TECFA

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• TECFA
• Research and Teaching unit in
• Educational and Learning technologies

October 2005
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PSYCHOLOGY
EDUCATION
TECFA
COMPUTER SCIENCE
COMMUNICATION
FSPE
42 professeurs 49 enseignants-chercheurs 113
assistants
1000 étudiant-e-s en psycho 1100 étudiants en SED
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Staff
Mireille BETRANCOURT Daniel PERAYA Daniel K.
SCHNEIDER Nicolas SZILAS (à partir de Mars 2006)
IS Stéphane MORAND Secr Véronique MOREAU
François LOMBARD Laurent DUBOIS
PhD. Students
Martin Acosta, Barbara Class, Nathalie
Deschryver, Laurence Gagnière, Luis Gonzalez,
Stéphane Lattion, François Lombard, Cyril
Rebetez, Vivian P. Synteta.
Collaborators and assistants
CLAUDE Jessica, DEPOVER Christian, DIEGO
Veronica, FRETE Catherine, LATTION Stéphane,
MICHEL Natasha, OLLAGNIER Magali, ORTELLI
Roberto, RICHLE Urs.
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Bachelor studies (Psycho and Education)
Computer-based learning environments
Mediated communication and learning
Human-Computer Interaction
Integrating technologies in the classroom
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MALTT MAster in Learning and Teaching
Technologies
Blended education
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Main research topics
Mediated Communication and distance education
Cognitive and metacognitive tools for learning
Innovative Information and Communication Systems
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Mediated Communication and distance education
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Icon recognition (Dessus et Peraya, 2005) (1/4)
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Can human recognition of icon be simulated by
computers ?
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Icon recognition (3/4)
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LSA Humains Humains
Monde Monde Aide Novices Experts
Icône 13 9 77 83
Iconeinfo-bulle 30 65 81 91
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• Chez les humains, le type dicones non
  identifiées varie selon le niveau de
  connaissances
• les novices identifient moins les icones simili
• sans info-bulle, les experts identifient moins
  les icones figuratives
• Pour LSA, le profil des icones non identifiées
  est proche de celui des experts
• les icones les moins identifiées sont des icones
  figuratives et linfo-bulle a un effet positif
  important

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Cognitive and metacognive tools for learning
How do we process information from multimedia,
hypermedia, collaborative and augmented
environements?
How to design more effective computer supported
learning environment ?
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Cognitive and metacognive tools for learning
Mémoire
Traitement
Perception
Sélection Organisation
Réponse
Input
Output
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CLEAP Project (in collaboration with Pierre
Dillenbourg at EPFL)
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CLEAP Project (2/5)
Does animation facilitate understanding of
dynamic phenomena?
Is animation more effective in collaborative or
individual learning situation?
Does the presence of snapshots of critical steps
help memorization and comprehension?
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CLEAP Project (3/5)
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CLEAP Project comprehension scores (4/5)
Format plt.05 Collaboration NS
Interaction collaboration format plt.01
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CLEAP Project comprehension score (5/5)
Snapshots NS Collaboration NS
Interaction collaboration snapshots plt.01
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Innovative Information and Communication systems
Design of  intelligent learning  environments
Learning and practice community portals
Ex TECFASEED project (Daniel Schneider)
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