Five new RAISE P4 digital citizenship training courses are online

Five new RAISE citizenship training courses are available online: free, interactive online courses to be followed in asynchronous mode.

The RAISE digital citizenship training courses are online, free and interactive training courses, which award 1 CFU and a final open badge, focused on robotics and artificial intelligence skills applied to different disciplinary areas.

The courses were developed by teachers from the University of Genoa, with the support of innovative teaching experts, within the P4 – Basic AI & Robotics Skills at University Level project, one of the training courses provided within the Training Program of RAISE, coordinated by Spoke 5.

These courses are aimed at students from the University of Genoa with the objective of increasing awareness and autonomy in the use of advanced digital technologies.
The teaching proposal is innovative and diversified: 23 courses available online, accessible in asynchronous mode and organized into basic, intermediate and advanced levels, based on the level of previous preparation: the lessons are delivered via interactive videos on the dedicated RAISE Aulaweb platform.
Each course is divided into short teaching modules, quizzes, games, exercises and self-learning.
At the end of each course, an Open Badge will be issued to all participants, and for UniGe students 1 CFU will also be recognized to be included among the additional credits.

The new courses available are:
Algorithms and Public Administration: civil protection
basic level course
Layout of scientific texts using LaTeX language
basic level course
Technologies and robotics at the service of inclusion at school and university
basic level course
Synergistic approaches between meteorological modeling and AI aimed at improving meteorological forecasts
advanced level course
Data science in a nutshell
pilot course

On the website UniGe all the information and all the courses in the catalogue.

On Tuesday 29 October at 12.00 inside the RAISE Village at the Science Festival at the Cisterne del Ducale there will be a dedicated information event entitled “The RAISE digital citizenship training courses” during which the courses will be presented to the public and it will be possible to respond to questions and requests.

At this link the complete program of the RAISE Village.

The success of the Summer School for Public Administration, as part of the Spoke 5 training program

As part of the P5 -A I FOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION project, within the RAISE Training Plan program, in September, the first edition of Plan 2 of the training project took place in three Ligurian locations: E-leadership skills for digital and aware management – The Three-Year Plan for IT: initiatives to support and increase the digital skills of RTD and staff in the context of the digital transition.

The course was held in person on September 13, 2024 in Imperia in the classrooms of the Imperia University Center, on September 20 in La Spezia in room 11 “Torrione” of the La Spezia University Campus – Promostudi and on September 27 in Genoa in the Sala del Bergamasco of the Chamber of Commerce.

Ecosistema RAISE - Summer School Pubblica Amministrazione - Programma di training Spoke 5 - La Spezia - Liguria
Training event of plan 2 of the P5|AI FOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION training project in La Spezia, at classroom 11 “Torrione” of the La Spezia University Campus – Promostudi on September 20, 2024 | Author: Simona Tirasso (Spoke 5, UniGe) | Credits: UniGe and RAISE

The Summer School organized by UniGe had the objective of:
– disseminating the key elements of the actions identified;
– transferring a culture of change to facilitate the triggering of virtuous processes;
– providing participants with tools and operational examples to support, within their own organizations, human resources development processes;
– sharing reflections on the topic of E-Leadership skills.

During the courses, which were designed with a very practical and operational approach, reflections were also initiated on the role of Digital Transition Managers (RTD). The figure of the RTD is central within the Administration, as a driver of change and innovation processes.

The training event had a limited number of participants, a total of 79 people were able to take part, from different types of public administrations. Out of 79 participants, 12 were managers. Most of the participants were women for the days held in Genoa and Imperia, with a prevalence of men for the course held in La Spezia.

Ecosistema RAISE - Summer School Pubblica Amministrazione - Programma di training Spoke 5 - Imperia - Liguria
Training event of plan 2 of the P5-AI FOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION training project in Imperia, at the classrooms of the Imperia University Campus on September 13, 2024 | Author: Simona Tirasso (Spoke 5, UniGe) | Credits: UniGe and RAISE

The applications have clearly exceeded the availability of places, for the Genoa and La Spezia locations, demonstrating great interest from the public administration.

The second edition of the Summer School in presence is scheduled for the summer of 2025.

More information about the course is available in the Training section and at this link.

 

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Participants of the event E-leadership skills for digital and conscious management in Genoa
Author: Simona Tirasso (Spoke 5, UniGe)
Credits: UniGe and RAISE

RAISE Academy: professional training for entrepreneurship in the advanced technology sector

The second module of the RAISE Knowledge Transfer & Entrepreneurship Academy, part of Training Plan coordinated by Spoke 5, is concluded.

