The 21st edition of LUDOVIA has just ended, providing a chance to take a first look at participation, the major ideas that emerged on this year\u2019s theme, as well as the new initiatives that bring renewal each year to this summer university organized in Ax-les-Thermes in Ari\u00e8ge from August 26 to 29, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This year’s LUDOVIA was scheduled relatively close to the teachers’ pre-school year preparations, which somewhat hindered participation from teachers who are far from the Pyrenees. However, the presence of almost 800 on-site participants was deemed overall satisfactory and of high quality by partners and organizers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In total, 346 proposals were developed around the theme of everyday digital technology use in the classroom: 2 conferences, 3 round tables, 6 Pechakuchas (available online here), 18 scientific presentations, and more than 300 exploratory workshops (Explorcamps and other workshops), for exchanges and discovery of educational practices or resources related to the theme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Most of the organized conferences were also offered \u00ab\u00a0free of charge\u00a0\u00bb online during the three days of LUDOVIA, and each one was followed live and remotely by an average of a hundred participants. The opening scientific conference, presented by Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Cerisier, director of the Techn\u00e9 laboratory at the University of Poitiers, encouraged reflection on the theme of digital technology in everyday classroom life, which the speaker found to be a somewhat negative perception. He sought to question the role of digital technology, which has become a new norm in schools. (Watch the conference online)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is worth noting that 70 exhibitors and collectives (see here) were present this year in the themed areas organized in the Parc du Casino in Ax-les-Thermes: the Digital Souk, the space for teacher collectives, the Edtech & Research village, and the publishers’ corner under the Forum de la Halle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This year, the second season of the seminar for communities, \u00ab\u00a021st Century Schools and Digital Technology,\u00a0\u00bb introduced \u00ab\u00a0the territorial project award,\u00a0\u00bb which, after selecting seven projects meeting six essential criteria, invited them to present in the form of \u00ab\u00a0Pitches.\u00a0\u00bb During the Pitch session and workshops on projects on the morning of August 28, the City of Enghien-les-Bains, in partnership with Lili.cool, was recognized for its project promoting a positive school climate, and the City of B\u00e9ziers, in collaboration with Cantoo, was honored for its project on inclusive schooling for all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The participants (teachers, local authorities, and Edtechs present), satisfied with their participation in LUDOVIA this summer, nonetheless pondered their future daily use of digital technology in the classroom given the uncertainties and instabilities of policies to be considered in their sector for the next three years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nDetails of the Highlights Awarded at LUDOVIA 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
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