Current activities
Trainings offered by the University of Lucerne
Future courses will be communicated shortly. In the meantime, you can have a look at the past activities below.
Trainings offered by USI
Future courses will be communicated shortly. In the meantime, you can have a look at the past activities below.
Trainings offered by SUPSI
Future courses will be communicated shortly. In the meantime, you can have a look at the past activities below.
Past activities
2021/2022
Activities offered by SUPSI
NASCOSTO
For whom? Lecturers and faculty members with teaching responsibilities.
How? Each webinar will be held in English and will last one hour, including a Q&A session. To register, please fill in the online registration form at this link—see registration deadlines below: https://www.wooclap.com/SUPSIWEBINAR
Where? On Zoom. Registered attendees will receive the link one week before the event.
When?
Thursday, March 10, 5:00 pm;
Friday, March 11, 12:30 pm
Description of the course
As instructors, our challenge is not to wall off distractions but to cultivate attention and help students to use it in the service of meaningful learning. This webinar will present strategies that will help instructors to deliberately cultivate attention in the face-to-face and online classroom.
Registration deadline: February 28, 2022
Should you need further information please contact:
Fabrizio Fornara, Ph.D.
Educational developer
fabrizio.fornara@supsi.ch
T +41 58 666 60 85
Webinar: Distracted? How to get and keep students’ attention in class and online
For whom? Lecturers and faculty members with teaching responsibilities.
How? Each webinar will be held in English and will last one hour, including a Q&A session. To register, please fill in the online registration form at this link—see registration deadlines below: https://www.wooclap.com/SUPSIWEBINAR
Where? On Zoom. Registered attendees will receive the link one week before the event.
When?
Thursday, March 10, 5:00 pm;
Friday, March 11, 12:30 pm
Course description:
As instructors, our challenge is not to wall off distractions but to cultivate attention and help students to use it in the service of meaningful learning. This webinar will present strategies that will help instructors to deliberately cultivate attention in the face-to-face and online classroom.
Registration deadline: February 28, 2022
Should you need further information please contact:
Fabrizio Fornara, Ph.D.
Educational developer
fabrizio.fornara@supsi.ch
T +41 58 666 60 85
Webinar: One step at a time. Small teaching strategies for big improvements to your course design and teaching practices
For whom? Lecturers and faculty members with teaching responsibilities.
How? Each webinar will be held in English and will last one hour, including a Q&A session. To register, please fill in the online registration form at this link—see registration deadlines below: https://www.wooclap.com/SUPSIWEBINAR
Where? On Zoom. Registered attendees will receive the link one week before the event.
When?
Thursday, March 24, 5:00 pm;
Friday, March 25, 12:30 pm
Course description
One way to foster fundamental pedagogical improvement is through incremental change, by attending to the small, everyday decisions we make as we design our courses, engage in classroom practice, and communicate with students. This webinar will present strategies for improving student learning with a series of small-scale changes that can be put into practice by instructors in any discipline.
Registration deadline: March 14, 2022
Should you need further information please contact:
Fabrizio Fornara, Ph.D.
Educational developer
fabrizio.fornara@supsi.ch
T +41 58 666 60 85
Webinar: Dynamic lecturing. Enhance lecture effectiveness with easy to incorporate teaching strategies
For whom? Lecturers and faculty members with teaching responsibilities.
How? Each webinar will be held in English and will last one hour, including a Q&A session. To register, please fill in the online registration form at this link—see registration deadlines below: https://www.wooclap.com/SUPSIWEBINAR
Where? On Zoom. Registered attendees will receive the link one week before the event.
When?
Thursday, April 7, 5:00 pm;
Friday, April 8, 12:30 pm
Course description
Is the lecture an outmoded teaching method that inhibits active learning or it is a potentially powerful tool for student learning? Research shows that the effectiveness of the lecture can be greatly enhanced when combined with active learning techniques. This webinar will offer tips on what constitutes effective lecturing and will present strategies that help to foster student engagement and learning.
