On the occasion of attending The Vietnam Digital Economy Forum, Professor Sophie Pène, the Vice President of the National Digital Council of the Government of France has visited and deliver her speech with Ton Duc Thang University students and lecturers on 24/10/2017.
With the theme of "innovation and creativity in higher education in the digital era", Professor Sophie Pène said that the need to renew the educational system is necessary to keep pace with changes in society of knowledge and digitalization in the 21st century. Each University must be a "heart of the creative ecosystem" with many initiatives to help students develop comprehensively such as: apply technology to education (Edtech), improve teaching methods and programs, strengthen research activities and international publication , proceed to the internationalization of science review standards and professional activities; exploit and develop diverse learners’ ability (creativity, start-up, people management skills, cognitive skills, flexibility and problem solving, ...). There are also the criteria which TDTU have been performed successfully on the itinerary to develop into a research university during the past 20 years.
Professor Sophie Pène also spent time visiting TDTU. She appreciated that the school's renovation was done for the integration. Her expectation is that TDTU would be the “key” of the new development, the new creation, and actualizes the goals of the school and becomes a prestigious leading educational brand name.
Professor Sophie Pène’s profile
Sophie Pène is professor at Paris Descartes University, sociolinguist and anthropologist of digital practices. She is the co-director of FOSTER, a speciality of the Master Program AIRE. FOSTER is focused on the field of EdTech (Education and technology) and develops an innovative approach of education and a teaching through research pedagogy. It aims to train new actors to education field (social innovators, change makers, scientist educators, designers of educational services, in profit or non profit sectors, or startups).
Sophie has been director of research at the school of design ENSCI (2009-2013),Vice President of Paris Descartes University (2005-2009). Her research examines social media, online network practices, forms of design in technology and social innovation, tensions between technology and creativity. In recent months, her research focused on the Anthropology of the Future, the ways that people design the future by crowdsourcing.
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