Éditorial

Simon Collin; Nicolas Guichon

doi:10.21432/cjlt28601

Authors

Simon Collin l’Université du Québec
Nicolas Guichon l’Université du Québec à Montréal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21432/cjlt28601

Keywords:

Editorial, Critical perspectives, Digital Technology in Education and Training

Abstract

This special issue follows the RUNED 22 conference: Critical Perspectives on Digital Technology in Education and Training – Political, Social, and Economic Issues, which took place in May 2022 at the Université du Québec à Montréal. This scholarly event aimed to examine the current state and trends of critical approaches to digital technology in education and training. The objective of this special issue is to engage in a dialogue on current trends and interests in critical perspectives within the field of digital technology in education and training, spanning from its design to its applications, while examining this process from the perspective of the political, social, and economic issues that underlie it. In doing so, the term "digital" (a comprehensive term requiring grounding in epistemological, disciplinary, and theoretical traditions) is understood as a heterogeneous phenomenon, intersecting the technical and the social, the material and the symbolic, the individual and the collective, the contemporary and the historical.

Author Biographies

Simon Collin, l’Université du Québec

Simon Collin is a professor at the Faculty of Education at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM). He holds the Canada Research Chair on Digital Equity in Education and is a researcher at the Interuniversity Research Center on Teacher Training and Teaching (CRIFPE). He focuses on the issues of equity and democratization raised by technologies in education, approaching them at the intersection of interdisciplinary work on technology, and critical theories.

Nicolas Guichon, l’Université du Québec à Montréal

Nicolas Guichon is a professor of language didactics at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) and a researcher at the Interuniversity Research Center on Training and the Teaching Profession (CRIFPE). His research explores the integration of digital technology in language teaching, multimodality, and digital literacy. His most recent research focuses on the use of digital tools by adult migrants and the literacy challenges it entails.