Learning Communities in Smart Cities - Case Studies, authors Diana Andone, Carmen Holotescu, Gabriela Grosseck, presented at International Conference on Web & Open Access to Learning, 24-27 November 2014, Dubai, UEA. Nowadays, when more than half of the world’s population lives in urban areas, when information and (mobile) communication technologies are real catalysts for innovations in all domains, there are a lot of studies and debates related to how our cities should become "Smart Cities", "Smarter Cities" or "Future Cities", in order to improve life quality and to reduce costs, to become a “Smart Learning City”. The paper reviews the definitions of the term "Smart City" and to the strategies required for such a transformation. The new citizens will have vital roles in building smart cities; they should be hyperconnected, creative, entrepreneurs, also they should actively participate and collaborate in the cities’ activities and decisions. Thus, the main purpose of this paper is to present study cases that can support the citizens’ learning communities, as well as the development of new skills and competencies, proposing a framework for scenarios of Learning Communities in Smart Cities. These are - teh TACCE2 project, Active Theater, Active Ageing TAFCITY, my Smart City Timisora, the think tank on Timisoara Smart City.

1. Learning
Communi-es
in
Smart
Ci-es
-­‐
Case
Studies
Dr. Diana Andone
Carmen Holotescu
Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania
Dr. Gabriela Grosseck
West University Timisoara
ICWOAL,
Dubai
2014

2. Urban
Popula9on
Urban
popula9on
by
2030:
5
billions
@PWL

3. Source:
hDp://awsassets.panda.org/downloads/1_lpr_2012_online_full_size_single_pages_final_120516.pdf
In
Europe
alone
80%
of
the
popula9on
lives
in
ci9es
and
urbaniza9on
is
accelera9ng

4. “the
city
is
a
core
paradigm
for
the
mankind,
where
trade,
technology,
art
and
culture
converge
in
designing
and
building
the
solu9ons
to
the
civiliza9on
risks”
TopeDa

5. Smart
Ci9es
are
“complex
ecosystems
supported
by
technological
infrastructures
transforming
ci9zen
engagement,
learning
and
par9cipa9on”
(United
Na9ons,
Department
of
Economic
and
Social
Affairs.
Popula9on
Division,
2012.
World
Urbaniza9on
Prospects,
the
2011
Revision,
New
York)

6. Learning
Communi-es
in
Smart
Ci-es
framework
The
Smart
Ci9es
Wheel
developed
by
Cohen

8. Learning
Communi-es
in
Smart
Ci-es
framework
competencies
to
be
developed/improved
type
of
learning
ac1vi1es:
formal
or
informal,
individual
or
collabora9ve
learners:
individuals,
groups,
diversity
in
age,
gender,
background
technologies:
mobile,
integrated/
distributed
learning
environments,
Social
Media,
Augmented
Reality,
OERs,
MOOCs
enablers
/
community
moderators:
municipality,
universi9es,
ins9tu9ons,
companies,
NGOs

9. Teachers' Aids on Creating Content for Learning Environments
517726-­‐LLP-­‐1-­‐2011-­‐1-­‐BE-­‐COMENIUS-­‐CMP
(2011-­‐2014)
TACCLE2 - platform for Civic Attitude
http://taccle2.eu
promotes
engaging
ac9vi9es,
methods
and
strategies
of
Urban
Pedagogy
link
students
and
staff
in
debate
about
what
schools
and
pupils/
teachers
can
do
to
help
transform
their
own
city
into
a
Learning
City

10. TACCLE2 offers in 5 curricular areas (primary, STEM, humanities, core skillsand performing arts)
• Teachers:
a
box
of
web
2.0
/
ICT
tools
to
help
community
grow,
to
mo9vate
students
to
par9cipate
in
local
ac9vi9es
• Youngsters:
to
involved
as
ac9ve
ci9zens
of
the
city,
to
par9cipate
at
urban
development
• Schools:
to
open
up
the
minds
and
understanding
of
what
a
healthy
city
means,
in
order
to
improve
quality
of
their
lives
• Educa-onal
Stakeholders
such
as
universi9es
to
learn
pedagogy
students
how
to
use
such
ac9vi9es
in
the
classrooms,
adult
educa9on
ins9tu9ons
to
train
informally
other
persons
interested
in
raising
learning
ci9es

12. Ac-ve
Theater
–
The
Na-onal
Theatre
„Mihai
Eminescu”
Timisoara
A
shocking
show
about
differences,
acceptance
and
love!
The
Roosevelt
Square
Premiere,
on
Sunday,
at
7pm.
We
are
wai9ng
for
you.

