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Code-Aware LLM Prompting in Deductive Qualitative Analysis: A Study in Multi-framework Analysis of Learning Designs

M. J. Rodríguez Triana; M. Saban; J. I. Asensio-Pérez; L. P. Prieto; I. Haba-Ortuo et al. 

2026. 20th European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, Newcastle upon Tyne and Durham, UK, 2025-09-15 – 2025-09-19. p. 427 – 441. DOI : 10.1007/978-3-032-03870-8_29.

Enhancing Student Engagement through Social Media-Based Gamification in a UI/UX Design Course

S. Sahli; D. Gillet 

2025. Eleventh International Conference on Higher Education Advances, 2025-06-17 – 2025-06-20. DOI : 10.4995/head25.2025.20115.

Exploring the Negative Impact of Smartphone Usage on Students’ Digital Wellbeing: A Systematic Review of Empirical Studies

R. Islambouli; S. Ingram; J. C. Farah; Z. Charlesworth; R. Aouad et al. 

International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction. 2025.  p. 1 – 23. DOI : 10.1080/10447318.2025.2499943.

Stimulating Brainstorming Activities with Generative AI in Higher Education

J. A. La Scala; S. Sahli; D. Gillet 

2025. 2025 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, London, United Kingdom, 2025-04-22 – 2025-04-25.

Research Data Lunch Talk – 15th meeting – Open Data and Open Source: Ensuring Longevity Beyond the Project

J-P. Hubaux; D. Gillet; L. Patiny; J-F. Molinari; C. Gabella et al. 

15th Research Data Lunch Talk, EPFL, Lausanne, Suisse, 2025-02-13.

Boosting trauma resilience: The power of electronic mental health support – a randomized trial

I. Vonèche Cardia; C. Bendahan; M. Fiori; J-P. Antonietti; J. C. Farah et al. 

Acta Psychologica. 2025. Vol. 253, num. March 2025.

Fostering Innovation with Generative AI: A Study on Human-AI Collaborative Ideation and User Anonymity

J. A. La Scala; N. Bartłomiejczyk; D. Gillet; A. C. Holzer 

2025. 58th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Hawaii, USA, 2025-01-07 – 2025-01-10. p. 342 – 351.

Exploring Collaboration Models for Supporting Ideation with AI Agents

J. A. La Scala; D. Gillet 

2025. 53rd SEFI 2025 Annual Conference, Tampere, Finland, 2025-09-15 – 2025-09-18. DOI : https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17631592.

Supporting Brainstorming Activities with Bots in Software Engineering Education

J. C. Farah; J. A. La Scala; S. Ingram; D. Gillet 

2025. 6th International Workshop on Bots in Software Engineering, Ottawa, Canada, 2025-04-27.

When AI Joins the Brainstorm: Impacts of Generative Language Models on Collaborative Divergent Thinking

J. A. La Scala; M. Berney; D. Gillet; A. Holzer 

2025. 46th International Conference on Information Systems (2025), Nashville, Tennessee, USA, 2025-12-14-2025-12-17.

Implementation Framework and Strategies for AI-augmented Open Educational Resources (OER): A Comprehensive Approach Applied to Secondary and Higher Education

D. Gillet; M. Notari; B. Spaenlehauer; T. Reidy 

2024. 21st International Conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training, Paris, France, 2024-11-06 – 2024-11-08.

Less Conservatism, Stronger Robustness: Iterative Robust Gain-Scheduled Path Following Control of Autonomous Bus With Unstructured and Changing Dynamics

M. Shi; H. He; J. Li; M. Han; X. Zhao et al. 

Ieee Transactions On Vehicular Technology. 2024. Vol. 73, num. 5, p. 6116 – 6128. DOI : 10.1109/TVT.2023.3337331.

