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Welcome to the Professorship for Learning Sciences and Higher Education (LSE) at ETH Zurich

News

We are excited to announce the worldwide release of Prof. Kapur's new book: external page Productive Failure.

'Productive Failure' Book Interview

Prof. Kapur had an interesting discussion with external page Anwiti Singh on New Dehli Television (NDTV) about his external page 'Productive Failure' book. Watch the full interview on external page 'How to Turn Failures into Success'.

Invited Talks

Prof. Kapur talked about Productive Failure, Embodied Learning, and the Future of Learning along with Dr. Chris Luebkeman, ETH Zurich and Livia Leu, Ambassador of Switzerland in Germany, at the external page Berlin Science Week 2024.

Prof. Kapur was a keynote speaker at EDULEARN24 conference in Palma.

external page When and how flipped learning is effective.

Prof. Kapur was interviewed on external page Andrew Horsfield's podcast "The Messy Middle".

external page Episode #47 - Productive Failure

Prof. Kapur talked about failure as a means of learning at external page TEDxHSG Salon, University of St. Gallen.

Doctoral Defenses

December 4, 2023

Vera Baumgartner successfully defended her dissertation Preparing to Learn Linear Algebra — Problem-Solving before Instruction in University Mathematics

August 30, 2023

Charlotte Müller successfully defended her dissertation Embodied Quantum Chemistry Learning from Haptic Feedback.

August 28, 2023

Nadja Beeler successfully defended her dissertation Visual Learning in Melanoma Detection: Factors Related to Diagnostic Performance and the Efficacy of Educational Interventions.

May 31st, 2023

Samuel Tobler susscessfully defended his disseration Advancing university biology education with narratives.

May 30, 2023

Alex von Bergen successfully defended his disseration How gender identity, math-gender stereotype, math self-concept and math anxiety are related to math achievement in elementary school children

April 3, 2023

Christian Fässler successfully defended his disseration Computer-based Virtual Environment Simulations for Differential Diagnosis in Medical Education.

March 30, 2023

Julia Chatain successfully defended her disseration Embodied Interaction in Virtual Reality for Grounding Mathematics and received the prestigious ETH Medal for her outstanding dissertation.

Welcome

We are very happy to welcome Xiaoxuan Li, who joined Manu's professorship as a doctoral student of the ETH Zurich - EPFL Joint Doctoral Programme in the Learning Sciences (JDPLS).

A very warm welcome to Laura Bock, who joined Manu's professorship as a doctoral student of the ETH Zurich - EPFL Joint Doctoral Programme in the Learning Sciences (JDPLS).

A very warm welcome to Maria Ioanna Magkouta, who joined Manu's professorship as a doctoral student of the ETH Zurich - EPFL Joint Doctoral Programme in the Learning Sciences (JDPLS).

JDPLS Summer School 2023

Seven new ETH Zurich and six new EPFL doctoral students joined the second cohort of the ETH Zurich - EPFL Joint Doctoral Programme in the Learning Sciences (JDPLS), attending the JDPLS Summer School at hotel Murtenhof und Krone, Murten.

Accolades

November 2023

Dr. Julia Chatain received the prestigious ETH Medal for her outstanding disseration Embodied Interaction in Virtual Reality for Grounding Mathematics

October 2023

Prof. Kapur, received the external page Dandelion Award 2023 for championing student entrepreneurship at ETH Zurich.

June 2023

Dr. Samuel Tobler was nominated for the Outstanding Student Paper Award for the paper "Metacognitive calibration: a methodological expansion and empirical application" at the 7th International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ISLS 2023).

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Additional Information

We are a research lab that aims to advance not only fundamental understandings of human cognition and learning but also its application in the real ecologies of learning, especially higher education contexts. We recognize that learning is a complex phenomenon. This necessitates the deployment of interdisciplinary theoretical and methodological toolkits - neural, cognitive, affective, embodied, social, and cultural - to iteratively design, test, and refine innovative learning environments.

Contact

ETH Zurich
Professorship for Learning Sciences and Higher Education
Clausiusstrasse 59
8092 Zürich
Switzerland