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Creating your business with open data

Are you a developer looking to create or update a product or service? Or in a project that needs dataset to create a prototype or application? This is the course for you! Our e-learning modules will highlight the value and benefits of open data and how to exploit its full potential in the digital age.  Through webinars and reading materials, you’ll see different business models and examples of initiatives that use open data. By the end of the lesson, you’ll understand how to use open data to create a new product or service or develop it and take it to the next level. Join us and discover the full potential of open data!

Creating your business with open data

About this course

Level:
Beginner
Content:
4 lessons
Theme:
BusinessPolicyImpact
Audience:
Developers, Private sector

Lessons in this course

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 European Data Portal can support the use of open data for various purposes.

How useful is my 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!

Level:
Beginner
Content:
E-learning
Theme:
Business
Open data as a catalyst of innovation

Ready to be an agent of change with open data? This lesson is your key to understanding how open data can drive transformation. From e-learnings to webinars, you'll discover how an open data-friendly culture is vital to unlocking its full potential, why change management is key to successful open data initiatives and learn about the biggest obstacles to working with open data. You’ll also gain insights on how open data plays a role in fostering innovation and entrepreneurship.

Level:
Beginner
Content:
E-learning, Reading, Videos
Theme:
Impact
Managing change in open data

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.

Level:
Intermediate
Content:
E-learning
Theme:
ImpactBusiness
Discovering open data from public institutions across Europe

Interested in what kind of open datasets are available from public institutions across Europe? Our videos dive into available open datasets from European public institutions such as the European Commission, the European Parliament, the World Bank, etc.  In this lesson, you’ll discover datasets from these administrations and how to make the best out of them, with hands-on tips and tricks.

Level:
Beginner
Content:
Videos
Theme:
ImpactBusiness

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