hkaect2020: HKAECT 2020 International Conference The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, Hong Kong, June 17-19, 2020 |
Conference website | http://www.hkaect.org/hkaect2020/index.html |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=hkaect2020 |
Poster | download |
Full papers submission | October 15, 2019 |
Abstract registration deadline | January 15, 2020 |
Submission deadline | January 15, 2020 |
Call for Papers
The environment in which individuals teach and learn has been changing. New media and technology have infiltrated and shaped our learning environment from merely physical spaces into multifaceted possibilities. This gives rise to several important issues, such as “How can we design learning environments that harness technology appropriately to better engage learners?” and “What roles should learners and educators play in this changing learning environment?” The HKAECT International Conference 2020 provides a timely forum to link local and international academics, researchers, educators, and practitioners among institutions, societies, and the global village to exchange theoretical perspectives of and practical insights into current and future designs of learning environments. The Conference aims at enhancing the contributions of applied research and scholarship, supporting the developments and applications of new conceptual frameworks, improving the quality of contemporary practices, and encouraging the continuous revisits of theories pertaining to learning, communication, and new media.
The HKAECT International Conference 2020 cordially invites submissions for topics relevant to the themes above, including but not limited to the following:
- Online learning and blended learning
- Learning Environment and Design
- New Generation of Learners and Learning, and the Role of Educators
- MOOCs, Open Education, Open Educational Resources (OER)
- Gamification and game-based learning
- Assessment, Learning Analytics, Artificial Intelligence in Education
- Communication and New Media
- Media Psychology and Positive Media Psychology
Other relevant topics are also welcomed.
HKAECT - The Hong Kong Association for Educational Communications and Technology (HKAECT; http://www.hkaect.org/) was established in 1989. Its first conference was organized in 1990, addressing “The Role of Educational Communications and Technology in the Year 2000”, with speakers coming from the United States, China, and Taiwan to discuss the outlook on educational communications and technology. Throughout these years, the HKAECT has held a number of international conferences, symposiums, workshops, and talks with various themes to provide a platform to enable rich exchanges for academicians, practitioners, and professionals in the communication and educational fields to discourse about the shaping and changing issues on education, communications, and technology.
Submission Guidelines
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:
- Full Paper Submission (Deadline: 15 October 2019)
- Please submit the manuscript in 8 – 14 pages to Easychair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=hkaect2020 ). The full paper submission will go through a blind peer-review process. Accepted full papers will be included in a volume of the Educational Communications and Technology Yearbook series, published by Springer (indexed by Web of Science).
- Presentation Submission (Deadline: 15 January 2020)
- Please submit 500 words extended abstract to Easychair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=hkaect2020 ). The abstract should clearly state the research objective, research question, the hypotheses (if any), the method, the findings, and the implications. The abstract will go through a blind peer-review process (All abstract submissions will be reviewed after the submission deadline). Accepted abstracts will be included in the Conference Program Booklet and authors will be invited to present at the conference.
List of Topics
- Online learning and blended learning
- Learning Environment and Design
- New Generation of Learners and Learning, and the Role of Educators
- MOOCs, Open Education, Open Educational Resources (OER)
- Gamification and game-based learning
- Assessment, Learning Analytics, Artificial Intelligence in Education
- Communication and New Media
- Media Psychology and Positive Media Psychology
Committees
Organizing Committee
- Conference Chair
- Will MA, THEi
- Program Chair
- Kar-wai TONG, City University of Hong Kong
- Anna TSO, Open University of Hong Kong
- OC Members
- BAI Shurui, The University of Hong Kong
- Wendy CHAN, Chu Hai College of Higher Education
- Cat CHENG, The University of Hong Kong
- Chenggui DUAN, Chu Hai College of Higher Education
- Heidi FUNG, HKAECT
- Timothy HEW, The University of Hong Kong
- Rose FONG, QAHE/ Northumbria University London
- Cora YANG, Harbour School
- Carol YIU, Chu Hai College of Higher Education
Keynote Speakers
- Prof Bart Rienties
- Professor in Learning Analytics
- Learning Analytics and Learning Design
- The Open University, UK
- Dr. Michael Grant
- President-Elect, AECT
- Associate Professor, University of South Carolina
- Dr. Timothy KF HEW
- Director, Chairperson, Centre for Information Technology in Education (CITE)
- Associate Dean (Research Higher Degrees) & Associate Professor
- Division of Information and Technology Studies, The University of Hong Kong
- Nick Melchior
- Executive Editor
- Social Sciences and Education Books in Australia and New Zealand
- Springer Nature
Publication
Selected papers of hkaect2020 will be published in a volume of the Educational Communications and Technology Yearbook series, Springer (indexed by Web of Science).
Venue
The conference will be held at The University of Hong Kong
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to hkaectconference@gmail.com
Sponsors
Hong Kong Pei Hua Education Foundation