Learning and Teaching Technologies
The research group Learning and Teaching Technologies (TECFA) is leaded by Prof. Mireille Bétrancourt and Daniel Peraya.
Research Fields
1. Mediated Educational Communication and distance education - Distance Education - Semiotics in Educational Technology Products -. Pragmatics in Educational Communication
2. Learning tools - Models of Learning & Computational Metaphors - Help Systems for Learning - Computer Supported Collaborative Learning - Learning from multimedia and hypermedia.
3. Human Computer Interaction - Usability of learning interfaces and instructional support.
4. Development and educational adaptation of Information & Communication Systems - Multi-User Virtual Worlds - Educational modelling languages - Interactive Web Pages - Community portals - web 2.0 and social software - affective computing.
5. Design of innovative learning environments - Serious games - interactive narratives - intelligent characters.
6. Computer-supported learning environment for population with special needs - sensory or cognitive disabilities - specific learning disabilities