where is it?** : [Open practices across science, software, education and other domains | Nature Human Behaviour](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-026-02526-0)
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This is one among many items I regularly [tag in Pinboard as oegconnect](https://pinboard.in/u:cogdog/t:oegconnect), and automatically post tagged as #OEGConnect to [Mastodon](https://cosocial.ca/tags/oegconnect). Do you know of something else we should share like this? Just reply below and we will check it out.
Or share it directly to the [OEG Connect Sharing Zone](https://connect.oeglobal.org/c/sharing/94)
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### Author:  [@cogdog](https://connect.oeglobal.org/u/cogdog)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2026, 3:02pm UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/tagged-for-oeg-connect-open-practices-across-science-software-education-and-other-domains-nature-human-behaviour/9245/2 "2026-08-13T15:02:06Z")
Also related, one of the papers coauthors is featured in this story from Cornell University
> **[7 guidelines for leading open organizations | Cornell Chronicle](https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2026/08/7-guidelines-leading-open-organizations)**
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> Led by Cornell, a new analysis offers seven practical recommendations and other guidance on how organizations and researchers can use open practices more effectively.
> The team identified four categories of design decisions that help leaders manage common challenges that open organizations face, including defining goals, allocating power, sharing information and setting norms. Addressing each, they identified seven lessons that have proven successful across fields for effectively designing open practice:
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> 1. Identify specific, feasible openness goals
> 2. Choose information tools with flexible permission controls
> 3. Preserve strategically important information
> 4. Document power structures, contributions and compensation
> 5. Adopt a code of conduct with accessible language, graduated sanctions, mandatory training seminars and conflict resolution mechanisms
> 6. Review and monitor
> 7. Make adjustments to align practices with goals
This also reveals that the research was based on a study of both the [Global Open Education Resources Graduate Network (GO-GN)](https://go-gn.net/) and the [Python programming language](https://www.python.org/).
Any thoughts on these 7 lessons? Where you see them in action? To bad the original paper is not open access (I smell irony).
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### Author:  [@BeckPitt](https://connect.oeglobal.org/u/BeckPitt)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2026, 7:40am UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/tagged-for-oeg-connect-open-practices-across-science-software-education-and-other-domains-nature-human-behaviour/9245/3 "2026-08-14T07:40:57Z")
Hi Alan, thanks so much for highlighting this paper, which I was invited to be part of after connecting with folks - and presenting on GO-GN - at the 2023 Interdisciplinary Open Practices workshop… You can find the full paper here: [https://rdcu.be/fyYAb](https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Frdcu.be%2FfyYAb&data=05%7C02%7Cbeck.pitt%40open.ac.uk%7Cca795af2e71746f1729e08def70887cf%7C0e2ed45596af4100bed3a8e5fd981685%7C0%7C0%7C639219813208691336%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Om%2FXyap8a9yIl2KwpqJiSJvA1d7ImKCcVzhpnLVh7K0%3D&reserved=0 "Original URL: https://rdcu.be/fyYAb. Click or tap if you trust this link.")
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### Author:  [@cogdog](https://connect.oeglobal.org/u/cogdog)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2026, 3:34pm UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/tagged-for-oeg-connect-open-practices-across-science-software-education-and-other-domains-nature-human-behaviour/9245/4 "2026-08-14T15:34:06Z")
And thank you, Beck, for sharing a readable version of the original article published in Nature, I am eager to read it more closely. And in my rush to share, I completely overlooked that you were a co-author!
What an interesting combination to analyze the elements of the GO-GN organization alongside the organization behind Python.
How did this come about? How was it for you and your colleagues to contribute?
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### Author:  [@Dickh](https://connect.oeglobal.org/u/Dickh)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2026, 4:30am UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/tagged-for-oeg-connect-open-practices-across-science-software-education-and-other-domains-nature-human-behaviour/9245/5 "2026-08-16T04:30:14Z")
Very interesting and important paper. But how can a paper on openness be published in a journal that charges an APC of €10850.00?