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The CRISIS MOOC for Smart City Resilience Officers starts with the support of the DAISSy-HOU Participation is free and registrations are open!

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CRISIS Project logoThe DAISSy research group of the Hellenic Open University (HOU) announces the launch of the CRISIS Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on 20th March 2023!

This MOOC was developed in the framework of the European project “CRISIS-Competences for Resilient Smart Cities’ Staff“, which proposes a holistic approach to the professional development of the workforce of resilient and smart cities through the development of a new job profile for these officers and the certification the first group of smart city resilience officers.

The CRISIS MOOC includes twenty (20) learning modules targeting acquisition of essential knowledge and skills in the digital transformation of cities, planning, monitoring and managing resilience of smart cities, and among other issues, establishing and financial support mechanisms for resilient smart cities. Emphasis is put on the networking of the trainees with peers from Europe and beyond.

The CRISIS MOOC starts on 20th March 2023 and is offered in four languages (EN, EL, DE and PT).

The trainees that successfully complete the CRISIS MOOC will receive a Certification of completion in accordance with the European and national qualification frameworks and the European credit system for vocational education.

The CRISIS project has a duration of 24 months, is funded by the European framework ERASMUS+ and is implemented by a consortium of five (5) partners from four (4) European Union member-states (Greece, Cyprus, Germany and Portugal), with the DAISSy Research Group of the HOU, as a partner from Greece.

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Training activities of the CRISIS project with the participation of the DAISSy team

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CRISIS Project logoThe DAISSy research group participated in the training activities that took place within the framework of the CRISIS project in Frankfurt from 6 to 10 February 2023. The activities were carried out live on the premises of FernUniversität, which is Germany’s state distance education university. The CRISIS project (Competences for Resilient Smart Cities’ Staff) is implemented by a consortium of 5 partners from 4 different European countries (Greece, Cyprus, Germany and Portugal) and proposes a holistic approach to the professional development of the workforce of resilient and smart cities through developing a new job profile for these officers, as well as designing, developing and delivering a pilot training program to certify the first group of smart city resilience officers.

Towards this direction, the project identified the 20 most important competencies for smart city resilience officers through literature research and questionnaires distributed to officials and politicians of municipalities and regions in Greece. It then classified these 20 skills into three categories and nine domains of smart city resilience capabilities and developed a self-assessment tool of resilient smart city knowledge and skills based on the competence levels of the European digital competence standard DigComp. Aiming to create a professional development program, a modular training program divided into four phases was created and learning outcomes for each competency were defined, which guided the development of training materials.

The first three days of the training activities focused on content analysis of the learning modules representing the 20 most important competencies of smart city resilience officers by the people who developed the relevant training materials. The aim was to inform and discuss comments and questions between content creators and trainers of all project partners, as the project training program will be piloted in four languages (English, Greek, German and Portuguese). On the fourth day, Dr. Theodoros Panagiotakopoulos presented the project’s electronic learning platform, describing its functionalities. Then, the processes of registration, self-assessment and enrollment of learners in the project’s massive open online course was discussed. The pilot’s timeline was also presented and details of each of its four phases explained. Finally, on the fifth and final day, trainers were briefed on details of learner support during the pilot offering of the massive open online course (e.g. synchronous meetings, use of forums and assessment of learning outcomes), while practical assignments along with recommendations for their assessment and feedback provisioning were analyzed.

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DAISSy / HOU participated in the 2nd transnational partner meeting of the CRISIS project

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On July 7 and 8, 2022, the University of Minho hosted the 2nd transnational partner meeting of the European project CRISIS – Competences for Resilient Smart Cities’ Staff. The meeting was held at the facilities of the University of Minho in the city of Guimaraes, Portugal with the participation of the DAISSy research group of the Hellenic Open University, the University of Thessaly, the Fernuniversitat in Hagen (Germany) and EDEX ltd (Cyprus).

During the two-day meeting, the partners had the opportunity to discuss the dimensions of resilience of smart cities, the competencies required to effectively address these dimensions, but also the required proficiency levels of each capability. This discussion took place in the context of the development of a self-assessment tool for resilient smart cities’ staff, which aims at identifying potential competence gaps to propose alternative learning paths to address them.

In addition, the partners analyzed issues of curriculum design, development of the training kit, and pilot offering of the CRISIS project educational program. At the same time, horizontal issues of the project regarding the exploitation and promotion of its results, as well as its management, were discussed.

The DAISSy Research Group of the Hellenic Open University participates in all the Work Packages, undertaking the implementation of the e-learning platform that will support the pilot educational program of the project through a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC).

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DAISSy / HOU participates in the project «CRISIS – Competences for Resilient Smart Cities’ Staff»

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The DAISSy research group of Hellenic Open University (HOU) participates in the activities of the new project entitled “CRISIS – Competences for Resilient Smart Cities’ Staff”, which is co-funded by the Erasmus + Programme 2021-2027. The CRISIS project (with a duration of 24 months) mainly focuses on improving digital, transferrable, resilience and smart city-related competences of people interested in seeking job opportunities and careers as Smart City Resilience Officers. To achieve this objective, the expected results include a self-assessment tool to identify gaps in required competences, an innovative learning journey design tool to define the educational goals and strategy for each learner, a flexible curriculum, digital open educational resources, an online learning platform and a pilot training program for certifying the first cohort of Smart City Resilience Officers.

On April 7 and 8, 2022, the kick-off meeting of the CRISIS project was held online, hosted by the DAISSy research team of the HOU. The meeting was attended by a total of 16 people from the 5 project partners, which are the University of Thessaly, the Hellenic Open University, the University of Minho (Portugal), the FernUniversität in Hagen (Germany) and EDEX (Cyprus). On the first day, the partners presented their institutions and their research teams, while the project coordinator (University of Thessaly) presented the context, objectives, actions and expected results, as well as the project management and financial management plans. On the second day, the educational approach and strategy of the project were discussed in detail, as well as curriculum design issues. An open discussion between the project partners closed both days of the kick-off meeting.

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