Initiatives

Ongoing

MOOC: discovering digital sciences with Thymio

This course covers the basic mechanisms of an educational robot such as Thymio, its programming using different languages, and its use in the classroom with associated pedagogical elements.

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

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

lunch&LEARN

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!

Ongoing

PharmaSIM

Interactive Learning environments for pharmacy assistants can encourage the students to test their knowledge in consultation situations without the fear of making mistakes.

Additionally, these environments can be used to collect meaningful data to analyze student’s behaviors and provide exclusive insights to teachers.

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

Jupyter Notebooks

Computational thinking in practice. We offer easy access to Jupyter Notebooks for students, and support instructors on the best designs and use in class.

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

roteco: robotics teacher community

roteco is a community of practice for teachers interested in integrating educational robotics into their classrooms.

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

3T PLAY Tangible objects for developing Transversal skills at Technical universities

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.

Ongoing

AI in education

The Center LEARN develops approaches and training programs to familiarize teachers with AI-based tools and methods.

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

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 Learning Companion allows students to self-assess on three levels. It invites them to reflect on their learning habits, problem-solving strategies, and their project management skills.