Publications

2026

Conference Papers

Reframing Computational Thinking for AI Education

V. Ferraioli; F. Mondada; V. Abou-Khalil 

Two Decades of TEL. From Lessons Learnt to Challenges Ahead – 20th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, EC-TEL 2025, Proceedings

2026

20th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, 2025-09-15 – 2025-09-19.

p. 168 – 182

DOI : 10.1007/978-3-032-03870-8_12

Structured Prompts, Better Outcomes? Exploring the Effects of a Structured Interface with ChatGPT in a Graduate Robotics Course

J. Brender; L. El-Hamamsy; K. Uittenhove; F. Mondada; E. Bumbacher 

Two Decades of TEL. From Lessons Learnt to Challenges Ahead – 20th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, EC-TEL 2025, Proceedings

2026

20th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, 2025-09-15 – 2025-09-19.

p. 91 – 106

DOI : 10.1007/978-3-032-03870-8_7

2025

Journal Articles

In Memoriam: Prof. Reymond Clavel [RAM Society News]

A. Billard; M. Bouri; M. S. Sakar; J. Paik; A. Ijspeert et al. 

IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine

2025

Vol. 32 , num. 3, p. 213 – 214.

DOI : 10.1109/MRA.2025.3586085

FADE-CTP: A Framework for the Analysis and Design of Educational Computational Thinking Problems

G. Adorni; A. Piatti; E. W. Bumbacher; L. Negrini; F. Mondada et al. 

Technology, Knowledge and Learning

2025

DOI : https://doi.org/10.1007/s10758-025-09833-x

The Competent Computational Thinking Test (cCTt): A Valid, Reliable and Gender-Fair Test for Longitudinal CT Studies in Grades 3-6

L. El-Hamamsy; M. Zapata-Caceres; E. Martin-Barroso; F. Mondada; J. D. Zufferey et al. 

TECHNOLOGY KNOWLEDGE AND LEARNING

2025

DOI : 10.1007/s10758-024-09777-8

The handwriting programming language for primary school: aligning computer science education with established teaching practices

J. Brender; L. El-Hamamsy; C. Giang; L. Mathex; T. Käser et al. 

Educational Technology Research and Development

2025

DOI : 10.1007/s11423-025-10503-z

Conference Papers

Explicitly Teaching Debugging in Primary School: Effectiveness, Transferability and Durability

N. Tuor; L. El-Hamamsy; M. Chevalier; J. Brender; E. Bumbacher 

Proceedings of the 25th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research

2025

Koli Calling ’25: 25th Koli Calling International Conference on Computing Education Research, Koli Finland, 2025-11-11 – 2025-11-16.

p. 1 – 12

DOI : 10.1145/3769994.3769999

Reframing Computational Thinking for AI Education

V. Ferraioli; F. Mondada; V. Abou Khalil 

Two Decades of TEL. From Lessons Learnt to Challenges Ahead

2025

20th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, Newcastle upon Tyne and Durham, UK, 2025-09-15 – 2025-09-19.

p. 168 – 182

DOI : 10.1007/978-3-032-03870-8_12

Teachers’ Perspectives on Using and Teaching Artificial Intelligence in Early Primary Education

M. Vogt; V. Ferraioli; V. Abou-Khalil; L. Hollenstein; F. Mondada et al. 

Artificial Intelligence in Education. Posters and Late Breaking Results, Workshops and Tutorials, Industry and Innovation Tracks, Practitioners, Doctoral Consortium, Blue Sky, and WideAIED – 26th International Conference, AIED 2025, Proceedings

2025

26th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, Palermo, Italy, 2025-07-22 – 2025-07-26.

p. 176 – 183

DOI : 10.1007/978-3-031-99267-4_22

Preparing Teachers for an Equitable AI Integration in Education

V. Abou-Khalil; L. Hollenstein; V. Ferraioli; M. Vogt; B. Flanagan et al. 

Artificial Intelligence in Education. Posters and Late Breaking Results, Workshops and Tutorials, Industry and Innovation Tracks, Practitioners, Doctoral Consortium, Blue Sky, and WideAIED – 26th International Conference, AIED 2025, Proceedings

