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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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.