Teacher-Mediated and Student-Led Interaction with a Physics Simulation: Effects on the Learning Experience

M. I. Magkouta; J. A. La Scala; J. C. Farah; E. Michailidi; D. Gillet 

2024. Nineteenth European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning ECTEL 2024, Krems, Austria, September 16-20, 2024.

Leveraging Collaborative Digital Platforms for Supervising Project-Based Learning Activities: A Case Study

J. A. La Scala; D. Gillet 

2024. 52nd Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2024-09-02 – 2024-09-05. DOI : 10.5281/zenodo.14256823.

Generative AI-Enabled Conversational Interaction to Support Self-Directed Learning Experiences in Transversal Computational Thinking

A. Ouaazki; K. Bergram; J. C. Farah; D. Gillet; A. Holzer 

2024. 2024 ACM Conference on Conversational User Interfaces (CUI ’24), Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, 8–10 July, 2024. DOI : 10.1145/3640794.3665542.

Engineering a Sustainable Future: Inspiring next STEM generation by Innovation

B. B. Gulejova; D. Gillet 

2024. 52 Conference of the European Society for Engineering, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2024-09-02 – 2024-09-05. p. 2458 – 2465. DOI : 10.5281/zenodo.14260901.

SUPPORTING THE FULL LIFE CYCLE OF RICH OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES WITH A LEARNING EXPERIENCE PLATFORM

D. Gillet; M. Notari; V. Ernsting; J. La Scala; B. Spaenlehauer 

2024. 52 Conference of the European Society for Engineering, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2024-09-02 – 2024-09-05. p. 2535 – 2540. DOI : 10.5281/zenodo.14260925.

Understanding Digital Wellbeing Through Smartphone Usage Intentions and Regrettable Patterns

R. Islambouli; S. Ingram; D. Gillet 

2024. 12 IEEE International Conference on Healthcare Informatics, Orlando, United States, 2024-06-03 – 2024-06-06. p. 426 – 435. DOI : 10.1109/ICHI61247.2024.00061.

Understanding and Enhancing Digital Wellbeing Dimensions: Empirical Studies on Smartphone Usage Patterns and Recommendations of Micro-Informative Content

R. Islambouli / D. Gillet; S. Ingram (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2024. 

Assessing ChatGPT’s Influence on Critical Thinking in Sustainability Oriented Activities

C. Alarcón-López; P. Krütli; D. Gillet 

2024. 15 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, Kos Island, Greece, 2024-05-08 – 2024-05-11. DOI : 10.1109/EDUCON60312.2024.10578790.

Digital Intervention for Collaborative and Human-Centered Activities in Design-Based Learning Scenarios

J. A. La Scala; I. Vonèche Cardia; D. Gillet 

2023. 2023 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering (TALE), Auckland, New Zealand, 28 November – 1 December 2023. p. 1 – 8. DOI : 10.1109/TALE56641.2023.10398356.

TRACE: A Conceptual Model to Guide the Design of Educational Chatbots

J. C. Farah; B. Spaenlehauer; S. Ingram; F. K-L. Lasne; M. J. Rodríguez-Triana et al. 

2023. 26th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning (ICL2023), Madrid, Spain, September 26-29, 2023. p. 442 – 454. DOI : 10.1007/978-3-031-51979-6_46.

Supporting Well-Being: A Digital Intervention Model for Disclosing Sexual Harassment in Higher Education

I. Voneche-Cardia; D. Gillet 

2023. IST-Africa Conference (IST-Africa), Tshwane, SOUTH AFRICA, May 31-Jun 02, 2023.

Harnessing Rule-Based Chatbots to Support Teaching Python Programming Best Practices

J. C. Farah; B. Spaenlehauer; S. Ingram; A. K. Purohit; A. Holzer et al. 

2023. 26th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning (ICL2023), Madrid, Spain, September 26-29, 2023. p. 455 – 466. DOI : 10.1007/978-3-031-51979-6_47.

