
Are you looking to understand the concept and the benefits of open data? This course is for you! Our e-learning modules will introduce you to the concept of open data, its many benefits, and how to unlock its value in the digital age. Through webinars and reading materials, you’ll explore the creative possibilities and innovation that can be achieved with open data. Moreover, we’ll show you how the European data portal can support the use of open data for various purposes, including providing technical and legal advice, as well as real-world examples and inspirational use cases. Join us and discover the full potential of open data!
- Level:
- Beginner
- Theme:
- PolicyImpactQuality
- Audience:
- Academia, Journalists, Public sector, Private sector, Non-governmental organisations

Do you want to learn how to design state-of-the art data visualisations? This course is for you! Our webinars and reading materials showcase how you can use data to create inspiring and practical visualisations, and how it can be used to tell a story and take your audience on a journey.
- Level:
- Beginner
- Theme:
- CommunicationImpactQuality
- Audience:
- Journalists, Public sector, Non-governmental organisations, Academia, Data providers, Private sector

Dive into the world of geospatial data across Europe and discover emerging trends in the community. Listen to experts explain how metadata is harvested from national geoportals across Europe to the European data portal in the webinars and find out what kind of geoinformation can be found on the portal. You’ll learn about the role of the European data portal in the geospatial community, and to grasp the opportunities of geospatial data.
- Level:
- Advanced
- Theme:
- QualityBusiness

There are several ways to use algorithms and machine learning to create data visualisation. In his webinar, Andreas Refsgaard shows that they can be used to enable people to play music using only their eye movement and facial gestures, to control games by making silly sounds, or transform drawings of musical instruments on paper into real compositions.
- Level:
- Advanced
- Theme:
- CommunicationQuality

Dive into the world of open data and break down the basics with this interactive lesson. From experts’ explanations to understanding the "ABCs" of open data, you'll come away with a solid understanding of what open data is and why it matters! By the end of this e-learning, you'll know the key elements of open data, like how it drives digital transformation.
- Level:
- Beginner
- Theme:
- PolicyQuality

Are you looking to improve the data visualisation in your communications? This course is for you! This course dives into how you and your team can communicate your findings and research through data visualisation and catch your audiences’ attention. Our videos showcase how you can go beyond a printed document to interactive tools, communicate complex economic topics in an enticing way, and create meaningful and interactive maps that take your audience on a journey.
- Level:
- Beginner
- Theme:
- CommunicationImpactQuality
- Audience:
- Journalists, Public sector, Non-governmental organisations, Academia, Data providers, Private sector

Want to learn the differences between different data formats? This e-learning dives into the different data formats and their corresponding properties. By the end of this lesson, you’ll have learned to distinguish the difference between data structures and data formats and know how to recognise specific data types.
- Level:
- Intermediate
- Theme:
- Quality

This tool introduces the SPARQL Knowledge Graph. The wiki page connected to the SPARQL Knowledge Graph has tutorials and video lectures, specifications, endpoints, explanations of SPARQL clauses and functions, syntax, query examples and many other resources.
Learning objectives:
- Using the SPARQL Knowledge Graph
- Level:
- Advanced
- Theme:
- Quality

Want to know more about how to provide and collect good quality data and metadata? This is the course for you! Through e-learnings you’ll learn how to clean data, choose the right format, and understand what makes quality open data. Our webinars and reading materials will dive into how you can unlock the benefits of open data, the role of the European data portal, recommended guidelines, and the opportunities and challenges of citizen-generated data. Join us and take the next step in improving open data and metadata quality.
- Level:
- Advanced
- Theme:
- BusinessPortalQuality
- Audience:
- Data providers, Developers, Private sector

Open data is great, but unfortunately it might contain some errors that need fixing! This e-learning highlights why cleaning open data is a very important step to take. By the end of this lesson, you’ll have learned how to recognise common data errors and fixes. Let’s start cleaning data and unlock the true value of open data!
- Level:
- Advanced
- Theme:
- Quality