There is growing interest in applying artificial intelligence (AI) techniques in education (AIEd) and how these applications may transform teaching and learning practices. Multi-stakeholder dialogues that include educators and learners are needed to navigate the potential benefits and challenges of AIEd and to shape the future of education. However, the fast pace of technical advances and the...
There has been a notable surge in the utilization of AI assistants like ChatGPT, Bing Chat, and GitHub Copilot. This increase pushes both educators and institutions to ponder: How should we adapt our courses in response to these AI-driven tools? To delve deeper into this query, we executed a focused experiment within the "Introduction to Machine Learning" course, promoting the use of these AI...
Are you constantly struggling with motivation? Or are you motivated sometimes but can’t figure out the formula that keeps you going? Our “Unpacking Motivation” workshop is designed to help you understand what fuels your enthusiasm and identify the roadblocks that hinder your progress. By engaging in interactive activities and sharing insights with peers, you’ll walk away with actionable...
The N-squared network (N2) unites the doctoral researchers (DRs) from the three largest non-university institutions in Germany: the Helmholtz and Leibniz Associations and the Max-Planck Society. In total, it represents the interests of around 16,000 DRs. As part of its activities, N2 conducts a bi-annual survey among all research centers and looks into all relevant aspects for the DRs,...
One of the most important challenges online course instructors face is reaching participants beyond the screen, motivating them to actively participate in the course, and maintaining a high level of interest throughout the course. Of course, this also needs to be achieved in in-person events - but in online courses, this hurdle is more daunting, as the means for involvement and motivation are...
The Core Facility Statistical Consulting has been running multiple courses in the areas of statistics, programming and reproducibility for several years. Our group started teaching (mostly in person) years before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. As for most people, our format of working, and thus the way in which teaching was implemented, changed dramatically during this time. We managed a...
Currently, many organizers of courses and events face the same problem: High registration numbers but plenty of no-shows, i.e., people that miss the event without cancelling. No-shows are particularly problematic when there is a limited number of participants accepted to an event as they occupy seats that could have gone to someone who was interested in the event but was rejected due to number...
The NFDI4Earth Academy connects early career scientists with a passion for integrating Earth System and Data Science across institutional boundaries. Our mission is to equip the next generation of scientists with the skills and mindset that enable them to navigate the dynamic landscapes of big data, open and data-driven research and artificial intelligence. We provide tailored training in Data...
Moodle is an established platform for E-Learning available for several years. Its strength is the flexibility in building trainings with different aims and target groups. Moreover, a broad community is supporting this open access software in developing. In particular, the Forschungszentrum Jülich, with over 6 000 employees, to from researchers from all disciplines to stuff in the...
Online learning poses new challenges for instructors and learners alike. Classical video conferences have been known to tire out participants quickly and limiting the interactivity and networking aspects of workshops and trainings.
With solutions like WorkAdventure and GatherTown, a new kind of video conferencing is now available in the educators' toolbox. These video conferencing systems...
Science builds on prior knowledge. Or at least it should. Unfortunately, like so much in science, we are never taught how to document the science we do so that others can build on it. We describe our efforts in research papers with the primary goal of ‘getting past reviewers’, and not necessarily to make the science we did understandable, and thus reproducible by others*. In this workshop we...
