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...
Advances in machine learning, such as transformers, have enabled developers to train models on massive datasets to create generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots. A pivotal moment in this ongoing transformation was last year's release of OpenAI's ChatGPT, which quickly gained popularity for its impressive performance on natural language processing tasks. Its release was followed by...
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...
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...
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...