Registration deadline: March 28, 2022
Should you need further information please contact:
Fabrizio Fornara, Ph.D.
Educational developer
fabrizio.fornara@supsi.ch
T +41 58 666 60 85
Webinar: Think-vote-share: Create an active learning environment using classroom response systems
For whom? Lecturers and faculty members with teaching responsibilities.
How? Each webinar will be held in English and will last one hour, including a Q&A session. To register, please fill in the online registration form at this link—see registration deadlines below: https://www.wooclap.com/SUPSIWEBINAR
Where? On Zoom. Registered attendees will receive the link one week before the event.
When?
Thursday, April 21, 5:00 pm;
Friday, April 22, 12:30 pm
Course descritption:
Students learn better and retain knowledge longer when they are engaged and actively process content. This webinar will present practical advice on how to create a student-centered learning environment using classroom response systems (clickers), an interactive technology that enables instructors to pose frequent questions and immediately collect responses from every student in a class.
Registration deadline: April 11, 2022
Should you need further information please contact:
Fabrizio Fornara, Ph.D.
Educational developer
fabrizio.fornara@supsi.ch
T +41 58 666 60 85
Webinar: Sondaggi istantanei per l’attivazione e il coinvolgimento degli studenti durante le lezioni sincrone
Webinar: Come catturare e sostenere l’attenzione degli studenti durante le lezioni sincrone
Webinar: Piccoli cambiamenti che possono fare la differenza, in aula e lungo tutto il percorso formativo
Webinar: Come sfruttare al meglio il potenziale didattico della lezione frontale
Webinar: Suggerimenti e strategie per una gestione efficace della relazione con i singoli e il gruppo
Webinar: Risorse digitali per l’insegnamento e l’apprendimento che (forse) non conosci
Activities offered by USI
Web scraping with R
Dates:
4 March 2022, 9.15 a.m. to 4.45 p.m.
5 March 2022, 9.15 a.m. to 1.00 p.m.
Mode: tbd
Registration deadline: 18 February 2022
Photoshop
Workshop offered within the context of the “USI Summer Campus 2021”
Stop Motion Animation
Workshop offered within the “USI Summer Campus 2021”
Video Editing with Filmora
Workshop offered within the “USI Summer Campus 2021”
Financial Data with R
Workshop given within the “USI Summer Campus 2021”
(Category: Digicamp – workshop given by students to students)
Excel for data analysis
Workshop given within the “USI Summer Campus 2021”
(Category: Digicamp – workshop given by students to students)
In Design
Workshop given within the “USI Summer Campus 2021”
(Category: Digicamp – workshop given by students to students)
Introduction to R
Workshop given within the “USI Summer Campus 2021”
(Category: Digicamp – workshop given by students to students)
Lightroom
Workshop given within the “USI Summer Campus 2021”
(Category: Digicamp – workshop given by students to students)
Music Production
Workshop given within the “USI Summer Campus 2021”
(Category: Digicamp – workshop given by students to students)
Python for data analyisis
Workshop given within the “USI Summer Campus 2021”
(Category: Digicamp – workshop given by students to students)
Video Editing with Davinci
Workshop given within the “USI Summer Campus 2021”
(Category: Digicamp – workshop given by students to students)
Wordpress for e-commerce
Workshop given within the “USI Summer Campus 2021”
(Category: Digicamp – workshop given by students to students)
Canva
Workshop given within the “USI Summer Campus 2021”
(Category: Digicamp – workshop given by students to students)
NASCOSTO
More info coming soon
Photoshop (Summer 2022)
What?
This workshop is held within the “Digital Media Lab” programme – Check the workshop content here.
For whom?
Bachelor, Master and PhD students
When?
The Digital Media Lab activities will take place within the USI Summer Campus (11-23 July 2022). Exact dates and time can be found on the event schedule.
Where?
