HKAECT International Conference 2025 “The Vistas of Inclusive Innovations in Educational Communications and Technology”

On 12-14 June 2025

(Hybrid) The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Are you intrigued by innovations in educational technology? Emerging educational technologies are transforming the landscape of education and communication. Global educators, the driving force behind educational technology innovation, have been influenced by the proliferation of new technologies both consciously and sub-consciously. The HKAECT international conference 2025 provides a platform to explore the current landscape, opportunities, and challenges associated with inclusive innovations in educational technology. Individuals with an interest in diverse disciplines, including education, communication, social sciences, and humanities are encouraged to contribute their insightful experiences that can empower and inspire the potential of EduTech within the community and beyond.

The conference keeps us updated on the latest advancements and trends in EduTech, nurtures your sense of belonging, and strengthens your professional identity. It also offers an opportunity for individuals to connect with fellow educators, researchers, teachers, and practitioners to exchange ideas and collectively drive the future integration of educational technology. For those unable to attend in person, a virtual program will also be available.

Submission Guidelines

We warmly invite presentation proposals (up to 300 words) and full papers (10-20 pages) that explore the following sub-themes (but not limited to):

• Innovative pedagogies in education and communication
•  Inclusive design principles in digital innovations in various fields
•  EduTech policies and implementations
•  EduTech in teacher training and professional development
•  EduTech in teaching and learning in various educational contexts
•  EduTech in assessment and evaluation
•  Edutech strategies for fostering collaboration and communication
•  Designing learning environments and fostering innovation that accommodate diverse needs
• Sustainable and supportive ecosystems for EduTech
• Chabot, virtual assistant tools, and/or large language models in application
• Social, cultural, and economic perspectives on AI in education
• Ethical considerations and implications in data privacy and digital surveillance

We encourage submissions from scholars and researchers in various fields, including education, communication, social sciences, and humanities. We welcome both theoretical and empirical papers, as well as case studies, policy analyses, and critical reviews.

Presentation Abstract Submissions (Deadline 1 February 2025)

The Conference welcomes 500-word extended abstracts to be submitted to hkaectconference@gmail.com. In the abstracts, you should clearly state research objectives, research questions, hypotheses (if any), research methods, findings, and implications/contributions. To ensure academic quality, all abstracts will go through a blind peer-review process. Subject to authors’ successful registrations to the Conference, accepted abstracts will be included in a conference program booklet and you will be invited to make presentations at the Conference. The maximum number of an author’s submissions is two, irrespective of whether he or she is the first author of each manuscript or not.

Full Paper Submissions (Deadline: 31 December 2024)

For English manuscripts: Accepted abstracts for presentations are invited to extend into a full paper. Submissions of your manuscripts in 10-20 pages should be uploaded to hkaectconference@gmail.com. All full papers submitted will be subject to a blind peer-review process. Upon acceptance, and subject to authors’ successful revision enhancement based on the reviewers’ comments, your manuscripts will be included in a new volume under the Educational Communications and Technology Yearbook series to be published by Springer and indexed by Scopus.

提交中文論文（截止日期：2024年12月31日） 提交的稿件，討論範圍包括文學與教學、文學與數碼人文等相關議題，字數在10,000至20,000字之間，並提交至hkaectconference@gmail.com 。 所有提交的論文都將接受隱名評審過程。 稿件一經錄用，將收錄在香港中國語文學會出版的《文學論衡》或書籍中。

Keynote Speakers

Day 1:

• Professor Christopher T. MILLER, President-Elect, AECT / Department of Foundational and Graduate Studies in Education, Morehead State University
• Professor Allan YUEN, President, Yew Chung College of Early Childhood Education

Day 2:

• Professor Tommy Hsin-Tzu CHEN, Department of Education, Chinese Culture University
• Professor Michele Della VENTURA, Department of Music Technology, Music Academy Studio Musica

International Advisory Board

• Alessandro BENATI, University College Dublin
• Sharif ALGHAZO, University of Jordan
• John BLAKE, University of Aizu
• Hsin-Tzu (Tommy) CHEN, Chinese Culture University
• Juhong Christie LIU, James Madison University
• Brett GREATLEY-HIRSCH, University of Leeds
• Timothy HEW, The University of Hong Kong
• Shih-chang HSIN, National Tsing Hua University
• Feng-Qi LAI, Indiana State University
• Xiaojun June CHEN, St. John's University
• Will W. K. MA, Tung Wah College
• Sarah OLIVE, Aston University
• Kay A. PERSICHITTE, University of Wyoming
• Bart RIENTIES, Open University UK
• Roopika RISAM, Dartmouth College
• Fredrik TYDAL, Stockholm School of Economics
• Allan H. K. YUEN, Yew Chung College of Early Childhood Education

Organizing Committee

• Conference Chair: Wendy CHAN, HKU Space Po Leung Kuk Stanley Ho Community College
• Conference Chair: Anna TSO, The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong
• Program Co-Chair: Albert CHAN, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• Program Co-Chair: Helena SIT, The University of Newcastle
• Tiffany BAI, The Education University of Hong Kong
• Sumie CHAN, The University of Hong Kong
• Miaoting (Cat) CHENG, Shenzhen University
• Rose Cheuk-Wai FONG, