Virtual Arena for Research, Education, and Democratic Innovation Virena is a simulation platform that replicates lifelike social media with customizable AI agents and full experimental control. It enables researchers, educators, and public organizations to test, train, and strategize in safe digital arenas, fostering media literacy, democratic innovation, and scalable public-interest… Read More »VIRENA
Shelter spaces as social and digital infrastructure for learning and working in times of crisis The SHAPE reimagines adaptive collaboration spaces for living, working, and learning in response to military conflict and its long-term impact on organizations and communities. These spaces are defined by the integration of physical shelters (such… Read More »SHAPE (Shelter-based Hubs for Adaptive Partnerships and Engagement)
Digital solutions for a cross-university, networked and future-oriented learning landscape The aim of the project is to strengthen cooperation between Zurich’s universities. The focus is on the vision of a networked ‘Zurich learning environment’. To this end, the starting point of the participating universities, international good practices and the needs… Read More »Learning environment Zurich
Resource Activation for Teachers’ Well-being with Timely, Needs-Based Support Teaching is a highly stressful profession. This project aims to develop a scalable smartphone app using Just-In-Time Adaptive Interventions (JITAI) to enhance teachers’ well-being by activating resources. It will assess both effectiveness and implementation, with a user-centered and evidence-based design ensuring… Read More »REACT
Empowering stakeholders in school education for digitality The EnablEd project investigates how school staff can be empowered to help shape the digital transformation. It uses a range of different methods to determine the conditions for success in school staff development and thus develops an empowerment model that supports school leaders… Read More »EnablEd
A math tutor to provide support for individual learning needs The project aims to provide targeted support for students with low achievement in mathematics through an intelligent tutoring system. By combining instructional psychology, subject-specific didactics, and state-of-the-art technology, a personalized learning environment is created that contributes to greater educational equity.… Read More »MATHiL
Immersive Education and Science Exploration IMMERSE is committed to the digital transformation of education and training through immersive teaching and learning technologies. With a network of innovative partners from the education and technology sectors, structures and formats are being created to ensure the widespread implementation of XR- and AI-based methods… Read More »IMMERSE
Strengthening the AI generation: Promoting digital self-protection for teenagers and young adults Despite data protection concerns, many young people carelessly share personal data online, which is known as the data protection paradox. The project aims to resolve the data protection paradox by activating personal involvement. Teaching materials are being developed… Read More »AI-Strong
Project state closed Project start September 2024 Funding duration 6 months Universities involved UZH Practice partners URPP Dynamics of Healthy Aging Funding amount DIZH CHF 29'500 A growing body of research in psychology and sociology has shown that profound dissatisfaction with body image is an increasingly pressing problem among young… Read More »UnRealBody: Inoculating Young People Against Harm from Unrealistic AI-Based Body Images
https://youtu.be/fd0S7754TU4 The Next Gen AI School is an interactive learning tool for young people aged between 12 and 16. Its aim is to promote skills in dealing with artificial intelligence (AI) and thus digital resilience. Digital resilience describes the ability to act confidently, reflectively and critically in the digital space… Read More »Digital resilience: tool for AI and deepfake skills among young people