Assoc. Prof. Zigang Ge
Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China
Zigang Ge is an associate professor and academic adviser for MA and MS programs at the School of Humanities, BUPT. He was awarded the title of “Beijing Higher Education Young Elite Teacher” and the title of “Teaching Master for Integrating Morality Cultivation in Courses” by Beijing Municipal Government. He has published over 20 academic papers in authoritative and core journals both domestically and internationally including Computers & Education, Computer Assisted Language Learning, International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, Interactive Learning Environments, and Journal of Educational & Society. He has served as a member of the editorial board of The Journal of Asia TEFL, a technical committee member for international conferences such as International Conference on Signal and Image Processing (since 2019) and International Conference on Digital Technology in Education (ICDTE2023), and an external reviewer for academic papers at China Academic Degrees and Graduate Education Development Center.
Assoc. Prof. A.Y.M. Atiquil Islam
East China Normal University, China
Assoc. Prof. A.Y.M. Atiquil Islam is the Director of the
International Graduate Program in Educational Technology
at the Department of Education Information Technology of
the East China Normal University. He is also a Guest
Professor at the School of Teacher Education of Jiangsu
University. He obtained a multidimensional PhD degree by
combining two faculties, namely, Education and Computer
Science & Information Technology at the Institute of
Graduate Studies, University of Malaya. In his field of
specialization, he developed and validated three models,
namely, the Technology Adoption and Gratification (TAG)
Model, the Technology Satisfaction Model (TSM) and the
Online Database Adoption and Satisfaction (ODAS) Model.
Dr. Islam has had almost 20 years of experience in
academia, industry and business. Furthermore, Dr. Islam
has presented many papers at international conferences
(Japan, Singapore, China, Indonesia and Malaysia) and
published journal articles, books and chapters. One of
his articles was listed as a “Highly Cited Paper” in
Essential Science Indicators (ESI) in 2022 & 2023. He
has also delivered keynote addresses, speeches, and
guest lectures many times in the past five years. Dr.
Islam has published in the British Journal of
Educational Technology, Instructional Science,
Educational Technology Research and Development, Journal
of Information Science, Educational Psychology,
Interactive Learning Environments, Journal of Research
in Science Teaching, Online Information Review, and
International Journal of Technology and Human
Interaction. He serves as the Principal Investigator and
Co-Investigator of local and international research
grants totaling over a million yuan.
Dr. Islam has international collaboration with the
United States of America, the United Kingdom, Germany,
Australia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Pakistan,
Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Bangladesh and
Nigeria. Dr. Islam is an Editorial Board Member of the
British Journal of Educational Technology (Q1, SSCI,
2022 IF=6.6), Executive Editor of the International
Journal of Smart Technology and Learning, Editor of
Cogent Education (ESCI & Scopus), and Article Editor of
SAGE Open (Q2, SSCI, 2021 IF=2.032). His research
interests are in the arena of Assessment of Educational
Technology, ICT in Higher Education, Quantitative
Modeling, Artificial Intelligence, STEM Education, Human
Computer Interaction, Information Science, Digital
Library Sciences, Metaverse and Virtual Reality.