A Conceptual Framework for Integrating Conversational Agents in Digital Education

J. C. Farah / D. Gillet (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. 

Using Video Streaming Feeds to Encourage Informal Learning

R. Islambouli; S. Ingram; I. V. Cardia; D. Gillet 

2023. 23rd IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT), Orem, UT, JUL 10-13, 2023. p. 307 – 311. DOI : 10.1109/ICALT58122.2023.00096.

Prompting Large Language Models to Power Educational Chatbots

J. C. Farah; S. Ingram; B. Spaenlehauer; F. K-L. Lasne; D. Gillet 

2023. 22nd International Conference on Web-Based Learning (ICWL 2023), Sydney, Australia, November 26–28, 2023. p. 169 – 188. DOI : 10.1007/978-981-99-8385-8_14.

A Canvas for the Ethical Design of Learning Experiences with Digital Tools

C. Hardebolle; P. Jermann; R. Tormey; J. Dehler Zufferey; D. Gillet et al. 

2022. 50th Annual Conference of The European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI 2022), Barcelona, Spain, September 19-22, 2022. p. 2282 – 2287. DOI : 10.5821/conference-9788412322262.1237.

Developing Transversal Skills and Strengthening Collaborative Blended Learning Activities in Engineering Education: a Pilot Study

J. A. La Scala; G. Aad; I. Vonèche Cardia; D. Gillet 

2022. 20th International Conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training (ITHET 2022), Antalya, Turkey, November 7-9, 2022. p. 1 – 8. DOI : 10.1109/ITHET56107.2022.10031948.

Promoting Computational Thinking Skills in Non-Computer Science Students Gamifying Computational Notebooks to Increase Student Engagement

A. De Santo; J. C. Farah; M. Lafuente Martínez; A. Moro; K. Bergram et al. 

IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies. 2022.  p. 1 – 14. DOI : 10.1109/TLT.2022.3180588.

Is Your Time Well Spent Online?: Focusing on Quality Experiences Through a User-Centered Recommendation Algorithm and Simulation Model

R. Islambouli; S. Ingram; D. Gillet 

2022. 2021 20th IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA), [Virtual event] Pasadena, CA, USA, December 13-16, 2021. DOI : 10.1109/ICMLA52953.2021.00171.

Toward Code Review Notebooks

J. C. Farah; B. Spaenlehauer; M. J. Rodríguez-Triana; S. Ingram; D. Gillet 

2022. 22nd IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, Bucharest, Romania, July 1-4, 2022. DOI : 10.1109/ICALT55010.2022.00068.

Integrated Model for Comprehensive Digital Education Platforms

D. Gillet; I. Vonèche Cardia; J. C. Farah; K. L. Phan Hoang; M. J. Rodríguez-Triana 

2022. IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON 2022), Tunis, Tunisia, March 28-31, 2022. p. 1586 – 1592. DOI : 10.1109/EDUCON52537.2022.9766795.

Introducing Alternative Value Proposition Canvases for Collaborative and Blended Design Thinking Activities in Science and Engineering Education

D. Gillet; I. Vonèche Cardia; J. A. La Scala 

2022. IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE) 2022 : Transforming Educational Technologies and Pedagogies for the Next Decade, Hong Kong, December 4-7, 2022. p. 252 – 257. DOI : 10.1109/TALE54877.2022.00049.

An Exploratory Study of Reactions to Bot Comments on GitHub

J. C. Farah; B. Spaenlehauer; X. Lu; S. Ingram; D. Gillet 

2022. 4th International Workshop on Bots in Software Engineering (BotSE 2022), Pittsburgh, PA, USA, May 9, 2022. p. 18 – 22. DOI : 10.1145/3528228.3528409.

Supporting Developers in Creating Web Apps for Education via an App Development Framework

J. C. Farah; S. Ingram; D. Gillet 

2022. 8th International Conference on Higher Education Advances (HEAd ’22), Valencia, Spain, June 14–17, 2022. p. 883 – 890. DOI : 10.4995/HEAd22.2022.14587.

Integrating Code Reviews into Online Lessons to Support Software Engineering Education

J. C. Farah; B. Spaenlehauer; M. J. Rodríguez-Triana; S. Ingram; D. Gillet 

2022. 25th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning (ICL2022), Vienna, Austria, September 27–30, 2022. p. 815 – 826. DOI : 10.1007/978-3-031-26190-9_84.

Impersonating Chatbots in a Code Review Exercise to Teach Software Engineering Best Practices

J. C. Farah; B. Spaenlehauer; V. Sharma; M. J. Rodríguez-Triana; S. Ingram et al. 

2022. 2022 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), Tunis, Tunisia, March 28-31, 2022. p. 1633 – 1641. DOI : 10.1109/EDUCON52537.2022.9766793.

Challenges and Opportunities in Integrating Interactive Chatbots into Code Review Exercises: A Pilot Case Study

J. C. Farah; B. Spaenlehauer; K. Bergram; A. C. Holzer; D. Gillet 

2022. 14th Annual International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies (EDULEARN), Palma de Mallorca, Spain, July 4-6, 2022. p. 3816 – 3825. DOI : 10.21125/edulearn.2022.0932.

Interactive Lab Experimentation and Simulation Tools for Remote Laboratories

F. Moghaddam; D. Gillet; A. Vaccari; C. Salzmann; Y. Piguet 

2022. 18th Annual International Conference of the International-Association-of-Online-Engineering (IAOE) and the Global-Online-Laboratory-Consortium (GOLC) on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV) – Online Engineering and Society 4.0, ELECTR NETWORK, Feb 24-26, 2021. p. 66 – 77. DOI : 10.1007/978-3-030-82529-4_7.

Data-Driven Convergence Prediction of Astrobots Swarms

M. Macktoobian; F. Basciani; D. Gillet; J-P. Kneib 

IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering. 2022. Vol. 19, num. 2, p. 747 – 758. DOI : 10.1109/TASE.2021.3062847.

A Blueprint for Integrating Task-Oriented Conversational Agents in Education

J. C. Farah; B. Spaenlehauer; S. Ingram; D. Gillet 

2022. 4th Conference on Conversational User Interfaces (CUI 2022), Glasgow, United Kingdom, July 26–28, 2022. DOI : 10.1145/3543829.3544525.

Promoting Critical and Design Thinking Activities to Tackle Sustainable Development Goals in Higher Education

D. Gillet; I. Vonèche Cardia 

2021. World Engineering Education Forum (WEEF 2021), Virtual, November 15-18, 2021. p. 225 – 231. DOI : 10.1109/WEEF/GEDC53299.2021.9657466.

A User Centered News Recommendation System

R. Islambouli; S. Ingram; D. Gillet 

2021. 32nd ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media (HT ’21), Virtual Event Ireland, August 30–September 3, 2021. p. 15 – 16. DOI : 10.1145/3468143.3483931.

Learning convergence prediction of astrobots in multi-object spectrographs

M. Macktoobian; F. Basciani; D. Gillet; J-P. Kneib 

Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems. 2021. Vol. 7, num. 1, p. 018003. DOI : 10.1117/1.JATIS.7.1.018003.

Astrobotics: Swarm Robotics for Astrophysical Studies

M. Macktoobian; D. Gillet; J-P. Kneib 

IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine. 2021. Vol. 28, num. 3, p. 92 – 101. DOI : 10.1109/MRA.2020.3044911.

Understanding teacher design practices for digital inquiry-based science learning: the case of Go-Lab

T. de Jong; D. Gillet; M. J. Rodriguez-Triana; T. Hovardas; D. Dikke et al. 

Etr&D-Educational Technology Research And Development. 2021. Vol. 69, p. 417 – 444. DOI : 10.1007/s11423-020-09904-z.

