With the advent of the Internet age, there are a variety of digital technologies, including social media platforms, online learning management systems, augmented and virtual reality tools, and artificial intelligence-equipped educational software (Selwyn, 2017). These technologies have the potential to introduce innovative teaching strategies and learning opportunities that were previously either impossible or difficult to implement (Bower, 2008). For example, they can facilitate collaborative learning, enable personalized instruction, and make education more accessible and engaging (Papert, 1996; Jonassen, 2000).
CTSi//circle.didactics uses an interdisciplinary approach to examine the pedagogical possibilities offered by new technologies in education. Through a combination of literature review, case studies, and empirical research, insights into these issues are provided and a contribution is made to the broader discussion about the role of technology in education in the Internet age (Laurillard, 2013).
René Röpke, head of the TU Wien Informatics eduLAB and lead of the CTSi//circle.didactics , moderated the event and invited the audience to view and experience the new rooms of the TU Wien Informatics, in the heart of the Informatics building at Favoritenstraße 9-11 in 1040 Vienna.
MoreRené Röpke has been appointed Game Competition and Exhibition Chair for the Games and Learning Alliance Conference 2025 (GALA), alongside Kristina Risley from the University of Southampton, UK. The international conference will take place this year in Utrecht, The Netherlands, and gathers leading voices from academia, industry, and education in the field of serious and game-based learning.
MoreAs a recognised scientist and expert in learning technologies research, René Röpke has been invited as a keynote speaker and will open the Academic/Learning Analytics network meeting with his talk. The talk will take place on 28 May at TU Wien.
MoreIn march, there was a lot going on in the CTS meeting room at TU Wien: 15 curious girls came to visit to get to know the university and lose their shyness about a technical university. The afternoon began with an exciting quiz about the university, computer science and women in technology, which warmed up the visitors and aroused their curiosity.
MoreThe CTS//circle.responsibleComputing is hosting our first brown bag talk of the year 2025 on Educational Games for Digital Education: Uncovering learners’ misconceptions with Assistant Professor Dr. rer. nat. René Röpke. Please join us in person or online.
MoreThe YOUTH Spring School took place from 10 to 14 June as part of the YOUTH project funded by the CTS. In the context of the project, the aim was to further develop the transdisciplinary and intersectional methodological framework for researching social inequality among young people and to engage in a translocal and transdisciplinary exchange with international academic partners and NGOs. In this regard, the YOUTH Spring School was conceived as an educational format based on the principles of academic co-production, in which the consortium partners of the project and NGOs from different regions of the world as well as international students jointly produce new forms of urban knowledge that are relevant for young people, universities and society in general. The Spring School focussed on the question of how the use of technology affects young people’s (in)equal access to and use of public space.
MoreAs part of the YOUTH project sponsored by the CTS, a Spring School will be held in June
MoreTU Austria & CTS set an example for sustainability at TU Wien: Summer School Sustainable Futures
Vienna, 4th to 8th September 2023 - TU Austria, together with the Center for Technology & Society (CTS), has once again positioned itself as a pioneer, this time in matters of sustainability. They have initiated the “Summer School Sustainable Futures” at the Technische Universität Wien (TU Wien).
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After five intense days, the Summer School 2023 on “Sustainable Futures”, co-hosted by TU Austria and the Center for Technology & Society (CTS), came to an end last Friday. The following review looks at the event from a student’s perspective.
MoreThis year’s TU Austria (TUA) Summer School has been held together with the Center for Technology & Society (CTS). This Summer School 2023 for pre-docs took place under the theme “Sustainable Futures”.
MoreChristian Peer and Helena Bernhardt speak about their CTS Project “Lectures for Future: 2nd Level”
MoreD. Born & F. Fischer present their project ‘Best Practice Inter- & Transdisciplinary Teaching’.
MoreThe summer school “Zukunftsland Lungau”, funded by the CTS and the state of Salzburg, formed the basis for this project. The numerous experiences gained in the process of organising a transdisciplinary and regional summer school were collected and summarised in a digital handbook. These experiences and templates will enable future transdisciplinary summer school teams to save time, energy and resources in the organisation and focus more intensively on the content-related dimensions.
MoreDipl.-Ing. Isabel Stumfol presents the CTS-funded Summer School ‘Zukunftsland Lungau’.
MoreDr. Christian Peer (Raumplanung, TU Wien) talks about the CTS-cofunded project “Lectures for Future”.
MoreThe Lectures for Future (L4F) are an interdisciplinary lecture series offered at various universities. Researchers provide insights into their current scientific and artistic work on the topics of the climate crisis and sustainable development. The design of the teaching and communication format was scientifically monitored in the “Lectures for Future 2nd level” project. The study confirmed the added value of the Lectures for Future for society as a whole as well as the positive response from course participants and guest lecturers.
MoreThe project focussed on the question of how inter- and transdisciplinary teaching is practised at the CTS partner universities. The results showed that inter- and transdisciplinary teaching takes place in a variety of formats. Case-based learning in particular proved to be an advantageous format for didactic design, as it brings the disciplines involved into a fruitful exchange through concrete case studies and highlights the limits of expertise.
MoreThe summer school “Zukunftsland Lungau” was a project focussing on the topic of rural areas with a special focus on “innovation” and “gender arrangements”. During the summer school, students from five different universities and 21 study programmes lived in Lungau and developed projects on the location. Various formats and methods were used to analyse the topic area.
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Assistant Prof. Dr.rer.nat. / BSc MSc
Rene Christian Röpke
(Circle Lead)
MSc
Noah Pfander
(Circle Lead)