15 May 2023
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 March 2023
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 …
8 March 2023
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 …
27 February 2023
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 …
26 September 2022
Raising the first-year pass rate without compromising on standards
For as long as he can remember, Simone Deparis has enjoyed sharing his knowledge and observing those lightbulb moments when students finally connect the dots. Back in high school, he organized study …
23 September 2021
Retrospective of the 2nd edition of the “Teaching Day”
The second iteration of the "Teaching Day" was held on the morning of Tuesday 14 September in a condensed, revised, and adapted format to comply with current health regulations. Nicknamed "Teaching …
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Workshop helps eliminate unconscious biases
15.05.2023
A game-based approach to learn about ethics in Machine Learning
10.03.2023
DigitALL: Innovation at EPFL for explainable and equitable AI
08.03.2023
EPFL takes steps to better equip students with transversal skills
27.02.2023
Raising the first-year pass rate without compromising on standards
26.09.2022
Retrospective of the 2nd edition of the “Teaching Day”
23.09.2021
23.09.21
Retrospective of the 2nd edition of the “Teaching Day”
The second iteration of the "Teaching Day" was held on the morning of Tuesday 14 September in a condensed, revised, and adapted format to comply with current health regulations. Nicknamed "Teaching …
27.08.21
Vaud elementary school teachers get training on digital education
In the science classroom at Cheminet elementary school in Penthalaz, small groups of elementary-school teachers are using their iPads to record songs, create GIFs, generate QR codes, take pictures …
18.06.21
The secret to acquiring professional skills
When it comes to soft skills like project planning, communicating and risk assessing, there is often a gap between the employer’s expectation and what engineering graduates bring to the table. …
10.06.21
“Research and Practice are Intricately Intertwined”
In March 2021, Dr. Roland Tormey was named Senior Scientist in the College of Humanities (CDH) after serving since 2013 as a Scientist and as the Director of the Teaching Support Center (CAPE). …
10.06.21
“Mars Mission” attracts more than 700 students from around the world
It is the year 2032. A meteorite has damaged a power station on Mars. Thankfully, there are 16 Thymio robots on site, ready to restart the main generator. To accomplish the mission, which runs until …
05.05.21
New tool helps define student-teacher relationships
Good student-teacher relationships in higher education create a positive learning environment. This has been scientifically proven, and many people have experienced this first-hand, such as when they …
04.05.21
What is it like to study engineering at EPFL?
Not only do the six students come from different countries or linguistic regions of Switzerland, their academic backgrounds are as diverse as EPFL’s study programs and community are. Each video …
26.02.21
A Kazakh experiment in handwriting
Despite the increasing digitization of education and the use of use of tablets and laptops in schools, handwriting has maintained its central position in learning as the basis of many core …
05.01.21
Turning the challenges of remote teaching into opportunities
During the lockdown in spring 2020, EPFL teachers had to give their classes in front of a computer – with their reflection in the screen as the only visible audience. That became standard procedure …
10.07.20
Summer School: Mobile Robotics Between Online and in-Person Learning
A Strong Collaboration to Respond to the Students’ Needs Due to the global COVID-19 Pandemic, the EPFL Summer School in Mobile Robotics for high school students kicked-off slightly …
08.06.20
Three questions for IC professor Tanja Käser
Prior to coming to EPFL, Tanja Käser was a senior data scientist at the Swiss Data Science Center of ETH Zurich. As she explains, her interdisciplinary research combines computer and …
29.04.20
E-books to help families with children living under the lockdown
EPFL’s Center for Learning Sciences (LEARN) was set up in 2018 to research and promote the use of digital technologies in education. The center is currently running a pilot project that looks at …