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Smart City Learning Environment – Timisoara study case

Prof.dr.ing. Radu Vasiu

Opening Up Education Workshop Timisoara, 13 martie 2015

EU Smart Cities and Communities Initiative


Action Clusters Kick-Off Conference Brussels, 9 octombrie 2014 Participation: Over 300 guests EC Vice President for Energy Günther H. Oettinger EC Vice President for Digital Agenda, Neelie Kroes EC Vice President for Transport, Siim Kallas


Action Clusters: -  Business models -  Citizen Focus -  Integrated infrastructure & processes across Energy, ICT and

Transport -  Policy & Regulations / Integrated planning -  Sustainable Districts and Built Environment -  Sustainable Urban Transport


Cluster: Integrated infrastructure & processes across Energy, ICT and Transport -  Open Urban Platform -  Data Strategy / Data Sharing -  Architecting for Integration Accross City Domains

19 Commitments, 88 participants, Timisoara: Commitment 7711

European Innovation Partnership on Smart Cities and Communities ●  “Integrated infrastructure &

processes across Energy, ICT and Transport” cluster

●  focus on “Open Data Landscape” ●  Timisoara: Commitment 7711

(http://eu-smartcities.eu/)

Smart City Commitment


More informations: http://eu-smartcities.eu/ Future activities: -  General Meeting: Berlin, 25 May 2015 -  Participation to the Horizon 2020 Call on SCC -  Partnership through the Market Place

Where’s the smartness of

learning in smart territories ?

!

Virtual Environments LEARNING PLACES

CITIES / TERRITORIES (informal / social learning)

Universities Campus

Schools

Working places

EVOLVING COMPONENTS

Contents (structures,

functionalities, placement,

organization)

Processes (phases, actions, roles)

Places

Competences (behaviors)

Monitoring

SMART CITY APPROACH

6 PILLARS MODEL for territorial development

SMART LEARNING Learning & education Indicators: Living: Education facilities (students / inhabitants) Satisfaction with access and quality – decreasing since 2004 Labour force with ISCED 5 & 6 education level People -  number of foreign students + ISCED 5 / 1,000 aged 25-30 -  ISCED 5 / 1,000 inhabitants (goal for 21st century education) Others: -  penetration of computers & smartboards -  classrooms connected to Internet

SMART CITY LEARNING OBSERVATORY

Questionnaire on the UPT Virtual Campus Respondents: 249 -  Bachelor students: 119 (47.8%) -  Master students: 35 (14.1%) -  PhD candidates: 11 (4.4%) -  Owner of research scholarship or grant: 2 (0.8%) -  Professors & lecturers: 69 (27.7% -  Technicians: 5 (2.0%) -  Other (administrators): 6 (2.4%)


Respondents by field Faculty of Architecture: 0 (0,0%) Faculty of Automation and Computers: 50 (20,1%) Faculty of Industrial Chemistry and Environmental Engineering: 16 (6,4%) Faculty of Civil Engineering: 28 (11,2%) Faculty of Communication Sciences: 12 (4,8%) Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering: 69 (27,7%) Faculty of Electrical and Power Engineering: 7 (2,8%) Faculty of Management in Production and Transportation: 24 (9,6%) Faculty of Mechanical Engineering: 29 (11,7%) Faculty of Engineering (in Hunedoara): 7 (2,8%) Administration: 3 (1,2%) Other: 4 (1,6%)


Which is the University building or University area where, mainly, you are studying/working ? Rectorate building: 4 (1,6%) ELECTRO buildings: 121 (48,6%) Civil Eng buildings: 36 (14,5%) Mechanics buildings: 33 (13,3%) Chemistry buildings: 15 (6,0%) Library: 5 (2,0%) Student Campus: 12 (4,8%) Research units: 1 (0,4%) Other: 18 (7,2%)


