Keynote Speakers
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Professor Marlene Scardamalia was awarded the
inaugural Presidents' Chair in Education and Knowledge Technologies at
OISE/University of Toronto and is cofounder and director of the Institute for
Knowledge Innovation and Technology—a worldwide network of innovators working to
advance the frontiers of knowledge building in various sectors. Marlene’s work
has led to numerous honours and awards, for example, the World Award of
Education from the World Cultural Council; the institute she founded with Carl
Bereiter received the ORION Learning Award for the development of the world's
first collaborative learning environment and for leadership in research-based
innovations in theory, pedagogy, and technology, all aimed at making citizens
part of a 21st-century knowledge-creating culture. Her extensive research into
how knowledge can be built within a community through interconnected,
intentional, and collective efforts of participants invites us to imagine a
future of learning that is as powerful as it is optimistic. |
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Mario Barajas Frutos is a Doctor in Education from
the University of Barcelona and Master’s Degree in Educational Technology from
San Francisco State University in the USA. He holds degrees in Engineering and
in Philosophy and previously taught Mathematics in secondary education. He
teaches about Digital Learning Environments, and in the doctoral program
‘Education and Society’ at the Faculty of Education of the University of
Barcelona. He is a founder of the new Institute of Educational Research of the
same University. He is a member of different Research Committees, Journals and
Conferences at an international level. During the last two decades, Dr. Barajas
has coordinated and participated in a large number of the European Union funded
projects and leads the research group Future Learning (www.futurelearning.org). |
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Salah Al-Majeed is an experienced academic with an
extensive international profile and high quality of delivering academic teaching
and research. He is the IEEE UK and Ireland STEM & Education Activity Officer
and Acting Head of School of Computer Science at University of Lincoln, UK.
Recently, Salah was holding the position of Founding Head of Engineering and
Technology at the University of Gloucestershire. Before that, Dr Al-Majeed was
Head of Systems Engineering School at the Military Technological College -MTC
Oman (partner with University of Portsmouth, UK). In addition to his role as
academic and manager, Salah has an extensive portfolio of Industrial, Academia,
and R&D works, leading the innovation of implementing technologies. Conduct
research into issues and challenges in data exploration through the Internet of
Things (IoT) and Smart Environment (including Smart City and Biomedical and
Health informatics), which is driving breakthroughs and innovation in a range of
areas, such as Sensor, E-Health, Telemedicine and Mobile Telemedicine, Wireless
Networks (4G and 5G). Besides, his research projects were supported and funded
by the UK, EU, and International organizations and companies. In addition to his
recognition as a Senior Member of IEEE, he is a reviewer for many well-known
journals, including IEEE transactions and an invited keynote speaker for many
international conferences and events. |
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Terry Anderson PhD is a Professor Emeritus and
former Canada Research Chair in the Centre for Distance Education at Athabasca
University. Terry has published widely in the area of distance education and
educational technology and has co-authored or edited 10 books and numerous
papers. Much of Terry’s research work revolves around studying interaction
amongst and between students, teachers and content. With Randy Garrison Terry
developed and first tested the popular Community of Inquiry Model for online
learning. Terry’s books and research articles have, since 2004, been published
under open access licenses so as to maximize their availability to all distance
education practitioners, students and researchers. |
