eduhub days 5 & 6 November 2026: Shaping the Future Together

While universities are mostly committed to providing formal, certified learning, they have recently started to play an important role also in the informal learning domain. The presentation will outline such dimension and provide a range of experiences in the fields of Tourism and Fashion, where digital media affordances have been translated into wider learning opportunities.

How do EdTech and Universities work collaboratively to better serve the learning tech needs of all students.

Lunch break is covered by the event.

This workshop proposes to explore how OER should evolve to remain relevant in an AI-driven world, as AI transforms how educational resources are created, discovered and reused. Together, participants will discuss challenges around discoverability, metadata, licensing, quality and AI-generated content, and co-create ideas for the future of open education in Swiss higher education. The outcomes will inform the future activities of the Switch eduhub Special Interest Group on OER.

Lead by Annechien Helsdingen, EPFL

This workshop proposes to explore how educators can be helped to transform learning beyond digital tool adoption. Using Management Information Systems and the MANO, SOLO and LARGO simulations as a case study, this 45-minute interactive workshop explores how pedagogical intent becomes active student practice, feedback and concept connection. Up to 30 participants will engage in a mini-simulation, evaluate a course case study, address inclusion and evidence-informed design, and leave with practical preparation tools.

Lead by Ulysse Rosselet, HE-Arc

Drawing on ETH Zurich's AI Platform and its AI Assistants, their integration into Moodle, and the plans for further AI services, we will explore the key implementation decisions: defining objectives, preparing data, selecting models, ensuring privacy, integrating systems, and maintaining services. Participants will work in small groups and bring examples of AI services from their own institutions – whether already implemented, piloted or planned – across the following three use cases: teaching and learning; support; and institutional workflows (agents). They will then compare requirements and approaches, sharing challenges, solutions and lessons learned.

Lead by Alessia Battisti (ETHZ) Sophie Zimmermann (ETHZ)

In the AI age, lecturers are more and more required to move beyond subject expertise to reflective pedagogies, but many don’t know how or don’t trust themselves to. In this hands-on workshop, each participant will work with Rflect's AI-"Teaching Assistant" to design a reflective learning journey for their own course in 15 minutes. The group then discusses: did it build confidence, and where should AI stay out? Bring a laptop if you can, otherwise you can work in pairs.

Lead by Niels Rot

As higher education moves beyond digital tool adoption toward the development of meaningful teaching and learning experiences, students can play a crucial role in shaping this transition. This workshop creates a space for them to share their team's vision of innovating learning environments and generate tangible outcomes such as prototypes, scenarios, practical tools, narratives, etc. The participants will also present their results during the concluding plenary session.

This workshop proposes to explore digital confirmations of achievements, which are advancing everywhere. In the first part, it demonstrates how several universities in Switzerland currently issue credentials for continuous education, for student engagement, for summer schools and for other purposes. In the second part, participants work in small groups to build their own content and branding for badges, microcredentials etc. and perform a live issuance to understand the associated efforts and workflows.

Lead by Josef Spillner

This workshop explores how AI can support students without taking over their thinking. Each participant uses MentorMate’s Teaching-Design Mate to turn a challenge from their teaching into a didactically grounded AI-supported learning activity. Starting with learners’ needs rather than technology, participants define the AI’s role, support and pedagogical guardrails. They leave with an intervention outline ready to refine, test and adapt to their setting.

Lead by Kurt Pernstich

This workshop proposes to explore what makes students choose to attend in person, at a time when digital content, recordings and AI tools increasingly replace traditional knowledge transfer and many lecture halls are becoming emptier. It looks at how institutions can redesign learning experiences around engagement, community, interaction and flexibility. Participants will discuss ideas to make on-campus learning meaningful and future-ready.

Lead by Henrike Hamelmann, FFHS

This workshop explores what educators need to know about copyright when using generative AI to create educational resources. Generative AI is transforming how we create and adapt teaching and learning materials. But who owns AI-generated content? When is it protected by copyright, and how much human contribution is needed? These questions are addressed through practical examples and interactive questions involving AI-generated and AI-assisted texts and images

Lead by Anna Picco-Schwendener and Gianfranco Valsecchi

Switch OER makes open educational resources findable, reusable and visible across Swiss higher education. At our stand we demo how easy it is to publish, describe and manage materials on edu-sharing, the open-source platform behind Switch OER. We show why open source matters here, for institutional autonomy and for meeting OER policy requirements.

Lead by Andrea Bertino, Switch OER Product Owner, Swich and Thaïs Marti, Open Science Collaborator, HEP

Discover CAMPLA, the Cloud Assessment Management Platform developed at FHNW, and see how digital exams are created, delivered and reviewed. Join us to discuss the future of assessment in the age of AI and how AI could be integrated into digital exams.

