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The learning society. To develop its skills, the learning society creates its own culture and behaviours. The aim? To develop the skills of each individual to be more agile and effective in the face of change. With François Taddei.
Language: French
Date: 04/03/2024
The Learning Planet Institute, a “university for global issues” according to François Taddei, its founder. Since its creation in 2006, the Learning Planet Institute has been exploring new ways of learning to meet the needs of young people and our planet. Agentivity, planetism, interplanetary university, common goods, etc. François Taddei, President and founder of the Institute, answers our questions about the objectives set by the Learning Planet Institute and the sustainability issues facing French higher education
Language: French
Date: 15/02/2024
Learning Planet Institute x United Nations University: an ambitious new partnership. In December 2023, the United Nations University (UNU) and the Learning Planet Institute signed a Memorandum of Understanding to build and develop research programmes and improve access to education, with the aim of meeting the challenges of sustainable development in France and around the world.
Language: French
Date: 04/02/2024
François Taddei crosses disciplines. He co-founded the Learning Planet Institute in Paris, which encourages researchers from different disciplines to work together to address global issues. He has recently formed a partnership with the United Nations University. Portrait of François Taddei.
Language: French
Date: Published on 13/12/2023 – Online since 01/02/2024
“Experimenting with educational programmes and disseminating them”. Our core business is to experiment with educational programmes and disseminate them, says Raphael Costambeys-Kempczynski, Director of the Learning Planet Institute’s Education Hub, in an interview with News Tank.
Courtesy of News Tank
Language: French
Date: 29/01/2024
Reinventing education with AI. What potential does AI have for developing new teaching methods and understanding the complexity of today’s world? What is the concept of “planetizenship”? François Taddei, founder and chairman of the Learning Planet Institute, was the guest on “7 jours sur la planète“. He also discusses the role of AI in the evolution of human intelligence, and encourages us to reflect on our collective contribution to the crises we are facing.
Language: French
Date: 27/01/2024
A million ideas: when the world’s youth express their vision of the world and education. As part of the Festival de l’apprendre, of which Campus Matin is a partner, the Learning Planet Institute is presenting the results of the Youth Talks consultation to the press on 23 January and to the general public on 25 January. This initiative is part of the response to one of the challenges of ecological transition highlighted by François Taddei: listening to the demands of young people to build tomorrow’s world.
Language: French
Date: 25/01/2024
Education in Gironde: “We learn at all ages, so let’s bring together initiatives”. For the first time, the Festival de l’Apprendre, run by UNESCO and held in Paris and Lyon, is coming to Bordeaux. Launched in France by the Learning Planet Institute (…) this festival offers a wide range of events to help you discover new disciplines or learn how to learn.
Language: French
Date: 24/01/2024
Let’s revolutionise learning models. On the occasion of the LearningPlanet Festival, Félicité Kindoki welcomes Olivier Bréchard, Director of the International Alliance at the Learning Planet Institute.
Language: French
Date: 24/01/2024
The School of the Future – International Education Day: what challenges for 2024? How can tomorrow’s schools rise to the challenge? What are the challenges facing the world of education in 2024? To discuss these issues, Philippine Dolbeau welcomes Olivier Bréchard, Director of the International Alliance Hub at the Learning Planet Institute.
Language: French
Date: 24/01/2024
We have no choice but to evolve and adapt to AI. Is digital technology simply a tool or an invitation to transform learning? Interview with Chahab Nastar, Director of our R&D Hub, and Éric Cherel, Director of our Digital Ecosystems Hub.
Courtesy of Innovation en Éducation magazine
Language: French
Date: January 2024
Peace, the environment, living together: what do young people want for tomorrow’s world? The Youth Talks project is an unprecedented consultation of young people from all over the world on their aspirations, hopes and convictions for the future of education. The results, for example, will be used to support certain sessions at the LearningPlanet Festival, from 22 to 27 January.
Language: French
Date: 24/01/2024
Learningplanet, the festival for learning and teaching! A festival 100% dedicated to Learning, organised around International Education Day. The aim? To revolutionise learning models and establish practices that are in tune with the climatic, technological, economic and societal challenges that lie ahead.