Where do you live ? Student campus: 85 (34,1%) Rented house: 31 (12,5%) Relatives’ or friend's house: 15 (6,0%) Your own house: 112 (45,0%) Other (please specify): 4 (1,6%) On a scale 1-10, if you live in a student Campus or rented house, please indicate how much are you satisfied for your living arrangement. 1: 3 (1,2%) 2: 3 (1,2%) 3: 6 (2,4%) 4: 11 (4,4%) 5: 13 (5,2%) 6: 16 (6,4%) 7: 32 (12,9%) 8: 38 (15,3%) 9: 16 (6,4%) 10: 17 (6,8%) Remarks: renting is expensive, few parking places, too many students in the same room, too noisy


On a scale 1-10, please indicate how easy is to move within the Campus/University area and within the University buildings. 1: 3 (1,2%) 2: 3 (1,2%) 3: 4 (1,6%) 4: 6 (2,4%) 5: 12 (4,8%) 6: 18 (7,2%) 7: 33 (13,3%) 8: 54 (21,7%) 9: 40 (16,1%) 10: 66 (26,5%) Remarks: few parking places When do you have to stay all day long at the University where do you take your lunch ? At home: 31 (12,5%) At the University/Campus canteen: 77 (30,9%) In a bar/pub/restaurant: 55 (22,1%) I bring my lunch-box: 72 (28,9%) Other solution (please specify): 11 (4,4%) Remarks: sometimes not enough time to eat between classes, no proper food in faculty buildings (ex. Electro)

SMART CITY LEARNING OBSERVATORY On a scale 1-10, please indicate how much basic facilities like bar, canteens, restaurants and access to drinking water are appropriate in the university building. 1: 16 6,4%) 2: 14 (5,6%) 3: 23 (9,2%) 4: 18 (7,2%) 5: 36 (14,5%) 6: 17 (6,8%) 7: 23 (9,2%) 8: 37 (14,9%) 9: 24 (9,6%) 10: 36 (14,5%) Environment: on a scale 1-10, please indicate your perception on the “green level” of the Campus (availability and care of green areas, air quality, separate waste collection, etc..) 1: 8 (3,2%) 2: 10 (4,0%) 3: 16 (6,4%) 4: 13 (5,2%) 5: 39 (15,7%) 6: 20 (8,0%) 7: 44 (17,7%) 8: 39 (15,7%) 9: 30 (12,1%) 10: 25 (10,0%) Remarks: not “alive” in terms of colors used – buildings are “gray”, no ventilation, no thermostats, not enough recycling facilities, danger in case of fire, no seating places on the halls, not enough trash beans

SMART CITY LEARNING OBSERVATORY Safety: on a scale 1-10, please indicate how safe you feel in the university area (not only on a physical level). 1: 3 (1,2%) 2: 5 (2,0%) 3: 4 (1,6%) 4: 8 (3,2%) 5: 13 (5,2%) 6: 18 (7,2%) 7: 33 (13,3%) 8: 45 (18,1%) 9: 50 (20,1%) 10: 66 (26,5%) Remarks: no campus police Infrastructures: on a scale 1-10, please indicate how University infrastructures (classrooms, libraries, laboratories, areas students, WI-FI) are adequate for the activities you are carrying on campus? 1: 7 (2,8%) 2: 3 (1,2%) 3: 4 (1,6%) 4: 8 (3,2%) 5: 26 (10,4%) 6: 22 (8,8%) 7: 45 (18,1%) 8: 53 (21,3%) 9: 47 (18,9%) 10: 29 (11,7%) Remarks: old PCs, software without license, video-projectors out of work, wi-fi problems

SMART CITY LEARNING OBSERVATORY Internet: Which device do you use to connect to Internet from within the Campus/University ? Smartphone: 171 (68,7%) Laptop: 158 (63,5%) Tablet: 29 (11,7%) Desktop computer: 79 (31,7%) Other solution: 3 (1,2%) Internet: How do you connect to Internet ? Campus/University WI-FI: 172 (69,1%) Private provider: 89 (35,7%) 3G: 92 (37,0%) Internet: How long are you connected to internet on Campus/at the University per day ? I do not connect myself to Internet ever: 8 (3,2%) Less than half an hour: 40 (16,1%) More than half an hour less than two hours: 51 (20,5%) More than two hours less than five hours: 63 (25,3%) I am always on: 84 (33,7%)

