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and write things , because the way of thinking and the way the brain works depends very much on this very pragmatic and practical interaction one has with staff , academic papers , textbooks and surfaces in the digital and virtual spaces . So I think it ' s still very difficult to say in which direction it ' ll go in future , because even amongst very young students , digital natives , they may still use books .”

Berthet adds another example , citing having “ 3 , 4 , 5 digital books on the screen at the same time is different to using five textbooks at once . It ' s also a question of the moment you ’ re using them ”.

Physical spaces enriched by digital experiences To celebrate their 150th anniversary , Sciences Po enlisted a top architect to design a new campus in the centre of Paris .

“ We can gather all our research departments in the same place , whereas

STÉPHANE AUZANNEAU

TITLE : CHIEF INFORMATION AND DIGITAL OFFICER

INDUSTRY : EDUCATION MANAGEMENT LOCATION : PARIS

Stéphane Auzanneau has been Chief Information & Digital Officer for Sciences Po since September 2007 . From July 2003 to August 2007 , he was Registrar & Dean of students . From 2000 to 2003 , as digital campus manager , he implemented

the new Student Information System Banner ( from Ellucian ): it allowed Sciences Po to put in place the new European Higher education scheme ( see Bologna Process and European Credit Transfer System ), being first in 2000 , and in Europe , to adopt this new system of education . Before 2000 , he was Director of the International Undergraduate Program of Sciences Po . He was lecturer in Economics from 2000 to 2016 and also member of the AERES ’ s experts ’ team in 2014 on digital questions ( the French Evaluation Agency for Research and Higher Education , that became in 2014 the High Council for Evaluation of Research and Higher Education - HCERES ).

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