Past activities
2023/2024
Activities offered by USI
NASCOSTO
More info coming soon
Video essay course for academic staff (October-November 2023)
The workshop was addressed to professors and researchers, and was held by Prof. Kevin B.Lee. The purpose was to produce a video essay using their own designated research project related to their respective field. More info can be found here.
Excel for beginners (September - November 2023)
This workshop was addressed to USI master students wishing to improve or consolidate their knowledge of Excel. The course took place once per week (90min) over 7 weeks. The course was held by an internal data analyst.
Excel for beginners (February - April 2023)
This workshop was addressed to USI master students wishing to improve or consolidate their knowledge of Excel. The course took place once per week (90min) over 7 weeks. The course was held by an internal data analyst.
Excel for intermediates (February - April 2023)
This workshop was addressed to USI master students wishing to improve or consolidate their knowledge of Excel. The course took place once per week (90min) over 7 weeks. The course was held by an internal data analyst.
NASCOSTO
More info coming soon
Introduction to Photoshop (Autumn 2023)
This workshop took place as part of the “Digital Media Lab” program, crafted by selected practitioners to provide comprehensive insights into a specific software through an immersive, day-long/half day -long hands-on session.
Video production with Filmora (Autumn 2023)
This workshop took place as part of the “Digital Media Lab” program, crafted by selected practitioners to provide comprehensive insights into a specific software through an immersive, day-long/half day -long hands-on session.
Audio production with Audacity (Autumn 2023)
This workshop took place as part of the “Digital Media Lab” program, crafted by selected practitioners to provide comprehensive insights into a specific software through an immersive, day-long/half day -long hands-on session.
Photography and smart editing (Autumn 2023)
This workshop took place as part of the “Digital Media Lab” program, crafted by selected practitioners to provide comprehensive insights into a specific software through an immersive, day-long/half day -long hands-on session.
Build your own website with WordPress (Autumn 2023)
This workshop took place as part of the “Digital Media Lab” program, crafted by selected practitioners to provide comprehensive insights into a specific software through an immersive, day-long/half day -long hands-on session.
Generative AI Tools (Autumn 2023)
This workshop took place as part of the “Digital Media Lab” program, crafted by selected practitioners to provide comprehensive insights into a specific software through an immersive, day-long/half day -long hands-on session.
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
Fondamenti della fotografia con fotocamera e smartphone (Spring 2023)
Workshop held within the “Digicamp“, an USI initiative where workshops on digital skills are given by students to students, encouraging peer learning.
Wordpress for beginners - create your own website/blog (Spring 2023)
Workshop held within the “Digicamp“, an USI initiative where workshops on digital skills are given by students to students, encouraging peer learning.
Introduction to LaTeX (Spring 2023)
Workshop held within the “Digicamp“, an USI initiative where workshops on digital skills are given by students to students, encouraging peer learning.
Strategia Social Media per studenti (Spring 2023)
Workshop held within the “Digicamp“, an USI initiative where workshops on digital skills are given by students to students, encouraging peer learning.
Data and Brains: how data analysis can inform us about how the brain works (Spring 2023)
Workshop held within the “Digicamp“, an USI initiative where workshops on digital skills are given by students to students, encouraging peer learning.
Introduction to R for Data Visualisation (Spring 2023)
Workshop held within the “Digicamp“, an USI initiative where workshops on digital skills are given by students to students, encouraging peer learning.
Earth Science Data and Analysis with Google Earth Engine (Spring 2023)
Workshop held within the “Digicamp“, an USI initiative where workshops on digital skills are given by students to students, encouraging peer learning.
Introduction to automated trading using Python (Spring 2023)
Workshop held within the “Digicamp“, an USI initiative where workshops on digital skills are given by students to students, encouraging peer learning.
Linux and Cybersecurity Bootcamp (Spring 2023)
Workshop held within the “Digicamp“, an USI initiative where workshops on digital skills are given by students to students, encouraging peer learning.
Post production and editing with Lightroom mobile and desktop (Spring 2023)
Workshop held within the “Digicamp“, an USI initiative where workshops on digital skills are given by students to students, encouraging peer learning.
Personal knowledge management (Spring 2023)
Workshop held within the “Digicamp“, an USI initiative where workshops on digital skills are given by students to students, encouraging peer learning.
Introduction to mobile animation (Spring 2023)
Workshop held within the “Digicamp“, an USI initiative where workshops on digital skills are given by students to students, encouraging peer learning.
DeFi: Finanza decentralizzata (Spring 2023)
Workshop held within the “Digicamp“, an USI initiative where workshops on digital skills are given by students to students, encouraging peer learning.
Gephi: a tool for network visualisation (Spring 2023)
Workshop held within the “Digicamp“, an USI initiative where workshops on digital skills are given by students to students, encouraging peer learning.
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
NASCOSTO
More info coming soon
Excel for beginners (September-November 2022)
This workshop was addressed to USI master students wishing to improve or consolidate their knowledge of Excel. The course took place once per week (90min) over 7 weeks. The course was held by an internal data analyst.
Photoshop (Summer 2022)
This workshop took place as part of the “Digital Media Lab” program, crafted by selected practitioners to provide comprehensive insights into a specific software through an immersive, day-long/half day -long hands-on session.