SMART CITY LEARNING OBSERVATORY Administrative services: on a scale 1-10, please indicate how much, in your opinion, the University makes easy to accomplish administrative procedures (considering also the support given by the website, intranet site or Campus Virtual UPT). 1: 11 (4,4%) 2: 7 (2,8%) 3: 7 (2,8%) 4: 17 (6,8%) 5: 25 (10,0%) 6: 31 (12,5%) 7: 30 (12,1%) 8: 47 (18,9%) 9: 40 (16,1%) 10: 30 (12,1%) Information services: on a scale 1-10, please indicate how much, in your opinion, the University makes easy to access relevant info (considering also the support given by the website). 1: 6 (2,4%) 2: 3 (1,2%) 3: 8 (3,2%) 4: 13 (5,2%) 5: 18 (7,2%) 6: 20 (8,0%) 7: 35 (14,1%) 8: 58 (23,3%) 9: 49 (19,7%) 10: 34 (13,7%) Remarks: info on curricula unclear, secretaries attitude, professors not responding on campus, no online administrative procedures, proxy in the campus, websites not-updated

SMART CITY LEARNING OBSERVATORY Social interaction: on a scale 1-10, please indicate how much, in your opinion, the University supports social interaction (student/worker organizations, web environment, cultural and sports activities, interaction with the surrounding territory, etc.) 1: 6 (2,4%) 2: 5 (2,0%) 3: 8 (3,2%) 4: 8 (3,2%) 5: 22 (8,8%) 6: 29 (11,7%) 7: 33 (13,3%) 8: 60 (24,1%) 9: 44 (17,7%) 10: 25 (10,0%) Challenges and opportunities: on a scale 1-10, please indicate how much do you feel that the University is able to challenge you and/or offer interesting opportunities (exchanges and scholarships, participation in projects with concrete impact, stages, etc..). 1: 6 (2,4%) 2: 4 (1,6%) 3: 11 (4,4%) 4: 18 (7,2%) 5: 17 (6,8%) 6: 22 (8,8%) 7: 47 (18,9%) 8: 48 (19,3%) 9: 35 (14,1%) 10: 34 (13,7%) Remarks: not enough internships, Liga AC is a positive example


Satisfaction: on a scale 1-10, please indicate how satisfied are you with the quality of the curriculum you have undertaken (if student) or the work you are carrying on (if worker). 1: 6 (2,4%) 2: 5 (2,0%) 3: 7 (2,8%) 4: 7 (2,8%) 5: 17 (6,8%) 6: 29 (11,7%) 7: 44 (17,7%) 8: 60 (24,1%) 9: 37 (14,9%) 10: 27 (10,8%) Satisfaction: how your satisfaction could be improved? -  real options to choose from disciplines in other specialties -  different way tot learn like video tutorials, other links for study -  curricula in some cases is very old -  more practice and less theory -  more internships and projects involvement -  more support in laboratory equipment and consumable materials


Self-actualization: on a scale 1-10, please indicate how, in your opinion, skills and competences you are developing may met those requested by the working domain in which you operate or wish to operate in the future 1: 4 (1,6%) 2: 4 (1,6%) 3: 4 (1,6%) 4: 11 (4,4%) 5: 14 (5,6%) 6: 15 (6,0%) 7: 46 (18,5%) 8: 62 (24,9%) 9: 46 (18,5%) 10: 28 (11,2%) Self-actualization: on a scale 1-10, please indicate how much the University has been/is able to develop your potentialities. 1: 9 (3,6%) 2: 7 (2,8%) 3: 4 (1,6%) 4: 10 (4,0%) 5: 15 (6,0%) 6: 25 (10,0%) 7: 42 (16,9%) 8: 67 (26,9%) 9: 34 (13,7%) 10: 25 (10,0%)

A Smart city is a city where the human capital

owns not only a high level of skills, but is also

strongly motivated by continuous and adequate

challenges !

Thank you!

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