Profile
Background and expertise
About
Florent Michelot is an Assistant Professor in Educational Technology in the Department of Education at Concordia University (Montreal, Canada).
His research focuses on critical thinking and information literacy education (metaliteracy), instructional design in postsecondary education, and the pedagogical and environmental impacts of educational technologies, particularly disruptive ones.
Expertise
Critical thinking and information literacy (metaliteracy) education in the digital world
Critical thinking frameworks, metaliteracy, information credibility assessment, and education against misinformation.
Instructional design and educational technology in postsecondary education
Design of learning environments, faculty professional development, and digital learning in postsecondary education.
Pedagogical impact of disruptive educational technologies
Educational uses and effects of emerging technologies, first and foremost generative artificial intelligence.
Environmental impact of educational technologies
Digital sufficiency and consideration of the environmental footprint of technologies in education.
Affiliations
- CSLP — Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance
- GRIIPTIC — Groupe de recherche interétablissement sur l'intégration pédagogique des technologies de l'information et de la communication
- LIRES — Laboratoire interdisciplinaire de recherche sur l'enseignement supérieur
- LAVIA — Laboratoire vivant d'innovation sur l'apprentissage en enseignement supérieur
- Obvia — International Observatory on the Societal Impacts of AI and Digital Technologies
Education
- Ph.D. in Education, Andragogy option (2021)
Université de Montréal - Graduate Certificate in Research Administration (2020)
ENAP - Graduate Certificate in Postsecondary Teaching (2015)
Université de Montréal - Master's in Political Science, Local Public Action — Project Engineering (2006)
Université Lille 2 - Bachelor of Laws (2004)
Université Lille 2