Resources for students
We provide a wide range of educational resources for students. Here are a few examples:
- Resources « Apprendre à étudier » to help first year students to develop learning habits that are supported by research evidence
- Compagnon guides on the appropriate use of AI to assist students to make responsible decisions about how their use AI tools in their studies.
- Documents and resources to help you take a remote oral or written exam.
- Resources to help first-year students acquire learning habits whose effectiveness and importance are confirmed by the results of scientific research.
Please note that we are happy to develop other resources upon request if these can benefit the entire EPFL student community, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Learning to Study offers an ecosystem of resources and support to help first-year students develop effective learning strategies, with enhanced support from the very first weeks of the semester. Resources provided by EPFL to assist students to develop their study skills include (in French):
- The book Apprendre à étudier: practical advice and strategies for effective learning.
- A 10-hour MOOC: to discover and practise effective learning strategies.
- A 2-hour workshop: offered during the orientation day to introduce students to key learning strategies.
- A selection of essential MOOC videos: selected from the MOOC to provide a quick introduction to the most important learning strategies.
- A peer mentoring programme: from the 2nd or 3rd week of the semester, section mentors contact students to support them during their first months at EPFL.
- A Moodle space, the Starter Kit: welcome activities and resources are brought together, presented and described in one place to make them easy to access.
These compagnon resources to the book Apprendre à étudier propose practical recommendations to integrate AI in your studies ini ways that are responsible, reflective and supportive of learning.
Effective group work is an important transversal skill for engineering students, and professional engineers. The videos and supplementary PDF resources below address common challenges and present useful strategies for working in student project groups. Please do use them yourself, and share them with your students.
Please note that these materials are exclusively in French.
Vidéos
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Que faire lors de la première réunion du projet ?
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Nous n’arrivons pas à prendre de décision – faut-il avoir un leader ? |
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Les heures passent en réunion mais on avance peu – comment être plus productif ? |
Comment former une équipe performante ? |
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Quels outils pour la communication, pour partager des fichiers au sein du groupe ? |
Untel fait des critiques non constructives – comment améliorer la dynamique de groupe ? |
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Untel est trop attaché à ses idées – comment lui faire comprendre que c’est un travail de groupe ? |
Nous avons un conflit de personnalité au sein du groupe – comment produire un projet de qualité quand même ? |
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Comment trouver de bonnes idées, créatives et exploitables ? |
Untel rend un travail de mauvais qualité – comment gérer cette situation ? |
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L’échéance finale s’approche et les tensions montent – comment faire face ? |
Documents pour aller plus loin… avec les stratégies concrètes
| Écoute active | Résolution de conflit |
| Brainstorming + | Gestion de projet |
| Décisions + | Gestion de réunion |
| Développement d’un groupe | Étapes de conception d’un poster |
| Outils collaboratifs |
Vidéos 2014
| Développement d’un groupe | |
| Un projet en conception | |
| Contribuer aux travaux de groupe |
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