Language: French
Date: 24/01/2024
LearningPlanet Festival: 2024 trends; a Festival of Learning better identified in France. Some 500 events will punctuate the fifth Learning Planet festival and its French version, organised from 24 to 27/01/2024 by the Learning Planet Institute (formerly CRI Paris) and its Learning Planet alliance partners. It coincides with UNESCO’s International Education Day on 24/01.
Language: French
Date: 23/01/2024
5th LearningPlanet Festival. “Learning to take care of ourselves, others and the planet”. A new relationship with education is emerging from the need to preserve the earth’s habitability and make us more active players in our future. The challenge now lies in scaling up and linking up the innovative initiatives that are springing up all over the world.
+ Carenews commitment agenda from 22 to 28 January
Language: French
Date: 22/01/2024
Jean-Marc Pautras takes over as Director of Resource Development at the Learning Planet Institute. Former CFF Managing Director Jean-Marc Pautras is now committed to education and research as head of resource development at the Learning Planet Institute. Founded in 2006, the Institute aims to explore and disseminate innovative approaches to learning and collaboration to meet the needs of young people and the planet.
Language: French
Date: 15/01/2024
Philanthropy for the ecological transition. Like all organisations, associations and foundations are being called upon to develop their economic and social model towards greater sustainability. To respond to the climate change emergency, and because they are first and foremost players in society, they need to develop responsible practices in the face of environmental challenges (…)
With, in particular, François Taddei, co-founder and chairman of the Learning Planet Institute.
Language: French
Date: 11/01/2024
A ‘Happiness B.A.R.’ for a calmer school climate. Bâtisseurs de Possibles is a genuine project-based approach in which pupils are truly involved in their own learning. Teachers naturally learn to take a step back and let their pupils ask themselves questions, exchange ideas, share and bounce ideas off others. A motto for this approach: “There’s no age limit for changing the world! – Béatrice Poignonec, school teacher.
Language: French
Date: 10/01/2024
Dyspraxia and the medical desert. Dyspraxia is common, affecting 5 to 7% of children aged 5-11. Yet between 9 and 12% of the French population, or between 6 and 8 million people, live in a medical desert.
With, in particular, Dr Caroline Huron, president of Cartable Fantastique, member of the MALIN (MAnuels scoLaires Inclusifs) collaborative and of the LISA project of the Learning Planet Institute.
Language: French
Date: 08/01/2024
Collective intelligence, or how to leverage individual skills within your company. What if, in 2024, collective intelligence was the key to personal and collective success? To help you understand this concept, which can help entrepreneurs as well as companies, Big Media spoke to Gaëll Mainguy and François Taddei, respectively Deputy Managing Director and co-founder of the Learning Planet Institute.
Language: French
Date: 03/01/2024
Fieldwork and inverted teaching: ACT Bachelor students prepare for the jobs of tomorrow. The 30 students in the first year of the ACT Bachelor’s programme are learning how to manage projects to support ecological and societal change. This learning process is based on practical projects and inverted teaching methods. Diplomeo spent a morning with them. Report.
Language: English
Date: 21/12/2023
Higher Education For The Age Of AI And Climate Change. (…) We spoke with two social entrepreneurs connected to the Learning Planet Institute (LPI): François Taddei, a researcher in evolutionary systems biology now building up a new kind of university as LPI founder; and Stephen Friend, a cancer researcher, co-founder of Sage Bionetworks and 4YouandMe, and Institute’s collaborator.
Language: English
Date: 21/12/2023
How AI is transforming Education (pages 34 and 35) & For an AI-equipped University of Engagement (pages 58 and 59). By Éric Cherel, Director of the Digital Ecosystems hub.
Language: French
Date: 21/12/2023
Supplement – Special edition: Video Games & Digital. “I learn therefore I play”. Interview with François Taddei, Learning Planet Institute and Jérôme Cattenot, DOWINO.
Pages 26 & 27.
Language: French
Date: 16/12/2023
Learning Planet Institute: a partnership with the United Nations University to meet the SDGs. Building and developing research programmes and improving access to education, with the aim of meeting the challenges of sustainable development, in France and around the world: this is the objective of the Memorandum of Understanding…
Language: French
Date: 13/12/2023
“Young people represent a tremendous breeding ground for new ideas and disruptive innovations”. Gaëll Mainguy, Deputy Director General of the Learning Planet Institute (formerly the Centre de Recherches Interdisciplinaires), shares his vision and his convictions about a youth that is just waiting to spread its wings. They have what it takes to bring about positive change in our society.