2025

26th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, Palermo, Italy, 2025-07-22 – 2025-07-26.

p. 249 – 254

DOI : 10.1007/978-3-031-99267-4_31

Extending Sensory Capabilities of a Biohybrid System: Prediction of Honeycomb Fill

C. F. Monette; R. Mills; F. Mondada 

2024 12th International Conference on Control, Mechatronics and Automation (ICCMA)

2025

12th International Conference on Control, Mechatronics and Automation, London, UK, 2024-11-11 – 2024-11-13.

p. 142 – 147

DOI : 10.1109/ICCMA63715.2024.10843927

2024

Journal Articles

Development of algorithmic thinking skills in K-12 education: A comparative study of unplugged and digital assessment instruments

G. Adorni; I. Artico; A. Piatti; E. Lutz; L. M. Gambardella et al. 

Computers in Human Behavior Reports

2024

Vol. 15 , p. 100466.

DOI : 10.1016/j.chbr.2024.100466

A Bebras Computational Thinking (ABC-Thinking) program for primary school: Evaluation using the competent computational thinking test

M. Zapata-Caceres; P. Marcelino; L. El-Hamamsy; E. Martin-Barroso 

Education And Information Technologies

2024

DOI : 10.1007/s10639-023-12441-w

Quantifying the biomimicry gap in biohybrid robot-fish pairs

V. Papaspyros; G. Theraulaz; C. Sire; F. Mondada 

Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

2024

Vol. 19 , num. 4, p. 046020.

DOI : 10.1088/1748-3190/ad577a

Biohybrid Superorganisms—On the Design of a Robotic System for Thermal Interactions With Honeybee Colonies

R. Barmak; D. N. Hofstadler; M. Stefanec; L. Piotet; R. Cherfan et al. 

IEEE Access

2024

Vol. 12 , p. 50849 – 50871.

DOI : 10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3385658

Predicting the long-term collective behaviour of fish pairs with deep learning

V. Papaspyros; R. Escobedo; A. Alahi; G. Theraulaz; C. Sire et al. 

Journal of The Royal Society Interface

2024

Vol. 21 , num. 212.

DOI : 10.1098/rsif.2023.0630

Architecture of a decentralised decision support system for futuristic beehives

V. Komasilovs; R. Mills; A. Kviesis; F. Mondada; A. Zacepins 

Biosystems Engineering

2024

Vol. 240 , p. 56 – 61.

DOI : 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2024.02.017

Conference Papers

Scaffolding Creative Programming Projects

A. Repenning; S. Grabowski 

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

2024

19 WiPSCE Conference in Primary and Secondary Computing Education Research, Munich, Germany, 2024-09-16 – 2024-09-18.

DOI : 10.1145/3677619.3677634

Who’s Helping Who? When Students Use ChatGPT to Engage in Practice Lab Sessions

J. Brender; L. El-Hamamsy; F. Mondada; E. W. Bumbacher 

Artificial Intelligence in Education

2024

25th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, AIED 2024, Recife, Brazil, 2024-07-08 – 2024-07-12.

p. 235 – 249

DOI : 10.1007/978-3-031-64302-6_17

A Comparative Analysis of Tools & Task Types for Measuring Computational Problem-Solving

E. Bumbacher; J. Brender; R. L. Davis 

SIGCSE 2024: Proceedings of the 55thACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education

2024

ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE 2024), Portland OR USA, March 20-23, 2024.

p. 1 – 1567

DOI : 10.1145/3626253.3635547

2023

Journal Articles

Correction: How are primary school computer science curricular reforms contributing to equity? Impact on student learning, perception of the discipline, and gender gaps (vol 10, 60, 2023)

L. El-Hamamsy; B. Bruno; C. Audrin; M. Chevalier; S. Avry et al. 

International Journal Of Stem Education

2023

Vol. 10 , num. 1, p. 63.

DOI : 10.1186/s40594-023-00456-1

A biohybrid interaction framework for the integration of robots in animal societies

V. Papaspyros; D. Burnier; R. Cherfan; G. Theraulaz; C. Sire et al. 

IEEE Access

2023

p. 1 – 1.