The two-day workshop, held on October 3rd and 4th at Giardini Baltimora in Genoa, was structured as a ‘behind-the-scenes’ of a Call4Ideas. Investors and founders, the two sides of the investment process, discussed the processes of the valutation of an innovative project to invest in.

Simone Valorani, head of strategy & operations at Scientifica Venture Capital, chaired the workshop that saw the attence of twenty RAISE’s researchers eager to expand their knowledge on the issues of using research results and entrepreneurship in the deep-tech field. Scientifica Venture Capital is an investment holding company selecting technology-intensive projects and start-up.

During the first day, the partecipants hypothesised a practical scenario analysis in which analize the evaluation process. In a collective brainstorming activity, the reaserches presented a series of cases related to the evaluation process of a start-up. Participants were invited to contribute their ideas and evaluations with the aim of analysing each scenario in detail.

On the final day, after the working groups were formed, a short project presentation was created to give potential investors an overview of the business plan, products and services. Participants presented and discussed projects, receiving constructive feedback and personalised suggestions in order to improve presentation skills.

The next appointment of the RAISE Knowledge Transfer & Entrepreneurship Academy will be for Module 3: Transversal skills for innovation and knowledge transfer management.

Video Author: Emilio Suraci (CNR)
Credits: RAISE

AAA Ambassadors wanted to promote free RAISE courses

RAISE is looking for faces and voices to promote its free courses dedicated to artificial intelligence and robotics.

RAISE digital citizenship training courses are online, free and interactive training courses, focused on robotics and artificial intelligence skills applied to different disciplinary areas and developed by professors from the University of Genoa, with the support of experts in innovative teaching, within the P4 project – Basic AI & Robotics Skills at University Level, one of the training courses provided for in the RAISE Training Program, coordinated by Spoke 5.

Participating in the challenge is very simple: just create a reel (a short video content in vertical format, created through multiple image or video clips) using the hashtag #Raise4StudentsUniGe with the aim of raising awareness of the opportunity to take advantage of 1 CFU courses for free that can be included in the study plans of UniGe students as elective courses.

How to become an Ambassador of RAISE courses:
1. Create your reel (maximum duration 2 minutes) on Instagram, tag @unigenova and use the hashtag #Raise4StudentsUniGe by Wednesday 23 October 2024;
2. Write an email to formazione.raise@unige.it with the link to your reel;
3. UniGe will share your reel in the stories, you spread it as much as possible among your contacts;
4. From Thursday 24 October 2024 UniGe will compare the views of all the reels that have been reported via email;
5. Whoever has obtained the most views will be a UniGe Ambassador and will be awarded on a special day dedicated to the presentation of the 1 CFU RAISE courses to the citizens.

The winners of this challenge will be awarded on 29 October 2024.

For any doubts or information contact formazione.raise@unige.it.

Spoke 5 researchers participated in Anticipation 2024

The 5th annual conference on Anticipation Studies “Anticipation 2024” was held at the University of Lancaster from 11 to 14 September.

Stefania Bocconi e Valeria Piras from the Institute for Educational Technologies of the CNR operating within the project “P6 – BASIC AI & ROBOTICS SKILLS FOR SECONDARY SHOOL (STACY)”, one of the eight Training projects (SPOKE 5) of the RAISE ecosystem, attended the conference with a scientific poster.

The poster outlined the theoretical foundations underlying the online course “Artificial Intelligence and Robotics: new generations, new visions”, currently in the initial phase of its second edition. A course that trains secondary school teachers to put into practice methodologies specific to Anticipation Studies, to sediment in students critical thinking and agency towards digital innovation and in particular on the rapid development of AI and Robotics.
The Anticipation 2024 conference was a valuable opportunity to have a discussion with the most important international exponents of the discipline regarding the ongoing project. This experience demonstrated the urgency of laying the foundations of a critical culture regarding the development of AI and Robotics in educational contexts at an international level and made clear that the methodological practices of anticipation of Future Studies are a way to achieve this goal.

The poster allowed, through a QR Code, to download the toolkit used during the online course with the teachers.

“Anticipation 2024 was an incredible experience to be able to present the theoretical foundations of the STACY project. Having the opportunity to discuss with the holders of the UNESCO chairs in anticipatory systems and future studies from all over the world, as well as experts and practitioners in the sector, was enriching and very inspiring!” comments Valeria Piras, researcher at ITD-CNR.

