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Assistant Professor, Educational Technology, Chair in Educational Leadership in the Innovative Pedagogical Practices in Digital Contexts - National Bank, Université Laval

Dr. Nadia Naffi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Studies and Learning at the Faculty of Education Sciences of Laval University, holder of the Chair in Educational Leadership (CLE) on Innovative Pedagogical Practices in Digital Contexts – National Bank. Until June 2023, she co-led the Education and Empowerment axis at the International Observatory on the Societal Impacts of AI and Digital Technologies (OBVIA). She also chaired the Laval University's Institutional Committee on Pedagogical Innovation (CIE) during its inaugural year.

Her projects explore critical, responsible, ethical, sustainable, and equitable approaches to digital and AI-based lifelong learning. She is particularly interested in equipping future experts in educational technology to meet the training needs of the future workforce, fostering a multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, intersectoral, multigenerational, and global workforce in the digital and AI era.

She is also keen on exploring digital agency as an essential skill to develop for lifelong learning, collaboration in the digital age, and countering disinformation in the form of malicious deepfakes, regardless of the context.

Dr. Naffi has received numerous accolades, including the Governor General of Canada's Gold Medal – People and Society 2018 for the excellence of her doctoral thesis, the SALTISE Award for Excellence and Pedagogical Innovation 2019, and the John F. Lemieux Young Alumni Medal. This prestigious medal is awarded to a recent graduate of Concordia University (within the last ten years) who has demonstrated an innovative spirit and next-generation approach in the pursuit of excellence, pushing the boundaries in their field.

Dr. Naffi is affiliated with the International Observatory on the Societal Impacts of AI and Digital Technology (OBVIA), the Institute Intelligence and Data (IID), the Centre de recherche et d'intervention sur la réussite scolaire (CRIRES), the Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur la formation et la profession enseignante (CRIFPE), the Centre de recherche et d'intervention sur l'éducation et la vie au travail (CRIEVAT), and the Groupe de recherche interuniversitaire sur l'intégration pédagogique des technologies de l'information et de la communication (GRIIPTIC).

Experience

  • 2019–present
    Assistant Professor , Université Laval
  • 2018–2019
    Assistant Professor in the Education Department (Educational Technology program), Concordia University
  • 2017–2018
    Full-Time Faculty (Limited-term appointment) in the Education Department & PhD Candidate in Educational Technology, Concordia University
  • 2013–2017
    Part-Time faculty, University of Ontario Institute of Technology

Education

  • 2018 
    Concordia University, Ph.D. Educational Technology
  • 2012 
    Concordia University, M.A. Educational Technology

Publications

  • 2023
    Elevating Higher Education: A Cutting-Edge Roadmap for Quality, Equity, and Inclusion With a Focus On Student and Instructor Mental Health In Multimodal Learning Environments. ,
  • 2023
    Élever l’enseignement supérieur : une feuille de route de pointe pour la qualité, l’équité et l’inclusion axéé sur la santé mentale des groupes étudiants et du corps enseignant dans des environnements d’apprentissage multimodaux.,
  • 2023
    Lifelong training approaches for the post-pandemic workforces: a systematic review, International Journal of Lifelong Education
  • 2023
    Empowering Youth to Combat Malicious Deepfakes and Disinformation: An Experiential and Reflective Learning Experience Informed by Personal Construct Theory, Journal of Constructivist Psychology
  • 2023
    Moving Forward After COVID-19: New Directions for Teaching and Course Design in Higher Education. , International Journal of Technologies in Higher Education
  • 2022
    Pour une éducation aux hypertrucages malveillants et un développement de l’agentivité dans les contextes numériques. , Éducation et francophonie
  • 2020
    Disruption in and by centres for teaching and learning during the COVID-19 pandemic leading the future of Higher Ed. Observatoire international sur les impacts sociétaux de l’IA et du numérique ,
  • 2020
    A Group of Youth Learn Why and How to Disrupt Online Discourses and Social Media Propaganda Around Syrian Refugees, In: Naseem M.A., Arshad-Ayaz A. (eds) Social Media as a Space for Peace Education. Palgrave Studies in Educational Media. Palgrave Macmillan
  • 2020
    Le modèle de conception de cours hybride-flexible (HyFlex) : une stratégie pédagogique gagnante en ces temps d’incertitude, Revue internationale des technologies en pédagogie universitaire
  • 2020
    Livre blanc: perturbation dans et par les bureaux de soutien à l’enseignement pendant la pandémie covid-19 – innover pour l’avenir de l’enseignement supérieur. ,
  • 2017
    Engaging host society youth in exploring how they construe the influence of social media on the resettlement of Syrian refugees., Personal Construct Theory & Practice
  • 2017
    A PCP approach to conflict resolution in learning communities, Personal Construct Theory & Practice
  • 2016
    Using interactive software to teach foundational mathematical skills, Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice
  • 2016
    Examining the integration and inclusion of Syrian refugees through the lens of personal construct psychology, Personal Construct Theory & Practice
  • 2015
    Les adolescents et les médias sociaux : une coopération informelle pour un apprentissage authentique, Actes de colloque de la Biennale internationale de l’éducation, formation et pratiques professionnelles « Coopérer »
  • 2015
    Walking the Tightrope Between Online and Offline Life: What Adolescents Learn about CMC through Interactions in Social Media, Proceedings of EdMedia: World Conference on Educational Media and Technology

Grants and Contracts

  • 2022
    Transformation IA-santé : Habiliter les professionnels qui ont des responsabilités de formation (PRF) à développer les compétences du futur en santé. Programme NovaScience, Soutien aux initiatives de formations en intelligence artificielle (IA) - 2021-2022.
    Role:
    PI
    Funding Source:
    Ministère de l’Économie et de l’Innovation.
  • 2021
    Insight Grant - High¬ quality, equitable and inclusive pedagogical practices in higher education for the post COVID¬19 pandemic
    Role:
    PI
    Funding Source:
    Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
  • 2020
    Insight Grant- Youth’s potential to counterbalance disinformation: Exploring the case of deepfakes, disinformation powered by the unethical use of digital media, big data and artificial intelligence, and spread through social media propaganda
    Role:
    Funding Source:
    Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
  • 2014
    Doctoral Fellowship
    Role:
    Funding Source:
    Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
  • 2013
    Doctoral Research Scholarship
    Role:
    Funding Source:
    Fonds de Recherche Société et Culture Québec (FRSCQ) Montréal, Canada
  • 2013
    Graduate Fellowship
    Role:
    Funding Source:
    France and André Desmarais Graduate Fellowship

Honours

John F. Lemieux Young Alumni Medal (2022), SALTISE Best Practices & Pedagogical Innovators Award (2019), The Governor General Gold Medal - Person and Society (2018), Concordia Public Scholar (2017), Winner of SSHRC Storyteller Competition (2017), Winner of the Graduate Research Communicator of the Year Award 2016/2017, Lauréate at "Ma thèse en 180 secondes" ACFAS (2017), PhD Runner-Up 3-Minute Thesis at Concordia University (2017)