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Pierre Dillenbourg
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PhD (Lancaster, 1991)
web site: http://craft.epfl.ch

office(s): RLCD1660
phone(s): [+41 21 69] 32071,32275
BIOGRAPHY
A former teacher in elementary school, Pierre Dillenbourg graduated in educational science (University of Mons, Belgium). He started his research on learning technologies in 1984. He obtained a PhD in computer science from the University of Lancaster (UK), in the domain of artificial intelligence applications for educational software. He has been professor assistant at TECFA, University of Geneva. He joined EPFL in November 2002. His current interests concern computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL): the design and experimentation of interactive furniture; the effects of awareness tools on group performance and mutual modeling; the authoring of CSCL scripts; the use of eye tracking method for predicting interaction patterns. P. Dillenbourg has been consultant for companies in Switzerland and Europe. He is the editor of the Kluwer Series "Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning" and former president of the International Society for Learning Sciences.

As director of CRAFT, the teacher service unit, Pierre Dillenbourg is very much involved in the training policy of EPFL, within the Vice-Presidency for Academic Affairs.
Frequently quoted papers
Dillenbourg, P. (2002). Over-scripting CSCL: The risks of blending collaborative learning with instructional design. In P. A. Kirschner (Ed). Three worlds of CSCL. Can we support CSCL (pp. 61-91). Heerlen, Open Universiteit Nederland.

Dillenbourg P. & Traum, D. (2006) Sharing solutions: persistence and grounding in multi-modal collaborative problem solving. Journal of the Learning Sciences, 15 (1), pp. 121-151.

Dillenbourg, P., Baker, M., Blaye, A. & O'Malley, C.(1996) The evolution of research on collaborative learning. In E. Spada & P. Reiman (Eds) Learning in Humans and Machine: Towards an interdisciplinary learning science (pp. 189-211). Oxford: Elsevier.

Dillenbourg P. (1999) What do you mean by collaborative learning? In P. Dillenbourg (Ed) Collaborative-learning: Cognitive and Computational Approaches (pp.1-19). Oxford: Elsevier.

MAIN PUBLICATIONS
P. Dillenbourg and D. Traum. Sharing solutions: persistence and grounding in multi-modal collaborative problem solving. Journal of the Learning Sciences, 15(1):121-151, 2006.
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N. Nova, T. Wehrle, J. Goslin, Y. Bourquin, and P. Dillenbourg. Collaboration in a mult-user game: impactos of an awarness tool on mutual modeling. Journal of Multimedia, Tools and Applications, 32(2):161-183, 2007.
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P. Dillenbourg and F. Fischer. Basics of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning. Zeitschrift für Berufs- und Wirtschaftspädagogik, 21:111-130, 2007.
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J. Mondoux, P.-B. Auderset, and P. Dillenbourg. Abstraction and Transfer in Collaborative Learning. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Learning Sciences, 2004.
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N. Nova, F. Girardin, and P. Dillenbourg. ‘location is not enough!’: an Empirical Study of Location-Awareness in Mobile Collaboration. In Proceedings of the third IEEE International Workshop on Wireless and Mobile Technologies in Education, pages 21-28. IEEE Press, 2005.
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Current work
The following research projects are described on http://craft.epfl.ch:
- Interactive furniture that supports teamwork: The Noise Sensitive Table and the Docking Lamp.
- The use of eye tracking methods for analyzing computer-supported collaborative tasks (NSF project on Mutual Modelling, project with IBM Watson Labs, etc.).
- Technologies for dual apprentice training (a leading house funded by BBT).
- Scripts that enhance collaborative learning: an authoring environment (manyscripts.epfl.ch).

Pierre Dillenbourg's research is sponsored by the Swiss National Science Foundation, the Swiss Federal Commission for Technology Innovation (CTI), and the European Commission.







Skills
Computer-supported collaborative learning & work, Learning technologies, Human-computer interaction
Teaching
Computer Science

Phd programs
Phd Students
Bachour Khaled
Bonnard Quentin
Cuendet Sébastien
Do Lenh Hung Son
Lucchi Aurélien
Mazzei Andrea
Nüssli Marc-Antoine
Seiied Alavi Hamed
Zufferey Guillaume


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