TEPEE
*TEPEE (Technologies for Positive lEarning Experiences) est un groupe de recherche initié par le Pr. Gaëlle Molinari et qui est associé conjointement au TECFA (Faculté de Psychologie et des Sciences de l’Education, Université de Genève) et à UniDistance. TEPEE se veut être un pôle fédérateur de recherches autour d'un thème en émergence, les technologies positives pour l’apprentissage, thème qui prend appui sur différents domaines : la psychologie des émotions et ses travaux sur le rôle des émotions dans l'apprentissage (Pekrun, 2006) ; la psychologie positive qui concerne l'étude scientifique des facteurs qui favorisent le développement du plein potentiel (Vallerand & Bragoli-Barzan, 2019) ; la technologie positive qui se centre sur la conception et l’usage des technologies numériques pour promouvoir le fonctionnement optimal des individus, des groupes et des organisations (Gaggioli, Villani, Serino, Banos, & Botella, 2019).
Parmi les objectifs de recherche actuels du groupe TEPEE figurent :
- celui de comprendre comment améliorer l’expérience apprenante des étudiant.e.s en formation hybride/à distance, notamment comment les aider à se maintenir engagé.e.s, à faire face à la pression à l'autorégulation, aux fluctuations de motivation et d'énergie ;
- et celui de comprendre le rôle des émotions dans l’apprentissage collaboratif à distance, notamment comment aider les apprenant.e.s à prendre conscience des émotions ressenties et les utiliser pour mieux collaborer.
**TEPEE (Technologies for Positive Learning Experiences) is a research group initiated by Pr. Gaëlle Molinari, and jointly associated with TECFA (Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Geneva) and UniDistance.TEPEE's research is structured around an emerging theme, positive technologies for learning, a theme that draws on various fields: Psychology of emotions and its work on the role of emotions in learning (Pekrun, 2006); Positive Psychology which concerns the scientific study of factors that promote the development of individuals' full potential (Vallerand & Bragoli-Barzan, 2019); Positive Technology, which focuses on the design and use of digital technologies to promote the optimal functioning of individuals, groups, and organizations (Gaggioli, Villani, Serino, Banos, & Botella, 2019). Current research goals of the TEPEE group include: understanding how to improve the learning experience of students in hybrid/distance learning, including how to help them stay engaged, cope with pressure to self-regulate (Cosnefroy, 2010), also cope with fluctuations in motivation and energy; and understanding the role of emotions in online collaborative learning, including how to help learners become aware of the emotions experienced during group work and use them to better collaborate.
Les membres du groupe TEPEE
Coordinator
- Gaëlle Molinari (you can access her CV here).
Associate researchers
- Sunny Avry
PhD students
- Yannick Stéphane Nleme Ze (engagement in MOOC forums). Yannick Stéphane Nleme Ze is a PhD student in Education Sciences at the TECFA Research Unit (University of Geneva) under the supervision of Prof. Gaëlle Molinari. He is also a Teaching and Research Assistant and organizes with Prof. Molinari, the Digital Learning and Distance Education course (ADID), and co-leads the Master of Science in Learning and Teaching Technologies (MALTT) theses. On the research side, Yannick Stéphane Nleme Ze has an interest in learner engagement in distance learning contexts, as well as in motivation to learn with ICT in both secondary and higher education. As part of his thesis, he is conducting research on learner engagement in MOOC discussion forums. His work aims to identify the dimensions, indicators and factors of engagement in MOOC discussion forums, design and validate a scale to measure this engagement and analyze the different levels of engagement observed between the structured and unstructured MOOC discussion forums. Before starting his thesis, Yannick Stéphane Nleme Ze worked for 10 years as a high school physics teacher. He holds a secondary and high school teacher's diploma from the higher teacher training college of Yaoundé (University of Yaoundé 1, Cameroon), a Master's degree in technological innovation (University of Angers, France), a Master's degree in educational technology (University of Montreal, Canada), and a University Research Diploma in digital education (University of Lille, France). Keys words: Engagement, motivation, distance learning, MOOC, discussion forums, ICT in education. Further information: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8212-678X
- Cécile Vassaux (use of digital technologies and secondary school teachers' well-being). She will begin her PhD thesis in Educational Sciences (TECFA-FPSE, University of Geneva) in Spring semester of 2022. The current title of her PhD project is: Perceived impact of the increase in the use of digital technologies by secondary school teachers on their well-being. "In March 2020, the first lockdown caused by COVID-19 accelerated the use of digital technologies in secondary education. Since then, teachers have had to adapt to a new way of working in a digital learning environment, which, after the different lockdowns, has continued to coexist with face-to-face teaching. The main objective of this thesis is to investigate the Swiss secondary school teachers' perceptions of the positive and negative impacts of the increase in the use of digital technologies on their psychological well-being. The research also aims to provide recommandations for the future policies in face-to-face and remote education at national and European levels.
Master students
- Djamileh Aminian (TECFA, MALTT). Le rôle de la confusion dans l'apprentissage / Role of confusion in learning. She is currently working on her master thesis on the role of confusion in online learning environment. The aim of this research is to understand how to help learners regulate confusion to foster deeper learning and engagement. Djamileh is also a professional digital learning consultant working with L&D teams to optimise the use of digital learning in the training of their employees. By joining TEPEE, she seeks to contribute to advance research on how to detect and address emotions in learning, how to adapt instructional design to take them into account and to use new findings in real-life settings. Keywords: blended learning, epistemic emotions, engagement, digital learning.
- Stéphanie Doriot (UniDistance, Master in Psychology). Le bien-être des adolescents dans des situations d'apprentissage collaboratif / Adolescents' well-being in collaborative learning situations. Stéphanie Doriot is a MSc student in Psychology (Health & Education) at UniDistance. She is currently working on her master’s thesis about well-being in collaborative learning situations. This research project focuses on the question how creativity and expression of gratitude promote well-being in adolescents’ learning situations. Topics such as collaborative learning, creativity, gratitude, positive education and group dynamics are explored in relation to the research question. This piece of work is also nourished by Stéphanie’s previous training in group analysis and psychodrama in the Institut Français d’Analyse de Groupe et Psychodrame in Paris. Moreover, studying psychology part-time enables her to run her own practice where she offers therapies for couples, families, but also family mediations, and to work as a Person of Trust in the medical sector. Keywords: Collaborative learning, creativity, gratitude, positive education, group dynamics.
- Yong Xin Lam (TECFA, MALTT). Favoriser l'égalité filles-garçons dans le cadre de l'enseignement de l'informatique / Promoting gender equality in computer science education.
- Marie Guillon (TECFA, MALTT). Favoriser la collaboration.
Les productions du groupe TEPEE
Conférences
- AUPTIC'2021, Novembre 2021 : Quelles technologies positives pour l'apprentissage à distance?