We live in an increasingly connected world – a world of digital opportunities and challenges.

The units of the MOOC series “Digitales Leben” (“Digital Life”) explore different aspects of the digital transformation and cover a wide range of topics, such as the digital transformation in healthcare and law, moral questions about sex robotics, algorithmic bias within institutions, changes related to journalism and the media landscape, the significance of human-computer interfaces and hacking and making as active participation. The “Digitales Leben” MOOCs enable participants to get insights and opinions from experts and researchers.

Each unit in this MOOC series is self-contained. As a course participant, you can choose your own learning path. Interactive elements and a guided forum in every course will support you on your journey through the digital transformation. Welcome to the “Digitales Leben” series!

Units and lecturers

Digital Life 1

• Digital transformation in health care – Univ.-Prof. Dr. Ulrike Felt
• Digital transformation in law – Univ.-Prof. Dr. Nikolaus Forgó
• Robot ethics – Dr. Janina Loh, MA
• Algorithms and democracy – Dr. Harald Katzmair, PhD; Univ.-Prof. Louise Amoore, PhD
• Participating in the digital society – Univ.-Prof. Dr. Armin Nassehi; Univ.-Prof. Dr. Bettina Amrhein; FH-Prof. Dr. Martina Tißberger

Digital Life 2

• Using Kant as a compass: four questions about digital life – Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter Reichl
• Algorithmic bias – Sabrina Burtscher, BSc & Ao. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter Purgathofer
• The digital transformation of knowledge management – Univ.-Prof. Dr. Ronald Maier
• The digital transformation of reading: book or screen? – Univ.-Prof. Dr. Susanne Reichl
• DigiTransform: media, journalism, and media management – Priv.-Doz. Dr. Paul Murschetz

Digital Life 3

• Human-centered design and participation for successful human-computer interaction – Univ.-Prof. Dr. Renate Motschnig
• Designing digital futures – Univ.-Prof. Christopher Frauenberger, PhD
• Digital games: more than entertainment – Mag. Daniel Handle-Pfeiffer & Univ.-Prof. Dr. Fares Kayali & DI Matthias Steinböck
• Learning from hackers: taking control of digital developments – Univ.-Prof. Sarah R. Davies, PhD
• Digital networks and the public – Univ.-Prof. Dr. Annie Waldherr

Digital Life 4 (starting autumn 2023)

• Digital responsibility and equal opportunities – Univ.-Prof. Dr. Sabine T. Köszegi, Mag. Doris Schmidauer, Dr. Beate Winkler
• Aging, care, and technology – Univ.-Prof. Geraldine Fitzpatrick, PhD
• Information quality: digital responsibility & citizenship education – Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dirk Lange, Johanna Taufner, MA MSc
• Trust and accountability in the time of Big Data – Mag. Dr. Katja Mayer
• Digital Humanities and scholarly accountability – Univ.-Prof.ⁱⁿ Dr.ⁱⁿ Tara L. Andrews

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