Over 300 people online and in person at the Digital Skills in Artificial Intelligence and Community Workshop – DigiSkills 2024
"What competencies will be expected of educators and students in the future?" "What are the regulations and guidelines for using GAI in higher education?" but also "What steps are necessary to involve citizens in science" - were the main topics addressed by national and international specialists at Digital Skills and Competences / Digital skills and abilities – workshop that gathered over 300 participants, from over 10 countries, physically and online.
The Politehnica University of Timișoara, through the Department of ID/IFR and Digital Education and the Multimedia Center, together with the Alliance of European Universities E³UDRES² and Ent-re-novators, with the support of Accelerate Future HEI organized on Friday, November 22, 2024, the ninth edition of the workshop Digital Skills and Competences / Digital skills and abilities.
The event was addressed both to actors in the fields of education and research, but also to citizens from the community, bringing together national and international specialists to discuss the impact of artificial intelligence in education, research, but also in the community and aroused the interest of over 300 participants from Romania, Germany, Belgium, France, Portugal, USA, Spain, Austria, Ukraine, Hungary – both physically and online – via Zoom and Facebook.
The presentations were held in Romanian and English and the participants received open digital certificates online Digital skills workshop in artificial intelligence and community – DigiSkills 2024.
Digital Competence in Artificial Intelligence and Community
The first part of the workshop had the theme "Digital Competencies in Artificial Intelligence and Community" and focused on discussions about the latest research on artificial intelligence and how it is influencing and revolutionizing traditional teaching and learning paradigms, but also how we educate, learn and engage with knowledge.
At the opening of the event, Prof. Dr. Eng. Radu Vasiu, director of the UPT Multimedia Center and dr. Eng. Diana Andone, the director of the Department of ID/IFR and Digital Education UPT, who continued with a presentation on "The generative artificial intelligence regulations for higher education and science”.
Sldr. Eng Ciprian Orhei, the Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technologies, UPT presented ways to "AI detection for urban buildings", followed by dr. Christian M. Stracke, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Germany, which presented online rules on “Ethics in AI and Education". "AI in Education" also represented the theme of Prof.'s presentation. Dr.-Ing. skillful Manfred Krafczyk, Vice President for Digital Transformation and Sustainability at Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany. "AI Pitfalls for Teaching" was presented by Mark Frydenberg – Bentley University, USA, online at the conclusion of the first part of the workshop.
E³UDRES²: Strengthening innovation by engaging citizens in science: Bridging academia and the public in the digital age
The II part of the event was organized by the Alliance of European Universities E³UDRES² and had as its theme Strengthening innovation by engaging citizens in science: Bridging academia and the public in the digital age.
The welcome speech and the Opening of the Workshop were addressed by Franziska Wehner, University of Fulda, followed by a session that looked at increasing citizen science awareness and implementation as part of the wider field of open science by policy makers and research communities, highlighting key initiatives such as European efforts and of UNESCO as well as the expectations of the new competence frameworks.
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Muki Haklay, Citizen Science team leader, Learning Planet Institute / Professor of Geographic Information Science at UCLouvain spoke about Citizen Science: Why Universities Should Be Interested in Citizen Science and How to Support It, followed by Michael Moser, St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences with a presentation on Conducting research with communities. The potential and challenges of community-based research.
Next came his presentation Sarah De Coninck, researcher in psychology, UCLeuven with the paper From curiosity to engagement: strategies for engaging citizens in research.
Prof.univ.dr.ing. Radu Vasiu & acad.prof.dr.eng. Liviu Marsavina, UPT aroused the interest of the participants by presenting "Open Science Discussions". The "Pitching" session was further introduced by Franziska Wehner, University of Fulda, the one who also addressed the closing speech of the workshop.
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The sessions were appreciated both by the participants in the hall and by those online, who sent dozens of questions to the speakers on the topics presented.
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