PartⅠ

• Theme: Fostering Critical Thinking and Creativity in Learning with Technology

  1. Designing Games that Resonate with Learners and Learning

  Prof. Eric Klopfer,
  Professor, Director of the Scheller Teacher Education Program and The Education Arcade, MIT

  May 20 (Mon), 2019, 14:00-15:00, Room 204, The 2nd Teaching Building, Beijing Normal University, China

  2. CSCL for All: Technology Support for Inquiry Learning

  Prof. Cindy Hmelo-Silver

  Professor, the Barbara B. Jacobs Chair in Education and Technology, Director of the Center for Research on Learning and Technology, Indiana University

  May 21 (Tue), 2019, 14:00-15:00, Room 108, The 10th Teaching Building, Beijing Normal University, China
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  Designing Games that Resonate with Learners and Learning
  Abstract: In the MIT Education Arcade, we have spent over a decade designing learning games that have deep connections with players’ lives—artifacts that could be a part of their lives in school and at home, that could rouse their curiosity and determination, that might even seep into their dreams and imaginations. Our games are designed to resonate with their lives, passions, and all the systems in which they are embedded. Based on our experience designing, implementing, and researching these games, we have created a set of principles for designing “Resonant Games,” which are designed for learning in and out of school. This talk will argue that games are an extremely promising medium for creating positive and effective educational experiences, and outline principles for designing Resonant Games based on evidence from design-based research.
  Bio: Eric Klopfer is Professor and Director of the Scheller Teacher Education Program and The Education Arcade at MIT. He is also a co-faculty director for MIT’s J-WEL World Education Lab. His work uses a Design Based Research methodology to span the educational technology ecosystem, from design and development of new technologies to professional development and implementation. Much of Klopfer’s research has focused on computer games and simulations for building understanding of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Much of his research centers on the affordances of new technologies including AR, VR and mobile, and how those can be applied today. He is the co-author of the books, “Adventures in Modeling”, “The More We Know”, and the recently released “Resonant Games”, as well as author of “Augmented Learning.” His lab has produced software (from casual mobile games to the MMO The Radix Endeavor) and platforms (including StarLogo Nova and Taleblazer) used by millions of people, as well as online courses that have reached hundreds of thousands. Klopfer is also the co-founder and past President of the non-profit Learning Games Network (www.learninggamesnetwork.org).
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  CSCL for All: Technology Support for Inquiry Learning
  Abstract: Technology has created new forms of inquiry that can support learning and engagement across the lifespan. The results of a recent synthesis report show that Indeed, the most robust uses of computer-supported collaborative learning in STEM domains are to support inquiry. From citizen scientists working on locally relevant problems over time to secondary students using technology to communicate across space, STEM inquiry can serve as a path to civic engagement. In this presentation, I will talk about the use of computer-supported collaborative learning to support inquiry, in particular, how different combinations of technologies, pedagogies, and modes of collaboration interact. In particular, I will consider how the Jeong & Hmelo-Silver (2016) framework of Seven Affordances for Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning has been instantiated in recent robotics and game-based learning projects, ways that they have the potential to support deep collaborative engagement in inquiry learning, provide structure for student agency, and conjectures about opportunities realized and challenges faced. In particular, this talk will address how new technologies provide opportunities for CSCL for all learners.
  Bio: Dr. Cindy Hmelo-Silver is the Barbara B. Jacobs Chair in Education and Technology, Professor of Learning Sciences, and Director of the Center for Research on Learning and Technology at Indiana University. She received her Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University in 1994. She studies how people learn through problem-based inquiry and how technology can provide support for problem-based and inquiry learning. Her research focuses on learning in complex domains and computer-supported collaborative learning. She has worked with populations ranging across the lifespan, from middle and high school students to pre-service teachers, medical students, and citizen scientists. She was co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of the Learning Sciences from 2009-2013 and is co-editor of the 2018 International Handbook of the Learning Sciences. Dr. Hmelo-Silver is an Inaugural Fellow of the International Society of the Learning Sciences and a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association.

Part Ⅱ

• Theme: Fostering Critical Thinking and Creativity in Learning with Technology

  3. Teaching XX1st Century Abilities

  Prof. Miguel Nussbaum
  Professor, Computer Science Department of the School of Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
  

  June 25 (Tue), 2019, 14:00-15:00, Room 208, Broadcast Building, Beijing Normal University, China

  4. From Active-in-Behaviour to Active-in-Thinking in Learning with Technology

  Prof. Minhong (Maggie) Wang

  Professor, Head of Division of Information and Technology Studies at the Faculty of Education,
  Director of the KM&EL Lab, Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong
  Eastern Scholar Chair Professor, East China Normal University
  Visiting Research Professor, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Future Education, Beijing Normal University

  June 25 (Tue), 2019, 15:30-16:30, Room 208, Broadcast Building, Beijing Normal University, China

  5. Support Young People to Build Cloud-Based Artificial Intelligence Applications

  Dr. Naill Winters
  Associate Professor of Learning and New Technologies at the Department of Education, University of Oxford
  Fellow of Kellogg College

