Digital Learning in 21st-Century Universities

Online courses like MOOCs introduce challenging new paradigms regarding classical pedagogy, which include all aspects of public education. The worldwide collaborative learning experience not only builds new relationships in the world, but also leads to the emergence of very broad questions on the fate of this digital revolution. These questions will be discussed in a Franco-American perspective, with participants of the two countries coming from the academic world and from the technical and business ones.

This event will address the issues relative to the impact of new digital technologies on learning and education and will be organized in four different themes:

• Learning: How is learning affected by digital environments? How do digital environments help shape learning?

• Technologies: What is the role of technology, considering ways technology affects digital learning environments and ways digital learning environments affect technology?

• Interactions: How do digital learning environments affect participant interactions? In what ways can participant interactions affect community in digital learning environments?

• Certification/Policies: How can we acknowledge/certify learning that takes place in digital environments? How can individual, institutional, and business needs be addressed?

During the panels, a visual note-taker will be graphically capturing the discussion.

This event is free and open to the public upon registration, but space is limited. To register, please email Catherine Shaw atcatherine.shaw@pe.gatech.edu.

When: October 20-21, 2014

Where: Global Learning Center, Technology Square (84 5th Street NW, Atlanta, GA 30308)

Directions: Finding the Georgia Tech Global Learning Center is easy. We’re conveniently located in Midtown Atlanta at the intersection of Fifth and Spring Street in Technology Square, right off Interstate 75/85.The Technology Square parking deck, attached to the Center, offers easy and convenient parking. It’s accessible from Spring Street and hourly rates are from $1.50 (for less than an hour) to $15 for the day. Our parking garage address is 770 Spring St. NW, Atlanta, GA 30308-1031.
We are located right in the heart of Midtown Atlanta in Technology Square