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Learning Station Designer

 Assoc.Prof.Dr. Fatih EREN

Istanbul Technical University Faculty of Architecture

Department of Urban and Regional Planning

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7420-3538

https://research.itu.edu.tr/en/persons/feren

https://www.linkedin.com/in/fatih-eren-930659211/

Code

EELISA-SS2024-01

Initial design date

21.04.2024

Final revision date

10.06.2024

Credentials

4 ECTS credit

Subject / Title

Platform Urbanism: How do digital platforms read the city and intervene in urban space?

Keywords

• Platform Urbanism
• Smart City
• Big Urban Data
• Artificial Intelligence
• Digital Urbanism
• Automated City
• Digital Twin City
• Intelligent City
• Urban and Regional Planning
• Research & Development
• Commercialisation Strategy
• Business Model
• Learning Station Model
• Active Learning
• Crowdsource Learning
• Co-Creating Learning
• Life-Long Learning
• Innovative Learning

Level

MSc. / PhD / Early Career Researchers / Alumni

Target audience (potential participants / learner profile)

• MSc. / PhD students from the EELISA universities
• Early Career Researchers (maximum of 10 years after obtaining their PhD)
• Professionals

Short description

• The functioning of digital platforms
• The perception of the city by digital platforms
• The intervention of digital platforms in urban space
• Data floods in the city used by digital platforms
• Analysis of the big city data by digital platforms
• Visualization of digital city data by digital platforms
• Innovative digital platform ideas
• Artificial Intelligence and the city
• Innovative learning and teaching

Learning objectives (LObjs)

Learning objective 1 (LObj1): Understanding the local, national and global challenges and conflicts in achieving sustainability in infrastructure and industrialization (SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure).

Learning objective 2 (LObj2): Co-creating an inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable community (SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities).

Learning objective 3 (LObj3): Working with others to promote global partnerships for sustainable development and demand governments’ accountability for the SDGs (SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals)

Number of modules

3

Learning outcomes (LOs)

• LO1: The learner understands the changing nature and logic of urban experience in the digital age from a sustainability perspective

• LO2: The learner evaluates the positive/negative reflections (risks and opportunities) of digitalisation and automation on the city, society, nature and economy

• LO3: The learner creates an innovative digital platform idea, an R&D project, a commercialisation strategy, and a business model

Related SDGs^[1]   

Assessment methods (Assn)

• In-person attendance to lectures, lab works, the case study and the site visit
• Active participation to all modules by asking-answering questions and recording anecdotes
• Performing hands-on exercise and being involved in teamwork

Calendar

August 5-7, 2024

Duration (hours)

3 days of in-person attendance

Prerequisites

None

Learners with special needs

None

Learning materials and resources

• Eren, F. (2022). Platform Urbanism: A New Digital Spatial Planning Approach Based on Big Data, Deep Learning and Intelligent Algorithms. İZMİR Urban Research and Discussions. Editors: H.Filiz ALKAN MEŞHUR, Fatih EREN, Hale ÖNCEL, Nobel Academic Publishing, 21-32. ISBN: 978-625-398-007-8
• Barns, S. (2020). Platform urbanism: negotiating platform ecosystems in connected cities. Palgrave Macmillan.

• Van Dijck, J., Poell, T. & de Waal, M. (2018). The Platform Society: Public Values in a Connective World. Oxford University Press.
• Caprotti, F., Chang, IC.C. & Joss, S. (2022). Beyond the smart city: a typology of platform urbanism. Urban Transform 4 (4).
• Carpio-Pinedo, J., Romanillos, G., Aparicio, D., Martín-Caro, M. S. H., García-Palomares, J. C., & Gutiérrez, J. (2022). Towards a new urban geography of expenditure: Using bank card transactions data to analyze multi-sector spatiotemporal distributions. Cities, 131, 103894.
• Rose, G., Raghuram P., Watson, S & Wigley, E. (2020). Platform urbanism, smartphone applications and valuing data in a smart city. Trans Inst Br Geogr. 46, 59–72.
• Sadowski, J. (2020). Cyberspace and cityscapes: on the emergence of platform urbanism. Urban Geogr., 41(3), 448–52.

