moving higher education online - experiences from the practice
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Moving the Florence School of Regulation Online
Annika Zorn Daniela BernardoMatthew Langthorne
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The happy days ...
...bridging the world of academics and professionals...
... on EU Energy and Climate policy!
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The happy days ...
Academics teaching professionals MIT quality and 3 decades teaching
experience
Academics and professionals discusson high-level policy issues
All was good ... why to move???
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To share knowledge: with widest audience possible + where it makes a difference
To create knowledge: tapping into best expertise
Challenge: • Make sure knowledge is academically robust• Make sure our knowledge was relevant and at the forefront of
thinking
That can’t be all - our ambition as a Higher Education school:
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Traditional Academic Practice
Working Papers
Research Reports
Books
Peer-reviewd Journal Articles
Journal Issues
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92
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Publications 2010-2016
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Did we share our knowledge?
1. NOT ACCESSIBLE
2. NOT INSTANTANOUS
3. NOT COMMUNICATIVE
4. NOT OPEN
How did a move online address these issues?
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COMMUNICATIVE
How we did it
ACCESSIBLE INSTANTANOUS
OPEN
Monthly Editorial
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Event Highlight
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Interviews
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Online Events
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Accessible, instantenous, communicative, open
But what is so special at FSR?
01. Connecting all the dots
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• All activities are intertwined / all dots connected and communication two-ways (not simple dissemination)
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Case studyCreating a European Energy Market
Policy Briefs
Social mediaTwitterLinkedin
Newsletter+4000 subscribers
Topic of the month4 articles
Training sessions and policy events
Interactive webinar
Polls57 responses
• 120 registrations• 80 people attending• 200 views on YouTube
02. Organised Access
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• Gatekeeper of quality knowledge• Easy for users to access high-quality content in an
organised way
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Knowledge @ FSR
• Engaging with Researchers• Specialised Media Team
Videos
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Podcasts
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Online: Connecting the dotsResearch Training e.g. open-access articles are online training material
Policy dialogue Traininge.g. video interviews with policy makers discussed in training
Knowledge @ FSROrganised + high-quality gate to knowledgefrom all activities: research, policy dialogue, training
Training Researche.g. discussions in Online Seminars feed into research
Knowledge loops with expert community
Knowledge loops with wider society
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Moving online
We are even happier today!
giving our academic activities a broader meaning: Being an organised ‘gate’ for high-quality knowledge
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Benefits for the School
• All of this takes a long time and a big effort to create
• Audience needs to be trainedBUT:• Partnerships with leading academic institutions
(Toulouse School, MIT) and European Organisations (agencies, EC, big projects)
• New European Funding for Project
• Access to new academic and policy networks for our Researchers