Speakers

Fei Xue is a Ph.D. student in the School of Education at the University of California, Davis, USA. Her research focuses on instructional technology, human-computer interaction, and design thinking.

Prof. Tatjana Krapše, worked as a teacher at a primary school, then became a pedagogical advisor for teaching and, before taking up her current post, was a primary school head teacher for 11 years. Her main areas of work are: Research in the field of didactics of primary education, professional development of teachers, pedagogical leadership.

Patrick Poon is the Associate Dean and Professor of Teaching in Marketing and International Business, Faculty of Business, Lingnan University. He received his PhD (major in Technology Management and Marketing) and Master of Engineering and Technology Management from the University of Queensland. He obtained his second doctoral degree (Doctor of Political Science) at the University

Reema Mani is a post-doctoral researcher at Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Mumbai, India. She is interested in mainly dialogue in the classroom, classroom discourse, and qualitative research methods in education. In this presentation, she will share the type of engagement in learning that was possible when students were mostly unsupervised and working from

Dr. Yu-mei Wang teaches at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She has been teaching discussion-based online courses at both graduate and undergraduate levels. Her research covers new media literacy, technology proficiencies of digital natives as preservice teachers, meaningful online discourse communities, and teacher education reform. Dr. Yu-mei Wang has published widely in academic journals

Sohni Zahid-Siddiqui is a doctoral candidate at the Faculty of Educational Sciences at Technische Universität Berlin, supported by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). Currently, she is examining strategies to prevent bullying in educational institutions through teachers’ professional development.