Initiatives

Ongoing

STAGE : STEM Teaching in the Age of Generative AI

The STAGE project aims to develop skills that enable the responsible and meaningful use of generative AI in educational settings.

Ongoing

AI4ED Actions at EPFL

At LEARN, we see GenAI not just as a way to ease daily teaching tasks, but as a powerful opportunity for real pedagogical innovation. Turning this potential into reality requires collaboration across our associated centers and labs.

Ongoing

Living catalogue on emerging AI Practices in Education

The living catalogue is a practical guide to research-based emerging AI practices in education, curated and regularly updated by the Center for Learning Sciences at EPFL.

Ongoing

DEEP Development

Teacher training in digital education: Equitable and creative learning with role-playing games and robotics

Ongoing

DEEP-Self Regulated Learning

Supporting self-regulated learning in diverse digital learning environments.

Ongoing

Generative AI on Campus: What we learned (students & teachers survey 2024)

Understanding the adoption and uses of AI by students and teachers.

Ongoing

EuroTeQ

The EuroTeQ Engineering University project is a European initiative bringing together several partner institutions with the aim of building a modern and innovative learning ecosystem that transcends borders.

Ongoing

Supportive Learning Environments in the 1st year at EPFL

Study success and study progress are topics of great interest in STEM education research and this is especially the case in the pivotal first year.

Finished

Promoting diversity with online forums

Today online discussion forums are one of the most powerful tools for learning. At EPFL, their use has been encouraged for the past twenty years.

Ongoing

Professional skills

Professional (transversal) skills are career competences that are not specific to a particular job, task, discipline or are of knowledge. They are skills that can be used in variety of work settings, and as such are necessary for engineering graduates’ successful transition into future jobs.

Ongoing

Transversal Skills and Portfolios

Helping engineering students develop essential professional skills through portfolio-based learning.

Ongoing

Making learning explicit

Using a portfolio approach for integrating transversal skills into the engineering curriculum.

Ongoing

Utop’IA: a graphic novel to understand the impact of AI

An educational tool for understanding AI through the lens of sustainability.

Ongoing

Lighthouse EdTech: Evidence-oriented initiative

The Lighthouse initiative aims to bridge the gap between theory and practice in the field of educational technology. By bringing together Swiss EdTech startups, schools, and academic institutions, it allows for the testing, validation, and improvement of EdTech tools through research-based pilot studies. This collaborative approach enables schools to access innovative educational solutions, while startups receive valuable feedback to refine their tools, all within a rigorous, evidence-oriented framework.

Ongoing

BeLEARN

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 Education and Culture and five universities to form BeLEARN: a competence center whose objective is to advance digital education through a translational approach.

Ongoing

VirtualLabs

Interactive simulations allowing students to conduct experiments online and explore concepts safely.