International press review on pedagogical continuity #1

For several weeks now, schools and higher education institutions have been closed in most countries of the world. UNESCO, which monitors the international situation, is keeping track of these impressive figures:

  • 1,575,270,054 affected learners
  • 91.3% of total enrolled learners
  • 191 country-wide closures

While the French President has announced the "gradual" reopening of schools from 11 May, I propose that we look back over the last few weeks of "pedagogical continuity", with a few lessons from the world… and finally many points in common between the countries observed.

This article is part of a contributory watch, and I should point out that I am not a journalist.

If you spot an inaccuracy, or if you have additional information, please contact me, and I will add to this article. Thank you for your kindness.

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Continuité pédagogique : recensement collaboratif des articles et réflexions [Feat Le Mouton Numérique]

Retrouvez ma série d'article sur la continuité pédagogique sur ce lien.

Note : Le Mouton Numérique, association dont je fais partie, est un « sheep tank » (vous l'avez ?) de réflexions autour de nos vies désormais numériques. La crise du COVID-19 ayant donné un nouvel élan aux technologies numériques (télétravail, télémédecine, enseignement à distance, mais aussi divertissements de tous types), le Mouton Numérique suit la situation de près. Certaines dérives nous inquiètent : la surveillance par les technologies fait déjà l'objet d'un suivi. Nous lançons maintenant un autre recensement collaboratif autour de la « continuité pédagogique » et de la surenchère numérique qui nous semble en découler.

Cependant, même si la focale du Mouton Numérique est... le numérique, ce recensement s'intéresse également aux réflexions que suscite la « continuité pédagogique ». Sur l'éducation, l'école, la pédagogie, la forme scolaire, le rôle des différents acteurs de l'école, la liste est longue.

L’école et l’université font l'expérience d'une « continuité pédagogique » entièrement dépendante des technologies numériques. Contre ceux qui voudraient instrumentaliser la crise pour amplifier l'usage de leurs solutions, il est important de rappeler que la situation que nous vivons est absolument exceptionnelle et ne doit pas être l’excuse d’un solutionnisme technologique ragaillardi. Pour continuer de penser le numérique éducatif avec distance et critique, nous lançons un travail collaboratif de recensement d'articles et réflexions sur la question.

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School closing : Collaborative inventory of publications and thinkings [Feat Le Mouton Numérique]

Schools and universities are experiencing a "pedagogical continuity" entirely dependent on digital technologies. Against those who would like to use the crisis to amplify the use of their solutions, it is important to remember that the situation we are experiencing is absolutely exceptional and should not be the excuse for a revived technological solutionism. In order to continue to think about educational digital technology with distance and critical thinking, we are launching a collaborative work to collect articles and reflections on the issue.

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5 implications of the digital age that must form part of our education

I recently had the chance to give a conference in Chartres as part of the Human Tech Days series. I was a guest of the Orléans-Tours and Centre-Val de Loire region’s DANE (Academic Delegation for Digital-based Learning), who were taking advantage of the series of events dedicated to digital in order to allocate one day to education.

The title of this conference was as follows: “An overview of the digital age and of its implications for education”. You can rediscover it under Creative Commons licence on this page.

So here are the 5 implications that I set out during this conference. It is evidently a highly subjective and non-exhaustive list. It seeks to open up a debate rather than give clear answers.

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