EDUCAUSE 2023 French Delegation Report: Visits to Oakton Community College, Harper College, University of Chicago, Embassy of France in the United States & Consulate, General of France in Chicago

The Annual Conference 2023 held in Chicago in October marked the 10th anniversary of the EDUCAUSEFrench Delegation. This milestone is of course an opportunity for us to look back on what has been achieved ina decade.From the outset, this initiative has sought to provide the French Higher Education community with aninternational perspective on digital issues, by bringing together complementary profiles able to appreciate themajor trends and prospects. This has taken the form of ongoing participation in EDUCAUSE AnnualConferences since 2013, which has been significantly enriched over the years. From an initial philosophy ofsimple participation that prevailed in the early years, the members of this Delegation have gradually becomeinvolved at various levels of EDUCAUSE, within the framework of the conferences and beyond (see infographicbelow).We have been selected over 15 presentations on a number of topical subjects. In addition, several of ourdelegates are mobilized each year as proposal reviewers for the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference and ELI AnnualMeeting, as well as members of the respective program committees (in 2019 and 2023). Lastly, some of us aremembers of expert panels for the EDUCAUSE Horizon Report and annual Top-10 issues, are active in variousthematic Community Groups (XR and Learning Spaces in particular), or are involved as editors of referencearticles and translators of tools.We would also like to mention the 25 site visits we have made since 2013 before or after the EDUCAUSEAnnual Conferences, which have not only given us a warm welcome, but have also provided us with invaluablefirst-hand insight through high quality exchanges.