The new data.europa academy is live!
The open data landscape has been continuously evolving since the first
Public Sector Information Directive
[https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/en/ALL/?uri=CELEX%3A32003L0098]
was published in 2003. Since then, and considering the continuously
evolving data landscape across Europe, materials such as e-learning
modules, research reports, webinars, and tools were created to enhance
understanding of various open data topics. These include both
technical aspects (e.g., real-time data, linked data and DCAT-AP), as
well as legal policies (e.g., competition law, licensing, and the
sharing of non-personal data) data visualisation, and open data best
practices, for example. 

In 2021, data.europa.eu launched the data.europa academy
[https://data.europa.eu/en/academy] with the aim of becoming a
learning hub and the single access point for open data resources from
European countries, EU institutions, agencies, and bodies. Through the
data.europa academy’s available materials, viewers access education
material on the various aforementioned open data topics. However, the
abundance of materials on the platform made it difficult to find
relevant information and interesting topics. To address this issue,
the academy underwent a technical update and a restructuring of the
available courses and materials, which includes:

 	* An update of the system’s backend architecture to allow a new
structuring of courses and lessons; 
 	* The development of a teaser and full-page display for courses and
lessons;
 	* The regrouping of 38 courses on data.europa academy into 11
courses and 60 lessons to improve accessibility to almost 200 learning
materials; 
 	* The introduction of levels (beginner, advanced and expert), three
new themes (Business, Legal and Communication), target audiences; and
keywords to facilitate discoverability and findability; 
 	* An update of the descriptions for all courses and lessons. 

Following the update, the lessons and materials will be constantly
updated based on new materials being published on data.europa.eu,
especially webinars and reports, ensuring they are in line with the
latest developments in the field of open data. Explore the data.europa
academy to discover more! 

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Publication Date/Time
2023-02-12T23:00:00+00:00
data.europa academy updated its structure to support users in
discovering and finding learning materials on open data