Language: French
Date: 28/11/2023
Ikigai+, enabling students to find their path in line with society’s challenges. “Life’s purpose flourishes when young adults are able to apply their distinctive talents to address personally meaningful issues in the wider world” (Damon 2008). It was with this in mind and the support of CY Generations that the Ikigai+ project was created.
Language: French
Date: 10/11/2023
“Increasing sustainability and impact”. The Learning Planet Institute is reorganising with the departure of the Bettencourt Foundation. “Our objectives are to increase the Institute’s sustainability and impact. We are developing a national and international method for deploying what we do here in our Paris building”, says François Taddei, founder of the CRI Paris, which will become the Learning Planet Institute in 2021, in an interview with News Tank.
Courtesy of News Tank Education et Recherche
Language: French
Date: 09/11/2023
Open Source Hardware Certifications For August 2023.Funded by the Learning Planet Institute, the Tsinghua-Cambridge collaborative grant for Covid diagnosis and the Gathering for Open Science Hardware (GOSH) collaborative development funds 2022, projects like these show the potential for open source hardware to dramatically increase the accessibility of technology to improve people’s lives and livelihoods.
Language: English
Date: 11/09/2023
Justine Cassell-François Taddei – Thinkers out of the box! Linguist Justine Cassell, who has become a specialist in artificial intelligence, and geneticist François Taddei, who has become a researcher in the learning sciences, examine how the technical and social revolutions are changing our relationship with knowledge. (Feature: “What if we learned differently?” – On subscription).
Language: French
Date: 17/08/2023
France 2030: 11 new winners of the “Innovation in schooling” call for expressions of interest. Following the review carried out by the selection committee, the Education, Research and Innovation Ecosystems Committee has chosen a list of 11 winners, including the “LISA France 2030” project led by Iféa in partnership with the Learning Planet Institute.
Language: French
Date: June 2023
CY Cergy Paris Université strengthens its partnership with the Learning Planet Institute. On 5 April 2023, CY Cergy Paris Université and the Learning Planet Institute signed a five-year partnership agreement, making the Learning Planet Institute one of the strategic partners of the CY Alliance.
Language: French
Date: 18/06/2023
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F. Taddei : “In the theory of organisations, the Learning Planet Institute is somewhere between an academy and an NGO”. A veritable UFO in the French higher education and research landscape, the ‘Learning Planet Institute’, the new name of the CRI founded by François Taddei in 2006 as part of – but independent of – Université Paris Cité, the structure does not comply with all current standards (…)
Language: French
Date: 09/06/2023
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AI: “We need to train all generations not to be subjected to this technological onslaught” The Learning Planet Institute is at the forefront of the debate on the links between Artificial Intelligence (AI) and education. Studyrama spoke to Chahab Nastar, Director of R&D, and Yann Le Cunff, lecturer in bio-statistics at the University of Rennes 1, in a joint interview.
Language: French
Date: 06/06/2023
Virtual worlds – Perspectives and challenges. What digital tools for tomorrow’s training? Interview with François TADDEI.
Language: French
Date: June 2023
How will AI transform academic professions and CIOs? This issue was discussed at the Meeting of the Higher Education and Research IT Services Committee, which was attended by Éric Cherel (Director of the Learning Planet Institute’s Digital Ecosystems hub).
Language: French
Date: 17/05/2023
Environmental and ecological transition: CY Cergy Paris Université and the Learning Planet Institute strengthen their partnership. On 5 April 2023, CY Cergy Paris Université and the Learning Planet Institute signed a 5-year partnership agreement. The aim of this collaboration is to establish a framework for joint action with a view to environmental and societal transition. The Learning Planet Institute has thus become one of the strategic partners of the CY Alliance.
Language: French
Date: 15/05/2023
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Learning in the age of artificial intelligence. The SMART EDUCATION programme welcomes Éric Cherel (Director of the Learning Planet Institute’s Digital Ecosystems hub).
Language: French
Date: 15/05/2023
They have (radically) changed their path during their studies. Reorienting, choosing an ultra-specialised bachelor’s degree* or a multi-disciplinary postgraduate course, more and more of them are incorporating the environmental or societal dimension into their studies… and changing direction before the end of their course.
