Prof. Pierre Dillenbourg

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

Background

• Elementary school teacher (Nivelles, Belgium, '79)
• Graduated in educational & psychological sciences (Mons, Belgium, '96)
• PhD in artificial intelligence (Lancaster, UK, '91)

Domains of Activity

• Training technologies: designing educational software, using internet for local and distance education, ....
• Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning
• Ergonomics / Human-Computer Interaction

Research

• Current
• Past

Publications

• Ouvrage
• Chapitres dans ouvrages
• Articles dans revues scientifiques
• Actes de Colloques

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

• 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

Hobbies

Sport
01 h 04 Brussels 20 K
02 h 25 Berchem Marathon
13 H 02 Patrouille des Glaciers (Zermatt - Verbier)
35 jours Crossing Baffin Island (west of Greenland)

Chanson Française
1. Nom de Dieu (Slaude Semal)
2. Grand mère ghetto (Danièle Messia)
3. Amsterdam (Brel)

Contact

• e-mail: pierre dot dillenbourg at epfl dot ch
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