Prof.
Curt Bonk
Indiana University, USA
Curtis J. Bonk is Professor in the School of Education at Indiana University (IU) teaching psychology and technology courses and Adjunct in the School of Informatics at IU. He is a former software entrepreneur, certified public accountant, corporate controller, and educational psychologist who presently is an educational technologist, award-winning writer, highly published researcher, statewide and national awardee in innovative teaching with technology, and internationally acclaimed presenter. Curt is the author of over 400 publications including 20 books such as the Handbook of Blended Learning: Global Perspectives, Local Designs, MOOCs and Open Education in the Global South, The World is Open: How Web Technology is Revolutionizing Education, and Transformative Teaching Around the World. He has given close to 2,000 talks around the world, including over 300 keynote and plenary talks. In 2020, Curt was awarded the IU President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Technology and in 2021, he received the David H. Jonassen Excellence in Research Award. Recently, the American Educational Research Association named him a 2022 AERA Fellow for his exceptional contributions to, and excellence in, education research, and the following week, he was honored with the International Engagement award from the IU School of Education. In 2022, he was also listed in the top 2% of scientists in the world based on publication citations for career. In 2023, AERA awarded Curt and his colleague Dr. Min Young Doo from Kangwon National University in Korea with the Outstanding International Research Collaboration Award. Curt Bonk co-hosts the weekly award-winning podcast show, Silver Lining for Learning (https://silverliningforlearning.org/).
Prof.
Jiyou Jia
Peking University, China
Dr. Jiyou Jia is a full professor and the Head of the
Department of Educational Technology, Graduate School of
Education, Peking University, China and is also the
founding director of International Research Center for
Education and Information at Peking University. He was
invited to work as a guest professor in 2015 by School
of Education, Technical University of Munich, Germany,
and Distinguished Professor at Institute for Research in
Open and Innovative Education, the Open University of
Hong Kong from August 2017 to December 2018.
Dr. Jia received B. S. and Master of Education from
Peking University, and Ph.D. in artificial intelligence
from Augsburg University, Germany. His research
interests include educational technology and artificial
intelligence in education, especially in TELL
(Technology Enhanced Language Learning), math education
with ICT, and decision making support system. He has
been responsible for a dozen of national projects and
international cooperation projects. His research has won
a number of national and international prizes including
the First Class Award of the Fifth National Award for
Outstanding Achievements in Educational Research, from
Ministry of Education, China, 2016, and IAAI (Innovative
Application of Artificial Intelligence) Deployed
Application Award by AAAI (Association of Advancement of
Artificial Intelligence), USA, 2008.
Jia has published more than 100 articles in
internationally or nationally peer-reviewed journals and
conferences including Computers and Education,
Knowledge-Based Systems, etc. He has edited one book and
authored another one, both written in English and
published by IGI Global, USA. He is also the author of
one Chinese book and one book in German. He serves as a
reviewer for several international journals indexed in
SCI/SSCI, a co-chair or PC member of more than 20
international conferences including ICCE, ICALT and
GCCCE, and an advisory expert for some scientific and
governmental organizations.
Prof.
Minhong(Maggie) Wang
The University of Hong Kong, China
Dr. Minhong (Maggie) Wang is Professor and Director of the Laboratory for Knowledge Management & E-Learning in the Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong (HKU, ranked World Number One for Education and Educational Research by U.S. News & World Report in the 2022-2023 Best Global Universities subject rankings). She is also Eastern Scholar Chair Professor at East China Normal University and Visiting Research Professor at the Advanced Innovation Center for Future Education of Beijing Normal University. She is the Editor-in-Chief of Knowledge Management & E-Learning (indexed in Scopus & ESCI). Her research focus is on learning technologies for cognitive development, creative thinking and complex problem solving, knowledge management and visualization, and artificial intelligence applications. She has published more than 200 items including one monograph and 117 journal articles (73 in SSCI/SCI indexed journals; 48 in Q1 and 18 in Q2 journals) among others. She is recognized as ESI Top 1% Scholar in (a) Social Sciences, General, and (b) Economics & Business. More details can be found at http://web.edu.hku.hk/staff/academic/magwang.
Prof.
J. Michael Spector
University of North Texas, USA
J. Michael Spector's recent research is in the areas of intelligent support for instructional design, system dynamics based learning environments, assessing learning in complex domains, distance learning, and technology integration in education. Dr. Spector served on the International Board of Standards for Training, Performance and Instruction (IBSTPI) as Executive Vice President; he is on the Executive Committee of the IEEE Learning Technology Technical Committee and is Past-President of the Association for Educational and Communications Technology (AECT). He has been the editor for over a decade of the Development Section of Educational Technology Research & Development, and he serves on numerous other editorial boards. He co-edited the third and fourth editions of the Handbook of Research on Educational Communications and Technology, is the lead editor of the Encyclopedia of Educational Technology, and has more than 125 journal articles, book chapters and books to his credit. Dr. Spector helped develop memoranda of understanding and now serving as a visiting research professor from UNT at three international universities: Beijing Normal University-Smart Learning Institute, East China Normal University-Department of Education Information Technology, and the India Institute of Technology-Kharagpur-Centre for Educational Technology. His current research project with the NetDragon Digital Research Centre at UNT uses games and mobile devices to support the development of inquiry and critical thinking skills of young children.
Prof.
Yuxia Du
Guangzhou University, China
Dr. Du Yuxia is a Professor and Master's supervisor with
a Ph.D. in Educational Technology. She currently serves
as the Director of the Center for Knowledge Engineering
and Smart Education at Guangzhou University. She is also
responsible for the national first-class online course
"Teaching Applications of Mind Mapping" and the
Guangdong first-class online course "How People Learn".
Furthermore, she is the person in charge of the national
first-class undergraduate professional education
technology major construction site.
Dr. Du has served in various roles such as Course Expert
for the National Teacher Teaching Ability Improvement
MOOC Project, Subject Leader for Guangdong Education
Department's Yuejiaoxiangyun Digital Textbook
Application, Expert for Guangdong Province's
Demonstration Project for Balanced and Quality
Standardized Development of Compulsory Education in
Underdeveloped Areas, Expert for Guangzhou and Guangdong
Province's Information Technology Application Capability
Improvement Project for Primary and Secondary School
Teachers, and Guiding Expert for the National Smart
Education Demonstration Area (Guangzhou). She has been
recognized as an outstanding worker for the Guangzhou
Information Technology Application Capability
Improvement Project.
In recent years, Dr. Du has led eight provincial and
above-level projects, including the Ministry of
Education's Humanities and Social Sciences project and
Guangdong Province's Key Platform and Major Scientific
Research project. She has published more than 50
academic papers and three books, including "Mind
Mapping: How to Learn, How to Use, How to Teach".
Additionally, she has developed two MOOC courses,
including "How People Learn" for the National Teacher
Teaching Ability Improvement Project and two courses for
improving the information technology application
capabilities of primary and secondary school teachers.
These courses have been attended by nearly 400,000
people and have received wide acclaim.