For the second time in 2023, ZHAW digital is supporting innovative projects that combine sustainability with the digital transformation. The projects are financed through the “Digital Futures Fund” (DFF). Author: Johanna Seiwald Since 2020, all employees of ZHAW can take part in the DFF calls. Selected digitalization projects are supported… Read More »Digital & sustainable: 12 new DFF-projects
The digital transformation is progressing ever faster, but not everyone has a positive attitude toward it. Thanks to the “DigiVox” survey panel, a comprehensive initial study of usage and perception among the population is currently underway. Author: Karsten Donnay In our everyday lives, digital services have long since become a… Read More »What Switzerland thinks about digitization
The projects of Meret Reiser, research associate at the ZHAW Department of Social Work, show how the balancing act between digital and social can succeed. Based on a project supported by the ZHAW’s internal Digital Futures Fund (DFF), a successful collaboration with the School of Engineering was established. A brand… Read More »Social work digitally transformed
The DSI GIS Hub offers support in the use of Geographic Information Systems for researchers and students across UZH. It is your first point of contact if you have a question about how to use GIS in your research or teaching, providing rapid feedback on your questions, bundled with the… Read More »Displaying data with maps
How must education respond to chat GPT? A NZZ guest commentary by Tobias Röhl, professor of digital learning and teaching at PH Zurich. Digital abstinence is certainly not a solution. Rather, we need to find a competent way of dealing with the new technical possibilities at schools. Teachers are now… Read More »ChatGPT in school education
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
What would an app need to do in order to help women who find themselves in a situation of forced marriage? Through a Human-Computer Interaction design process, Bachelor graduate Nimra Ahmed developed the prototype of an app that offers help and information to those affected and supports the work of… Read More »Nimra Ahmed receives the SDG Impact Award
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”