1. Civic Open Innovation teaching slides proposed by Elena Casprini
Supporting Innovation Education Reloaded: Nurturing Skills for the Future. The Open Innovation Teaching Handbook
teaching slides proposed by
Elena Casprini
Alberto Di Minin

2. Course detail The course may consist of four topics:
defining civic open innovation;
the role of governments and citizens in civic open innovation;
the toolbox for civic open innovation;
examples from the world.

3. Methodology The classes may consist of: Frontal lectures
Seminars with experts (e.g. local institutions)
Project works

4. Topic 1: Defining civic open innovation
Several definitions (Almirall et al., 2014; Feller et al., 2011; Hilgers and Ihl; 2010; Mergel, 2015)
civic open innovation as a part of social open innovation (Chesbrough and Di Minin, 2014)
Civic open innovation is applied specifically by the government and governmental institutions
It may involve multiple actors (Almirall et al.2014; Feller et al., 2011)
It may be applied to different domains (e.g. mobility, education, etc.) (Arnold and Barth, 2012; Feller et al., 2011; Katsonis and Botros, 2015; Lee et al., 2012)
Civic open innovation leverages the advances made by digital technology(Katsonis and Botros, 2015)

5. Topic 2: The role of government and citizens in civic open innovation
In Topic 1 we have seen that many actors may be involved in civic open innovation. However, most of the attention has been focused on the role of citizens. Topic 2 looks at the role of government and citizens in civic open innovation and aims at understanding (Almirall et al., 2014; Arnold and Barth, 2012; Hilgers and Ihl, 2010; Lee et al., 2012; Wijnhoven et al., 2015):
How citizen involvement may be improved by government;
The challenges of providing access to governmental data.

6. Topic 3: The toolbox for civic open innovation
Focus on the tools and approaches that governments may use for pursuing civic open innovation. Examples are linked to (Almirall et al., 2014; Lee et al., 2012; Seltzer and Mahmoudi, 2013; Stamati et al., 2015; Mergel & Desouza, 2013; Mergel, 2015):
Hackatons;
urban labs;
Crowdsourcing.
Moreover, attention must be directed towards social media and online platforms (Mergel & Desouza, 2013; Mergel, 2015; Stamati et al., 2015)

7. Topic 4: Examples from the world
Provide in depth case description via analysing the tools/approaches used, the stakeholders involved, the benefits and the costs of having implemented such a kind of tools/approaches.
Provide examples from the world (Almirall et al., 2014; Hilgers and Ihl, 2010; Lee et al., 2012; Stamati et al., 2015). In particular, an investigation can be done of the process by which developed and developing countries implement/adopt civic innovation..

8. References
Almirall, E., Lee, M., & Majchrzak, A. (2014). Open innovation requires integrated competition-community ecosystems: Lessons learned from civic open innovation. Business Horizons, 57(3), 391–400.
Arnold, M., & Barth, V. (2012). Open innovation in urban energy systems. Energy Efficiency, 5(3), 351–364.
Chesbrough, H. and Di Minin, A. (2014). Open Social Innovation. In Chesbrough, H., Vanhaverbeke, W. & West, J. (Eds.), New Frontiers in Open Innovation. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Feller, J., Finnegan, P. and Nilsson, O. (2011). Open innovation and public administration: transformational typologies and business model impacts, European Journal of Information Systems, 20,
Hilgers, D. and Ihl, C. (2010). Citizensourcing: applying the concept of open innovation to the public sector. The International Journal of Public Participation, 4(1):
Katsonis, M. and Botros, A. (2015). Digital government: a primer and professional perspectives. Australian Journal of Public Administration, 74(1):
Lee, S.M., Hwang, T. and Choi, D. (2012). Open innovation in the public sector of leading countries. Management Decisions, 50(1),
Mergel I. (2015). Opening government: designing open innovation processes to collaborate with external problem solvers. Social Science Computer Review, 33(5),
Mergel, I., & Desouza, K. C. (2013). Implementing Open Innovation in the Public Sector: Th e Case of Challenge.gov. Public Administration Review, 73(6), 882–890.
Seltzer, E. & Mahmoudi, D. (2013). Citizen participation, open innovation, and crowdsourcing: challenges and opportunities for planning. Journal of Planning Literature, 28(1), 3-18.
Stamati, T., Papadopoulos, T., & Anagnostopoulos, D. (2015). Social media for openness and accountability in the public sector: cases in the Greek context. Government Information Quarterly, 32, 12–29.
Wijnhoven, F., Ehrenhard, M., & Kuhn, J. (2015). Open government objectives and participation motivations. Government Information Quarterly, 32, 30–42.

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10. Thank you!
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