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TechniCity Enrolls Students from Around the World
TechniCity, the MOOC about cities and technology taught by UAP Professor Tom Sanchez and Ohio State University Professor Jennifer Evans-Cowley, enrolled 9,355 students from 154 countries. Nearly 40% of students enrolled are from emerging economies around the world. The following … Continue reading
TechniCity 2014 about to get underway….
The TechniCity preview will launch this week (see: https://www.coursera.org/course/techcity). One exciting aspect is the geographic diversity of students enrolled in the class. As we learned last time, this adds richness to our discussions and the examples that students share with … Continue reading
TechniCity eBook
Check out the newly released TechniCity eBook! In this eBook we outline the TechniCity Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) that was conducted in the Spring of 2013. The eBook can be used as an introduction and guidebook for the course … Continue reading
TechniCity by the numbers…
TechniCity examined how cities are changing through the integration and infrastructure of technology. Students learned how to use technology to engage with the public to support decision-making and improve their cities. Students examined tools for analyzing the city and actively … Continue reading
10 days until TechniCity
The increasing availability of networks, sensors and mobile technologies allows for new approaches to address the challenges that our cities face. The way we understand cities is undergoing sweeping transformation, right along with the analytical tools we use to design … Continue reading