* The Bachelor ACT is hosted by the Learning Planet Institute with which it has a pedagogical partnership
Language: French
Date: 09/05/2023
ChatGPT, AI… how to learn, teach? The SMART TECH programme welcomes Raphaël Costambeys-Kempczynski (Director of the Learning Planet Institute’s Education hub) and Benjamin Bejbaum (Co-founder, Dailymotion and data teacher, Albert School).
Language: French
Date: 09/05/2023
Environmental health training within reach of Mooc. Medical students are hungry for solid knowledge in environmental health. But how can they do this, when they are already overloaded with courses and hospital placements? A Mooc (Massive Open Online Course), produced by Dr Meriem Koual – a gynaecological surgeon and holder of a thesis in toxicology – and the Institut des Défis, opened on 5 May.
Language: French
Date: 05/05/2023
+ Link to the Mooc (in French)
SQOOL TV reports on the “Teachers For The Planet” Circle led by our International Alliance which aims to increase the capacity of teachers and the education system to co-design a body of sustainability education pathways and resources in preparation for COP28.
Language: French
Date: 24/04/2023
Environment: how employers are meeting the expectations of the new generations. (…) Involved as an eco-delegate during his high school years, Maël, 18, joined the Bachelor ACT* programme at the start of the new academic year. This is a new post-baccalaureate course offered by Essec and CY Cergy Paris Université, which teaches students how to manage projects to promote ecological, civic and social change (…)
* The Bachelor ACT is hosted by the Learning Planet Institute with which it has a pedagogical partnership
Language: French
Date: 21/04/2023
L’avenir de l’éducation et de l’apprentissage à l’ère de l’IA. Through its R&D hub headed by Chahab Nastar, the Learning Planet Institute is at the forefront of the debate on the links between Artificial Intelligence (AI) and education.
Language: French
Date: 31/03/2023
A bachelor’s degree* on ecological and societal transition issues attracts committed young people. Essec and CY Cergy Paris Université have created a three-year course of study for the start of the 2022 academic year, which combines theoretical courses, teamwork and learning by doing, centred on the issues of ecological and societal transition…
* The Bachelor ACT is hosted by the Learning Planet Institute with which it has a pedagogical partnership
Language: French
Date: 17/02/2023
Learning Planet Festival: “Innovation in education must be based on audacity and rigour”. “Innovation in education must be based on two major, somewhat orthogonal axes: audacity and rigour”, declared Elie Rotenberg, founder of Iféa (French Institute of Education for the Future in Clichy) during a round table on innovation in education organised on the occasion of the Learning Planet Festival, in Paris on 24/01/2023.
Language: French
Date: 30/01/2023
Newport Harbor freshman gives talk in Paris on AI solutions to environmental problems. When 15-year-old Ryan Honary said he would travel to Paris this week to make a presentation at UNESCO’s Learning Planet Festival, he announced he would use his platform there to launch an effort geared toward engaging others in his age group to create solutions for environmental problems.
Language: English
Date: 27/01/2023
Aymeric Marmorat, the man of transitions. The creator of La Ruche, Aymeric Marmorat has spent fifteen years developing social enterprises. His latest challenge? Piloting the bachelor ACT * degree, a new training course for jobs in ecological and societal transitions…
* The Bachelor ACT is hosted by the Learning Planet Institute with which it has a pedagogical partnership
Language: French
Date: 26/01/2023
Training differently to act for the climate. More than 500 partners from 163 countries met at the Learning Planet Festival. Its organiser, Olivier Bréchard, Director of the Learning Planet Institute’s International Alliance, answers questions from Amandine Lepoutre, President of the Thinkers & Doers think tank, on the need to massively rethink our education systems.
Language: French
Date: 25/01/2023
Priority Education Cafés. François TADDEI – Founder and Chairman of the Learning Planet Institute (formerly known as the Centre de recherches interdisciplinaires – CRI), ingénieur général des ponts des eaux et des forêts. An internationally-renowned researcher at Inserm, he now devotes his time to the sciences of learning, and in particular to the notion of Planetizen, so that each and every one of us can learn to take care of ourselves, others and the planet.
Language: French
Date: 24/01/2023
The School of the Future – The Learning Planet Festival: “celebrating young people who are changing the world”. The Learning Planet Festival is back from 24 to 28 January 2023. Created in 2019 by the Learning Planet Institute and UNESCO, the Learning Planet Festival aims to “transform education, create a learning society, explore futures and celebrate the young people who are transforming the world”, explains Olivier Bréchard, director of the Learning Planet Alliance. While the Learning Planet already exists, this event allows experts, teachers, entrepreneurs and students to connect and exchange.
