Keynote Speakers
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Prof. Dr. Hironori Washizaki is a Professor and the Associate Dean of the Research Promotion Division at Waseda University in Tokyo and a Visiting Professor at the National Institute of Informatics. He also works in the industry as Outside Directors of SYSTEM INFORMATION and eXmotion. Since 2017, he has been the lead on a large-scale grant at MEXT called enPiT-Pro SmartSE, which encompasses professional training and education in IoT, AI, software engineering, and business. He is also leading projects on STEM education with a particular focus on introductory programming environments. He currently serves as IEEE Computer Society Vice President for Professional and Educational Activities. He also serves as Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing, Steering Committee Member of the IEEE Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training, Advisory Committee Member of the IEEE CS flagship conference COMPSAC, and Convener of ISO/IEC/JTC1 SC7/WG20. For a complete publication list, see:http://www.washi.cs.waseda.ac.jp/publications/ |
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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 and induction into the Royal Society of Canada. 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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Professor Denise Whitelock is the Director for the
Institute of Educational Technology at The Open University. She is a Professor
of Technology Enhanced Learning and has over twenty-five years’ experience in
Artificial Intelligence for designing, researching and evaluating online and
computer-based learning in Higher Education. She recently led the UK’s
contribution to the Adaptive Trust e-Assessment System for Learning (TeSLA)
http://tesla-project.eu/project. The overall objective of the TeSLA project was
to define and develop an e-assessment system, which ensures learners
authentication and authorship in online and blended learning environments while
avoiding the time and physical space limitations imposed by a face-to-face
examination. She is currently the Editor of Open Learning: The Journal of Open,
Distance & e-Learning. Her work has received international recognition through
holding visiting Chairs at the Autonoma University, Barcelona and the British
University in Dubai. |
