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Verbesserte Feedback-Prozesse, "Flipped Classrooms" und digitale Innovation: Die Bucerius Law School über den Nutzen digitaler Prüfungsverfahren in Deutschland
Verbesserte Feedback-Prozesse, "Flipped Classrooms" und digitale Innovation: Die Bucerius Law School über den Nutzen digitaler Prüfungsverfahren in Deutschland
WISEflow malware scanning now available to customers
Without proper end-point protection, participants’ computers are open to being infected by malware, and uploaded papers could be infected. This is why we have developed a malware scanning service for WISEflow.
Enhanced feedback, flipped classrooms and digital innovations: Bucerius Law School on the benefits of digital assessment in Germany
A conversation with Lezel Roddeck, Director, Foreign Language Communication. Lezel discusses Bucerius’s WISEflow journey, some of the benefits the institution has realised along the way, and joint innovation through transformation technology and digitalisation.
Campfire session recap: Assessment moving forward with a step back to campus
The UNIwise Campfire session “Assessment moving forward with a step back to campus” took place on 28 February and featured perspectives from three UK universities on how they’re tackling the next steps in their assessment delivery.
The challenge of AI: adapt, improve, incorporate
There can be no doubt that AI will have a major impact on education, both for students and educators - ChatGPT is just the beginning. This is our company position on ChatGPT, our advice for educational institutions including a focus on ethical principles and best practices, and a discussion of how digital assessment can help.
UNIwise to hold hands-on Machine Learning workshop for students
UNIwise is excited to be holding a hands-on Machine Learning workshop on 28 February for students in the Aarhus area.
Navigating the pandemic: digital assessment at Brunel
With a ‘new normal’ being established post-pandemic, Professor Mariann Rand-Weaver, Vice-Provost Education, and Robyn Fitzharris, Executive Officer to the Vice-Provost, Brunel University London, reflect on the adaptability of digital assessment, and how exams data was used to monitor equality and inform the response to student welfare issues.
UNIwise partners with GitHub to help customers protect against data breaches
UNIwise has add a new partner in our continuous ambition to improve security for WISEflow and our customers. We have partnered with GitHub, an Internet hosting service for software development and version control, to help protect users and prevent data leaks and fraud.
Reflecting on UNIwise’s last 10 years with the company’s founding members
In August of 2022 UNIwise celebrated its 10-year anniversary at our head office in Aarhus, Denmark. Some of our colleagues have been here since the very beginning, so we sat down with some of them and asked them about their experiences at the company over the last decade!
Dispatches from WISEcon22
On 13 and 14 September, UNIwise held the second-ever WISEcon at the Science and Industry Museum, Manchester, bringing together people who are passionate about learning technology across all levels of HE and from across Europe. The event was a great success, and it was really good to be able to meet our colleagues and customers in person after so long.
WISEcon22 Day one round-up
Day one of WISEcon22 featured many interesting and insightful talks from a range of European speakers. We’ve rounded up the highlights here for you ahead of another busy day of all things digital.
UNIwise celebrates ten-year anniversary
On 15 August 2022, UNIwise celebrated its tenth birthday. From starting as a cross-university project out of Aarhus University funded by the Danish Government Foundation for Welfare Technology to operating across Europe and providing a digital assessment platform for students across the globe, we reflected on the decade that was.
Full WISEflow rollout at Aarhus University from Autumn 2023
UNIwise is happy to announce that Aarhus University (AU) will be doing a full rollout of WISEflow from Autumn 2023. Currently, WISEflow is being used at Aarhus School of Business and Social Sciences and Faculty of Health but as of late next year, it will be used at all five faculties.
Key findings from the German Bundesdekanekonferenz in Frankfurt 2022.
UNIwise was invited to attend the German Bundesdekanekonferenz, which took place in June of this year. The common understanding of institutions in attendance was that the pandemic has accelerated the German education sector’s move towards a digital society.
Aligning with higher education institutions: reflections from the JISC assessment future scenarios workshop
On 8 June UNIwise had the pleasure of attending a workshop, at the JISC offices in central London, that speculated on future scenarios of assessment.
‘Building trustworthiness in data and AI’: Rasmus Blok on the D-Seal and European standards
Rasmus talks about why he supports the promotion of the D-Seal, how it can support the EU’s objectives, and why UNIwise wants to encourage a discussion on European standards in light of the AI Act.
UNIwise welcomes Kurt Gammelgaard Nielsen as new Director of Development and Maintenance
UNIwise is happy to announce that Kurt Gammelgaard Nielsen will shortly step into the role of our new Director of Development and Maintenance.
Data privacy: at the core of what we do
The digitisation of German society, industry and education has been an ongoing discussion, with the pandemic highlighting areas for development, such as digital public services. During the crisis, funding of 100 million euros was provided for the rapid development of infrastructure and the expansion of digital education. However, there is also a wariness of digital economies.
‘UNIwise were really supportive and communicative and addressed our needs’ - the Imperial College Business School’s experience of implementing WISEflow.
Imperial College Business School ran a pilot project in 2016 and expanded to 70+ exams with 1600 students in 2020. What follows is an account of the WISEflow project at ICBS by Emma Stoakes, Exams and Assessment Manager & Digital Assessment Project Lead (Business School).
UNIwise achieves internationally renowned IT security certification
UNIwise is happy to announce that we have achieved the D-seal certification for IT security and data ethics. The D-seal is an internationally renowned Danish labelling program which promotes the responsible use of data.