The interdisciplinary KU Leuven Digital Society Institute aims for an inclusive digital society based on responsible, ethical and sustainable technologies.
➡ So go and listen to this podcast, and feel free to share you thoughts about them and the link between AI and #education here! 📩
🔎 Want to hear more about this concept of #personalized learning? Then you need to listen to Rani Van Schoors about this topic:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1BVZFZMKvpJnfBBHEu4nN7?si=15b6228e4cea466c
Keep tuned for more episodes! 🎙
The most obvious benefit is how it can support the development of personalized #learning or provide teachers with #data for informed decision making, e.g. which students need help or support.
AI can also save time for teachers, for example with #grading or administrative tasks. However, Kristina argues that the goal is not to replace teachers, but to free time for them to spend more on interaction with #students
🚨 Ready for a new episode from the second season of DigiSoc's #podcast
series "Towards a #positive digital society"?
🏫 6. #AI and the #Teacher's Role
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3jdl5wzqvTcinP4WnPvuTP?si=YWIqx-2CSbSibuLdZ6OINQ
AI is developing rapidly, but teachers not always use the opportunities inside and outside the #classroom in an optimal way. In this episode, Kristina Krushinskaia explains what the impact of artificial #intelligence is on the transformation of the teacher’s role, and how they can benefit from it.
So go and listen to this podcast, and feel free to share you thoughts about them and the link between digital gaming and gambling here! 📩
🔎 Want to explore the links between technology #innovation and #policymaking in other domains than gaming? Then you might want to listen to Elisa Lievevrouw interviewed by @davidgeerts about #Biomedical Innovations and Policymaking in the first season of our #series! 🎬
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4tfm3m8qWDEGuPfkUlQbZe?si=853c32b13ee74063
In this episode, Maarten Denoo from #fwo project Gam(e)(a)ble brings some nuance in this debate, without resulting to moral panic. He discusses how this technological phenomenon can be addressed from different perspectives, e.g. #legal, #ethical, or #design. As an example, #lootboxes that offer random awards are legally banned in #Belgium, but players can easily circumvent this ban, so other approaches are needed. ⬇️
⏲ And here comes the fifth episode from Season 2 of our #podcast
series "Towards a positive #digital society"
🎮 🎰 5. #Videogames and #gambling
https://open.spotify.com/episode/39CC7OdxP9NjBRnAzNGQp8?si=d6ffe65fba534404
The line between #digitalgames and gambling is blurring in the past decade, especially with the advent of #monetisation of videogames. #Children are particularly vulnerable, as they are progressively exposed to #gambling in their games, potentially leading to problematic behaviour. ⬇️
Yennef explains how his work investigates the quality of #working life, the power dynamics between #employers and employees, and the impact of new technologies, like automation and data collection, on workplace relations. He highlights the importance of involving employees in decision-making to ensure positive outcomes from technological advancements and also briefly touches upon the differences in employee #participation across #belgium, the Netherlands, and the USA.
⏲ Time for a new #podcast from the 2nd season of the Digital Society Institute #series "Towards a positive #digital society"
👨💼 👩💼 4. #Employee participation in #Industry 4.0
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5QRQwLrMkQRRQLotAnuYEf?si=Pe5s5euBQHGNkyIpdO2KVQ
In this episode, @davidgeerts interviews Yennef Vereycken about his research on employee participation in technological #innovation processes.
So go and listen to this podcast, and feel free to share you thoughts about them and the topic of health #technology here! 📩
Want to hear more about wearables? Then you might want listen to this episode from the first season of the podcast, in which Jasper Gielen speaks about "#Sports and wearable technology":
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7n4clGPyGxIT4lvM1B33lE?si=a6973898f3404a09
Want to now more about the other episodes of the second season? Then keep posted! 🎬
In particular, he discusses how it can help #nursing staff, but also #patients during hospitalisation or students, and which interventions can help to relieve their stress e.g. through VR-supported relaxation or #mindfulness
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#Wearable technology, such as #smart bracelets or #watches, is already all around us in sports and for recreative purposes, but can also be of added value in healthcare. In this episode, Bert Bonroy explains how wearable technology and virtual reality applications can be used in healthcare settings, for example for monitoring or managing stress.
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🏌♀️ Let's go for a new #podcast from the second season of the Digital #Society Institute series "Towards a positive #digital society"
🎽 2. Wearables and #VR in #Healthcare
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1WoazPhS3iFSlMfQABcw3B?si=22bf99f67b29429b
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So go and listen to this podcast, and feel free to share you thoughts about them and the topic of #social media and health here! 📩
Want to hear more about the intersection of digital media and healthy behaviours? Then you have to listen to this episode from the first season of the podcast, in which Alice Verlinden discusses Digital #disconnection
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6IT63hkVabYNRnyzEmtvjP?si=e19e1b1366a34071
Want to now more about the other episodes of the second season... Then just keep posted! 🎬
Sofie Vranken and Robyn Vanherle talk about their research on the impact of traditional and #socialmedia on young people's health risk behaviours, focusing on #alcohol use, #smoking, and #vaping. Robyn discusses how social media content influences adolescents' alcohol consumption, while Sofie investigates the effects of new media platforms and #influencers on alcohol use, smoking and vaping. They share insights on media #literacy and interventions aimed at promoting a healthier digital society⬇️
🎤 You were waiting for them, now they are available: the #digital Society Institute #podcasts! What can you find in them? Let's look more closely at each episode...
1. Social Media and #Health Risk Behaviour:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0B5aJ66Ltx6b4G7dO7XyqC?si=48cc304a2a214f46
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@davidgeerts lecture on human-centred AI using examples from members of the @KULeuvenDigiSoc
We are pleased to announce that LECTIO and DigiSoc (through its WG Media and Culture), will jointly award one (non-stipendiary) Visiting Fellowship to a scholar working on the reception of the past in the digital society: how texts, ideas and images from the past are being represented or reconfigured through the use of new technologies. The successful applicant will spend 4-6 weeks at KU Leuven.
📅 Application Deadline: 12 June 2024
🔗 Learn More and Apply: https://www.kuleuven.be/digisoc/research/digisoc-lectio-joint-visiting-fellows-program
How are technology, law & utopia connected? Intersentia's latest book ‘Shaping Utopia Through Law’ features novel insights from DigiSoc members Burcu Yasar and Anastasia Siapka. You can find the book here: https://www.larcier-intersentia.com/en/shaping-utopia-through-law-9789400016545.html
