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Learning and Teaching Technologies

tecfa

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