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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
Excellent TechniCity 2014 Student Projects
The following are the top 20+ student projects as selected by the TechniCity instructors. There were many, many great projects overall! Click on the title to read more about the project. See the 2013 projects here. Author(s) Project Agnieszka Szczepańska … Continue reading
TechniCity MindMixer Data Available
Several participants of the TechniCity MOOC have asked for the raw data of comments and other activity from the MindMixer discussion forum. An Excel file of all activity is now available for download here. Please be sure to share the … 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
Excellent TechniCity 2013 Student Projects
The following are the top 25 student projects as selected by the TechniCity instructors. There were many, many great projects overall! Click on the title to read more about the project. Name Project Agata Ruchlewicz-Dzianach L Spot App Anellina Chirico … 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