PartⅠ

• Theme: The Future of Online Learning: Challenges, Opportunities, and Creativity

  1. Fueling a Cycle for Continuous Improvement in Discussion Based Learning

  Prof. Carolyn Rosé (ISLS Fellow),
  Professor, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University

  May 23 (Wed), 2018, 14:00-16:00, Room 318, Yingdong Building, Beijing Normal University, China

  2. Laboratory for Knowledge Management & E-Learning (KM&EL Lab):
  Review of Ten Years and Prospect of Development

  Dr. Minhong (Maggie) Wang

  Associate Professor, 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

  May 24 (Thu), 2018, 10:00-12:00, Room 318, Yingdong Building, Beijing Normal University, China

  3. Ensuring Learning Online is not a Second Class University Education

  Prof. Gregor Kennedy
  Professor, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Teaching & Learning),

  Director of the Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, University of Melbourne

  May 24 (Thu), 2018, 14:00-16:00, Room 318, Yingdong Building, Beijing Normal University, China
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  Fueling a Cycle for Continuous Improvement in Discussion Based Learning
  Abstract: Computational Discourse Analysis is an active area of Learning Analytics that offers real time insights into social processes that impact learning and performance in online courses. This talk reports both on a sharable infrastructure for supporting computational discourse analysis in action as well as research that leverages this infrastructure in a continuous improvement cycle. With DiscourseDB as a foundation, we use text mining and other computational modeling techniques applied to discourse data, which allows us to estimate measures of student conversational roles, attitudes, motivation, cognitive engagement, and confusion. Together these insights motivate design of collaborative activities and interventions triggered through real time analysis of collaborative processes, which then scaffold collaborative processes and increase learning and performance within groups. Examples will be offered from a series of studies in Massive Open Online Courses as well as more traditional large online courses housed within degree programs.
  Bio: Dr. Carolyn Rosé is a Professor of Language Technologies and Human-Computer Interaction in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University. Her research program is focused on better understanding the social and pragmatic nature of conversation, and using this understanding to build computational systems that can improve the efficacy of conversation between people, and between people and computers. Her group’s highly interdisciplinary work, published in over 200 peer reviewed publications, is represented in the top venues in 5 fields: namely, Language Technologies, Learning Sciences, Cognitive Science, Educational Technology, and Human-Computer Interaction, with awards in 3 of these fields. She is a past president and fellow of the International Society of the Learning Sciences and serves on the Executive Board of the International Artificial Intelligence in Education Society. She serves as Executive Editor of the International Journal of Computer Supported Collaborative Learning and Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies.
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  Laboratory for Knowledge Management & E-Learning (KM&EL Lab):
  Review of Ten Years and Prospect of Development
  Abstract: The KM&EL Lab at the Faculty of Education of HKU is dedicated to promoting high-quality research and international collaboration in the areas of knowledge management and e-learning. The lab has been running an international academic journal—Knowledge Management & E-Learning, which is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The lab has led a number of research projects funded by the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong and has been collaborating with world-class institutions such as Harvard University, University of Cambridge, and Beijing Normal University. With the support from its faculty, university and collaborators, the lab has held the annual KM&EL workshop since 2009. More than 50 world-renowned scholars have delivered keynotes and shared their cutting-edge research and findings at the workshop. In this talk, I will discuss the research projects, international collaboration, and the academic journal developed at the lab in the past years, in addition to directions for future development.
  Bio: Dr. Maggie Minhong Wang is associate professor and director of the Laboratory for Knowledge Management & E-Learning at the University of Hong Kong. She is Eastern Scholar Chair Professor at East China Normal University. She holds a Visiting Research Professor position 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 and medical education, knowledge management, workplace e-learning, artificial intelligence, and business process management. She has published widely in these areas. She is editor-in-chief of Knowledge Management & E-Learning (indexed in ESCI) and associate editor of Information & Management, in addition to guest-editor of Educational Technology & Society, and Computers in Human Behavior. She is a former visiting scholar at Harvard Graduate School of Education, University of Cambridge, and MIT Sloan School of Management. More details can be found at http://web.edu.hku.hk/staff/academic/magwang.​
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  Ensuring Learning Online is not a Second Class University Education
  Abstract: Over the last two decades there have been widespread changes in the provision of higher education, and educators have witnessed significant shifts in the ways students engage with universities and their teaching programs. The rise of digital technologies and online learning has been central to the way in which universities now engage with their students. Yet online learning faces a stigma in many quarters; it is often seen as inferior to learning face-to-face and is sometimes perceived as a second class university education. In this presentation I will briefly review the evidence about this claim before outlining what I consider the core design features that need to be considered in the development and delivery of high quality online learning environments. I will argue that as educators we need to be more mindful of how and when we apply digital technologies for what purpose in order to ensure learning online is regarded as a first class university education.
  Bio: Gregor Kennedy is the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Teaching & Learning) at the University of Melbourne and also the Director of the Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education. In his PVC role Gregor leads the University's strategy in teaching, learning and assessment, curriculum innovation, educational technologies, learning analytics, and the use of physical and virtual space. Gregor has spent over 20 years conducting and overseeing research and development in educational technology in higher education and leads the educational technology research group within the MCSHE. His current research interests include students’ motivation and self-regulation; interaction and engagement in digital learning environments; understanding student confusion in digital learning environments, the use of 3D immersive simulation for learning; and the use of learning analytics for improved learning design, teaching and student support.  Gregor has published widely in these areas, and is a past editor the Australasian Journal of Educational Technology and serves on a number of editorial boards. He is a regular invited and keynote speaker at national and international conferences on educational technology and higher education. 

