CS-411: Digital educationThis course addresses the relationship between specific technological features and the learners' cognitive processes. It also covers the methods and results of empirical studies: do student actually learn due to technologies? In fall 2025, P. Dillenbourg w ...
LEARN-700: JDPLS Winter schoolTwo-day Winter School in Emmetten, Switzerland with JDPLS thesis directors and students. Students presented their recent research and took part in small-group discussions. Two keynote speakers gave presentations and joined discussions with students ...
HUM-432: How people learn: Designing Learning Tools IThe students will understand the cognitive and social factors which affect learning - particularly in science and engineering. They will be able to use social research techniques as part of the design process to understand end users. ...
AR-128: Building technology I, IIIntroduction à la technologie du bâti: défis environnementaux et sociétaux, exigences techniques et fonctionnelles du bâtiment dans la durée, équilibre statique des ossatures, matériaux de construction, détails d'assemblage et mise en oeuvre, stratégies de ...
HUM-465: Understanding modern Switzerland IIBased on the knowledge acquired during the fall semester course (Understanding modern Switzerland I), students are asked to work by group of 3-4 students and prepare a paper on a topic previously discussed with the teachers. ...
HUM-496: Comment enseigner la durabilité IIDans ce projet de groupe, explorez les pratiques pédagogiques dans un cours de durabilité. L'observation, la formulation de problèmes, la préparation en groupe, et la réflexion sur l'enseignement de la durabilité, vous aideront à développer des stratégies ...
PHYS-597: Specialisation semesterStudents have the opportunity to apply their knowledge in a project contributing to specialize them in a physics field. The project can take place in a laboratory at EPFL, in an external laboratory or in a research institute. ...
CS-358(b): Making intelligent things BThe course aims at teaching the prototyping of intelligent physical artifacts. It aims to solve real-world challenges by a
combination of microcontroller programming, electronics, and computer -aided design and manufacturing. Student teams
choose their own ...
CS-358(a): Making intelligent things AThe course aims at teaching the prototyping of intelligent physical artifacts. It aims to solve real-world challenges by a
combination of microcontroller programming, electronics, and computer -aided design and manufacturing. Student teams
choose their own ...
HUM-417: Philosophical perspectives on the exact sciences IThe course considers central themes in the philosophy of science. Starting from the debate between Leibniz and Newton about space and time, we move on to the transition from classical to quantum physics, the explanatory role of mathematics and philosophica ...