Presentation of Prof. Radu Vasiu for the Workshop "Opening Up Education", March 13, 2015, Timisoara Romania, part of Open Education Week 2015

1. Smart City Learning Environment
– Timisoara study case
Prof.dr.ing. Radu Vasiu
Opening Up Education Workshop
Timisoara, 13 martie 2015

2. EU Smart Cities and Communities Initiative

3. EU Smart Cities and Communities Initiative
Action Clusters Kick-Off Conference
Brussels, 9 octombrie 2014
Participation:
Over 300 guests
EC Vice President for Energy Günther H. Oettinger
EC Vice President for Digital Agenda, Neelie Kroes
EC Vice President for Transport, Siim Kallas

4. EU Smart Cities and Communities Initiative
Action Clusters:
- Business models
- Citizen Focus
- Integrated infrastructure & processes across Energy, ICT and
Transport
- Policy & Regulations / Integrated planning
- Sustainable Districts and Built Environment
- Sustainable Urban Transport

5. EU Smart Cities and Communities Initiative
Cluster: Integrated infrastructure & processes across Energy, ICT and
Transport
- Open Urban Platform
- Data Strategy / Data Sharing
- Architecting for Integration Accross City Domains
19 Commitments,
88 participants,
Timisoara: Commitment 7711

6. European Innovation Partnership
on Smart Cities and Communities
● “Integrated infrastructure &
processes across Energy, ICT and
Transport” cluster
● focus on “Open Data Landscape”
● Timisoara: Commitment 7711
(http://eu-smartcities.eu/)
Smart City Commitment

7. EU Smart Cities and Communities Initiative
More informations:
http://eu-smartcities.eu/
Future activities:
- General Meeting: Berlin, 25 May 2015
- Participation to the Horizon 2020 Call on SCC
- Partnership through the Market Place

8. Where’s the
smartness of
learning in smart
territories ?
!

9. Virtual Environments
LEARNING PLACES
CITIES / TERRITORIES
(informal / social learning)
Universities Campus
Schools
Working places

10. EVOLVING COMPONENTS
Contents
(structures,
functionalities,
placement,
organization)
Processes
(phases, actions, roles)
Places
Competences
(behaviors)
Monitoring

11. SMART CITY APPROACH
6 PILLARS MODEL
for territorial
development

12. SMART LEARNING
Learning & education Indicators:
Living: Education facilities (students / inhabitants)
Satisfaction with access and quality – decreasing since 2004
Labour force with ISCED 5 & 6 education level
People
- number of foreign students + ISCED 5 / 1,000 aged 25-30
- ISCED 5 / 1,000 inhabitants (goal for 21st century education)
Others:
- penetration of computers & smartboards
- classrooms connected to Internet

13. SMART CITY LEARNING OBSERVATORY
Questionnaire on the UPT Virtual Campus
Respondents: 249
- Bachelor students: 119 (47.8%)
- Master students: 35 (14.1%)
- PhD candidates: 11 (4.4%)
- Owner of research scholarship or grant: 2 (0.8%)
- Professors & lecturers: 69 (27.7%
- Technicians: 5 (2.0%)
- Other (administrators): 6 (2.4%)

14. SMART CITY LEARNING OBSERVATORY
Respondents by field
Faculty of Architecture: 0 (0,0%)
Faculty of Automation and Computers: 50 (20,1%)
Faculty of Industrial Chemistry and Environmental Engineering: 16 (6,4%)
Faculty of Civil Engineering: 28 (11,2%)
Faculty of Communication Sciences: 12 (4,8%)
Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering: 69 (27,7%)
Faculty of Electrical and Power Engineering: 7 (2,8%)
Faculty of Management in Production and Transportation: 24 (9,6%)
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering: 29 (11,7%)
Faculty of Engineering (in Hunedoara): 7 (2,8%)
Administration: 3 (1,2%)
Other: 4 (1,6%)

15. SMART CITY LEARNING OBSERVATORY
Which is the University building or University area where, mainly, you are
studying/working ?
Rectorate building: 4 (1,6%)
ELECTRO buildings: 121 (48,6%)
Civil Eng buildings: 36 (14,5%)
Mechanics buildings: 33 (13,3%)
Chemistry buildings: 15 (6,0%)
Library: 5 (2,0%)
Student Campus: 12 (4,8%)
Research units: 1 (0,4%)
Other: 18 (7,2%)

