The project aims to develop an automated monitoring tool that makes comparative trend analyses of public debates in the education sector accessible to stakeholders and thus enables more differentiated debates. The aim is to contribute to greater transparency in education policy discourse, developments and decisions. Core team Prof. Dr. Barbara… Read More »Educational Policy Transparency Interface
The project aims to promote digital literacy in an academic context with the inclusion of artificial intelligence (AI). It supports students and teaching staff in developing skills in the use of digital tools and AI technologies for academic work and writing. Core team Dr. Christian Rapp, ZHAW School of Management and… Read More »Technological support for scientific work, writing and thinking in the age of AI: conceptualization, technology integration and didactics
The project is developing a guideline that shows schools how they can help shape the digital transformation with existing resources. Instead of asking which new tools and media are needed in schools, we are focusing on a minimalist approach that looks for solutions with existing resources and uses digital media… Read More »Digital Interfacing. The Minimalist Manifesto
How does a spider perceive its world? The project ‘Being a Spider’ enables a change of perspective through a sensory-enhanced virtual reality experience. As a four-spotted spider, visitors go hunting for insects at night. They detect them with the help of highly sensitive sensory hairs that perceive air currents and… Read More »Being a spider – Virtual Realities as spaces for learning and experience
The project promotes the quality of discourse in the digital space by empowering people methodically and digitally using a browser extension to react constructively to hate speech as online street workers and to de-escalate escalations. The extension assists in recognizing and processing hate speech. More information Publication Bühler, Judith; von… Read More »Social influencer
The ‘Media and Computer Science’ module is to be taught in elementary school in accordance with the requirements of Curriculum 21, largely in an integrated and interdisciplinary manner. The project focuses on computer science and builds a bridge to music through the conceptual proximity between computational thinking and musical-compositional thinking.… Read More »Computer science and computer music at school
Project state closed Project start January 2024 Funding duration 10 months Universities involved UZH Practice partners Funding amount DIZH CHF 49’419 From downloading to upcycling – this is based on the clever idea of science to create added value for society with existing user data. By donating data to research,… Read More »Data Donation Day
Project state closed Project start January 2024 Funding duration 18 months Universities involved UZH Practice partners Verein Parldigi Funding amount DIZH CHF 24’967 The core of the Digital MasterClass Canton Zurich consisted of five continuing education events for members of the Zurich Cantonal Council. The following events were held on… Read More »Digital MasterClass Canton of Zurich
Project state closed Project start March 2024 Funding duration 12 months Universities involved UZH Practice partners Funding amount DIZH CHF 45’221 The project focused on developing an innovative image application that allows users to not only view visual content, but also experience and interpret it in new ways. The application… Read More »Re-Experiencing History
Project state closed Project start April 2023 Funding duration 15 months Universities involved ZHAW Practice partners Funding amount DIZH CHF 71’871 The project developed a smartwatch that helps children with ADHD concentrate better on their schoolwork. With a prevalence of 5-7% among children, the technology offers an innovative alternative to… Read More »Focus Watch