What we do

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, …

Computational thinking, Educational robotics, Experiential learning, Open educational resources, STEM

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 …

Digital skills, Open educational resources

Join the Collider

Join the Swiss EdTech Collider – a hub and centre for ambitious entrepreneurs and startups who aim to transform education and learning with technology.

Interactive teaching

Workshops for Teachers and Doctoral Assistants

Our online and on campus workshops address the typical range of university teaching activities.

Collaborative learning, Curriculum design, Inquiry learning, Interactive teaching, Self-regulated learning

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.

MOOCs

BeLEARN@EPFL

In order to strengthen and extend EPFL’s contribution to the digital transformation of education, the Center LEARN has joined the partnership between the Canton of Bern’s Department of …

Blended learning, Computational thinking, Digital citizenship, Digital skills, Educational robotics, Learning analytics, Maker education, Open educational resources, Self-regulated learning, STEM

Digital Education (EduNum)

Flagship project of the Center LEARN, its main objective is to train students to master the three pillars of digital education (computer science, uses and media).

Digital citizenship, Digital skills

The Swiss National EdTech Testbed Program

The Swiss National EdTech Testbed Program is an initiative designed to support the digital transformation in education with appropriate technological solutions.

Digital skills

Collision Hours

Collision Hours are meant to bring together different EdTech startups to have the opportunity to meet with other, like-minded startups to exchange and share expertise, best practices, connections and …

Interactive teaching

Ethical skills for the digital world

While engineers have always had to consider ethical concerns when designing and developing technology, the rapidly changing digital landscape and the exponential evolution of AI raise new questions …

Digital skills

Cellulo

The Cellulo robots allow visualizing in a tangible manner what is intangible in learning, and mediating learning activities.

Educational robotics

MOOC – Discovering Digital Sciences with Thymio

Taking your first steps in the digital world is possible!

Computational thinking, Educational robotics, MOOCs

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