Prof. Pierre Dillenbourg

Prof. Pierre Dillenbourg
Professeur de pédagogie et nouvelles technologies de formation
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Pierre [DOT] Dillenbourg [AT] epfl [DOT] ch
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Mobile: +41 (0)79 /474.48.09
Short CV
Former teacher in elementary school, Pierre Dillenbourg graduated in educational
science (University of Mons, B). He started his research on learning technologies in
1984. He obtained a PhD in computer science from the University of Lancaster
(UK), in the domain of artificial intelligence applications for educational software.
He has been director of TECFA, the educational technology unit at the University of
Geneva. He joined EPFL in November 2002. His curriculum vitae includes more than
50 publications and 100 conferences worldwide. His current interests concern
computer-supported collaborative learning: the role of virtual space in social
interaction; the effects of awareness tools on group performance and mutual
modeling; the design of mixed-reality learning environments; mobile technologies
for learning. P. Dillenbourg has been consultant consulting on training technologies
and HCI issues for large companies in Switzerland and Europe. He is the editor of
the Kluwer Series "Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning" and President of
International Society for Learning Sciences.
P. Dillenbourg (Ed) (1999) Collaborative-learning: Cognitive and Computational
Approaches. Oxford: Pergamon
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Background
Elementary school teacher (Nivelles, Belgium, '79)
Graduated in educational & psychological sciences (Mons, Belgium, '96)
PhD in artificial intelligence (Lancaster, UK, '91)
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Domains of Activity
Training technologies: designing educational software, using internet for local and
distance education
Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning
Ergonomics / Human-Computer Interaction
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Research
Current
Past
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Publications
Ouvrage
Chapitres dans ouvrages
Articles dans revues scientifiques
Actes de Colloques
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Consulting
Mandats de conseil et de développement auprès des sociétés :
- ELF Aquitaine; IBM Genève; Lombard Odier & Cie; Nestlé; Nokia; Novartis; Pictet
& Cie; Usinor; World Health Organisation
Ces mandats portaient sur:
- la conception de logiciels de formation assistée par ordinateur
- la conception de systèmes d’aide pour une application informatique
- l’analyse des besoins de formation d’une entreprise (interview de responsables
des différents secteurs) et de la pertinence du e-learning
- l’analyse ergonomique d’une application ou d’un site Web, essentiellement sous
forme de ‘usability testing’
- l’étude des besoins des utilisateurs sous forme d’interviews (par exemple, leurs
besoins en matière d’Intranet)
- la présentation des possibilités du e-learning pour l’entreprise
- l'utilisation de technologies mobiles pour la formation
- Co-fondateur en 1998 de la société ‘Cognition & Design’ (SARL), vendue en 2000
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Contact
e-mail: pierre dot dillenbourg at epfl dot ch
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