  June 25 (Tue), 2019, 17:00-18:00, Room 208, Broadcast Building, Beijing Normal University, China

  6. My Experience as Co-Editor of Computers & Education

  Prof. Miguel Nussbaum

  Professor, Computer Science Department of the School of Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

  June 27 (Thu), 2019, 14:00-15:00, Room 208, Broadcast Building, Beijing Normal University, China

  7. My Experience as Co-Editor of the British Journal of Educational Technology (BJET) and What We Expect from Authors

  Dr. Naill Winters

  Associate Professor of Learning and New Technologies at the Department of Education, University of Oxford
  Fellow of Kellogg College

  June 27 (Thu), 2019, 15:30-16:30, Room 208, Broadcast Building, Beijing Normal University, China
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  Teaching XX1st Century Abilities
  Abstract: The healthcare ecosystem is complex with many opportunities for knowledge management and e-learning research and application given that healthcare is currently in a state of global crisis and transition with no country in the world able to deal with the onslaught of chronic illness complications using traditional approaches. Knowledge management and e-learning demands increase tremendously under these circumstances. Fortunately, big data along with appropriate eHealth technology support, including mobile devices, provide an opportunity for new thinking that extends beyond traditional treatment to embracing wellness in moving from disease treatment to disease prevention. Multi-stakeholder knowledge management and e-learning are critical components in enacting this change in thinking. Big data driven technology can be the catalyst and enabler for innovative approaches to a sustainable healthcare model engaging key stakeholders in formulating strategy, collaborative action plans, and managing knowledge for sustained behavioral change. However, knowledge management and e-learning can take many twists and turns that warrant special consideration given the complex nature of healthcare. This talk will address salient issues with examples in practice and research in progress.
  Bio: Miguel Nussbaum is a professor at the Computer Science Department of the School of Engineering of Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Was honored with the innovation in education prize of the Organization of American States (2004), and with the Chilean award for innovation in the education category (2011). Has been a member of the board of Chile’s National Agency for Quality in Education (2012-2017) and is co-editor of Computers & Education (since 2014). Has almost 100 papers in journals of the ISI (web of science) catalog with more than 6300 citations in Google Scholar. His instructional designs supported by technology for transforming the classroom experience have been used in schools in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Brazil, Guatemala, India, England, Sweden, USA, Uruguay, and UK, and were endorsed by UNESCO.
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  From Active-in-Behaviour to Active-in-Thinking in Learning with Technology
  Abstract: Emerging technologies have increasingly expanded the opportunities for student-centred learning via ubiquitous access to digital learning content, extensive communication and collaboration among learners, and authentic task experience in immersive simulations and virtual environments. Student-centred learning emphasizes the role of students in learning by constructing personally relevant meaning. While active in technology-mediated activities, students, however, are not directly afforded to be effective in thinking for developing meaningful understanding and desired performance. This talk will present some studies that may offer insights into how active-in-behaviour can be better expanded to active-in-thinking in learning with technology. The focus is on innovative design and use of learning technologies or technology-enhanced learning environments that may empower active and higher-order thinking for effective and performance improvement.
  Bio: Maggie Minhong Wang is Professor, Head of Division of Information and Technology Studies at the Faculty of Education, the University of Hong Kong. She is the Director of the Lab for Knowledge Management & E-learning at HKU, Eastern Scholar Chair Professor at East China Normal University, and Visiting Research Professor at the Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Future Education, Beijing Normal University. Her areas of expertise include e-learning design and analysis, problem solving and inquiry learning, knowledge visualization for deeper learning, STEM education, medical education, knowledge management, workplace e-learning, and artificial intelligence.
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  Support Young People to Build Cloud-Based Artificial Intelligence Applications
  Abstract: In this talk, I will discuss the development of an open-source programming tool that enables non-experts to construct AI applications, and their associated web-based learning resources for young people. The library we have developed includes tools for creating models, defining the training and validation datasets, undertaking training, and model prediction. I will then go on to discuss three sample applications:
  (a) learning mathematical functions from examples
  (b) attempting to predict an outcome given historical data
  (c) learning to win when playing Tic-Tac-Toe

  As AI is likely to continue greatly affecting nearly every aspect of modern life, students who experience in a hands-on manner the possibilities, strengths, and weaknesses of this technology are likely to obtain a deeper understanding than those who simply study the technology. We believe that such students are better equipped to deal with the social, economic, and ethical issues that are arising from the use of machine learning. This research is collaborative work Ken Kahn as part of the EU-funded eCraft2Learning project.
  Bio: Dr. Niall Winters is an Associate Professor of Learning and New Technologies at the Department of Education, University of Oxford and a Fellow of Kellogg College. His main research interest is to design, develop and evaluate technology enhanced learning (TEL) programmes. He is co-Director of the Learning and New Technologies Research Group, Director of the MSc Education and a co-editor of the British Journal of Educational Technology (BJET).