The future of education presented during the MTL Connecte event

The MTL Connecte event will take place from October 12 to 17, online with a few face-to-face meetings in Montreal. This meeting of the Quebec and international digital community this year gives pride of place to education in its programming. Here's what you shouldn't miss.

Presented by the Printemps digital organization, the MTL Connecte event “aims to tackle the digital field in a transversal way, through its economic, social, cultural and environmental impacts in various sectors of activity”. 

The main theme of the 2021 edition is the Renaissance. At the heart of the conferences, we find among others culture, education, sustainable development, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, robotics and industries 4.0. 

The future of education

The theme of education is treated from the following angle: “The pandemic has accelerated the implementation of technological solutions in education. These innovations are radically transforming the way of teaching. Should we review the current education model? How to ensure that technological innovations do not accentuate social inequities? ".

Several players in our Quebec educational ecosystem present conferences throughout the week.

Here is an overview, but feel free to browse programming to make other discoveries:

12 october

• 12:35 p.m .: Digital education for a better democracy, with, among others, Annie Turbide and Benoit Petit, of the RÉCIT national service, field of personal development;
• 3:05 p.m .: Our Digital Future - It's HERE, with Tatiana Braun from Goethe-Institut of Montreal.
• 3:40 p.m .: Trends and transformation of digital creation professions, with Anne Le Bouyonnec from Synthèse Pôle Image Québec

October 13

• 12:00 p.m .: Digital badges: democratizing training certification, with Maxime Pelchat from CADRE21
• 1:40 p.m .: Digital challenges and opportunities for education, with Audrey Miller from École branchée
• 2:15 p.m .: Digital technology as a lever for well-being and learning, panel moderated by Stéphanie Dionne from École branchée, with the participation of Marie-Josée Harnois, of the RÉCIT national service, inclusion and adaptation in school, Amélie Bédard, professional in school inclusion at the Premiers-Seigneuries school service centers, and Christine Jost, eSTIMe program director
• 3:40 p.m .: Digital identity of young people in Quebec, with Amina Yagoubi from AKY Conseils 

October 14

• 12:35 p.m .: The future of technologies in education: issues, challenges, pitfalls, advantages and prejudices, panel moderated by Julie Pigeon from the Edteq association, with the participation of Catherine Légaré from Academos, Jonathan Thivierge from Planitou and Jean-Guillaume Dumont from Druide informatique
• 3:05 p.m .: The digital divide - the missing half, with Valentin Kravtchenko from grey-box.ca

Youth Digital Literacy Recognition Award

Otherwise, the handover ceremony The Youth Digital Literacy Recognition Awards will take place Friday, October 15 at 12:10 p.m. on the event's main channel online.

The winning projects of this second edition will be revealed and the submitted projects will also be mentioned. The recognition activity aims to promote digital literacy initiatives in Quebec.

The École branchée team will be present (virtually) throughout the week. Watch for updates to come.

And know that it there is still time to get your access.