Quota

Maximum 30 participants:

• MSc./PhD students from the EELISA universities
• Early Career Researchers (maximum of 10 years after obtaining their PhD)
• Professionals

Language

English

Delivery mode

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Explanation

Presentation

Presentations of all types designed for a better understanding of the content

Lessons Learned

Positive or negative insights gained throughout the learning experience

Video

Videos relating learning content

Reading

Written/printed or digital resources related to the content (e.g., scientific article, book, thesis, blogs etc.)

Guest speaker

Knowledge & experience sharing by experts in physical/digital environments

Discussion

Physical/digital discussion environments created for the delivery of content

In-person

Indicates that the content is delivered in-person

Software

Software relating content

Case Study

Case examples relating learning content

Hands-on exercise

Exercises given to learners for better understanding and reinforcing the learning through hands-on exercises in/out of the classroom / Learning-by-doing

Lab work

Content delivery via laboratory analysis

Site visit

Technical trips organised for a better understanding and reinforcement of the content

Teamwork

Tasks/assignments to be fulfilled via teamwork in in-person/online /hybrid learning environments

MODULE 1: What is Platform Urbanism?

Learning Tactic: Lecture Based Learning, Interdisciplinary Interactive Learning

Learning Outcome (LO1):

• The learner understands the changing nature and logic of urban experience in the digital age from a sustainability perspective

Assessment : Active participation to discussions by asking and answering questions

Related Learning Objectives

Learning Objective 1 (LObj1): Understanding the local, national and global challenges and conflicts in achieving sustainability in infrastructure and industrialization (SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure) 

DELIVERY METHODS

Content

Assn.

Learning Outcome

1.1 ITU Green Campus Tour on foot

LO1: The learner understands the changing nature and logic of urban experience in the digital age from a sustainability perspective       

1.2 What is Platform Urbanism?

1.3 Visualizing urban areas with big data produced by digital platforms

MODULE 2: How do digital platforms analyse big urban data?

Learning Tactic: Inquiry-Based Learning, Project-Based Learning, Lecture Based Learning, Interdisciplinary Interactive Learning  

Learning Outcome (LO2):

• The learner evaluates the positive/negative reflections (risks and opportunities) of digitalisation and automation on the city, society, nature and economy

Assessment: In-person attendance to case study and lab work, asking questions and recording anecdotes

Related Learning Objectives

Learning Objective 2 (LObj2): Co-creating an inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable community (SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities). 

DELIVERY METHODS

Content

Assn.

Learning Outcome

2.1 How do digital platforms analyse big urban data?

LO2: The learner evaluates the positive/negative reflections (risks and opportunities) of digitalisation and automation on the city, society, nature and economy

2.2 Urban AI

2.3 Sampaş Intelligent Cities Company

2.4 ITU Smart Cities Innovation Centre (AKIM) Digital Twin City Platform  

MODULE 3: How do digital platforms use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to read the city and intervene in urban space?

Learning Tactic: Inquiry-Based Learning, Project-Based Learning, Peer-Mediated Learning, Lecture Based Learning, Interdisciplinary Interactive Learning

Learning Outcome (LO3):

• The learner creates an innovative digital platform idea, an R&D project, a commercialisation strategy and a business model

Assessment: In-person attendance to the lecture, the lab work, the hands-on exercise and the teamwork; performing hands-on exercise and being involved in teamwork

Related Learning Objectives

Learning Objective 3 (LObj3): Working with others to promote global partnerships for sustainable development and demand governments’ accountability for the SDGs (SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals)

DELIVERY METHODS

Content

Assn.

Learning Outcome

3.1 How do digital platforms use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to read the city and intervene in space?

LO3: The learner creates an innovative digital platform idea, an R&D project, a commercialisation strategy, and a business model

3.2 ITU Artificial Intelligence and Data Science Application and Research Centre

3.3 Developing an innovative digital platform idea and turning it into a R&D project; formulating a commercialising strategy and creating a business model