13. Informa(on:
• newsleNer
TNTimisoara.com
• Realitatea
TV
Timisoara
debates
• publicity
in
presa,
on
micro/blogs
/
networks
• outdoor
publicity
A
mobile
group
on
a
microblogging
plaJorm
-­‐
cirip.ro/pro/teatrutm
Join:
• online
• SMS
• contacts
impor-ng
How?

14. livestreaming
for
plaJorm
members,
schools,
student
theatre
companies
interac-ons:
online,
SMS,
mobile
–
news,
feedback,
ideas
widget,
export
notes
on
blog,
wall
display
messages:
text,
images,
audio,
(live)
video,
presenta-ons,
files

15. Live
wall
display
Event
in
December:
AYer
20
years

16. The Use of eLearning for an
Age Friendly City (TAFCITY)
• 7 partner countries: Spain, the United Kingdom,
Hungary, Portugal, Slovenia, Belgium and Romania
• “ The Age Friendly City” in partner cities and
municipalities
• http://tafcity.eu/

17. Age people and the use of
Technology

18. Digital students & Technology
PewInternet Research, 2012

19. hDp://www.pewinternet.org/2014/04/03/older-­‐adults-­‐and-­‐technology-­‐use/

20. 65+ generation
• Adequate access to online information is
becoming a basic prerequisite
• governmental authorities hold information and
communicate mainly using Internet

21. 65+ generation
important barriers to older people adopting
digital technologies (Active Ageing, 2010):
• Lack of home access to the internet:
• Low awareness of what technology can offer:
• Inappropriate design:

22. Tafcity
course
on
ViCaDiS
Outdoor
spaces
and
buildings,
transporta9on
and
housing
Respect,
social
inclusion
and
par9cipa9on
Community
and
health
services,
employment,
communica9on
and
informa9on
6
course
online
in
6
different
languages,
254
par9cipants
from
community
sector,
46
course
materials
units,
21
videos,
6
forums,
12
blogs,
9
ques9onnaires

23. Tafcity
course
on
ViCaDiS
Face-­‐to-­‐Face
course
on
using
technology
and
Internet
for
65+
ci9zens
Intergenera9onal
ac9vi9es
Impact
–
assessment
ajer
1
year
–
all
par9cipants
are
ac9vely
online

24. EU
acts
for
the
“Smart
Ci-es
and
Communi-es
Ini-a-ve”
under
the
umbrella
of
the
Horizon
2020
programme
(H2020-­‐SCC-­‐2014/2015)

25. hDp://mysmartcity.ro/

26. hDp://eu-­‐smartci9es.eu/

27. Augmented
Reality
Mobile
app
–
Timisoara
Mobile
(Vert,
Vasiu
2014)

28. Open
Government
partnership
• first
city
in
Romania
–
and,
un9l
now,
the
only
one
–
to
publish
an
open
government
dataset
on
the
na9onal
OD
portal
in
2014

29. Timisoara:
Open
Data
Landscape

30. Timisoara
street
names
–
open
data
app

31. the
lHargAeCstK
hTaMcka
t2h0on1
i4n
Central
and
East
Europe
17-­‐19
October
2014,
more
then
450
persons,
StartUpHub

32. HACKTM
2014
Smart
City
Sec9on
development
of
11
applica9ons
as:
My
market,
City
Alerts,
City
POI,
City
Events,
Where’s
the
party,
Home
File,
EduQuiz,
EduSMART,
Cash
a
cab,
City
Solu9ons

33. NETTIES
2015
(13th
Interna-onal
Conference
on
Networking
En--es)
5
–
8
March
2015
Tenerife,
SPAIN
Digital
Society
and
Smart
Ci-es
The
impact
of
Open
Data
and
Big
Data

34. CONTACT
Dr.eng.
Diana
Andone
Director
e-­‐Learning
Center
Email:
diana.andone@upt.ro
Web:
Elearning.upt.ro
@diando70 @cami13 @ggrosseck
hDp://www.slideshare.net/diando70/
UPT
–
CeL
Campus
Virtual
www.cv.upt.ro