Language: French
Date: 23/01/2023
The School of the Future – The Learning Planet Festival: a desire to federate. “Reconcile, federate and repair” is the mission of the Learning Planet Festival, insists its coordinator and designer Stéphanie Ampart. Created by the Learning Planet Institute in 2019, in partnership with UNESCO, the Learning Planet Festival is back until 28 January. This event brings together experts, teachers, students and entrepreneurs to exchange, reflect and collaborate on the major themes of education.
Language: French
Date: 23/01/2023
The School of the Future – The Learning Planet Festival is back! Investing in people and making education a priority is the theme of the 5th edition of the International Education Day. How to develop a more equitable and sustainable learning society? This is also the programme of the Learning Planet Festival, an international conference that brings together experts, teachers, students, researchers and entrepreneurs. Marjorie Paillon welcomes the creators of this Festival, Stéphanie Ampart and Olivier Bréchard, director of the Learning Planet Alliance.
Language: French
Date: 23/01/2023
Learning Planet Festival: events for higher education and research not to be missed! The Learning Planet Institute is organising its annual Festival from 24 to 28 January 2023. This event will focus on the transformation of learning models to better respond to the challenges of transitions: ecological, social, technological, etc. Higher education and research will therefore be part of the event, both as actors and event organisers! Campus Matin, which is a partner, has selected some conferences to take a closer look at.
Language: French
Date: 12/01/2023
Learning Planet Festival: Unite a community of pioneers, showcase the transformation. Organised around International Education Day (24/01), in partnership with UNESCO, the Learning Planet Festival is an annual event that federates a community of pioneers, creates movement and shows that the transformation of educational models is necessary, that new approaches exist and are already being successfully implemented around the world, says Olivier Bréchard, director of the Festival organised from 24 to 28/01/2023 by the Learning Planet Institute.
Language: French
Date: 12/01/2023
The researcher François Taddei, co-founder and president of the Learning Planet Institute, believes that we need to move away from the logic of hypercompetition of knowledge: “Every 100 years, there is 100 times more knowledge. Do we have to stay at school a 100 times longer? No. We must learn to learn”.
Festival #EtMaintenant
Language: French
Date: 21/10/2022
More and more young students drop out of school to denounce the lack of social and ecological considerations in schools and in the workplace. Faced with this situation, Gaëll Mainguy, deputy executive director of the Learning Planet Institute, calls for a reconsideration of higher education.
Festival #EtMaintenant
Language: French
Date: 21/10/2022
In a programme called Le Journal Inattendu, the actor Jean-Pierre Darroussin and François Taddei, co-founder and president of the Learning Planet Institute, talk about the film “L’école est à nous” (released on 26/10/2022).
Language: French
Date: 08/10/2022
Mind the gaps: the world needs to radically transform its educational systems, not just upgrade them. In September 2022 the United Nations organised the first-ever high-level Transforming Education Summit, inviting stakeholders to put forward commitments and tackle the challenges we face. Once again we heard how staggering the needs are: in lower-income countries, 25% of young people and just over 55% of adults are still illiterate, while 250 million children remain out of primary school.
Language: English
Date: 24/11/2023
Debate: Rethinking citizenship to better understand the youth? The Declaration of the Rights of the Child will celebrate its centenary in 2024. In the face of the complex crises that confront us, the legacy of Eglantyne Jebb, the author of the Declaration, and her insistence that children’s rights be placed high on the agenda of the global community must be heeded more than ever.
Language: French
Date: 20/11/2022
What if we had constructive debates? The extraordinary synchronisation of our experiences due to the pandemic is fostering a global awareness of the urgency of reinventing ourselves and offering us the opportunity to transform our modes of organisation. This implies, both upstream and downstream of political decisions, sharing and exchanging, and therefore offering the necessary conditions for constructive citizen conversations.
Language: French
Date: 23/01/2022
Debate: What if we and our societies entered our “second lives”? Confucius said that we have two lives and that the second begins when we realise that we have only one. What if this is true not only of each of us but also of our institutions, our democracy, our very species?
Language: French
Date: 02/01/2022
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