RAISE P4 digital citizenship training courses are about to start

RAISE digital citizenship free and interactive training courses are online. These courses will award 1 CFU and a final open badge and are focused on robotics and artificial intelligence skills applied to different disciplinary areas.

The courses were developed by professors from the University of Genoa, with the support of innovative teaching experts, within the project P4 – Basic AI & Robotics Skills at University Level, one of the training courses provided for in the RAISE Training Program, coordinated by Spoke 5.

These courses are aimed at students from the University of Genoa with the objective of increasing awareness and autonomy in the use of advanced digital technologies.
The teaching proposal is innovative and diversified: 23 courses available online, accessible in asynchronous mode and organized into basic, intermediate and advanced levels, based on the level of previous preparation: the lessons are delivered via interactive videos on the dedicated RAISE Aulaweb platform.
Each course is divided into short teaching modules, quizzes, games, exercises and self-learning.
At the end of each course, an Open Badge will be issued to all participants, and for UniGe students 1 CFU will also be recognized to be included among the additional credits.

On the website UniGe the pilot course “Mathematics for AI in pills” is available to familiarize with the fundamental concepts of robotics and artificial intelligence and the first 4 digital citizenship courses currently available:
Artificial Intelligence and Administrative Activity | Basic Level Course
Embedded Tiny Machine Learning | Basic Level Course
Introduction to Cognitive Dynamic Systems | Intermediate Level Course
Simulation, Prediction and Control in Energy Systems Analysis: Methodological Aspects and Applications | Intermediate Level Course

What is digital citizenship?
Digital citizenship is the ability of people to participate actively, responsibly and consciously in the digital life of society.
It includes the safe, critical and ethical use of digital technologies, online services and Internet resources.
A digital citizen is a person who knows how to use the Internet, mobile devices, social media and other technologies in a responsible and productive way, respecting the social and legal norms of the network.
Being a digital citizen means using digital technologies responsibly and consciously to interact with the world, respecting the rights and duties that derive from them: this is an important goal for all people, which is why it is important to train.

DRIMS2 Doctoral School Successfully Concluded

The DRIMS2 Doctoral School, an Advanced Training project organized in Volterra as part of the P8 – Boosting PhD students’ career activity, one of the training courses provided for in the Training Program coordinated by Spoke 5, RAISE, ended on September 11th.

This 2024 edition, which brought together 80 participants from national and international institutions, offered several transversal activities aimed at doctoral students in AI and Robotics, including a full day dedicated to a RAISE Capsule.
The topics of sustainability and green robotics applied to manufacturing were discussed, offering students a unique opportunity to deepen their knowledge on how robotics can be used to create more sustainable manufacturing solutions.

“We are thrilled to share the success of the latest edition of the Doctoral Summer School at DRIM, which took place in Volterra from 6 to 11 September and in which the University of Genoa played a crucial role through the RAISE project. The focus of this year’s school was on Robot-Based Additive Manufacturing, offering participants the opportunity to explore the intersection between robotics and advanced manufacturing technologies.” Comments Prof. Giovanni Berselli (University of Genoa and ADVR, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia) who coordinated this activity in collaboration with Dr. Alberto Parmiggiani, Director of the MWS facility @ Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia.
“Thanks to our dedicated tutors, Mario Baggetta and Greta Vazzoler, for providing guidance and support in the classroom. We are proud of the collaborative spirit and enthusiasm shown by all participants, and we look forward to seeing how they will apply these skills in their future research and projects.”

The next edition, DRIMS 2025, will be hosted by the University of Genoa.

Dietro le quinte di una Call4Ideas: il workshop interattivo dell’ACADEMY di RAISE

Nei giorni 3 e 4 ottobre 2024, presso il Talent Garden Genova (Giardini Baltimora) si svolgerà il workshop interattivo “Dietro le quinte di una Call4Ideas”, inserito nel secondo modulo di “Professional training for entrepreneurship in the advanced technology sector”, di P1 – RAISE KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER & ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACADEMY, uno dei percorsi formativi previsti nell’ambito del Training Program di RAISE, coordinato dallo Spoke 5.

L’Academy è un’iniziativa formativa rivolta a tutti i ricercatori RAISE e a tutti i dottorandi interessati, anche fuori RAISE, che desiderano ampliare le proprie conoscenze sui temi del trasferimento tecnologico, della protezione e valorizzazione dei risultati della ricerca e dell’imprenditorialità in ambito deep-tech.