An Integrated Approach to Learning Analytics

U. Nwachukwu; S. Ingram; J. C. Farah; D. Gillet 

2021. 7th International Conference on Frontiers in Education: Computer Science & Computer Engineering (FECS ’21), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, July 26-29, 2021.

Analytical and Machine Learning Methods for the Complete Safe Coordination of Astrobot Swarms

M. Macktoobian / D. Gillet; J-P. R. Kneib (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. 

An End-to-End Data Pipeline for Managing Learning Analytics

J. C. Farah; J. C. Soares Machado; P. Torres da Cunha; S. Ingram; D. Gillet 

2021. 19th International Conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education and Training (ITHET), Sydney, Australia, November 4-6, 2021. DOI : 10.1109/ITHET50392.2021.9759783.

Oclussion-Aware Motion Planning at Roundabouts

E. Gonzalez Debada; A. Ung; D. Gillet 

IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles. 2021. Vol. 6, num. 2, p. 276 – 287. DOI : 10.1109/TIV.2020.3019211.

ADA for IBL: Lessons Learned in Aligning Learning Design and Analytics for Inquiry-Based Learning Orchestration

M. J. Rodriguez-Triana; L. P. Prieto; Y. Dimitriadis; T. de Jong; D. Gillet 

Journal Of Learning Analytics. 2021. Vol. 8, num. 2, p. 22 – 50. DOI : 10.18608/jla.2021.7357.

Graasp Desktop: Supporting Digital Education in Underconnected Schools in Africa

J. C. Farah; K. L. Phan Hoang; H. Taminian; D. Gillet 

Unequal World Conference (The Right to Education – Transforming the World Through Inclusive Quality Education), New York, USA (online), January 24-25, 2021.

Conveying the Perception of Humor Arising from Ambiguous Grammatical Constructs in Human-Chatbot Interaction

J. C. Farah; V. Sharma; S. Ingram; D. Gillet 

2021. 9th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (HAI ’21), Virtual Event, Japan, November 9–11, 2021. DOI : 10.1145/3472307.3484677.

Combining the Knowledge Appropriation Model and epistemic networks to understand co-creation and adoption of learning designs using log data

M. J. Rodríguez-Triana; L. P. Prieto; T. Ley; D. Gillet; T. De Jong 

Edutec. Revista Electrónica de Tecnología Educativa. 2020. num. 74, p. 190 – 205. DOI : 10.21556/edutec.2020.74.1789.

Experimental evaluation of complete safe coordination of astrobots for Sloan Digital Sky Survey V

M. Macktoobian; R. Araújo; L. Grossen; L. G. Kronig; M. Bouri et al. 

Experimental Astronomy. 2020. Vol. 51, num. 1, p. 77 – 94. DOI : 10.1007/s10686-020-09687-4.

Social practices in teacher knowledge creation and innovation adoption: a large-scale study in an online instructional design community for inquiry learning

M. J. Rodríguez-Triana; L. P. Prieto; T. Ley; T. de Jong; D. Gillet 

International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning. 2020. Vol. 15, p. 445 – 467. DOI : 10.1007/s11412-020-09331-5.

Towards Open Data in Digital Education Platforms

J. C. Soares Machado; J. C. Farah; M. J. Rodriguez Triana; D. Gillet 

Swiss Open Science Action Plan Kick-Off Forum, Lausanne, Switzerland, October 17, 2019.

Interdisciplinary Doctoral Training in Technology-Enhanced Learning in Europe

V. Pammer-Schindler; F. Wild; M. Fominykh; T. Ley; M. Perifanou et al. 

Frontiers in Education. 2020. Vol. 5, p. 150. DOI : 10.3389/feduc.2020.00150.

Instruction, Student Engagement and Learning Outcomes: A Case Study Using Anonymous Social Media in a Face-to-face Classroom

M. J. Rodriguez-Triana; L. Prieto; A. Holzer; D. Gillet 

IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies. 2020.  p. 1 – 1. DOI : 10.1109/TLT.2020.2995557.