USI Campus Lugano
For more info please contact:
Branislava Trifkovic
Project coordinator “Universities as learning communites: the path to digital transformation”
branislava.trifkovic@usi.ch
tel +41 58 666 4946
Video production with Filmora (Summer 2022)
What?
This workshop is held within the “Digital Media Lab” programme – Check the workshop content here.
For whom?
Bachelor, Master and PhD students
When?
The Digital Media Lab activities will take place within the USI Summer Campus (11-23 July 2022). Exact dates and time can be found on the event schedule.
Where?
USI Campus Lugano
For more info please contact:
Branislava Trifkovic
Project coordinator “Universities as learning communites: the path to digital transformation”
branislava.trifkovic@usi.ch
tel +41 58 666 4946
More info coming soon
Stop motion animation with Stop Motion Studio (Summer 2022)
What?
This workshop is held within the “Digital Media Lab” programme – Check the workshop content here.
For whom?
Bachelor, Master and PhD students
When?
The Digital Media Lab activities will take place within the USI Summer Campus (11-23 July 2022). Exact dates and time can be found on the event schedule.
Where?
USI Campus Lugano
For more info please contact:
Branislava Trifkovic
Project coordinator “Universities as learning communites: the path to digital transformation”
branislava.trifkovic@usi.ch
tel +41 58 666 4946
More info coming soon
Audio production with Audacity (Summer 2022)
What?
This workshop is held within the “Digital Media Lab” programme – Check the workshop content here.
For whom?
Bachelor, Master and PhD students
When?
The Digital Media Lab activities will take place within the USI Summer Campus (11-23 July 2022). Exact dates and time can be found on the event schedule.
Where?
USI Campus Lugano
For more info please contact:
Branislava Trifkovic
Project coordinator “Universities as learning communites: the path to digital transformation”
branislava.trifkovic@usi.ch
tel +41 58 666 4946
More info coming soon
Photography and smart editing (Summer 2022)
What?
This workshop is held within the “Digital Media Lab” programme – Check the workshop content here.
For whom?
Bachelor, Master and PhD students
When?
The Digital Media Lab activities will take place within the USI Summer Campus (11-23 July 2022). Exact dates and time can be found on the event schedule.
Where?
USI Campus Lugano
For more info please contact:
Branislava Trifkovic
Project coordinator “Universities as learning communites: the path to digital transformation”
branislava.trifkovic@usi.ch
tel +41 58 666 4946
More info coming soon
Introduction to Python (Summer 2022)
What?
This workshop is held within the “Digicamp” programme. More details about the workshop content can be found here.
For whom?
Bachelor, Master and PhD students
When?
The “Digicamp” activities will take place within the USI Summer Campus (11-23 July 2022). Exact dates and time can be found on the event schedule.
Where?
USI Campus Lugano
For more info please contact:
Branislava Trifkovic
Project coordinator “Universities as learning communites: the path to digital transformation”
branislava.trifkovic@usi.ch
tel +41 58 666 4946
Digital storytelling (Summer 2022)
What?
This workshop is held within the “Digicamp” programme. Additional information about the workshop content can be found here.
For whom?
Bachelor, Master and PhD students
When?
The “Digicamp” activities will take place within the USI Summer Campus (11-23 July 2022). Exact dates and time can be found on the event schedule.
Where?
USI Campus Lugano
For more info please contact:
Branislava Trifkovic
Project coordinator “Universities as learning communites: the path to digital transformation”
branislava.trifkovic@usi.ch
tel +41 58 666 4946
Data analysis and visualization with Excel (Summer 2022)
What?
This workshop is held within the “Digicamp” programme. More information about the workshop content can be found here.
For whom?
Bachelor, Master and PhD students
When?
The “Digicamp” activities will take place within the USI Summer Campus (11-23 July 2022). Exact dates and time can be found on the event schedule.
Where?