Per partecipare al workshop in presenza è necessario completare la formazione in streaming offline entro e non oltre il 27 settembre 2024, disponibile qui: Corso – Module 2 – Professional training for entrepreneurship in the advanced technology sector – RAISE Liguria.

Durante i due giorni in cui si svolgerà questo workshop interattivo verrà discusso cosa ci sia dietro le quinte di una Call for Ideas: le due facce del processo di investimento e come di passi dal deal flow origination alla misurazione del valore di un progetto innovativo su cui investire.

Questi I temi dei moduli del corso:
– Introduzione al venture capital e generazione del deal flow
– Il processo di valutazione di un progetto
– Formazione dei teamwork
– La Call4Ideas come canale di deal flow origination
– L’Elevator Pitch
– Feedback Lab

Programma di giovedì 3 ottobre 2024:

01 Intervento | Durata 01:00
Introduzione al venture capital e generazione del deal flow
• Chi è Scientifica Venture Capital
• Fasi di una start-up e prospettiva temporale dell’investimento
• I canali di generazione del deal flow
• Canali Push vs canali Pull
• Il vantaggio competitivo del presidio dei canali di deal flow

02 Intervento | Durata 02:00
Il processo di valutazione di un progetto
• Introduzione alla fasi temporali del processo di valutazione
• L’attività di pre-screening
• Practical Scenario Analysis: Attività di brainstorming collettivo in cui verranno presentati una serie di casi pratici legati al processo di valutazione di una start-up. I partecipanti saranno invitati a contribuire con le loro idee e valutazioni, con l’obiettivo di analizzare ogni caso nel dettaglio, stimolando il
confronto tra i partecipanti e sviluppando una comprensione condivisa delle dinamiche e delle sfide dell’analisi pre-screening
• Validazione tecnologica e Due Diligence

03 Intervento | Durata 00:30
Formazione dei teamwork
Al termine della prima giornata, si creeranno i gruppi di lavoro per la seconda giornata attraverso un confronto con i partecipanti, al fine di formare team eterogenei in base a competenze e attitudini.

Programma di venerdì 4 ottobre 2024:

01 Intervento | Durata 01:00
La Call4Ideas come canale di deal flow origination
• Cos’è una Call4Ideas
• Qual è la Call4Ideas più adatta al proprio progetto
• Come prepararsi alla candidatura
• Gli errori da non fare quando ci si candida e quelli da non fare dopo la candidatura

02 Intervento | Durata 02:00
L’Elevator Pitch
• Cos’è un Elevator Pitch
• L’importanza della Brand Identity
• Come strutturare un Elevator Pitch attrattivo
• Team Working: Attività di team working in cui i partecipanti verranno
suddivisi in piccoli gruppi con lo scopo di lavorare attivamente alla creazione di uno short presentation deck. Al termine del workshop i partecipanti verranno chiamati a discutere e presentare il deck

03 Intervento | Durata 00:30
Feedback Lab
Al termine della presentazione dell’elevator pitch deck, organizzeremo un Feedback Lab interattivo, in cui i partecipanti riceveranno osservazioni costruttive e suggerimenti personalizzati, con l’obiettivo di affinare i contenuti e migliorare le capacità di presentazione, valorizzando le
competenze e attitudini emerse

A questo link il programma del workshop.

Il workshop interattivo “Dietro le quinte di una Call4Ideas” è realizzato in collaborazione con Scientifica.

Maggiori informazioni sul Modulo 2 “Professional training for entrepreneurship in the advanced technology sector”.

Al via il secondo modulo della KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER & ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACADEMY di RAISE

29A partire dal 3 settembre 2024 sarà disponibile il modulo 2 “Professional training for entrepreneurship in the advanced technology sector” di P1 – RAISE KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER & ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACADEMY, uno dei percorsi formativi previsti nell’ambito del Training Program di RAISE, coordinato dallo Spoke 5.

L’Academy è un’iniziativa formativa rivolta a tutti i ricercatori RAISE e a tutti i dottorandi interessati, anche fuori RAISE, che desiderano ampliare le proprie conoscenze sui temi del trasferimento tecnologico, della protezione e valorizzazione dei risultati della ricerca e dell’imprenditorialità in ambito deep-tech.

Il modulo 2 ha una durata di 10 ore complessive da fruire in streaming offline, disponibile al seguente link Modulo 2 – Professional training for entrepreneurship in the advanced technology sector | RAISE Liguria.

Per chi non avesse mai fatto accesso alle iniziative RAISE ACADEMY occorre iscriversi a RAISE Academy utilizzando le credenziali UniGe pass – CIE – SPID.

