Author: Johanna Seiwald While artificial intelligence tools can enhance student life, they also come fraught with risks. Universities need to explore new avenues in how they conduct their teaching and research activities. ZHAW experts are looking for answers to this new challenge. Mark Cieliebak sits on one of the sofas in… Read More »How chatbots & co. influence studies and higher education
Are you working in a knowledge work team and have frequent interactions with your co-workers? Do you sometimes find it challenging to balance focused work and collaborating with or helping your team? Then this study, conducted by the University of Zurich, might be valuable to you! https://youtu.be/sSs4gDe1MGU We are looking… Read More »Call for Participation: Fostering focused work and collaboration in hybrid teams
Websites in German are a major hurdle for refugees. To better support these people from abuse in the labor market and with questions about housing, the ZHAW has developed a multilingual website with a chatbot. Unlike many digital dialog systems, it works according to the logic of the user. The… Read More »Chatbot EMA aims to protect refugees from exploitation
The Institute of Educational Science at the University of Zurich, Chair of Educational Technology, has a vacancy for an academic assistant (60%) to start on 01.05.2023 or by agreement. The Chair of Educational Technology is concerned with questions relating to education with digital media or in digital learning environments. In… Read More »Scientific assistance in the area of digital university didactics 60 %
https://youtu.be/zo4HP0L4nQY In collaboration with experts from professional practice, researchers from the ZHAW and PHZH investigated the didactic and design factors for the effective use of VR for basic vocational education in Switzerland. The Baumann Koelliker Group is using the prototype developed in the Virtual Reality as a Learning Venue for… Read More »Learning in a new dimension
The paper, “Political Polarization of News Media and Influencers on Twitter in the 2016 and 2020 U.S. Presidential Elections,” by DSI Professor Alexandre Bovet and nine co-authors, was published in the current issue of the online journal Nature Human Behavior. Social media have changed the dynamics of political communication… Read More »Paper by DSI Professor published in “Nature Human Behavior”
ChatGPT can write, improve, simplify or translate a wide variety of texts. What are the advantages for teaching, where are the risks? A panel discussion of the Institute for Computational Linguistics and the Digital Society Initiative sought answers. Author: Stéphanie Hegelbach A personal digital assistant that does everything – that… Read More »ChatGPT opened our eyes
The new online teaching tool “Meine Daten, meine Spuren” (My data, my traces) from the series “Selbstbestimmt digital unterwegs” (Self-determined digital on the go) deals with the protection of privacy in the digital space. It teaches 9- to 13-year-old pupils a basic understanding of privacy in a playful and age-appropriate… Read More »Online teaching tool “My data, my tracks”
A new testing facility at Dübendorf Airport enables researchers to develop autonomous systems such as drones from idea to marketable product. The facility was conceived thanks to the Digitalization Initiative of the Zurich Higher Education Institutions. Marita Fuchs; English translation by Philip Isler The drab metal door to Hangar 9… Read More »Flying toward the future
The Data Donation Lab, an initiative at the University of Zurich that promotes data donation as a methodological approach to collect digital trace data, is organizing a Symposium on the topic of data donation. The Symposium will take place on 11-12 September 2023 at the University of Zurich, but it… Read More »Data Donation Symposium