The Digital Innovation Hub (DIH) systematically examines current and future developments and technologies in order to identify opportunities and risks for the canton and the administration in particular at an early stage. As a new contact point, the DIH will initially network innovation players within the administration, create space for… Read More »Digital Innovation Hub of the Canton of Zurich
https://youtu.be/3WeDjdQqRJ4?si=_m-VP4e0nWU7rZwt Shaping the school of the future together ImaginEd is an innovative board game designed to inspire schools and education teams to actively shape digital change and develop creative, unconventional ideas. The game encourages people to overcome challenges in a playful way and provides a platform for creating visions of… Read More »ImaginEd. Simulation game for digital change in schools
“VOLT VR” was awarded the silver prize by “AVRiL 2024 – Gelungene VR/AR-Lernszenarien”. The competition, organized by the “VR/AR Learning” working group of the German Informatics Society (GI), recognizes innovative learning concepts that integrate virtual and augmented reality (VR and AR) into educational contexts in an outstanding way. “VOLT VR”… Read More »“VOLT VR” wins silver in the AVRiL 2024 competition
Exactly one year ago, we published the first episode of our podcast. Together with our hosts Jessica Reust and Frank Richter, we thought about how we could convey the diverse research topics from the DIZH universities in an understandable way. This gave rise to the idea for Schampar digital, in… Read More »Schampar digital celebrates anniversary
As part of the “Digital Futures Fund for Research”, ZHAW digital funds seven new research projects in the area of digital transformation. Since 2020, ZHAW digital has been funding various projects as part of the “Digital Futures Fund” (DFF) funding program. From 2024, the successful program will be realigned: In… Read More »Grasshoppers, dementia, fake videos and more: ZHAW digital funds 7 new research projects
The strategic initiative has existed for five years and will continue for another five years. Under the motto “Five years of future”, ZHAW digital celebrated with workshops, an exhibition and an evening event. Around 170 participants celebrated the fifth anniversary of the strategic initiative ZHAW digital at the end of… Read More »ZHAW digital celebrates its fifth anniversary
Challenges faced by society and science can often only be tackled by transdisciplinary teams. At UZH, students and researchers are learning to develop joint solutions to problems through challenge-based innovation. Text: Theo von Däniken, Photos: Diana Ulrich, Translation: Gemma Brown Practicing innovative teamwork: students Marius Décaillet, Till Baier and Hatice Kübra… Read More »An Incubator for Ideas
TikTok is particularly popular with young people and has been criticized for its low data protection standards, among other things. A recent study examined for the first time how young people aged 12 to 18 manage their privacy on TikTok with regard to personal videos. Text: Johanna Seiwald, ZHAW digital… Read More »TikTok and the privacy of teenagers
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
Bridging Orthopedics through Digital Mirroring MedTwins Agil.IT will leverage cloud services to create a Trusted Research Environment connecting the hospital IT system with scalable IT resources. This agile environment will pave the way for cloud usage in the R&D process of clinical AI and accelerate the translation of digital technology… Read More »MedTwins Agil.IT