{"id":20115,"date":"2025-09-06T12:16:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T16:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nadianaffi.fse.ulaval.ca\/?page_id=20115"},"modified":"2025-12-20T19:37:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T00:37:49","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nadianaffi.fse.ulaval.ca\/en\/about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"About me"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Who am I?<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n

I am an Associate Professor of Educational Technology at Universit\u00e9 Laval. From 2019 to 2025, I held the National Bank Chair in Educational Leadership on Innovative Pedagogical Practices in Digital Contexts, and from 2021 to 2025, I co-led the Education and Empowerment axis at OBVIA, the International Observatory on the Societal Impacts of AI and Digital Technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My work follows a clear compass: placing humans at the center of digital and AI transformation. My research focuses on two main areas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Designing critical, responsible, and equitable ways to integrate digital and AI technologies into lifelong learning, particularly in rapidly transforming workplaces;<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Empowering citizens to strengthen their digital agency and cyber-resilience against hyperrealistic manipulations, deepfakes, and AI-driven disinformation.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Convinced that education must evolve faster than the technologies disrupting our lives, I founded and now lead the Digital & AI Bootcamp<\/a>, an immersive initiative launched in February 2025. This space brings together leaders from education, institutions, communities, health, and the workplace to collectively reimagine creative, critical, and responsible uses of AI in pedagogy and workforce development.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

    As a committed leader in educational transformation, I chaired the first Institutional Committee on Pedagogical Innovation at Universit\u00e9 Laval, contributed to the development of institutional guidelines on the use of generative AI<\/a>, and currently serve on the Permanent Advisory Council on AI in Teaching and Learning. I also take part in several working groups on digital ethics and responsible AI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    My background combines academic rigor with creative practice. I hold a PhD and a Master\u2019s degree in Educational Technology from Concordia University, as well as a Bachelor\u2019s degree in Interior Design from the Lebanese American University, which has shaped an approach that blends creativity, innovation, and pedagogical rigor. I spent fourteen years teaching visual arts and art history at Coll\u00e8ge Protestant Fran\u00e7ais in Lebanon, guiding final-year students in preparing and defending their art portfolios for the French Baccalaureate. I also worked for a decade as a lead graphic designer with clients in Lebanon and the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    In higher education, I taught at Concordia University and Ontario Tech University, both online and in person, as a lecturer and then as an adjunct professor. I delivered courses in digital technologies in education, human performance technology (HPT), instructional design, online teaching and learning, communication technologies, and media production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    My leadership has been recognized with several awards: the Governor General\u2019s Gold Medal of Canada \u2013 Humanities and Social Sciences (2018)<\/a> for the excellence of my doctoral thesis, the SALTISE Award for Pedagogical Innovation (2019)<\/a>, and Concordia University\u2019s John F. Lemieux Young Alumni Medal (2022)<\/a>, which celebrates innovation and a forward-looking vision that pushes boundaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    How I mobilize my expertise<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    Mobilized Expertise<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Deepfakes and AI-Augmented Disinformation | Human Agency and Cyber-Resilience | Lifelong Learning for the Future of Work<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Conferences and Keynotes<\/h3><\/div>\n\n\n\n

    Impactful talks on deepfakes, disinformation, and digital agency, as well as on human\u2013AI collaboration, examined critically and responsibly to support lifelong learning in the context of profound workplace transformation.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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    Immersive Workshops<\/strong><\/h3><\/div>\n\n\n\n

    Hands-on workshops on deepfake creation, followed by guided critical reflection, strengthens vigilance, digital agency, and citizen cyber-resilience. Other formats explore human\u2013AI collaboration, critically and responsibly, for lifelong learning.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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    Supervision and Mentorship<\/strong><\/h3><\/div>\n\n\n\n

    Supervision of doctoral research, internships, and academic mentoring on issues related to deepfakes, disinformation, and digital agency. Guidance of research and innovation projects addressing human\u2013AI collaboration in learning and lifelong education.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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    Research and Partnerships<\/strong><\/h3><\/div>\n\n\n\n

    Collaborative projects on detecting the impact of deepfakes and AI-augmented disinformation, advancing digital agency and citizen cyber-resilience, and exploring human\u2013AI collaboration for lifelong learning, with a critical and responsible lens.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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    Public Engagement and Media<\/strong><\/h3><\/div>\n\n\n\n

    Media contributions, interviews, and collaborations that make the complex issues of deepfakes, disinformation, digital agency, and citizen cyber-resilience accessible, while also examining the promises and limits of human\u2013AI collaboration in lifelong learning.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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    Strategic Advisory<\/strong><\/h3><\/div>\n\n\n\n

    Supporting organizations and institutions in developing policies and practices to counter AI-driven disinformation, strengthen cyber-resilience, and critically and responsibly integrate human\u2013AI collaboration to sustain lifelong learning and workforce development.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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