USI Campus Lugano
For more info please contact:
Branislava Trifkovic
Project coordinator “Universities as learning communites: the path to digital transformation”
branislava.trifkovic@usi.ch
tel +41 58 666 4946
From photoshooot to lightroom editing (Summer 2022)
What?
Thi workshop is held within the “Digicamp” programme. More information about the workshop can be found here.
For whom?
Bachelor, Master and PhD students
When?
The “Digicamp” activities will take place within the USI Summer Campus (11-23 July 2022). Exact dates and time can be found on the event schedule.
Where?
USI Campus Lugano
For more info please contact:
Branislava Trifkovic
Project coordinator “Universities as learning communites: the path to digital transformation”
branislava.trifkovic@usi.ch
tel +41 58 666 4946
Activities offered by the University of Lucerne
NASCOSTO
Dates:
Course dates:
14 October 2022, 9.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.
21 October 2022, 9.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.
Mode: remote
Registration deadline: 30 September 2022
Should you need further information please contact:
Nadia Bühler
Programme Coordinator Digital Skills
Frohburgstrasse 3, Room 3.A10, T +41 41 229 55 87
nadia.buehler@unilu.ch
INTRODUCTION TO SHINY IN R
Dates:
Course dates:
14 October 2022, 9.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.
21 October 2022, 9.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.
Mode: remote
Registration deadline: 30 September 2022
Should you need further information please contact:
Nadia Bühler
Programme Coordinator Digital Skills
Frohburgstrasse 3, Room 3.A10, T +41 41 229 55 87
nadia.buehler@unilu.ch
BUILDING PACKAGES IN R AND VERSION CONTROL
Course dates:
4 November 2022, 9.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.
Mode: remote
Registration deadline: 21 October 2022
Should you need further information please contact:
Nadia Bühler
Programme Coordinator Digital Skills
Frohburgstrasse 3, Room 3.A10, T +41 41 229 55 87
nadia.buehler@unilu.ch
INFORMATION VISUALIZATIONS IN R
Course dates:
18 November 2022, 9.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.
25 November 2022, 9.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.
Mode: remote
Registration deadline: 4 November 2022
Should you need further information please contact:
Nadia Bühler
Programme Coordinator Digital Skills
Frohburgstrasse 3, Room 3.A10, T +41 41 229 55 87
nadia.buehler@unilu.ch
INTRODUCTION TO WEB SCRAPING AND TEXT ANALYSIS IN R
Course dates:
2 December 2022, 9.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.
Mode: remote
Registration deadline: 18 November 2022
Should you need further information please contact:
Nadia Bühler
Programme Coordinator Digital Skills
Frohburgstrasse 3, Room 3.A10, T +41 41 229 55 87
nadia.buehler@unilu.ch
Web scraping with R
Dates:
4 March 2022, 9.15 a.m. to 4.45 p.m.
5 March 2022, 9.15 a.m. to 1.00 p.m.
Mode: tbd
Registration deadline: 18 February 2022
Big data analytics
For whom? The courses are open to all Master, doctoral and postdoctoral students
When?
9 March 2021, 9.15 a.m. to 4.45 p.m.
10 March 2021, 9.15 a.m. to 4.45 p.m.
17 March 2021, 9.15 a.m. to 4.45 p.m.
18 March 2021, 9.15 a.m. to 4.45 p.m.
Mode (online/in presence): tbd
Registration deadline: 22 February
Registration and more info about the course
Should you need further information please contact:
Nadia Bühler
Programme Coordinator Digital Skills
Frohburgstrasse 3, Room 3.A10, T +41 41 229 55 87
nadia.buehler@unilu.ch
Introduction to Programming for App Development
Course given in November 2021
Modality: remote
Duration: 2.5 days
App development
For whom? The courses are open to all Master, doctoral and postdoctoral students
When?
