Project overview

 
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Mobile Knowledge Management at the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB)

A Swiss Commission for Technology and Innovation project to design and evaluate a mobile knowledge management system for SBB’s rolling stock maintenance activities. In cooperation with SBB and Zurich University of Applied Sciences.

Social Mobile Media to educate, connect & empower Frontline Health Workers in Nigeria, Zambia and South Africa

A Swiss National Science Foundation (r4d) project in collaboration with the Universities of Ibadan, Zambia and Western Cape. Project website

Documenting and sharing engineering knowledge

Developing video-based knowledge management solutions for the installation and maintenance of drinking water systems in rural Nepal -with RIDS Nepal and Switzerland.

Sharing Knowledge for Action:

Using Web 2.0 to strengthen the North-South Network of Agriculture and Food Security. Backstopping mandate for Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation

UNESCO report: A lifeline to learning: Leveraging mobile technology for refugees.

Understanding the potential of technology to support learning and teaching for refugees.(Download)

The role of mobile social media in education & learning

A Swiss National Science Foundation mobility-project with community health workers in Malawi in cooperation with the Columbia University New York and the UCL Institute of Education, London. Oct 2014-April 2016. More in English and in German.

Piloting the implementation of mobile technology into schools in rural Zimbabwe.

An applied research project. In co-operation with World Vision, Mpumelelo High School and Bred Youth Center

Improving Education of Health Workers in disadvantaged areas of South Africa by means of Social and Mobile Media

A KFH/DC project with the School of Nursing and Public Health, University of KwaZulu-Natal. Project website

Analysis and piloting of  Personalized Working- and Learning-Environments.

(Learning Infrastructure). Information scientifique: accès, traitement et sauvegarde. In co-operation with SUPSI(IFeL) and Universities of Geneva, Bern, Basel and Fribourg. Project website

Social media in teaching and learning scenarios in higher education.

Research project and strategic initiative of FHNW (Membership in Sounding Board). Consortium: Schools of Business, Applied Psychology and for Teacher Education. Project website.

Harnessing mobiles to address intercultural communication problems in health care.

A project from the EU’s Lifelong Learning Programme. Partners: IOE, London Metropolitan University, Linnaeus University and Volkshochschule Augsburg. (link)

MobileMed: designing and researching a mobile, work-based collaboration and learning system in the clinical context.

Project partners: University Hospital Basel, University Basel, FHNW, AMTS, Agfa Healthcare. Projekt link.

learning.lab projects:

coordination of various projects in the context of Swiss Higher Education, University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW). Project overview

Medical Education & Technology-enhanced Learning in developing countries:

Partners: University Zürich, Nepal Medical College and Teaching Hospital Kathmandu University. More …

Swiss Network of Educational Innovation:

Diverse consultancy services on the use of digital technology in work-based and school settings.

SAP Business Transformation Academy & Thought Leadership Network

trans- and interdisciplinary research on organisational transformation by SAP consultants, business partners and researchers. Development of trainings and of a Business Transformation Methodology.

 

mLeap: Mobile Learning and Performance in enterprises

 Cooperation with Swiss universities and companies: ETH Zürich, University of St. Gallen, University of Zürich, Switch, edunovum, Credit Suisse and Novartis. Project website..

ITIM Online

Swiss Virtual Campus e-learning projects in the field of Information Technology and Information Management. Partners: FHNW, University of Basel, University of Applied Sciences Sciences Berne and Boston College. Project website.

Vida Nueva

Educational and vocational programmes with vulnerable children and young people at the non-profit organisation Vida Nueva in rural Costa Rica. Organisation Website.

Political and organisational scenarios for the future, Ars Electronica Center, Linz, Austria

eGovernment project at the Ars Electronica Center.