Initiatives
Title
42 Initiatives
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
MOOC Factory
In the span of a single decade, EPFL has produced more than 140 courses that have attracted 3’000’000 registrations. We now look at leveraging video resources produced in 2020.
Ongoing
Cellulo
Cellulo robots make abstract aspects of learning concrete, and act as intermediaries, facilitating and enriching educational activities.
Ongoing
Workshops for teachers and Doctoral Assistants
Our online and on campus workshops address the typical range of university teaching activities.
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.
