This free course will help you to navigate your own path through the complex landscape of smart cities. You’ll hear from smart city innovators and entrepreneurs, city leaders, communities and business, connecting with learners from around the world to reflect on issues facing smart cities of different sizes and situations.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS COURSE IS SOON TO BE REPLACED WITH AN UPDATED VERSION. THIS NEW VERSION WILL ALSO OFFER YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO EARN A FREE DIGITAL BADGE ON COMPLETION OF THE COURSE.

If you're exploring how data and technology helps establish a smart city, these additional resources will help take your learning further. 

Data research may lead to more efficient, sustainable and democratic societies says Gillian Rose, Professor of Human Geography at the University of Oxford.

How do cities bring places, relationships and networks together, and what sorts of politics do they create? 

Learn about MK’s unique history of transport innovation, and how The Open University has been a part of the experiment.  

Much like The Open University, its home Milton Keynes took a less than conventional approach when it was designed. Watch our feature-length videos.

How do we see the internet? Gillian Rose explores why some artists and campaigners think it's important that the internet is made more visible.