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

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

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

Interface With Schools

Bring together national and international partners around the missions of EPFL, support our current and future Bachelor, Master, and PhD students in their choices and ambitions, ensure good visibility of the programs offered by the School, and act proactively to ensure a smooth transition from secondary education to EPFL.

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

National Research Programme (NRP77): Assessing computational thinking skills

Computational thinking (CT) is the ability to develop a problem-solving methodology that complements computers. This project studies the extent to which Swiss students are able to do so, and develops tools to measure these skills.

Ongoing

iHub4Schools

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

Ongoing

Teaching in times of covid-19

The LEARN teams supported EPFL teachers and primary school educators in implementing and adapting distance and hybrid teaching in the unexpected and imposed context of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.

Ongoing

Swiss Digital Skills Academy

Open Educational Resources (OERs) and Open Educational Platforms (OEPs) are playing a key role in strengthening digitalization in higher education. Up to now, their development and deployment have been mainly carried out by IT services and media experts.

The creation of a Swiss Digital Skills Academy is enabling and empowering professors and educators in higher education institutions, as well as HEP/PH students to take control of and to fully adopt their digital ecosystem in their educational practices.

Ongoing

Digital Education for Equity in Primary Schools (DEEP)

The DEEP (Digital Education for Equity in Primary Schools) consortium, supported by the Jacobs Foundation, investigates the foundations, challenges, and consequences of introducing digital learning in Swiss primary schools. The aim is to contribute to an equitable and sustainable digital transformation in Swiss primary education. DEEP is a collaboration of seven higher education institutions that reflect the institutional, disciplinary, methodological, and geographical diversity of Swiss educational research.

Ongoing

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.

Ongoing

Swiss National EdTech Testbed Program

The Swiss National EdTech Testbed Program is an initiative designed to support the digital transformation in education with appropriate technological solutions.