Roland Tormey works with faculty members and doctoral assistants to improve teaching at the Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), where he also teaches courses in Learning Sciences. Before moving to Switzerland, he worked in primary and secondary teacher education for two decades, including as head of teacher education at the University of Limerick, Ireland. As a researcher, his work on emotional competence in teacher education has been cited as among the most important contributions to the field. He has recently (with Cécile Hardebolle) produced a book and a MOOC (in French) for students starting scientific or engineering studies called Apprendre à étudier; guide à l'usage des étudiants en science et en ingénierie.
Cécile Hardebolle is a teaching advisor at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). Originally trained as an engineer, she holds a PhD in Computer Science and she has been teaching in different engineering schools. Cécile works with EPFL teachers on innovation projects in teaching and learning, with a particular interest in the flipped classroom model and project-based learning. She also offers training and one-to-one support for teachers and teaching assistants. Over the last few years, she has developed (with Roland Tormey) resources to help students learn how to learn, including a book, a MOOC and an online tool called the LearningCompanion.
Ingrid Le Duc has worked for more than a decade on teaching and learning by supporting teachers and program directors of STEM disciplines and Social and Human Sciences to identify what works best in teaching and for learning by using qualitative and quantitative investigative methods. She received her PhD in Social Psychology from the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2001, and her BSc in Psychology from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México in 1995.
Anna Auria holds a PhD from the Electrical Engineering Doctoral School at EPFL and a teaching certificate for secondary school. She has several years of experience as a Mathematics teacher in high school, as well as in the university of applied sciences HEIG-VD in Yverdon-les-Bains. She is currently teaching Mathematics in the MAN semester (semestre de Mise-A-Niveau) at EPFL. Motivated to improve her pedagogical skills as teaching assistant, she collaborated with the Teaching Support Centre in several occasions throughout her PhD years in campus.
Siara Isaac is a teaching advisor at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and is concurrently pursuing a PhD at the Lancaster University characterizing the epistemic development of engineering students. She is particularly interested in how students develop transversal skills such as inquiry and team work in science and engineering contexts. Siara holds a M.Sc. in Chemistry from McGill University and has taught in Canada, China, France and Switzerland.