11 May 2021, 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.
12 May 2021, 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.
19 May 2021, 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.
20 May 2021, 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Mode (online/in presence): tbd
Registration deadline: 26 April 2022
Registration and more info about the course
Should you need further information please contact:
Nadia Bühler
Programme Coordinator Digital Skills
Frohburgstrasse 3, Room 3.A10, T +41 41 229 55 87
nadia.buehler@unilu.ch
Spatial Data analysis for social scientists
Course given in April/May 2021
Modality: remote
Duration: 2 days
Social Media Data Mining with Python
Course given in May 2021.
Modality: remote
Duration: 2 days
Data Journalism
Course given in April 2021
Modality: remote
Duration: 2 days
Introduction to Python
Course given in October/November 2021
Modality: remote
Duration: 2 days
Quantitative Text Analysis for Beginners using R
Course given in October 2021
Modality: remote
Duration: 3 days
Introduction to machine learning in R
For whom? The courses are open to all Master, doctoral and postdoctoral students
When?
6 May 2022, 9.15 a.m. to 4.45 p.m.
13 May 2022, 9.15 a.m. to 4.45 p.m.
Mode (online/in presence): tbd
Registration deadline: 22 April 2022
Registration and more info about the course
Should you need further information please contact:
Nadia Bühler
Programme Coordinator Digital Skills
Frohburgstrasse 3, Room 3.A10, T +41 41 229 55 87
nadia.buehler@unilu.ch
Creating Academic Personal Websites using RMarkdown and GitHub
Course given in April 2022
Modality: remote
Duration: 1.5 days
Researching and assessing digital trade restrictions
For whom? The courses are open to all Master, doctoral and postdoctoral students
When?
13 April 2022, 9.15 a.m. to 4.45 p.m.
14 April 2022, 9.15 a.m. to 4.45 p.m.
Mode (online/in presence): tbd
Registration deadline: 28 March 2022
Registration and more info about the course
Should you need further information please contact:
Nadia Bühler
Programme Coordinator Digital Skills
Frohburgstrasse 3, Room 3.A10, T +41 41 229 55 87
nadia.buehler@unilu.ch
Creating web application in R using Shiny
For whom? The courses are open to all Master, doctoral and postdoctoral students
When?
1 April 2022, 9.15 a.m. to 4.45 p.m.
8 April 2022, 9.15 a.m. to 4.45 p.m.
Mode (online/in presence): tbd
Registration deadline: 18 March 2022
Registration and more info about the course
Should you need further information please contact:
Nadia Bühler
Programme Coordinator Digital Skills
Frohburgstrasse 3, Room 3.A10, T +41 41 229 55 87
nadia.buehler@unilu.ch
Populism in the time of computational social sciences
When?
28 March 2022, 9.15 a.m. to 4.45 p.m.
29 March 2022, 9.15 a.m. to 4.45 p.m.
Mode: tbd
Registration deadline: 13 March
Registration and more info about the course
Should you need further information please contact:
Nadia Bühler
Programme Coordinator Digital Skills
Frohburgstrasse 3, Room 3.A10, T +41 41 229 55 87
nadia.buehler@unilu.ch
Computational Game Theory
Course given in March 2022
Modality: remote
Duration: 2 days
Working with Twitter data in R
When?
7 March 2022, 9.15 a.m. to 4.45 p.m.
8 March 2022, 9.15 a.m. to 4.45 p.m.
Mode (online/in presence): tbd
Registration deadline: 20 February 2022
Registration and more info about the course
Nadia Bühler
Programme Coordinator Digital Skills
Frohburgstrasse 3, Room 3.A10, T +41 41 229 55 87
nadia.buehler@unilu.ch
Web scraping with R
When?
4 March 2022, 9.15 a.m. to 4.45 p.m.
5 March 2022, 9.15 a.m. to 1.00 p.m.
Mode (online/in presence): tbd
Registration deadline: 18 February 2022
Registration and more info about the course
Nadia Bühler
Programme Coordinator Digital Skills
Frohburgstrasse 3, Room 3.A10, T +41 41 229 55 87
nadia.buehler@unilu.ch