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How Zoom established itself in French universities

2020-09-27T18:41:51.372Z


DECRYPTION - Without satisfactory national solutions, higher education turns to American actors.On its website, the American videoconferencing company Zoom, valued at 130 billion dollars, prides itself on being used by "96% of the best American universities" . The company, whose use has exploded since the confinement, could also boast of its success in French higher education. During the summer, a number of establishments acquired user licenses from it. Objective: to reduce the number of stu


On its website, the American videoconferencing company Zoom, valued at 130 billion dollars, prides itself on being used by

"96% of the best American universities"

.

The company, whose use has exploded since the confinement, could also boast of its success in French higher education.

During the summer, a number of establishments acquired user licenses from it.

Objective: to reduce the number of students on site by broadcasting lessons live, and to be ready in the event of a new outbreak of the Covid-19 epidemic.

Caution is required.

At the end of September, schools like Sciences Po have already had to close their doors, while clusters are multiplying in higher education.

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Nearly twenty major French universities have signed contracts with Zoom.

Among them: Paris-I Panthéon-Sorbonne, University of Paris, Sorbonne University, University of Bordeaux, Toulouse Capitol, University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne,

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Source: lefigaro

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