Thierry Karsenti
University of Montreal
Canada - Montreal
Thierry Karsenti, M.A., M.Ed., Ph.D. holds the Canada Research Chair on Technologies in Education. He is also a Full Professor at the University of Montreal. He is the director of CRIFPE (Research Center on Teachers and Teacher Education), which received the Canadian Education Association Whitworth
Current Affiliations
Presentations
- The impact of AI-Powered Cell Phones to Train Teachers in Africa
- Use of Artificial Intelligence for Mobile Teacher Training in Africa
- Using mobile phones to train teachers in Africa with an adaptive learning system
- An exploratory study of student online collaborative writing with teacher metacognitive prompts
- Learning to program a humanoid robot in a special-needs school
- Learning how to code at school: a case study of a Canadian elementary School
- Learning to code with a humanoid robot: A mixed methods action research study with elementary school and high school students
- From learning with MOOCs to Using Twitter for Professional Development:Revisiting major issues in information technology and education in Canada
- From learning with MOOCs to Using Twitter for Professional Development:Revisiting major issues in information technology and education in Canada
- Key issues in information technology and teacher training in Canada
Biography
Thierry Karsenti, M.A., M.Ed., Ph.D. holds the Canada Research Chair on Technologies in Education. He is also a Full Professor at the University of Montreal. He published many books and scientific articles on the use of technologies in education, on teacher education and on e-learning. Professor Karsenti’s research center, the CRIFPE (Research Center on Teachers and Teacher Education), received the Canadian Education Association Whitworth Award for Best Education Research Center in Canada from the Canadian Education Association. Pr Karsenti’s accomplishments for his work on technologies in education have received recognition at the Canadian and International levels. Furthermore, as part of his professional activities, Professor Karsenti also participates in various projects of international scope (UNESCO, OECD, European Community, etc.), thereby playing a key role in a vast international network in which the technologies are becoming a high priority in education.