TECFA Research and Teaching unit in Educational and Learning technologies

1. Overview People Teaching Research TECFA Research and Teaching unit in Educational and Learning technologies May 2006

2. Overview People Teaching Research PSYCHOLOGY EDUCATION TECFA COMPUTER SCIENCE COMMUNICATION

3. Overview People Teaching Research Staff Mireille BETRANCOURT Daniel PERAYA Daniel K. SCHNEIDER Nicolas SZILAS IS : Stéphane MORAND Secr : Véronique MOREAU François LOMBARD Laurent DUBOIS PhD. Students Martin Acosta, Barbara Class, Nathalie Deschryver, Laurence Gagnière, Luis Gonzalez, Stéphane Lattion, François Lombard, Cyril Rebetez, Vivian P. Synteta. Collaborators and assistants CLAUDE Jessica, DEPOVER Christian, DIEGO Veronica, FRETECatherine, LATTIONStéphane, RICHLE Urs.

4. Overview People Teaching Research Bachelor studies (Psycho and Education) Computer-based learning environments Mediated communication and learning Human-Computer Interaction Integrating technologies in the classroom

5. Technologies integrated in the learning process • Information and Communication Systems • Design of computer supported learning environment • Mediated communication and education • Cognitive engineering of complex information systems • Methodology in ICTE Overview People Teaching Research MALTT: MAster in Learning and Teaching Technologies Blended education

6. Variety of research methods Laboratory experiments Field studies Action research Overview People Teaching Research Main research topics Mediated Communication and distance education Cognitive and metacognitive tools for learning Innovative Information and Communication Systems

7. Social componant Semiotic componant Cognitive componant How to design effective mediated / distance education situations? How does mediated / distance education affect learning and teaching? Overview People Teaching Research Mediated Communication and distance education

8. Overview People Teaching Research Cognitive and metacognive tools for learning How do we process information from multimedia, hypermedia, collaborative and augmented environements? How to design more effective computer supported learning environment ?

9. Overview People Teaching Research Learning collaboratively from multimedia documents CLEAP Project: Swiss Science foundation grant in collaboration with Pierre Dillenbourg at EPFL

10. Interaction between situation and snapshots: F(1 ;152) = 6.630; p<.05 0.20 Solo 0.00 Inference score (z-score) Duo -0.2010 No snapshot Snapshots Snapshot condition Overview People Teaching Research Learning collaboratively from multimedia documents (2) Single Pairs Split interaction effect?

11. Overview People Teaching Research Collaborative argumentation

12. Overview People Teaching Research Promoting metacognitive activities through ‘allo-confrontation’ Object of the confrontation: self or peer’s activity Type of traces: process or product Structuration of the confrontation Presence or absence of the peer

13. Overview People Teaching Research Innovative Information and Communication systems Design of « intelligent learning » environments Learning and practice community portals Ex : TECFASEED project (Daniel Schneider)

14. Overview People Teaching Research Community portals

15. Overview People Teaching Research wiki regulation awareness Community portals

16. Overview People Teaching Research Jermann (2004) Mirroring and Metacognitive tools

17. Overview People Teaching Research Writing by learning in initial vocational training Dual-T Project: OFFT grant for a leading house and 4 research project in collaboration with Pierre Dillenbourg at EPFL and Jean-Luc Gurtner at University of Fribourg. Technologies can promote integration between the school and the workplace. • web-based journal to develop ‘writing-by-learning’ scenarios in project-based approach • Facilitated interaction between tutors and tutees through the use of instant messages • Mobile and embedded technologies

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