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Digital Education for Equity in Primary Schools (DEEP)
The DEEP (Digital Education for Equity in Primary Schools) consortium, supported by the Jacobs Foundation, is investigating the foundations, challenges and consequences of introducing digital …
Digital skills
Socio-Emotional and Ethical Blended Learning
The purpose of this project is to understand, support, and promote the development of psychosocial and ethical skills crucial for reshaping the 21st-century educational environment. The research …
Blended learning, Curriculum design, Digital citizenship, Digital skills, Learning analytics
Learning Companion
The Learning Companion is the result of a collaboration between the Center for Digital Education (CEDE) and the Teaching Support Center (CAPE) at EPFL, both members of the Center LEARN. The …
Open educational resources, Self-regulated learning
BeLEARN@EPFL
In order to strengthen and extend EPFL’s contribution to the digital transformation of education, the Center LEARN has joined the partnership between the Canton of Bern’s Department of …
Blended learning, Computational thinking, Digital citizenship, Digital skills, Educational robotics, Learning analytics, Maker education, Open educational resources, Self-regulated learning, STEM
Picture a doctor operating on a patient, and a nurse administering care. What gender did you attribute to each role? Even if you believe strongly in gender equality, chances are you pictured the …
10.03.23
A game-based approach to learn about ethics in Machine Learning
Over the last decade, the development of artificial intelligence has accelerated exponentially. Nowadays, the scope of Machine Learning applications has expanded to include almost every sector and …
08.03.23
DigitALL: Innovation at EPFL for explainable and equitable AI
In 1597 during the Enlightenment, in his work Meditationes Sacrae, the British philosopher Francis Bacon coined the phrase ‘knowledge is power’. Four hundred years on, never has it been more …
27.02.23
EPFL takes steps to better equip students with transversal skills
While it’s essential for scientists and engineers to have solid technical skills, that’s not enough if they’re to make a real positive impact on society. Today’s challenges are increasingly …
26.09.22
Raising the first-year pass rate without compromising on standards
For as long as he can remember, Simone Deparis has enjoyed sharing his knowledge and observing those lightbulb moments when students finally connect the dots. Back in high school, he organized study …
23.09.21
Retrospective of the 2nd edition of the “Teaching Day”
The second iteration of the "Teaching Day" was held on the morning of Tuesday 14 September in a condensed, revised, and adapted format to comply with current health regulations. Nicknamed "Teaching …
Teaching Sciences and Engineering with Jupyter Notebooks
Jupyter Notebooks are interactive documents that combine text with pieces of code and their execution results. In this workshop, participants will experience learning discipline-specific content …
18.04.2024 – 09:00 12:00
FOR:Public
Experiential Workshop on HOW to teach transversal skills
We all know that we need to embed transversal skill development in our courses – this workshop takes a micro approach looking at how to do this for one skill during one class session. Starting with …