ZHAW European Projects
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Social Media for Education
In our research [www.somecat.org] we analysed how students and instructors use social media for teaching, learning and research. Social media use is ubiquitous in most students’ everyday live; many also use it for learning purposes. It is obvious that study behaviour/ habits/manners of today’s students – most of ...
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Thesis Writer: A Web-based Learning Environment to Support Dissertation Projects (BA, MA and Doctoral Theses)
Scientific writing is a, and perhaps the key competence one acquires during tertiary education. Not only students who acquire this skill, but also lecturers who teach writing for higher education are confronted with a series of challenges. A new web-based learning environment, based on applied research, is ...
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Novel Catheter Tracking System - NoCaTS
The aim of the NoCaTS (Novel Catheter Tracking System) project is to develop a system for tracking catheters without having to use contrast dye. NoCaTS provides a revolutionary catheter tracking system with an integrated sensor applying the Trackcath method. The catheter visualization is normally performed with ...
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DROPSA – Strategies to develop effective, innovative and practical approaches to protect major European fruit crops from pests and pathogens
The DROPSA consortium will create new knowledge and understanding of the damage and losses of fruit crops resulting from pests and pathogens, with a specific focus on the new and emerging threats due to Drosophila suzukii and quarantine pathogens Pseudomonas syringae, Xanthomonas fragariae and X. arboricola. The ...
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EU FP7 Era.NET RUS: Social Media as a Catalyser for Cross National Learning (SoMeCat)
EU FP7 Era.NET RUS: Social Media as a Catalyser for Cross National Learning (SoMeCat) Social Media is currently one of the hot research areas. The EU FP7 Era.NET RUS (http://www.eranet-rus.eu/en/175.php) project SoMeCat (www.somecat.org), a joint project with partners in Russia, Turkey and Germany focuses on two ...