Please click on each session below for more information on the speakers and session details.

Time

Events

Venue

10:20-11:30

Speech: Leveraging AI and Collective Dynamics for Smarter Learning Recommendations

Speaker: Dr. Konomi Shin’ichi

Room 1011, 10th floor of the Education Building

14:00 – 15:00

COIL Workshop [Invited Session]

Meeting Room II, 3rd floor of the Education Building

15:00 – 16:00

Speech: Beyond the School Walls: Reframing Youth through Collaborative and Contextual Education

Speaker: Dr. Sinéad Gormally

Room 315, 3rd floor of the Education Building

16:10-17:30

EMI Talk:English Beyond the West: Decolonizing Language and Learning in Higher Education

(with a Q&A session exploring professional development and challenges in EMI)

Speaker: Dr. Nicola Galloway

Meeting Room II, 3rd floor of the Education Building

** Only 20 spots available due to venue capacity. **

Keynote Speech I

Rethinking Educational Scholarship in an Age of Fracture: Asian Perspectives on Education and the Politics of ‘Sustainability’

Speaker: Dr. Edward Vickers

UNESCO Chair on Education for Peace, Social Justice and Global Citizenship Professor of Comparative Education, Department of Education, Faculty of Human-Environment Studies, School of Education, Kyushu University, Japan

Keynote Speech II

The Role of Education in Social Justice, Civic Engagement and Peacebuilding

Speaker: Dr. Sinéad Gormally

Deputy Head of School of Education Professor of Community Development and Youth, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom

Invited Panel I

Technological Applications for Sustainable Education

Rethinking Education through Generative AI: Ethical Challenges and Pedagogical Implications

Panelist: Dr. Gabriella Rodolico

Senior Lecturer in Science Education, Director of Internationalisation of the School of Education, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom

Smart technologies for facilitating group interactions in VR and their educational applications

Panelist: Dr. Konomi Shin’ichi

Professor, Faculty of Arts and Science, Kyushu University, Japan

Gender Differences in ICT Use and Technology-Supported Learning: Rethinking Gender Equity in Education

Panelist: Dr. Silvia Wen-Yu Lee

Associate Dean, College of Education, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan

Invited Panel II

Language Education and Cultural Diversity

Reimagining Bilingual Education in Taiwan: Teachers’ Perspectives and Curriculum Reform through a Global Englishes Lens

Panelist: Dr. Nicola Galloway

Senior Lecturer in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (Education), University of Glasgow, United Kingdom

Teaching Beyond Words: Implicit Knowledge, AI, and Cultural Learning

Panelist: Dr. Xiaoyan Li

Associate Professor, Center for the Promotion of Interdisciplinary Education and Innovation, Kyushu University, Japan

Language Education in Czech Republic – Different Ways to the (Cultural) Diversity

Panelist: Dr. Tomáš Klinka

Vice-Dean for Internationalization, Faculty of Education, Charles University, Czech Republic

Exploring the Effectiveness and Impacts of Using Volunteer Tutors to Support On-line Chinese Learning for Disadvantaged Groups

Panelist: Dr. Tsui-Chun Judy Hu

Assistant Professor, College of Education, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan