Attention and Participation in the Classroom and Digital Learning… with André Tricot at LUDOVIA#22

There’s no need to introduce André Tricot anymore—he’s a familiar name who once again accepted the invitation to join us at LUDOVIA#22 this summer to discuss the topic “Attention and Participation in the Classroom & Digital Learning.”

André Tricot will open LUDOVIA—pedagogically speaking—with a lively keynote session alongside the Rapépratiques team and a group of volunteer teachers selected from the ExplorCamps and First Steps workshop presenters, who will join him in a panel discussion.

Make sure to be there from Monday afternoon, August 25, and on Tuesday morning at 9:00 a.m., to attend this exciting and thought-provoking session with André Tricot.

To give you a preview of what he might share about attention in the classroom, here are a few lines from an interview he gave for LUDOVIA#22, as explained by Aurélie Julien, Project Manager at LUDOVIA FRANCE:

“My involvement with Ludovia dates back to 2005—so, from the beginning. I don’t even remember how it happened, but I ended up as a member of the scientific committee for the first Ludovia. I’ve returned many times since—sometimes to speak, sometimes just to listen—sometimes in Ax-les-Thermes, sometimes elsewhere (recently at Ludovia.be). I really enjoy the idea of having relaxed yet meaningful discussions on serious topics.

It just so happens that Ludovia deals with issues that align with my research work—so it’s a perfect fit.

This year, attention and participation through digital tools resonate deeply with me, because it is indeed the key challenge. Let me explain.

In education, digital technology seems to spark a revolution every three years (so we’re never bored). The latest one, of course, is generative AI.

But digital tools in education are just another chapter in a much longer story: the history of memory and communication technologies. Humans have invented cave paintings, writing, the printing press, photography, cinema, radio, the telephone, and more—to improve our ability to communicate and remember. Ultimately, this improves our ability to share and transmit ideas with people who don’t live in the same place—or even in the same time—as us.

Mastery of these technologies is crucial, because it’s that mastery—not the technology itself—that enhances our capacities. Those who do not master these tools, those who use them passively, are increasingly at a disadvantage.

But learning and using these technologies comes at a cost: the cost of attention and participation.

That’s the challenge we must rise to: ensuring that digital tools in general—and generative AI in particular—truly engage the attention and participation of the (future) citizens we are educating… but that they do so for the purpose of mastery. Because the history of memory and communication technologies teaches us one thing: they can easily be diverted to serve manipulation and deception.”

More info:
Join us in Ax-les-Thermes, in the Ariège-Pyrénées, from August 25 to 28, and visit ludovia.fr for more details!