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New Institute for Biomedical Artificial Intelligence in Vienna
Mainz (GER), October 2024 - The Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW) is further expanding its focus on life sciences by opening an Institute for Biomedical Artificial Intelligence (AI) based on €150 million funding from the German non-profit Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation (BIS). The new institute, called AITHYRA, will make revolutionary advances in biomedicine by developing AI-based research approaches.
» MOREInternational eLearning Platform for Buddy Building
Jena (GER), September 2024 - A multilingual eLearning platform has been launched at the University of Jena, Germany so that children and young people can experience how enriching and constructive it can be to overcome challenges together and to learn from and with each other.
» MORETwo New Projects That Inspire STEAM Learning
Elmhurst, IL (USA), September 2024 - Mixing art and music into STEM instruction provides an effective way to inspire creative and critical thinking and create richer learning experiences for students. TinkRworks has introduced two new projects, Tech-A-Sketch and TinkRsynth, to help elementary and middle schools engage students in hands-on "STEAM" learning.
» MOREOlympians at IU - Champions in Sports and Study
Erfurt (GER), August 2024 - Top athletes from all over the world competed at the Olympic Games in Paris, with the German team comprising 427 members - 211 women and 216 men. More than 30 of them study at IU International University of Applied Sciences (IU), the largest university in Germany with more than 130,000 students. Among them are football stars such as Giulia Gwinn, Klara Bühl, Sydney Lohmann, Lea Schüller, and Nicole Anyomi.
Revolutionising Student Learning with AI Study Buddy, Syntea
Erfurt (GER) / London (UK), August 2024 - Discover the innovative work of two ICDE Institutional Members, International University of Applied Sciences (IU) and LIBF, which have recently integrated a personal AI tutor, Syntea, into their students' learning.
» MORECoventry University Supports Global Effort to Transform Learning
Coventry (UK), August 2024 - Coventry University is helping to reshape students’ learning experience through a global consortium. The consortium is at the heart of implementing collaborative online international learning (COIL) in diverse higher education institutions.
» MOREESMT Berlin Joins Digital Education Council
Berlin (GER), July 2024 - ESMT Berlin has joined the Digital Education Council (DEC), a prestigious global alliance dedicated to advancing sustainable innovation and AI adoption in higher education and workforce development. This is one more step towards the business school's goal to advance innovation in education.
» MORED2L Partners with ReadSpeaker and YuJa Panorama to Better Support Learners
Toronto, (CA), July 2024 - D2L, a global learning technology company, has introduced the D2L Accessibility Bundle, a partnership package to help expand the D2L Brightspace education ecosystem and better support the needs of users with diverse abilities.
Pearson Unveils AI Tool to Help Educators Save Time
Hoboken, NJ (USA), July 2024 - As student usage of generative AI surges in higher education, many instructors report lacking an understanding of how AI can support their teaching. To address this gap, Pearson, a global lifelong learning company, has announced a new generative AI-powered tool for instructors.
e-Portfolios as Authentic Assessment Tools
Leeds (UK), July 2024 - (by Patricia Quinn, Digital Practice Adviser) How can we modernise and improve assessment and make it more authentic in an increasingly online world of higher education? Students are being asked to complete multiple assessments in their programmes of study, the traditional formats and number of which have not changed for many years, as mentioned by Nerantzi in her article "Rethinking volume, variety and value of assessment in the era of GenAI".
