What we do

Jupyter Notebooks

Computational thinking in practice. We offer easy access to Jupyter Notebooks for students, and support instructors on the best designs and use in class.

Computational thinking, Experiential learning

ASPIRE

Graasp for open evidence-based research in digital education.

Blended learning, Learning analytics, Open educational resources

Professional Skills

Professional (transversal) skills are career competences that are not specific to a particular job, task, discipline or are of knowledge. They are skills that can be used in variety of work settings, …

Curriculum design, Maker education, Transversal skills

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.

Curriculum design, Learning analytics

Advice to Teachers and Sections

Partnerships between teaching advisors and faculty members are more likely to provide adequate and timely support to the teaching staff. The resources to advise teachers are blended, as they combine …

Curriculum design, Self-regulated learning

Teaching in times of covid-19

The teams in LEARN provided support for teachers at different levels in their efforts to setup and constantly adapt their distance and blended teaching. LEARN teams worked with teachers to face the …

Blended learning, Digital skills, Open educational resources

lunch&LEARN

The aim of Lunch&LEARN sessions is to gather an EPFL audience interested in novel and effective learning and teaching approaches, and to create a rich discussion around successful paradigms based …

Interactive teaching

3T PLAY Tangible objects for developing Transversal skills in Technical universities

3T PLAY’s mission is to develop the next generation of tangibles-based learning toolkit to teach technical students the transversal skills needed to bring sustainable and ethical products and …

Experiential learning, Inquiry learning, Project-based learning, Self-regulated learning, STEM, Transversal skills

Learning Companion

The Learning Companion is the result of a collaboration between the Center for Digital Education (CEDE) and the Teaching Support Center (CAPE) at EPFL, both members of the Center LEARN. The …

Self-regulated learning, Open educational resources

Learning Analytics (Uni Analytics)

We believe that machines can help humans teach and learn better. That is why we combine artificial intelligence and machine learning with insights from the learning sciences to better understand what …

Learning analytics

Research on Education in Times of Covid-19

The two main questions our research teams dealt with concerning covid-19 and education were: How does distance teaching during lockdown affect students and teachers? How can we collect the evidence …

Blended 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

The filtered initiatives