Part Ⅱ

• Theme: Big Data for Learning, Communication and Collaboration

  4. Healthcare Knowledge Management and E-Learning

  Prof. Doug Vogel (AIS Fellow, AIS Past President),
  Professor & Director of the eHealth Research Institute,
  School of Management, Harbin Institute of Technology

  July 9 (Mon), 2018, 10:00-12:00, Exhibition Hall, 3/F, Block A, Jingshi Science & Technology Mansion, Advanced Innovation Center for Future Education, Beijing Normal University, China

  5. Network Science in Disaster and Public Health Preparedness

  Prof. Liaquat Hossain

  Professor & Head, Division of Information and Technology Studies, Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong

  Dr. Shihui Feng,

  Assistant Lecturer, Division of Information and Technology Studies, Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong

  July 10 (Tue), 2018, 10:00-12:00, Exhibition Hall, 3/F, Block A, Jingshi Science & Technology Mansion, Advanced Innovation Center for Future Education, Beijing Normal University, China
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  Healthcare Knowledge Management and E-Learning
  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: Doug Vogel is Professor of Information Systems (IS) at the Harbin School of Management and an Association for Information Systems (AIS) Fellow as well as AIS Past President and, currently, Director of the eHealth Research Institute for the Harbin Institute of Technology School of Management in China. He received his M.S. in Computer Science from U.C.L.A. and his Ph.D. in Business Administration (Management Information Systems) from the University of Minnesota where he was also research coordinator for the MIS Research Center. Professor Vogel has had a presence in over 100 countries, has published widely and received over 15,000 citations. His teaching and research interests integrate societal, business and academic communities in addressing issues of information system creation and impact on aspects of interpersonal communication, group problem solving, cooperative learning, knowledge management, multi-cultural team productivity, big data analytics and healthcare. Professor Vogel’s interests reflect a concern for encouraging efficient and effective utilization of computer systems in an atmosphere conducive to enhancing the quality of life. Additional detail can be found at http://ehealth.hit.edu.cn/.
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  Network Science in Disaster and Public Health Preparedness
  Abstract: Network science provides us with theoretical and methodological foundations drawn from physics, graph theory, sociology and social psychology to make sense of various complex systems in disaster and public health preparedness. Disaster and public health preparedness is a collective action conducted by a group of individuals and organizations, in which information and communication flow from multi levels becomes critical to the functioning of the complex systems. Awareness of locally situated knowledge and shared understanding of disasters among public and hierarchical governing systems can be instrumental in supporting decision making, early warning and outbreak detection. Network science enables us to analyze the underlying structures and model the dynamics of networks representative of real-world systems in disasters. From this, we can examine the effectiveness of disaster management, monitor public awareness, achieve early recognition of disaster occurrence, and enhance the robustness of response systems. Data availability provided by digital evolution can support the study of large scale network in disaster at local and global level. Our proposition is here to suggest effective strategies using network science to study social and organizational systems at play in disaster preparedness and response. In our presentation, we will present a series of work related to modelling social systems for detecting early warning signs, improving our understanding of locally situated information of disaster affected areas, and supporting communication and collaboration across public and hierarchical governing systems. We will further discuss strategies to develop a hybrid information flow among public and governing systems for improving disaster and public health preparedness.
  Bio:
  Liaquat Hossain, Ph.D. Professor of Information Management and Head of the Division of Information and Technology Studies, The University of Hong Kong. His research deals with disaster/crisis management and resilience for dealing with disasters related to flood, fire, tsunami, disease outbreaks from food, zoonotic diseases and other man made and bio related security preparedness and response.
  Shihui Feng, Ph.D. Assistant Lecturer in Information Management, Division of Information and Technology Studies, The University of Hong Kong. Her research deals with network dynamics for disaster response.