DOI : 10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3290960

A robotic honeycomb for interaction with a honeybee colony

R. Barmak; M. Stefanec; D. N. Hofstadler; L. Piotet; S. Schönwetter-Fuchs-Schistek et al. 

Science Robotics

2023

Vol. 8 , num. 76.

DOI : 10.1126/scirobotics.add7385

A Research-Practice Partnership to Introduce Computer Science in Secondary School: Lessons from a Pilot Program

L. El-Hamamsy; J-P. Pellet; M. Roberts; H. Kovacs; B. Bruno et al. 

ACM Transactions on Computing Education

2023

DOI : 10.1145/3583779

Modelling the sustainability of a primary school digital education curricular reform and professional development program

L. El-Hamamsy; E-C. Monnier; S. Avry; M. Chevalier; B. Bruno et al. 

Education and Information Technologies

2023

DOI : 10.1007/s10639-023-11653-4

From teacher to teacher-trainer: A qualitative study exploring factors contributing to a successful train-the-trainer digital education program

E-C. Monnier; S. Avry; L. El-Hamamsy; C. Pulfrey; C. Caneva et al. 

Social Sciences & Humanities Open

2023

Vol. 8 , num. 1, p. 100518.

DOI : 10.1016/j.ssaho.2023.100518

How are primary school computer science curricular reforms contributing to equity? Impact on student learning, perception of the discipline, and gender gaps

L. El-Hamamsy; B. Bruno; C. Audrin; M. Chevalier; S. Avry et al. 

International Journal of STEM Education

2023

Vol. 10 , num. 1.

DOI : 10.1186/s40594-023-00438-3

An adapted cascade model to scale primary school digital education curricular reforms and teacher professional development programs

L. El-Hamamsy; E-C. Monnier; S. Avry; F. Chessel-Lazzarotto; G. Liegeois et al. 

Education and Information Technologies

2023

DOI : 10.1007/s10639-023-12043-6

Theses

Challenges and approaches in bridging the biomimicry gap in biohybrid systems of fish and robots

V. Papaspyros / Director(s) : F. Mondada 

Lausanne: EPFL

2023

p. 246.

DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-9728

Co-constructing an Effective, Sustainable and Scalable Primary School Computer Science Curricular Reform

L. A. El-Hamamsy / Director(s) : F. Mondada; B. Bruno 

Lausanne: EPFL

2023

p. 381.

DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-10348

Datasets

Extended dataset for the validation the competent Computational Thinking test in grades 3-6

L. El-Hamamsy; B. Bruno; J. Dehler Zufferey; F. Mondada 

2023

Dataset for the evaluation of student-level outcomes of a primary school Computer Science curricular reform

L. El-Hamamsy; B. Bruno; J. Dehler Zufferey; F. Mondada 

2023

Dataset for the evaluation of the scalability of a primary school Digital Education curricular reform

L. El-Hamamsy; B. Bruno; J. Dehler Zufferey; F. Mondada 

2023

2022

Journal Articles

Comparing the psychometric properties of two primary school Computational Thinking (CT) assessments for grades 3 and 4: The Beginners’ CT test (BCTt) and the competent CT test (cCTt)

L. El-Hamamsy; M. Zapata-Cáceres; P. Marcelino; B. Bruno; J. Dehler Zufferey et al. 

Frontiers in Psychology

2022

Vol. 13 .

DOI : 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1082659

The TACS Model: Understanding Primary School Teachers’ Adoption of Computer Science Pedagogical Content

L. El-Hamamsy; B. Bruno; S. Avry; F. Chessel-Lazzarotto; J. Dehler Zufferey et al. 

ACM Transactions on Computing Education

2022

DOI : 10.1145/3569587

The role of feedback and guidance as intervention methods to foster computational thinking in educational robotics learning activities for primary school

M. Chevalier; C. Giang; L. El-Hamamsy; E. Bonnet; V. Papaspyros et al. 

Computers & Education

2022

Vol. 180 , p. 104431.

DOI : 10.1016/j.compedu.2022.104431

The CT-cube: A framework for the design and the assessment of computational thinking activities

A. Piatti; G. Adorni; L. El-Hamamsy; L. Negrini; D. Assaf et al. 

Computers in Human Behavior Reports

2022

p. 100166.

