Initiatives

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.

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.

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.

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

The aim of Lunch&LEARN sessions is to gather an EPFL audience interested in novel and effective learning and teaching approaches, and to create a rich discussion around successful paradigms based on evidence. Do join us!

The 3T PLAY project develops playful activities with tangible objects to teach transversal skills to engineering students. Embedded in a premier engineering school, we take a research-based approach to identifying skills that are under-addressed in the higher education literature and skills of emerging importance for today’s environmental, social and economic challenges. The trident framework and activity guides have been iteratively developed through empirical observations and implementation, creating open-source resources for the engineering education and research communities.

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.

ASPIRE is empowering researchers, beyond the current platform stakeholders, to access data generated within Graasp.

The goal of this initiative is to build a test to gauge computational thinking skills in a valid and reliable fashion. We are building, testing and validating a test that can be taken by anyone regardless of their previous knowledge or expertise in computer science.