Events

ONLINE MEETING: “Technology & Society in Japan and Beyond” (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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