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70% of top public policy programmes offer no course on technology at all.
This semester, be one of the educators who changes that. Add one class on digital or AI to your teaching - the free materials are ready to be used. Join the growing community of educators that are introducing digital skills in their public policy courses.
Who's teaching
Introducing digital-era skills into public policy courses
Join the professors and educators who have added at least one class on digital or AI to their syllabus this semester.
Dr Owen Parker
Senior Lecturer in European Politics
University of Sheffield, UK
AI governance and the EU AI Act
Manoela Vilela Araújo Resende
Professor
Institute of Education, Development and Research, Brazil
Public Management and Digitalization: The Public Sector in the Digital Age
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Pick the topic that best fits your course and get instant access to the teaching notes, video classes any relevant cases and readings. Here are some examples of syllabus units and lessons you can use:
What is Digital Era Government?
Get students to recognise what is different about governing in an era filled with pervasive digital technologies.
User-focus & design
Students learn why public servants need to be user-focused, and instructors help them understand when and why to apply design methods to solve problems.
PayIt – City of Toronto's Innovative Digital Transformation or an Accountability Failure?
Explore the competing interests and dilemmas faced in a rapidly evolving digital environment.
StaySafe PH App: An Assessment of the COVID-19 Digital Public Health Response in the Philippines
Examine the development, adoption, and challenges of StaySafe during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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