With robots, social networks and video games....what are the issues and challenges of teaching in the digital age?

Julien BUGMANN, Professor, Haute École Pédagogique du canton de Vaud, Switzerland

While digital technology is currently omnipresent in our society, and interactions between machines and young people are expanding, it is nowadays crucial to offer educational support in line with the students practices. This is what Switzerland has been trying to do for several years in school, by initiating teachers and students to computer sciences, usage of digital tools, and media literacy. In this talk, we will present the way teachers are trained and the results.