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18.07.23

ChatGPT is shaking up the world of education: What do teachers say?

A team consisting of researchers and experts in digital education, including Dr. Sunny Avry, Prof. Francesco Mondada, Grégory Liégois, Elliot Vaucher, Felipe Martinez, and Dr. Jessica Dehler …

22.05.23

Promising Start for the First Laidlaw Scholars’ Cohort

On May 11th 2023, a kick-off event gathered the program’s key stakeholders, as well as all EPFL scholars for the launch of this enhanced learning program that is based on four main dimensions: …

16.05.23

A thematic day uniting sustainability, science and technology

The discovery journey through the world of science and technology To sensitize high school students for these issues and approaches, EPFL’s Education Outreach Department (SPE) mobilized nearly 50 …

15.05.23

Workshop helps eliminate unconscious biases

Picture a doctor operating on a patient, and a nurse administering care. What gender did you attribute to each role? Even if you believe strongly in gender equality, chances are you pictured the …

10.03.23

A game-based approach to learn about ethics in Machine Learning

Over the last decade, the development of artificial intelligence has accelerated exponentially. Nowadays, the scope of Machine Learning applications has expanded to include almost every sector and …

08.03.23

DigitALL: Innovation at EPFL for explainable and equitable AI

In 1597 during the Enlightenment, in his work Meditationes Sacrae, the British philosopher Francis Bacon coined the phrase ‘knowledge is power’. Four hundred years on, never has it been more …

06.03.23

EPFL Teachers Council hosts 3rd annual Teaching Day

The purpose of this day, which was punctuated by two plenary lectures and four interactive workshops, was to provide an opportunity for all faculty members to participate in discussions on both …

27.02.23

EPFL takes steps to better equip students with transversal skills

While it’s essential for scientists and engineers to have solid technical skills, that’s not enough if they’re to make a real positive impact on society. Today’s challenges are increasingly …

09.12.22

Powering vocational education and training with technology

Switzerland is known for its fondue, its punctual trains and its watchmaking industry. But the country has another claim to fame: its vocational education and training (VET) system. At the end of …

29.11.22

Prof. Francesco Mondada receives Prestigious Polytechnik-Preis 2022

A first for Switzerland Endowed with 77'000 euros, this is the most important prize for research in subject didactics and honors outstanding scientists from the regions of Germany, Austria and …

18.11.22

Video support

Like many of the teaching staff at the EPFL, Jean-Cedéric Chapelier had a number of long lecture recordings. These were recorded in the CE amphitheaters on campus and lasted for the duration of the …

05.11.22

Francesco Mondada awarded for “Equal Opportunities Excellence”

The award recognizes in particular the action made by Francesco Mondada in schools, withing the robotics master and in both the "Education and Society" and the "Equal Opportunities" Committees of the …