Summary

This course addresses the relationship between specific technological features and the learners' cognitive processes. It also covers the methods and results of empirical studies on this topic: do student actually learn due to technologies?

Content

Keywords

learning, pedagogy, teaching, online education, MOOCs 

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, the student must be able to:

• Describe the learning processes triggered by a technology-based activity
• Explain how a technology feature influences learning processes
• Elaborate a study that measures the learning effects of a digital environment
• Select appropriately a learning technology given the target audience and the expected learning outcomes

Transversal skills

• Set objectives and design an action plan to reach those objectives.

Teaching methods

The course will combine participatory lectures with a project around learning analytics

Expected student activities

The project will include a few milestones to be delivered along the semester.

Assessment methods

• Project + exam
• 50 / 50

Supervision

Resources

Moodle Link

• http://moodle.epfl.ch/course/view.php?id=14248