Workshops and courses for doctoral assistants & post-docs

These workshops and courses are for doctoral assistants and post-docs at EPFL and partner institutions who wish to improve their teaching skills.

If you are a member of another public institution, please drop us a line at this email address to inquire if we can accommodate you in a particular workshop.


Pedagogical Skills Development Workshops

Foundations of Teaching Science and Engineering:

This online course addresses both what to do when teaching and explains why these strategies are appropriate and useful. It includes 5 units with videos and quizzes, and you can start whenever you want.

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Teaching Toolkit for EXERCISES:

This interactive one-day workshop targets the development of skills to manage classroom interactions and design exercises that maximize learning.

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Teaching Toolkit for PROJECTS:

This workshop helps you support students facing difficulties in open-ended real-world projects, including collaboration, project management, uncertainty, and incomplete data.

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Teaching Toolkit for LABS:

This hands-on workshop develops your ability to design labs and interact with students to promote autonomy and critical thinking.

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Teaching Toolkit for PRESENTING:

Practice and receive feedback on evidence-informed strategies for presenting and explaining scientific and technical content.

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Courses in the EDOC Programme

Science and Engineering Teaching and Learning:

This course introduces contemporary research on teaching and learning in higher education and develops participants’ teaching skills. It provides a framework to support continuous improvement based on evaluation of one’s own teaching practice.

ENG-624

Course book (fall)

Course book (spring)

Lecturing and Presenting in Engineering:

Participants design and deliver lessons for specific audiences, informed by contemporary research on teaching engineering. Useful for those pursuing a teaching-oriented career in science or engineering.

ENG-629

Course book

Supervising Students in Projects and Labs:

A hands-on course focused on developing the skills needed to supervise and evaluate students working on projects and labs typical of science and engineering.

ENG-633

Course book

Teaching STEM Problem Solving Approach:

This course develops skills for teaching problem-solving heuristics, metacognitive strategies, and ways to help students transfer these skills from paper exercises to real-world engineering contexts.

** To participate in these courses, you must register through ISA.

ENG-644

Course book