Workshop “Paradigm Shift in Computer Science” a great success.

This workshop “Paradigm Shift in Computer Science”, took place at the in Vienna, Austria, organized by the Digital Humanism Initiative, TU Wien and the IWM (the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna). It was chaired by Hannes Werthner, Stefan Woltran, Ludger Hagedorn. This workshop focuses on the challenges for computer science and the sciences in general, the move from logic and algorithmic certainty to probability and LLMs. It was a ... Read more

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Anna Bon

Presentation of Human-AI Collaboration: A Student Centered Perspective in Higher Education paper at ECEL

Presentation at the 23rd European Conference of e-Learning in Porto of paper by Liana Razmerita from Copenhagen Business School (CBS) https://www.academic-conferences.org/conferences/ecel/ . Abstract: The increasing adoption of generative AI (Gen AI) has made it even more important to investigate how education and learning is transformed. This research paper investigates the evolving relationship between humans and AI in performing learning and knowledge-intensive tasks. Based on mixed data collected from business school ... Read more

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Liana Razmerita

Digital Humanism books surpassed 1M downloads

Vienna, 8 November 2024 — We received the news from our colleagues from TU Wien and the Digital Humanism Initiative, that the two books: Perspectives on Digital Humanism and Introduction to Digital Humanism, have reached a remarkable milestone of over one million downloads. These books contain all relevant topics and an overview of the ongoing international discussions from different perspectives regarding Digital Humanism. The subject and discussions covered in these two books are foundational ... Read more

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Leeuw van Moerkerken

Societal impact of teaching and learning

Olomouc, 4-8 November 2024 — Lecturers and educational experts from various higher education institutions in Europe (the EURIDICE and Aurora networks) came together to discuss, debate, learn, iterate and (re-)innovate teaching, learning and educational programs during a one- week participatory workshop, hosted by Palacky University in the historical city of Olomouc. The guiding framework for this workshop is LOUIS, Aurora’s competence framework composed of sixteen high-level learning outcomes, that describe ... Read more

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Anna Bon

Wendy Hall discussed AI global governance @DigHumTUWIEN

Vienna, 25 October 2024 — Dame Wendy Hall contributed to the preparation of the UN’s new report Governing AI for Humanity. In her talk, at TU Wien, Wendly Hall discussed a blueprint for addressing the risks of AI, while fostering its innovation potential. Seven recommendations are proposed for global current AI governance. It calls on global partnerships for AI governance for innovation and protection of human rights. The UN must ... Read more

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Walter Palmetshofer

Human-AI Collaboration: A Student-Centered Perspective of Generative AI Use

Porto, 23 October 2024 — The increasing adoption of generative AI (Gen AI) is largely impacting education and learning. Liana Razmerita from Copenhagen Business School is studying the evolving human – AI relationship in knowledge-intensive tasks and learning. She presented her study at ECEL (European Conference on e-learning) in Porto on 23 October. Abstract – Based on mixed data collected from business school students, the article explores the evolving relationships ... Read more

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Liana Razmerita

Hybrid Learning Workshop in Vienna

During Euridice’s biannual meeting held in Vienna on the 9th and 10th of September 2024, the Institute for Lifelong Learning at the University of Barcelona (IL3-UB) delivered a workshop on Hybrid Learning. This 3-hour session aimed to provide teachers and professionals with practical insights and hands-on experience in creating effective hybrid learning lessons and suitable technological environments. To begin, participants explored key concepts of hybrid learning, as well as the ... Read more

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Oriol De Bolós Llinás

Digital Humanism Summer School Vienna, 2024

The EURIDICE project is proud to present a short account on the 3rd ACM Digital Humanism Summer School 2024. Digital Humanism is an interdisciplinary initiative that examines the complex interplay between technology and humankind, with the aim of creating a better society and placing humans at the centre of technological innovation. Digital Humanism breaks down disciplinary silos, by integrating humanities, social, technical, and engineering sciences. The Digital Humanism Summer School, ... Read more

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Walter Palmetshofer

EURIDICE’s biannual in Vienna: co-creating hybrid teaching experiences

Vienna, 11 september 2024. We look back at a successful second biannual of EURIDICE’s partners, at the invitation of TU-Wien, following up on the first biannual, kindly hosted by the Faculty of Social Sciences of UNINA in Naples, on 31 May this year. The aim of the workshop was to discuss the ongoing design and accreditation of the European joint master Digital Society, Social Innovation and Global Citizenship. In addition ... Read more

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André Baart

Karazin University offers new selfstanding online modules

Kharkiv, September 2024 — Karazin Kharkiv National University in Kharkiv, Ukraine has opened two new self-standing, online, master-level courses this year, the teaching is starting early October 2024, for 10 weeks and 2.5 ECTS. The course Cybersecurity law and society addresses the extent to which these threatening phenomena are prevalent in Ukraine and the world, how they are countered, and which countermeasures are effective. Digital technologies have become an integral ... Read more

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Olena Mykolenko