Lead by Merima Kestic, Product Owner CAMPLA, FHNW, Simon Kaspar, Senior System & Security Engineer, FHNW

Critical AI Literacy for Learning” (CAILL) is a free online course fostering wise, ethical and efficient use of GenAI for learning. Students learn how GenAI works, how it can support their learning, and how to assess its outputs critically, including legal and integrity aspects. Offered in three languages on Kaïros, with over 500 students.

Lead by Mélanie Bonvin, scientific assistant, EDUDL+, UniDistance Suisse, Juliane Völker, specialised collaborator, EDUDL+, FernUni Schweiz

eduhub.plus, the community’s home on Moodle, has a new look. Join us for a behind-the-scenes tour: what core Moodle gave us, how Compose turned it into a modern portal, why we built Convene to run community events, and how new C4L templates make attractive content easy. Bring your questions and ideas!

Lead by Stefan-Alexander Scholz, Managing Director, bdecent

Students don’t learn responsible AI use by reading a policy document. They learn it by using AI and then reflecting on what happened. In a first-year ETH course, AI tasks were paired with short, well-timed reflection questions across a semester. Students’ self-assessed competences grew, most clearly in critical evaluation of AI output. We share the design, what students experienced, and how any course can adopt it.

Lead by Niels Rot, Co-founder & CEO, Reflect

At the distance learning university FFHS, agentic AI co-develops blended-learning courses in Cursor, using persistent instructions, templates and institutional knowledge to produce consistent, course-ready materials. Educators remain responsible for quality, decisions and pedagogical direction.

Lead by Anita Holdener, E-Learning Expert, FFHS

Discover how hybrid programming courses combine self-paced online learning with the Coding Bazaar, a gamified on-site meetup at PBLabs. Since AI tools can quickly generate code, this format focuses on concept understanding, approaches and critical thinking.

Lead by Lukas Fässler & Markus Dahinden, Senior Scientist and Lecturer, Department of Computer Science ETH Zürich

From generating worksheets to coding Moodle plugins: we trace two years of AI in teaching and learning material development, from custom chatbots, guidelines and tutorials to AI-built plugins for rubric-based feedback and interactive simulations, all running on a locally hosted LLM. Join us for live demos.

Lead by Noah Huber, Projectmember, FHGR and Alexander Fritsch, Lecturer and Projectleader, FHGR

Discover how teachers use MentorMate to create AI learning assistants (Mates) tailored to their teaching goals. Explore a live demo and examples from teaching practice to see how Mates help students practise, reflect and get individual support between lessons. Bring a teaching challenge, try out a Mate and explore possibilities for your own teaching.

Lead by Kurt Pernstich, Lecturer, ZHAW School of Engineering

Teaching Tools is UZH's evidence-based platform for teaching and learning. It provides concise guidance, practical advice and inspiration for educators and educational staff. The platform covers key topics ranging from course design and assessment to current challenges such as AI, internationalization and accessibility.

Lead by Nora Bertram, Teaching Tools Manager, University of Zurich and Vivienne Bächinger, Content & Social Media Assistant, University of Zurich

Visit our booth to exchange ideas on effective programming education, from step-by-step exercises and feedback to common teaching challenges. Try Code Expert, ETH Zurich's platform used by 12'000 students annually, and discover how it supports learning, teaching, and assessment for students and educators.

Lead by Lukas Fässler & Markus Dahinden, Senior Scientist and Lecturer, Department of Computer Science ETH Zürich

When AI can write the assignment, a single submission no longer proves what a student can do. At our stand we show how Portflow, Drieam’s learner-owned e-portfolio, supports AI-resilient assessment and assurance of learning across the whole program. Students gather artefacts, feedback and reflection regarding their activities inside and outside the classroom against program competences, and educators judge growth and mastery over time through dialogue rather than detection. Drop by to discover why it is now core to the educational strategy of HES⋅SO, and see Portflow standalone or inside your LMS.

Lead by Bas Ten Holter, Director of Strategic Partnerships, Drieam and Pieter J. Smit, Product manager Portflow, Drieam

With new regulations, student assessment at ETH Zurich is moving towards integrated performance assessment throughout the semester. Let’s discuss strategies and exchange experiences on managing student workload, accommodating AI use in online/asynchronous tasks, and technical implementation (Moodle Gradebook & others).

Andrea Biedermann, Educational Developer, Unit for Teaching and Learning, ETH Zurich and Stanislas Herscovich

SWOT analysis of BYOD exams running on Moodle with Safe Exam Browser. As our pilot phase draws to a close, we share our experience and key findings with the community.

Lead by Noémie,Chappuis, Techno-pedagogical advisor, UNIGE