Symposium "Learning from the Future"
This third symposium, designed and organized by the Center for Support of Pedagogical Innovations (CSIP), was held on October 12 and 13 at the University of Montpellier. Here's a look back at this key event in the transformation of higher education, which brought together more than a hundred national and international experts.
During this event, the CSIP brought together a group of major players from different backgrounds, continuing a collective reflection process that began in 2018. Thisthird symposium was held on October 12 and 13 at the University of Montpellier. The program included plenary sessions, workshops, futuristic brainstorming, and roundtable discussions, led by more than 30 high-level speakers from the. More than 100 Professors, students, decision-makers, educational engineers, EdTechs, and others came together to reflect on educational developments and imagine future prospects after a crisis that has shaken all stakeholders in higher education.
"This event is an opportunity to look back on 10 years of educational transformation and a crisis that has revealed as many needs as it has creativity and opportunities. Over the course of these two days, we were able to think and imagine together what the university of 2031 will look like, " said Mireille Brangé, Coordinator of the National Strategy for Acceleration in Education and Digital Technology at the General Secretariat for Investment (SGPI), who opened the symposium alongside Philippe Augé, President of the University of Montpellier, and Anne-Sophie Barthez, Director General of Higher Education and Professional Integration at MESRI.
Unprecedented working sessions
The team at the Center for Support of Educational Innovation, in collaboration with the Louvain Learning Lab, the Catholic University of Lille, and the National Center for Arts and Crafts, has proposed several new working sessions focusing on three main areas that structure the major stages of educational transformation from 2010 to 2031. "The aim is to learn from the past 10 years, examine teaching and student practices, and identify the various challenges in order to generate relevant questions for the next 10 years , " explains Brigitte Lundin, Director of the CSIP at the University of Montpellier.
Better anticipate the future
Teachers and students from all over France shared their educational experiences during the health crisis. "Beyond the shock and questions, what we want is to work together to identify different educational initiatives so that we can learn from the crisis we have just experienced," explains Jean-Patrick Respaut, Vice President for Training at the University of Montpellier. "We want to be better prepared for the future and not find ourselves in the same unprepared situation we all faced."
Finally, graphic facilitators were on hand to reveal a giant summary of the futuristic brainstorming workshops. These creative sessions energized the collective work and sparked innovative ideas about the future of higher education, with all its tensions and transformations. These two days of reflection and meetings ended with a round table discussion on international perspectives and future directions. "The future is here and it starts now!" concluded Brigitte Lundin. The next meeting will be in 2022.