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
The Founder Call offers students and employees of DIZH universities the opportunity to obtain the low-threshold funding they need to advance their start-up or spin-off. By funding the step from a pure start-up idea to a proof of concept, founders are supported in demonstrating that their conceptually developed project can… Read More »Founder Call: Founding of start-ups or spin-offs in the field of digital transformation
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
Are you working in a knowledge work team and have frequent interactions with your co-workers? Do you sometimes find it challenging to balance focused work and collaborating with or helping your team? Then this study, conducted by the University of Zurich, might be valuable to you! https://youtu.be/sSs4gDe1MGU We are looking… Read More »Call for Participation: Fostering focused work and collaboration in hybrid teams
Websites in German are a major hurdle for refugees. To better support these people from abuse in the labor market and with questions about housing, the ZHAW has developed a multilingual website with a chatbot. Unlike many digital dialog systems, it works according to the logic of the user. The… Read More »Chatbot EMA aims to protect refugees from exploitation
A Blueprint for Reform: Economic priorities in post-war Ukraine In cooperation with policy makers and academics from Poland, Slovakia and Ukraine (CASE Ukraine), the ZHAW School of management and Law has developed a concrete concept for economic reforms in post-war Ukraine. From the International Management Institute, Prof. Dr. Christopher Hartwell was involved… Read More »Blueprint for Economic Reform in post-war Ukraine
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”
Did you know that the Alpine ibex was once close to extinction? Researchers at the University of Zurich have now developed an AI that can identify individual ibex. 200 years ago, the Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) almost became extinct due to overhunting. Only in the Gran Paradiso massif in northern… Read More »The Alpine ibex and AI in Gran Paradiso National Park