D10.7 Completed and published Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) for students in higher education and professionals

Summary:

The project ATELIER’s Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) was developed by ATELIER partners to share knowledge and learnings from the implementation and planning of Positive Energy Districts (PEDs) with students in higher education and professionals everywhere around the world. Everyone who speaks English and who has an internet connection can enrol in the MOOC and get a well-structured, audio-visual introduction to PEDs. Furthermore, the MOOC is embedded to a learning platform that enables the exchange with peers. It addresses a broad range of target groups from individuals interested in the energy transition to professionals involved in other PED projects and students of higher education with a focus on PEDs. The first module of the MOOC explains the basic concept of PEDs, the energy system applied in PEDs, the social aspects to consider in PEDs, the concept of Innovation Ateliers that enables the implementation of innovative concepts such as PEDs in actual surroundings and at last the role of PEDs in the bigger context of the energy transition. The MOOC is tailored to the user’s needs through the possibility to take quizzes between the videos, to adjust the speed of the videos and to stop, replay or skip the different sections if desired. It uses real-life examples from the ATELIER project in Amsterdam to illustrate the functioning of the PED. The MOOC is regularly promoted through ATELIER’s communication channels and has been a useful source of information for 92 learners since its launch in June 2022 and October 2023. There is a lot of potential to further develop the platform, especially in cooperation with other projects working on Positive Energy Districts. The MOOC was mainly developed by ATELIER partner Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences and includes inputs from other ATELIER partners such as TNO, Waag or the City of Amsterdam.