16. SMART CITY LEARNING OBSERVATORY
Where do you live ?
Student campus: 85 (34,1%)
Rented house: 31 (12,5%)
Relatives’ or friend's house: 15 (6,0%)
Your own house: 112 (45,0%)
Other (please specify): 4 (1,6%)
On a scale 1-10, if you live in a student Campus or rented house, please indicate how much are
you satisfied for your living arrangement.
1: 3 (1,2%) 2: 3 (1,2%)
3: 6 (2,4%) 4: 11 (4,4%)
5: 13 (5,2%) 6: 16 (6,4%)
7: 32 (12,9%) 8: 38 (15,3%)
9: 16 (6,4%) 10: 17 (6,8%)
Remarks: renting is expensive, few parking places, too many students in the same
room, too noisy

17. SMART CITY LEARNING OBSERVATORY
On a scale 1-10, please indicate how easy is to move within the Campus/University area and
within the University buildings.
1: 3 (1,2%) 2: 3 (1,2%)
3: 4 (1,6%) 4: 6 (2,4%)
5: 12 (4,8%) 6: 18 (7,2%)
7: 33 (13,3%) 8: 54 (21,7%)
9: 40 (16,1%) 10: 66 (26,5%)
Remarks: few parking places
When do you have to stay all day long at the University where do you take your lunch ?
At home: 31 (12,5%)
At the University/Campus canteen: 77 (30,9%)
In a bar/pub/restaurant: 55 (22,1%)
I bring my lunch-box: 72 (28,9%)
Other solution (please specify): 11 (4,4%)
Remarks: sometimes not enough time to eat between classes, no proper food in faculty
buildings (ex. Electro)

18. SMART CITY LEARNING OBSERVATORY
On a scale 1-10, please indicate how much basic facilities like bar, canteens, restaurants and
access to drinking water are appropriate in the university building.
1: 16 6,4%) 2: 14 (5,6%)
3: 23 (9,2%) 4: 18 (7,2%)
5: 36 (14,5%) 6: 17 (6,8%)
7: 23 (9,2%) 8: 37 (14,9%)
9: 24 (9,6%) 10: 36 (14,5%)
Environment: on a scale 1-10, please indicate your perception on the “green level” of the
Campus (availability and care of green areas, air quality, separate waste collection, etc..)
1: 8 (3,2%) 2: 10 (4,0%)
3: 16 (6,4%) 4: 13 (5,2%)
5: 39 (15,7%) 6: 20 (8,0%)
7: 44 (17,7%) 8: 39 (15,7%)
9: 30 (12,1%) 10: 25 (10,0%)
Remarks: not “alive” in terms of colors used – buildings are “gray”, no ventilation, no
thermostats, not enough recycling facilities, danger in case of fire, no seating places on the
halls, not enough trash beans

19. SMART CITY LEARNING OBSERVATORY
Safety: on a scale 1-10, please indicate how safe you feel in the university area (not only on a
physical level).
1: 3 (1,2%) 2: 5 (2,0%)
3: 4 (1,6%) 4: 8 (3,2%)
5: 13 (5,2%) 6: 18 (7,2%)
7: 33 (13,3%) 8: 45 (18,1%)
9: 50 (20,1%) 10: 66 (26,5%)
Remarks: no campus police
Infrastructures: on a scale 1-10, please indicate how University infrastructures (classrooms,
libraries, laboratories, areas students, WI-FI) are adequate for the activities you are carrying on
campus?
1: 7 (2,8%) 2: 3 (1,2%)
3: 4 (1,6%) 4: 8 (3,2%)
5: 26 (10,4%) 6: 22 (8,8%)
7: 45 (18,1%) 8: 53 (21,3%)
9: 47 (18,9%) 10: 29 (11,7%)
Remarks: old PCs, software without license, video-projectors out of work, wi-fi problems

20. SMART CITY LEARNING OBSERVATORY
Internet: Which device do you use to connect to Internet from within the Campus/University ?
Smartphone: 171 (68,7%)
Laptop: 158 (63,5%)
Tablet: 29 (11,7%)
Desktop computer: 79 (31,7%)
Other solution: 3 (1,2%)
Internet: How do you connect to Internet ?
Campus/University WI-FI: 172 (69,1%)
Private provider: 89 (35,7%)
3G: 92 (37,0%)
Internet: How long are you connected to internet on Campus/at the University per day ?
I do not connect myself to Internet ever: 8 (3,2%)
Less than half an hour: 40 (16,1%)
More than half an hour less than two hours: 51 (20,5%)
More than two hours less than five hours: 63 (25,3%)
I am always on: 84 (33,7%)

