Publications associées à Access to Massive Open Online Labs through a MOOC

GELEX: Generative AI-Hybrid System for Example-Based Learning

Tanja Christina Käser Jacober, Paola Mejia Domenzain, Aybars Yazici, Jibril Albachir Frej

Traditional example-based learning methods are often limited by static, expert-created content. Hence, they face challenges in scalability, engagement, and effectiveness, as some learners might struggle to relate to the examples or find them relevant. To a ...

Association for Computing Machinery2024

OSSCAR, an open platform for collaborative development of computational tools for education in science

Giovanni Pizzi, Sara Bonella, Dou Du

In this paper we present the Open Software Services for Classrooms and Research (OSSCAR) platform. OSSCAR provides an open collaborative environment to develop and access educational resources in the form of web applications, for which various deployment m ...

ELSEVIER2023

A Conceptual Framework for Integrating Conversational Agents in Digital Education

Juan Carlos Farah

The presence of conversational agents (or chatbots) in educational contexts has been steadily increasing over the past few years. Recent surveys have shown widespread interest in the use of chatbots in education, both for research and practice. Although th ...

EPFL2023

Evaluation of teachers’ orchestration tools usage in robotic classrooms

Pierre Dillenbourg, Sina Shahmoradi, Barbara Bruno, Aditi Kothiyal

Teachers’ self-efficacy in managing classrooms is an important consideration when it comes to bringing educational robots to classrooms. Orchestration tools support teachers by providing awareness indicators of students’ progress as well as levers to contr ...

2023

Simulated Learners in Educational Technology: A Systematic Literature Review and a Turing-like Test

Tanja Christina Käser Jacober

Simulation is a powerful approach that plays a significant role in science and technology. Computational models that simulate learner interactions and data hold great promise for educational technology as well. Amongst others, simulated learners can be use ...

SPRINGER2023

Unobtrusively Regulating Children’s Posture via Slow Visual Stimuli on Tablets

Pierre Dillenbourg, Chenyang Wang, Barbara Bruno, Daniel Carnieto Tozadore

Children’s retention of a proper body posture while interacting with educational tablet applications is important for both their physical health and task performance. In this work, we propose a new approach to unobtrusively induce postural changes in child ...

Association for Computing Machinery2023

Impersonating Chatbots in a Code Review Exercise to Teach Software Engineering Best Practices

Denis Gillet, Sandy Ingram, Maria Jesus Rodriguez Triana, Juan Carlos Farah, Vandit Sharma

Over the past decade, the use of chatbots for educational purposes has gained considerable traction. A similar trend has been observed in social coding platforms, where automated agents support software developers with tasks such as performing code reviews ...

IEEE2022

A Blueprint for Integrating Task-Oriented Conversational Agents in Education

Denis Gillet, Sandy Ingram, Juan Carlos Farah

Over the past few years, there has been an increase in the use of chatbots for educational purposes. Nevertheless, the chatbot technologies and architectures that are often applied to educational contexts are not necessarily designed for such contexts. Whi ...

2022

Bias at a Second Glance: A Deep Dive into Bias for German Educational Peer-Review Data Modeling

Tanja Christina Käser Jacober, Vinitra Swamy, Thiemo Wambsganss

Natural Language Processing (NLP) has become increasingly utilized to provide adaptivity in educational applications. However, recent research has highlighted a variety of biases in pre-trained language models. While existing studies investigate bias in di ...

2022

Integrated Model for Comprehensive Digital Education Platforms

Denis Gillet, Isabelle Barbara Marie-Hélène Cardia, Kim Lan Phan Hoang, Maria Jesus Rodriguez Triana, Juan Carlos Farah

The trend towards generalized blended and active learning approaches in engineering education is redefining the requirements and the deployment schemes for digital education platforms. This paper presents a quadriptych techno- pedagogical model highlightin ...

IEEE2022

Equality of Learning Opportunity via Individual Fairness in Personalized Recommendations

Mirko Marras

Online education platforms play an increasingly important role in mediating the success of individuals' careers. Therefore, while building overlying content recommendation services, it becomes essential to guarantee that learners are provided with equal re ...

SPRINGER2022

L2D 2021: First International Workshop on Enabling Data-Driven Decisions from Learning on the Web

Tanja Christina Käser Jacober, Mirko Marras

By offering courses and resources, learning platforms on the Web have been attracting lots of participants, and the interactions with these systems have generated a vast amount of learning-related data. Their collection, processing and analysis have promot ...

Association for Computing Machinery2021

Developing STEM and Team-working Skills Through Collaborative Space Robotics Missions

Francesco Mondada, Evgeniia Bonnet

Building on the success of the first North-South cross-continental collaborative educational robotics mission held in November 2015 [1], this paper presents a practical model for scaling the event up into a program for developing countries, particularly th ...

IEEE2021

Surviving but not thriving: Comparing primary, vocational and higher education teachers' experiences during the COVID-19 lockdown

Caroline Pulfrey, Helena Kovacs, Emilie-Charlotte Monnier

In this paper we examine the impacts of the global pandemic in 2020 on different levels of education system, particularly looking at the changes in teaching practice. The health emergency caused closure of schools, and online distance education became a te ...

2021

Comic Based Learning for Students with Visual Impairments

Kalpani Anuradha Welivita

Visual impairment can affect a student's ability to learn since their concept development when interacting with educational material is being limited. Learning activities based on images and visually rich content are mainstream learning methods, where faci ...

2023

The Dimension of the Body in Higher Education: Matrix of Meanings in Students’ Diaries

Simon Nessim Henein, Ramiro Tau

In this paper, we attempt to show some consequences of bringing the body back into higher education, through the use of performing arts in the curricular context of scientific programs. We start by arguing that dominant traditions in higher education repro ...

2022

An experiential learning approach to educational development: Responses to teaching architecture through the lenses of reflective practice

Patricia Guaita, Dieter Dietz, Ingrid Le Duc

This paper tells the story of a decade-long relationship between a teaching team (TT) and an educational developer (EDP). They have been using an experiential learning approach to monitor improvements to teaching Architecture to first year students. We exp ...

ETH2020

Instruction, Student Engagement and Learning Outcomes: A Case Study Using Anonymous Social Media in a Face-to-face Classroom

Denis Gillet, Adrian Christian Holzer, Maria Jesus Rodriguez Triana

With the wide availability of mobile devices and the growing interest in social media, numerous applications have emerged to support student engagement in the classroom. There is conflicting evidence, however, on whether the engagement benefits of such app ...

2020

Children Teach Handwriting to a Social Robot with Different Learning Competencies

Pierre Dillenbourg, Shruti Chandra, Ana Paiva

As robots are entering into educational fields to enhance children's learning, it becomes relevant to explore different methods of learning in the area of child-robot interaction. In this article, we present an autonomous educational system incorporating a ...

SPRINGER2020

Evaluating the Effects of Introducing Three Gamification Elements in STEM Educational Software for Secondary Schools

Denis Gillet, Juan Carlos Farah

Gamification aims to enhance the educational experience by enabling students to have fun with technology. Although research in the field has previously looked into the effectiveness of gamification, reviews of existing studies show that in the context of e ...

Association for Computing Machinery2020