TECFAResearch and Teaching unit in

Educational and Learning technologies

Overview People Teaching Research

May 2006

PSYCHOLOGY EDUCATION

COMMUNICATIONCOMPUTERSCIENCE

TECFA

Overview People Teaching Research

Overview People Teaching Research

Mireille BETRANCOURT

Daniel PERAYA

Daniel K. SCHNEIDER

Nicolas SZILAS

Staff

PhD. Students

Martin Acosta, Barbara Class, Nathalie Deschryver, Laurence Gagnière,Luis Gonzalez, Stéphane Lattion, François Lombard, Cyril Rebetez,Vivian P. Synteta.

Collaborators and assistantsCLAUDE Jessica, DEPOVER Christian, DIEGO Veronica, FRETE Catherine, LATTION Stéphane, RICHLE Urs.

François LOMBARDLaurent DUBOIS

IS : Stéphane MORANDSecr : Véronique MOREAU

Research

Bachelor studies (Psycho and Education)

Computer-based learning environments

Mediated communication and learning

Human-Computer Interaction

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Integrating technologies in the classroom

Research

MALTT: MAster in Learning and Teaching Technologies

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Blended education

Technologies integrated in the learning process

Information and Communication SystemsDesign of computer supported learning environmentMediated communication and educationCognitive engineering of complex information systemsMethodology in ICTE

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Mediated Communication and distance education

Cognitive and metacognitive tools for learning

Innovative Information and Communication Systems

Main research topics

Variety of research methods

Laboratory experiments

Field studies

Action research

ΠSocial

componant

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Semioticcomponant

Cognitivecomponant

Mediated Communication and distance education

How to design effective mediated / distance education situations?

How does mediated / distance education affect learning and teaching?

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How do we process information from multimedia, hypermedia, collaborative and augmented environements?

How to design more effective computer supported learning environment ?

Cognitive and metacognive tools for learning

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CLEAP Project: Swiss Science foundation grant in collaboration with Pierre Dillenbourg at EPFL

Learning collaboratively from multimedia documents

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Learning collaboratively from multimedia documents (2)

Interaction between situation and snapshots: F(1 ;152) = 6.630; p<.05

No snapshot Snapshots

Snapshot condition

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Pairs

Split interaction effect?

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Collaborative argumentation

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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

Promoting metacognitive activities through ‘allo-confrontation’

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Design of « intelligent learning » environments

Learning and practice community portals

Ex : TECFASEED project (Daniel Schneider)

Innovative Information and Communication systems

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Community portals

wiki

awarenessregulation

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Community portals

Mirroring and Metacognitive tools

Jermann

(2004)

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Writing by learning in initial vocational training

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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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