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Want to know how to assess the usefulness of your open data? This lesson is your key to learning how to assess the formats of the data and how to improve it into richer formats. The e-learning is all about how to use the 5 Stars of linked open data to assess the usefulness of your open data and how to recognise the number of stars in a dataset. By the end of this e-learning, you’ll have a deeper understanding of the formats that may be more useful for your apps.

Being able to assess the usability of open data is a crucial skill in the data collection phase. In this lesson, you'll learn how to evaluate the quality of open data, understand the standards and markers of high-quality open data, and discover guidelines on data and metadata quality. You'll be introduced to a tool that helps you check the quality of your metadata, and through interactive videos and readings, you'll learn how to create high-quality DCAT-AP datasets. By the end of this lesson, you'll have the skills to judge the usability of open data, ensure the quality of your own data, understand the role and application of controlled vocabularies, and apply tools to assess the quality of your datasets.

Exploiting the full value of open data can require a change in the culture of your organisation or company. This e-learning is all about change management and how it can be implemented to support open data initiatives. You’ll learn what change management is, how you and your organisation can deal with large cultural changes, and what the key elements of change management in open data are.

How important is the data generated by citizens and what’s its impact in our overall economy of data? In this lesson you’ll explore how data is being made available in open data portals from different levels of public administrations. Through a combination of videos and readings you’ll get a better understanding of how citizen-generated data can be part of the open data offerings. Moreover, the lesson will cover how open data is governed, catalogued, and republished by public organizations.

Discover why open data impact is so important and how it can create governmental, social, environmental, and economic impact. In this lesson, you’ll learn about how to achieve impact through open data projects or initiatives, the possible barriers you and your team can come across, and how to overcome them. By the end of it, you’ll have a better understanding of how to achieve open data impact!

Real-time data has demonstrated to have a major impact and value for the society. Through webinars and readings, you’ll understand what real-time geospatial data is and where you can find it, learn about relevant interoperability standards and how it affects the publication and use of data. You’ll also learn how to become aware of you and your projects future needs when dealing with real-time geospatial data.

Want to know if your open data is useful and if you can use it for your application or project? This e-learning is all about providing information and tools to determine if you can use and apply your open datasets and in what domain and type of content. You’ll learn the 5 Stars of linked open data, understand how to use it and how to recognise the number of stars in a dataset. By the end of this e-learning, you’ll be a pro at assessing open data usefulness!