Al termine del modulo è prevista una attività in presenza nei giorni 3 e 4 ottobre 2024 presso Talent Garden Genova.
Per partecipare ai workshop in presenza, previsti per il pomeriggio del 3 ottobre e la mattina del 4 ottobre, dedicati ai temi del trasferimento di conoscenza, della protezione della proprietà intellettuale e della formazione professionale per l’imprenditorialità nel settore delle tecnologie avanzate, sarà necessario completare la formazione in streaming offline entro e non oltre il 27 settembre 2024.

Al termine del modulo 2 sarà possibile ottenere un Open Badge per la formazione su piattaforma e uno per il workshop in presenza.

I temi trattati nel modulo 2 sono:
Cos’è una DeepTech Startup?
Ricerca mirata e valorizzazione
Identificazione delle opportunità e sviluppo del modello di business
Acquisizione di credibilità Impegno imprenditoriale e pre-organizzazione Riorientamento e rendimenti sostenibili
Attività di RAISE per aspiranti fondatori di startup.

Per ogni domanda o richiesta di assistenza per l’iscrizione contattare: formazione.raise@unige.it.

Aperte le iscrizioni al corso di formazione “Intelligenza artificiale e Robotica: nuove generazioni, nuove visioni” di RAISE

Sono aperte le iscrizioni alla seconda edizione del corso di formazione online gratuito “Intelligenza artificiale e Robotica: nuove generazioni, nuove visioni” proposto nell’ambito del progetto P6 – Basic AI&Robotics skills for secondary school, uno dei percorsi formativi previsti nell’ambito del Training Program di RAISE, coordinato dallo Spoke 5.

Scopo generale del corso è mettere il docente in condizione di stimolare gli studenti a una riflessione critica in visione prospettica sui temi dell’AI&Robotica.
Il corso consentirà al docente di conoscere e sperimentare metodi di futuro per promuovere il pensiero critico e creativo tra gli studenti su possibili futuri con l’AI e la Robotica, in linea con le richieste di orientamento della scuola superiore.

La seconda edizione del corso online, che si svolgerà dal 18 settembre al 18 dicembre 2024, si articola in 5 moduli (che includono attività sincrone e asincrone) ed è organizzato in modalità learning by doing, che consente al docente di applicare in aula le conoscenze via via acquisite, contestualmente alla sua partecipazione al corso:
– Modulo 1 | Introduzione a AI, robotica e pensiero prospettico (8 ore)
– Modulo 2 | Perché è importante parlare di futuro  (10 ore)
– Modulo 3 | Il metodo Backasting (7 ore)
– Modulo 4 | Progettare attività di riflessione prospettica in classe (5 ore)
– Modulo 5 | Realizzare in classe l’attività progettata (20 ore)

Ogni modulo prevede:
una videoconferenza iniziale di presentazione delle attività proposte;
sequenze di video clips (2-3 minuti ca) sugli argomenti trattati;
materiale di supporto con esempi di applicazione dell’AI&R (anche in prospettiva educativa);
attività di consolidamento.

Il corso potrà essere fruito in 2 modalità:
– Fruizione della sola parte teorica, che prevede la partecipazione ai moduli 1, 2 e 3 e il rilascio del credito formativo di 25 ore di formazione da parte di ITD-CNR ai sensi della Direttiva MIUR n. 170 del 21.03.2016 sull’Accreditamento degli Enti di Formazione.
– Fruizione completa, che prevede il completamento di tutti i moduli (inclusa la sperimentazione in classe con i propri studenti nel periodo Novembre-Dicembre con un impegno stimato di circa 8/10 ore). Al termine del corso verrà rilasciato il credito formativo di 50 ore di formazione da parte di ITD-CNR ai sensi della Direttiva MIUR n. 170 del 21.03.2016 sull’Accreditamento degli Enti di Formazione. L’Università di Genova rilascerà inoltre l’Open Badge RAISE ai partecipanti.

Il corso è inoltre accessibile e registrato sulla piattaforma MIUR S.O.F.I.A (codice SOFIA ID 92281 – fruizione parte teorica (25h) – (codice SOFIA ID 92197 –fruizione completa (50h).

Per informazioni e chiarimenti è possibile scrivere a raiseperlascuola@itd.cnr.it.

Per iscriversi al corso online (entro il 17 settembre), accedere ad Aulaweb RAISE utilizzando le proprie credenziali UniGe Pass, CIE o SPID.

Finaziato dall'Unione Europea Ministero dell'Università e della Ricerca Italia Domani Raise