21. SMART CITY LEARNING OBSERVATORY
Administrative services: on a scale 1-10, please indicate how much, in your opinion, the
University makes easy to accomplish administrative procedures (considering also the support
given by the website, intranet site or Campus Virtual UPT).
1: 11 (4,4%) 2: 7 (2,8%)
3: 7 (2,8%) 4: 17 (6,8%)
5: 25 (10,0%) 6: 31 (12,5%)
7: 30 (12,1%) 8: 47 (18,9%)
9: 40 (16,1%) 10: 30 (12,1%)
Information services: on a scale 1-10, please indicate how much, in your opinion, the University
makes easy to access relevant info (considering also the support given by the website).
1: 6 (2,4%) 2: 3 (1,2%)
3: 8 (3,2%) 4: 13 (5,2%)
5: 18 (7,2%) 6: 20 (8,0%)
7: 35 (14,1%) 8: 58 (23,3%)
9: 49 (19,7%) 10: 34 (13,7%)
Remarks: info on curricula unclear, secretaries attitude, professors not responding on campus,
no online administrative procedures, proxy in the campus, websites not-updated

22. SMART CITY LEARNING OBSERVATORY
Social interaction: on a scale 1-10, please indicate how much, in your opinion, the University
supports social interaction (student/worker organizations, web environment, cultural and sports
activities, interaction with the surrounding territory, etc.)
1: 6 (2,4%) 2: 5 (2,0%)
3: 8 (3,2%) 4: 8 (3,2%)
5: 22 (8,8%) 6: 29 (11,7%)
7: 33 (13,3%) 8: 60 (24,1%)
9: 44 (17,7%) 10: 25 (10,0%)
Challenges and opportunities: on a scale 1-10, please indicate how much do you feel that the
University is able to challenge you and/or offer interesting opportunities (exchanges and
scholarships, participation in projects with concrete impact, stages, etc..).
1: 6 (2,4%) 2: 4 (1,6%)
3: 11 (4,4%) 4: 18 (7,2%)
5: 17 (6,8%) 6: 22 (8,8%)
7: 47 (18,9%) 8: 48 (19,3%)
9: 35 (14,1%) 10: 34 (13,7%)
Remarks: not enough internships, Liga AC is a positive example

23. SMART CITY LEARNING OBSERVATORY
Satisfaction: on a scale 1-10, please indicate how satisfied are you with the quality of the
curriculum you have undertaken (if student) or the work you are carrying on (if worker).
1: 6 (2,4%) 2: 5 (2,0%)
3: 7 (2,8%) 4: 7 (2,8%)
5: 17 (6,8%) 6: 29 (11,7%)
7: 44 (17,7%) 8: 60 (24,1%)
9: 37 (14,9%) 10: 27 (10,8%)
Satisfaction: how your satisfaction could be improved?
- real options to choose from disciplines in other specialties
- different way tot learn like video tutorials, other links for study
- curricula in some cases is very old
- more practice and less theory
- more internships and projects involvement
- more support in laboratory equipment and consumable materials

24. SMART CITY LEARNING OBSERVATORY
Self-actualization: on a scale 1-10, please indicate how, in your opinion, skills and competences
you are developing may met those requested by the working domain in which you operate or
wish to operate in the future
1: 4 (1,6%) 2: 4 (1,6%)
3: 4 (1,6%) 4: 11 (4,4%)
5: 14 (5,6%) 6: 15 (6,0%)
7: 46 (18,5%) 8: 62 (24,9%)
9: 46 (18,5%) 10: 28 (11,2%)
Self-actualization: on a scale 1-10, please indicate how much the University has been/is able to
develop your potentialities.
1: 9 (3,6%) 2: 7 (2,8%)
3: 4 (1,6%) 4: 10 (4,0%)
5: 15 (6,0%) 6: 25 (10,0%)
7: 42 (16,9%) 8: 67 (26,9%)
9: 34 (13,7%) 10: 25 (10,0%)

25. A Smart city is a city
where the human capital
owns not only a high
level of skills, but is also
strongly motivated by
continuous and adequate
challenges !

26. Thank you!
radu.vasiu@cm.upt.ro
www.mysmartcity.ro
www.facebook.com/mysmartcity.ro
https://twitter.com/mysmartcityro