DOI : 10.1016/j.chbr.2021.100166

The competent Computational Thinking Test: Development and Validation of an Unplugged Computational Thinking Test for Upper Primary School

L. El-Hamamsy; M. Zapata-Cáceres; E. Martín-Barroso; F. Mondada; J. Dehler Zufferey et al. 

Journal of Educational Computing Research

2022

p. 073563312210817.

DOI : 10.1177/07356331221081753

Conference Papers

A case for co-construction with teachers in curricular reform: Introducing computer science in primary school

L. El-Hamamsy; B. Bruno; H. Kovacs; M. Chevalier; J. Dehler Zufferey et al. 

ACE ’22: Australasian Computing Education Conference

2022

Australasian Computing Education Conference, Virtual, February 14-18, 2022.

p. 56 – 65

DOI : 10.1145/3511861.3511883

A study model for reconstructing urban ecological niches

A. Ilgün; R. Mills; F. Mondada; T. Schmickl 

Structures and Architecture A Viable Urban Perspective?

2022

Fifth International Conference on Structures and Architecture (ICSA2022), Aalborg, Denmark, July 6–8, 2022.

p. 75 – 82

Theses

Mediating Computational Thinking Through Educational Robotics In Primary School

M. S. D. Chevalier / Director(s) : F. Mondada; B. Baumberger 

Lausanne: EPFL

2022

p. 164.

DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-7575

Datasets

Dataset to Model the Sustainability of a Primary School Digital Education Curricular Reform and Professional Development Program

L. El-Hamamsy; Emilie-Charlotte Monnier; S. Avry; M. S. D. Chevalier; B. Bruno et al. 

2022

Dataset for the publication “The TACS Model: Understanding Teachers’ Adoption of Computer Science Pedagogical Content in Primary School”

L. El-Hamamsy; B. Bruno; S. Avry; F. Chessel-Lazzarotto; J. D. Zufferey et al. 

2022

Dataset for the validation of a Computational Thinking test for upper primary school (grades 3-4)

L. El-Hamamsy; M. Zapata-Cáceres; E. M. Barroso; F. Mondada; J. D. Zufferey et al. 

2022

Dataset for the comparison of two Computational Thinking (CT) test for upper primary school (grades 3-4) : the Beginners’ CT test (BCTt) and the competent CT test (cCTt)

L. El-Hamamsy; M. Zapata-Cáceres; P. Marcelino; J. D. Zufferey; B. Bruno et al. 

2022

2021

Journal Articles

Accessible Maker-based Approaches to Educational Robotics in Online Learning

A. Mehrotra; C. Giang; L. El-Hamamsy; A. Guinchard; A. Dame et al. 

IEEE Access

2021

Vol. 10 , p. 1 – 15.

DOI : 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3094158

Social Integrating Robots Suggest Mitigation Strategies for Ecosystem Decay

T. Schmickl; M. Szopek; F. Mondada; R. Mills; M. Stefanec et al. 

Frontiers In Bioengineering And Biotechnology

2021

Vol. 9 , p. 612605.

DOI : 10.3389/fbioe.2021.612605

The symbiotic relationship between educational robotics and computer science in formal education

L. El-Hamamsy; B. Bruno; F. Chessel-Lazzarotto; M. Chevalier; D. Roy et al. 

Education and Information Technologies

2021

Vol. 26 , p. 5077 – 5107.

DOI : 10.1007/s10639-021-10494-3

Conference Papers

Exploring a Handwriting Programming Language for Educational Robots

L. El-Hamamsy; V. Papaspyros; T. Kangur; L. Mathex; C. Giang et al. 

Robotics in Education

2021

12th International Conference on Robotics in Education (Rie 2021), Bratislava, Slovakia, April 28-30, 2021.

p. 268 – 275

DOI : 10.1007/978-3-030-82544-7_25

Datasets

Dataset for the evaluation of a large-scale in-service K-4 teacher-training program for computer science and robotics

L. El-Hamamsy; F. Chessel-Lazzarotto; B. Bruno; J. D. Zufferey; F. Mondada 

2021