The workshop was offered within the context of the “USI Summer Campus 2022”
Video production with Filmora (Summer 2022)
This workshop took place as part of the “Digital Media Lab” program, crafted by selected practitioners to provide comprehensive insights into a specific software through an immersive, day-long/half day -long hands-on session.
The workshop was offered within the context of the “USI Summer Campus 2022”
Stop motion animation with Stop Motion Studio (Summer 2022)
This workshop took place as part of the “Digital Media Lab” program, crafted by selected practitioners to provide comprehensive insights into a specific software through an immersive, day-long/half day -long hands-on session.
The workshop was offered within the context of the “USI Summer Campus 2022”
Audio production with Audacity (Summer 2022)
This workshop took place as part of the “Digital Media Lab” program, crafted by selected practitioners to provide comprehensive insights into a specific software through an immersive, day-long/half day -long hands-on session.
The workshop was offered within the context of the “USI Summer Campus 2022”
Photography and smart editing (Summer 2022)
This workshop took place as part of the “Digital Media Lab” program, crafted by selected practitioners to provide comprehensive insights into a specific software through an immersive, day-long/half day -long hands-on session.
The workshop was offered within the context of the “USI Summer Campus 2022”
Introduction to Python (Summer 2022)
This workshop was held within the “Digicamp“, an USI initiative where workshops on digital skills are given by students to students, encouraging peer learning.
The workshop was held withing the context of the “USI Summer Campus 2022”.
Digital storytelling (Summer 2022)
This workshop was held within the “Digicamp“, an USI initiative where workshops on digital skills are given by students to students, encouraging peer learning.
The workshop was held withing the context of the “USI Summer Campus 2022”.
Data analysis and visualization with Excel (Summer 2022)
This workshop was held within the “Digicamp“, an USI initiative where workshops on digital skills are given by students to students, encouraging peer learning.
The workshop was held withing the context of the “USI Summer Campus 2022”.
From photoshooot to lightroom editing (Summer 2022)
This workshop was held within the “Digicamp“, an USI initiative where workshops on digital skills are given by students to students, encouraging peer learning.
The workshop was held withing the context of the “USI Summer Campus 2022”.
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 (Summer 2021)
This workshop took place as part of the “Digital Media Lab” program, crafted by selected practitioners to provide comprehensive insights into a specific software through an immersive, day-long/half day -long hands-on session.
The workshop was offered within the context of the “USI Summer Campus 2021”
Stop Motion Animation (Summer 2021)
This workshop took place as part of the “Digital Media Lab” program, crafted by selected practitioners to provide comprehensive insights into a specific software through an immersive, day-long/half day -long hands-on session.
The workshop was offered within the context of the “USI Summer Campus 2021”
Video Editing with Filmora (Summer 2021)
This workshop took place as part of the “Digital Media Lab” program, crafted by selected practitioners to provide comprehensive insights into a specific software through an immersive, day-long/half day -long hands-on session.
The workshop was offered within the context of the “USI Summer Campus 2021”
Financial Data with R (Summer 2021)
This workshop was held within the “Digicamp“, an USI initiative where workshops on digital skills are given by students to students, encouraging peer learning.
The workshop was held withing the context of the “USI Summer Campus 2021”.
Excel for data analysis (Summer 2021)
This workshop was held within the “Digicamp“, an USI initiative where workshops on digital skills are given by students to students, encouraging peer learning.
The workshop was held withing the context of the “USI Summer Campus 2021”.
In Design (Summer 2021)
This workshop was held within the “Digicamp“, an USI initiative where workshops on digital skills are given by students to students, encouraging peer learning.
The workshop was held withing the context of the “USI Summer Campus 2021”.
Introduction to R (Summer 2021)
This workshop was held within the “Digicamp“, an USI initiative where workshops on digital skills are given by students to students, encouraging peer learning.
The workshop was held withing the context of the “USI Summer Campus 2021”.
Lightroom (Summer 2021)
This workshop was held within the “Digicamp“, an USI initiative where workshops on digital skills are given by students to students, encouraging peer learning.
The workshop was held withing the context of the “USI Summer Campus 2021”.
Music Production (Summer 2021)
This workshop was held within the “Digicamp“, an USI initiative where workshops on digital skills are given by students to students, encouraging peer learning.
The workshop was held withing the context of the “USI Summer Campus 2021”.
Python for data analysis (Summer 2021)
This workshop was held within the “Digicamp“, an USI initiative where workshops on digital skills are given by students to students, encouraging peer learning.
The workshop was held withing the context of the “USI Summer Campus 2021”.
Video Editing with Davinci (Summer 2021)
This workshop was held within the “Digicamp“, an USI initiative where workshops on digital skills are given by students to students, encouraging peer learning.
The workshop was held withing the context of the “USI Summer Campus 2021”.
Wordpress for e-commerce (Summer 2021)
This workshop was held within the “Digicamp“, an USI initiative where workshops on digital skills are given by students to students, encouraging peer learning.
The workshop was held withing the context of the “USI Summer Campus 2021”.
Canva (Summer 2021)
This workshop was held within the “Digicamp“, an USI initiative where workshops on digital skills are given by students to students, encouraging peer learning.
The workshop was held withing the context of the “USI Summer Campus 2021”.
Activities offered by the University of Lucerne
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