Dear members of the SSJ mailing list,

The VSJF Technology Section kindly invites you to the next online meeting on "Technology and Society in Japan and Beyond" (Fri: Nov 15, 2024, 09:00-12:00 Berlin // 17:00-20:00 Tokyo). 

This online workshop takes place vis-a-vis the "VSJF Jahrestagung", and raises this year the topic of AI technology in teaching, learning and researching in Japan and Germany. 

Please find all necessary information below.

 

Warm regards

Cosima Wagner & Susanne Brucksch

 

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ONLINE MEETING: "Technology & Society in Japan" (VSJF Technology Section 2024)

Date:  November 15, 2024 (Fri), Tokyo 17:00 - 20:00 // Berlin 9:00 - 12:00 

Venue:  Online Meeting (a meeting link will be provided shortly before the meeting)

Registration: Please register via technology@vsjf.net or the organisers

 

ORGANISERS: Dr. Susanne Brucksch (assoc. prof.), Teikyo University

                          Dr. Cosima Wagner, Freie Universität Berlin

SUPPORTER:  Assoc. Prof. Naonori Kodate, University College Dublin

 

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PROGRAM

17:00 Tokyo // 09:00 Berlin:   

GREETINGS and OPENING REMARKS

Susanne Brucksch, Teikyo University, Japan 

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17:10 Tokyo // 09:10 Berlin: 

SESSION A:  AI Technology in Teaching and Learning in Japan and Germany

Potentials and Pitfalls of Generative AI in University Education: A Brief Experience Report from the Japanese-German Joint Degree in Transcultural Studies

Björn-Ole Kamm, Kyoto University, Japan

Developing students' AI skills: The "AI for All" online course

Elisabeth Scherer, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany

Joint discussion on AI in Teaching and Learning in Japan and Germany

Moderator: Susanne Brucksch, Teikyo University, Japan

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18:30 Tokyo // 10:30 Berlin: 

SESSION B:  AI and Virtual Technology in Research on Japan and Beyond

 

e-VITA: EU-Japan virtual coach for smart ageing, project description and results of the POC study

Eva Jahn and Rainer Wieching, Siegen University, Germany

 

AI and the Language Bias: A Comment on Digital Monolingualism and its Impact on Knowledge Infrastructures for Japanese Studies Research

Cosima Wagner, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

Moderator: Naonori Kodate, University College Dublin, Ireland

Q&A

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19:30 Tokyo // 11:30 Berlin  

SESSION C: Open Exchange and Discussion

Moderator: Cosima Wagner, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

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This workshop is kindly supported by:

UCD Centre for Japanese Studies, University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland

General information about VSJF Sections:  Fachgruppen - VSJF 
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