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Patrick Jermann

patrick.jermann@epfl.ch http://cede.epfl.ch/

EPFL AVP-E CEDE
CE 0 94.1 (Centre Est)
Station 1
CH-1015 Lausanne

Current Work

  • DRIL; Innovation Fund for digital Resources for Instruction and Learning
  • NOTO: Jupyter Notebooks for education
  • STAGE: STEM teaching in the age of generative AI
  • EPFLGraph: Institutional Analytics
  • Openlearnity: the Swiss platform to host Massive Open Online Courses
After studies in Geneva (TECFA) and Pittsburgh (LRDC) I joined EPFL in 2003 to coordinate eLearning projects and conduct research in the field of Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL). Former Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies and former Member of the Editorial Board for the International Journal of Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (iJCSCL).

Curriculum vitae

After studies in Geneva (TECFA) and Pittsburgh (LRDC) I joined EPFL in 2003 to coordinate eLearning projects and conduct research in the field of Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL). Former Associate Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies and former Member of the Editorial Board for the International Journal of Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (iJCSCL).

Publications

Teaching & PhD

Past EPFL PhD Students as codirector

Guillaume Zufferey, Marc-Antoine Nüssli, Lenh Hung Son Do, Ali Galip Bayrak, Kshitij Sharma

Courses

Digital education

CS-411

This course addresses the relationship between specific technological features and the learners' cognitive processes. It also covers the methods and results of empirical studies: do student actually learn due to technologies? In fall 2025, P. Dillenbourg will co-teach this class for the last time.

Introduction to Methods in Learning Sciences 1

LEARN-610

This is part 1 of a two part course that provides students with knowledge and skills in collecting, processing and analyzing educational data, including different lenses to view the nature of inquiry in the field, research designs, and an overview of quantitative and qualitative methods.

Introduction to Methods in Learning Sciences 2

LEARN-611

This is part 2 of a two part course that provides students with knowledge and skills in collecting, processing and analyzing educational data, including different lenses to view the nature of inquiry in the field, research designs, and an overview of quantitative and qualitative methods.