Invited Speakers

Senior Lecturer Dr. Jason Zagami

Griffith University, Australia

Bio: Dr Jason Zagami is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Education and Professional Studies at Griffith University, Australia. His teaching and research focus on artificial intelligence in education, digital technologies curriculum, virtual and extended-reality learning environments, educational gaming, and teacher education. His work examines how emerging technologies can be used thoughtfully to strengthen learning, creativity, inclusion, and teacher capability while addressing the ethical and practical challenges they introduce. Dr Zagami leads the research focus of the Australian Technologies Teacher Educators Network (ATTEN), the Griffith Research on Artificial Intelligence in Education (GRAIL), and the Education, Change and Sociotechnical Futures Research (ECSFR) groups. Bringing together research, policy, and educational practice, he works to develop rigorous, responsible, and human-centred approaches to digital transformations in education and society.

Dr. Kazem Banihashem

Maastricht University, Netherlands

Bio: Dr. Kazem Banihashem is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Educational Development and Research, School of Health Professions, Maastricht University, the Netherlands. He is an internationally recognized scholar and active contributor to the field of AI in Education, with a research program centred on the intersection of AI and feedback, human–AI collaboration, hybrid intelligent feedback, and the responsible use of AI in feedback practices. His broader research portfolio spans learning analytics, assessment, self-regulated learning, learning theory, and learning design. Dr. Banihashem serves as an Associate Editor of the Australasian Journal of Educational Technology (AJET) and has served as Guest Editor for several international journals, including the International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education and the Journal of Computer Assisted Learning. He has delivered invited keynote and panel presentations on human–AI collaboration and the future of feedback practices. His work has also attracted competitive research funding from national funding bodies, including the Dutch National Organization for Education Research (NRO), for projects advancing responsible and meaningful uses of AI in education.

Prof. Mingming Zhou

University of Macau, Macau, China

Bio: Dr. Mingming Zhou is now Professor in Faculty of Education at University of Macau. She currently serves as Associate Dean (Research and Graduate Studies) in the faculty. Her research combines educational psychology and educational technology to investigate how university students self-regulate their learning both in online and offline settings. Her current research examines how students interact with AI to support their self-regulation.