Navigating Creativity, Technology, and Human-Centred Learning in the Postdigital Classroom
We live in a postdigital world—a messy and paradoxical condition shaped by successive waves of technological change. ‘Postdigital’ does not imply that we have moved beyond technology, but rather that it has become inseparable from how we teach, learn, and create. In education, this means it no longer makes sense to draw clear lines between “traditional” and “technology-enhanced” learning; technology is now a fundamental condition of our pedagogical reality.
This presentation, based on the recently published paper entitled “Navigating Creativity, Technology, and Human-Centred Learning: An Open, Collaborative Education Community Reflection”, explores the postdigital classroom as a dynamic space where technology is not simply adopted, but critically and creatively integrated to support equitable, student-centred learning.
Through a series of provocative vignettes drawn from practice, the presenters examine the interplay between digital tools and embodied, hands-on approaches such as making, drawing, and play. Together, these examples illustrate how educators can cultivate spaces of openness, curiosity, and co-creation—spaces where students, teachers, and technologists work collaboratively to balance innovation with empathy.
Ultimately, this presentation invites participants to reimagine the postdigital classroom as a flexible, inclusive, and human-centred ecosystem, where creativity and critical reflection guide the use of technology. It calls for an educational future that moves beyond passive digital transformation toward one that is imaginative, adaptive, and deeply humane.
Sandra Abegglen, University of Calgary, CA
Sandra Sinfield, London Metropolitan University UK
Emma Gillaspy, University of Central Lancashire, UK
Rachelle Emily Rawlinson, Durham University, UK
Alex Spiers, Kings College London, UK
Marianthi Karatsiori, University of Macedonia, GR
Anna Hunter, University of Law, UK