Research and Teaching unit in Educational and Learning technologies Overview People Teaching Research TECFA Research and Teaching unit in Educational and Learning technologies January 2004

TECFA Overview People Teaching Research PSYCHOLOGY EDUCATION COMPUTER TECFA is a research and teaching unit created in 1989 by the Faculté de Psychologie et des Sciences de l'Education ("School of Psychology and Education") of the University of Geneva. It is active in the field of educational technologies. TECFA's research covers a large area of interests, including: cognitive issues in learning technology, computer-supported collaborative learning, virtual learning environments, computer-mediated communication, information systems in education, and distance education. COMPUTER SCIENCE COMMUNICATION

Collaborators and assistants Overview People Teaching Research Staf Mireille Betrancourt Daniel Peraya Daniel K. Schneider François Lombard PhD. Students Barbara Class, Nathalie Deschryver, Vivian P. Synteta Collaborators and assistants DEPOVER Christian, FITOURI Samir, FRETE Catherine, GONZALEZ Luis, JACCAZ Berenice, LATTION Stéphane, MORAND Stéphane, POIRIER Charline, REBETEZ Cyril, SIERRA Elodie, VIENS Jacques.

Undergraduate studies (Psycho and Education) Overview People Teaching Research Undergraduate studies (Psycho and Education) Human-Computer Interaction Mediated communication and learning Computer-based learning environments Since 1994, TECFA offers STAF ("Sciences et Technologies de l'Apprentissage et de la Formation") : a postgraduate diploma (DESS) in educational technology. Since its creation, this degree combines presential activities (6 weeks per year) and web-based activities. TECFA has been a pioneer in the design of a virtual campus promoting a constructivist approach. We are now investigating the use of community portals to promote distance learning with a socio-constructivist approach. I will say more about when talking about research. Integrating technologies in the classroom Graduate diploma (Master) Sciences and Technologies for Learning and Teaching

Variety of research methods Overview People Teaching Research Main topics Mediated Communication and distance education Cognitive tools for learning Innovative Information and Communication Systems Variety of research methods Our research projects involve two general issues: how to designeffective computer-supported environment to promote learning? -> instructional design, usability, cognitive concern how does technology affect the learning and teaching processes? Technology changes not only the tool but also the whole situation: instructional strategies, social interactions between peers and teachers. Laboratory experiments Field studies Action research

Semiotic componant Social componant Cognitive componant Overview People Teaching Research Mediated Communication and distance education Semiotic componant Social componant Cognitive componant Social componant : social interactions, rites, negociation, culture Semiotic componant : speech, signs systems, mediatisation Cognitive componant : learning processes, memory, cognitive load How to design effective mediated / distance education situations? How does mediated / distance education affect learning and teaching?

IntersTICES’ mandate (Swiss Virtual Campus) 2000 - 2003 Overview People Teaching Research IntersTICES’ mandate (Swiss Virtual Campus) 2000 - 2003 To provide pedagogical support to the projects. To identify the projects’ pedagogical practices and factors affecting the exploitation of the innovative potential of ICT. To set the bases of an evaluation framework

How ICT can change instructional strategies Overview People Teaching Research How ICT can change instructional strategies The « wiki » as a co-construction tool (François’s demo)

Cognitive tools for learning Overview People Teaching Research Cognitive tools for learning How do we learn from multimedia and hypermedia document ? How to design more effective multimedia and hypermedia documents ? CLEAP Project = Collaborative Learning from Animated Pictures Our research projects involve two general issues: how to designeffective computer-supported environment to promote learning? -> instructional design, usability, cognitive concern how does technology affect the learning and teaching processes? Technology changes not only the tool but also the whole situation: instructional strategies, social interactions between peers and teachers. Voir rift animation

Innovative Information and Communication systems Overview People Teaching Research Innovative Information and Communication systems Design of « intelligent learning » environments Learning and practice community portals Ex : TECFASEED project (Daniel Schneider) Our research projects involve two general issues: how to designeffective computer-supported environment to promote learning? -> instructional design, usability, cognitive concern how does technology affect the learning and teaching processes? Technology changes not only the tool but also the whole situation: instructional strategies, social interactions between peers and teachers.

Thank you for your kind attention. Overview People Teaching Research Thank you for your kind attention. Our research projects involve two general issues: how to designeffective computer-supported environment to promote learning? -> instructional design, usability, cognitive concern how does technology affect the learning and teaching processes? Technology changes not only the tool but also the whole situation: instructional strategies, social interactions between peers and teachers. http://tecfa.unige.ch