Dan Schwartz , an expert in learning science at Stanford. 2026 EPFL/Lundi13 Niels Ackermann CC-BY-SA 4.0

“With AI, we need to reconsider what it means to learn”

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Artificial intelligence is forcing universities to reinvent how they teach and assess students’ knowledge. According to Dan Schwartz, an expert in learning science at Stanford, the challenge goes well beyond deciding whether to let AI into the classroom – teachers need to think long and hard about what students should really learn.

Dan Schwartz , an expert in learning science at Stanford. 2026 EPFL/Lundi13 Niels Ackermann CC-BY-SA 4.0

“With AI, we need to reconsider what it means to learn”

— Artificial intelligence is forcing universities to reinvent how they teach and assess students’ knowledge. According to Dan Schwartz, an expert in learning science at Stanford, the challenge goes well beyond deciding whether to let AI into the classroom – teachers need to think long and hard about what students should really learn.

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Launch of CLUE, a new center dedicated to the science of learning

— ETH Zurich and EPFL officially launched CLUE – the Joint Center for Research on Learning, Understanding, and Education, dedicated to the science of learning. The two-part event, held on 10 September in Bern, brought together researchers, institutional leaders, and partners from across the Swiss education landscape.

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AI takes root in university curriculum

— More than 12,000 students have returned to classes at EPFL. How has the advance of artificial intelligence transformed higher education?

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Teaching Development Fund s'EPanouir–FLourish: Call for projects.

— After a successful first edition funding and supporting 8 projects across the 5 schools, the second Teaching Development Fund s’EPanouir–FLourish call for projects is now open and accepting projects until October 30th, 2026.

Sunny Avry (left) and Maria Pannatier (right) co-founded evalution © 2026 EPFL

A digital tool for teacher professional development

— Teachers’ professional development should also be data-driven. A training evaluation tool developed at the Center LEARN offers a solution based on translational research.

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Interactive hints to help with solving exercises

— The Centre for Digital Education now offers a new service for EPFL teachers: the creation and integration of educational hints into your exercises to help students solve problems.

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Responsible AI skills for education

— Workshop series. Develop practical skills for your everyday practice: Effective quiz design, Teaching critical analysis.

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Event#3 : Draft Feasibility Report

— The third public event of the s’EPanouir–Flourish initiative, where the Draft Feasibility Report was briefly presented and discussed, marked the conclusion of the first phase of the development of EPFL’s educational programmes.

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#2 event: questions from the teaching and student body

— The second meeting dedicated to the “s’EPanouir-FLourish” initiative, which aims to rethink EPFL’s Bachelor programs, was held on Thursday, February 26, with 75 participants of the teaching and student bodies.

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