Co-design projects
New projects
D-USYS: Plants Adaptation to Climate change
We produced 5 infographics to illustrate complex ideas and concepts around climate change impacts on ecological communities, which are used in teaching and public outreach.
D-PHYS, D-ERDW, D-USYS:
Radionuclides
Digital media for the blended learning course “Radionucleids as Environmental Tracers”. Case study videos, on-location shots, and animated concepts.
D-MAVT: Soft Robotics
Two educational videos showcasing the creation of a versatile soft robotics hand. One video emphasizes the rationale behind it, the other delves into essential design and fabrication queries.
D-USYS: Digit Soil
Two animated concept videos explaining how soil enzymatic activity impacts crop growth.
D-GESS: Micros Skills in Peace Mediation
Explore Peace Mediation's micro skills via roleplay game cards, a mediation enactment documentary, and an animated concept video.
In production
D-USYS:
eDNA
Visualizations for MOOC course chapters as visual guidelines throughout the course. Motion design “gif”-animations of illustrations for intros.
D-USYS: Soil Explore
Soil Explore is an interactive online platform for soil education. We are producing two animated concept videos, illustrations for interactive experiences to each soil profile and developing UX design platform.
In production
Erfolgreiches Lernen
Effective learning is active, constructive, social, self-directed, and situated. We created visualizations for these 5 pillars of learning for a courses in teacher education.
Multiple Departments:
Diversity of Teachings at ETH
Explore our documentary series: discover diverse teaching formats, exemplary practices, and innovative educational approaches across ETH.
D-MAVT: Applied Compositional Thinking for Engineers
An animated trailer for the MA course about the advantages of applied category theory for addressing abstraction and compositionality.
D-USYS:
Forest Future Scenarios
A smartphone-based prototype showcasing visualizations of upcoming forest scenarios. Currently on hold
D-USYS: Open Access Audiovisual Archive in Animal Sciences
By incorporating high-quality audio-visual content, the projects aims to provide immersive, process-oriented and experience-based learning experiences.
In early production
D-MAVT: Experiential Learning
Graphical course adventure map for the whole course structure and navigation of the different chapters. A ‘do your own adventure’ comic in a form of a small booklet and 2 animated videos.
In production
Smartphone Videography Booster
Smartphone videography differs quite from standard professional video production. How can we teach lecturers about smartphone videography? How can we use smartphones for filming ourselves?
ETH LET:
AI in Education
Within LET, we currently co-develop a vision and strategies to tackle one of the biggest challenges of our times: AI in education.
The Department of Environmental Systems Science at ETH Zurich
While playing our Climate Game, you may have noticed how much individual action and politics are interconnected.
ETH LET:
Visual concept for the LET website
We designed and animated a suitable illustration for each group for the ETH LET “Educational Development and Technology” website.
D-HEST: Exercise Physiology
We are producing 8 animated videos for such topics as muscle adaptations, bioenergetics or acid-base balance and lactate.
In production
D-USYS: Sharing Agroecological innovations - Design Thinking
Identifying complex "wicked problems" is crucial in scientific work. This video on Design Thinking shows how empathy, ideation, prototyping, and learning from failures can turn challenges into innovative solutions. It equips scientists and innovators to tackle tough issues.
In production
Accessibility projects
Accessibility of our products
The 2-senses principle requires that any information conveyed visually or auditorily is always prepared and offered for at least one additional alternative sensory channel.
E-Accessibility in Higher Education
This series consists of five fully animated concept videos, two live-action videos, comics comics and five student-centered portraits on e-accessibility in higher education.
Student Portraits -
Animated Documentaries on Accessibility
Autism, adhd, low vision and dyslexia - how are individual students dealing with challenges in their daily study live? Have a look at our animated documentaries.
More projects
Swissuniversities P-8:
Digital Skills for Teachers
A cooperative MOOC project with all Zurich universities on the topic of future digital skills for teachers with a focus on videos. MOOC (in German) “Videos in der Hochschullehre”.
Swissuniversities P-8:
Open Educational Resources (OER)
We currently create a diversity of learning materials for a MOOC about OERs. Media formats include: Animation videos with a digital model of the ETH main building, audio podcasts, comics, and texts.
ETH Teaching Assistants:
“Learning to Teach” Concept Videos on Learning Sciences
A video series addressing important learning sciences theories and core didactical concepts for TAs at ETH. The videos are part of the “Learning to Teach” course of the Curriculum and Faculty Development team.
ETH Student Teaching Assistants:
Critical Concepts for Young Teachers
Failing for learning, threshold concepts, misconceptions - the videos address critical concepts for reflective science teaching. The videos are embedded in the “STA” course of the Curriculum and Faculty Development team.
ETH Today 2040 Competition,
Strategic Foresight Hub
An ETH impacted by climate change in 2040. With our speculative design newspaper, ETH Today 2040, we won the public prize in the Strategic Foresight Hub Essay competition.
ETH LET: Co-development Strategy and Webpage
Within LET, we co-create ideas and content together with our colleagues. Illustrations, motion design, videos for various topics and issues. How do we continue to work and create synergies between our groups in the future?
D-MTEC: Mentoring Program
Short videos about the various potentials for students to join the MTEC mentoring programs. in late postproduction
D-HEST:
Excercise Physiology 1
As part of on blended learning course, we’ll co-design several fully animated concept videos about excercise physiology. postponed
Social Video Learning
& Interactive Videos
Interactive media formats can be great for activating students. There are not yet so many good examples out there. Therefore, we further inquire and create prototypes interactive formats.
ETH Student Services:
Lernplanung
For the blended learning course “Lernplanung”, we’ve created character-based illustrations, to guide the students through the course.
ETH Sustainabilility:
Netto Null Concept Video
Portraying the ETH Netto-Null initiative background, based on educative scientific content.
D-MATL: Experiential learning: the scientific writing process
We will co-design an adventure comic, a graphical overview map, animation and typography videos.
YOUR INSTITUTION?
A project in the future?
Do you have any idea or want to get new ideas for your teaching and digital media material? Want to increase your media skills and competencies? We can also co-write proposals with you.
D-HEST: FoodChem
An interactive course illustration and six case study videos giving real-world insights into the daily experiences in the food chemistry sciences.
ETH LET:
A camera in every Pocket - Smartphone Videos
Smartphone videography differs quite from standard professional video production. How can we teach lecturers about smartphone videography? How can we use smartphones for filming ourselves?
Showreel 2023
