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
The University of Zurich invites applications for a position as an assistant professorship with tenure track in digital higher education. The position should be filled by 1 August 2024. This is a joint professorship with the University of Teacher Education Zurich (PHZH) and the appointee will be active in research… Read More »DIZH professorship for Digital Higher Education
ChatGPT is causing a stir on all channels and is shaking up the education system: The media are reporting on it, experts are investigating its effects and universities are discussing the opportunities and risks in research and teaching. ChatGPT&Co at school Writing essays or summarising entire books: Pupils can now… Read More »The influence of ChatGPT&Co on education
https://youtu.be/r6zZtb0RyGs Together with Digital Shift, ZCCE organised a discussion evening on the topic of “Value of Web3” on 1 February. Almost 100 guests from the university landscape, tech community and start-up landscape in Zurich took part and discussed the potential of blockchain technologies. The experts were: Matthias Weissl, Co-Founder and… Read More »Event review “Value of Web3”
A knowledge archive of the art of film cineMINDS is developing an international online platform for the collection, research and publication of craft knowledge in the art of film. We open up innovative perspectives for dealing with large video corpora in the digital humanities, promote a low-threshold accessible publication of… Read More »cineMINDS
Historical collection objects have a lot to tell about the global interconnections of our present. Often, however, they lack a contemporary translation. The project is developing a digital mediation platform that enables students to question the objects themselves and place them in new contexts. Core team: Prof. Dr. Sophia Prinz,… Read More »Histories for the Global Present. Digital Co-Creation in School and Museum