Initiatives

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

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

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

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

Swiss MOOC Service

100% hosted in Switzerland, the Swiss MOOC Service was built to serve public institutions and allow easy distribution of MOOCs.

Ongoing

R2T2: Collaborative Telerobotics Missions

Join a unique experience where up to 80 students from around the world collaborate remotely to control 16 Thymio robots. Together, they have three hours to coordinate their efforts and repair a damaged power plant on Mars!

Ongoing

Campus Analytics

Data science for education. We aim at using the power of machine learning and data science to uncover hidden patterns and paths in EPFL’s educational system.

Ongoing

Research on Education in Times of Covid-19

How does distance teaching during lockdown affect students and teachers? How can we collect the evidence in order to inform decision-makers?

Ongoing

iHub4Schools

Accelerating digital innovation in schools through Regional Innovation Hubs and a whole-school mentoring model.

Ongoing

Thymio: the state-of-the-art in mobile educational robotics

Thymio is an open-source educational robot designed by researchers from EPFL, in collaboration with ECAL, and produced by Mobsya, a nonprofit association whose mission is to offer comprehensive, engaging STEAM journeys to learners of all ages.

Finished

Digital education: the “EduNum” reform project

La transition numérique à l'école et au gymnase: afin d’accompagner la transition numérique de la société, le canton de Vaud a priorisé un programme d’éducation numérique étendu à l’ensemble du système de formation dans son programme de législature 2017-2022.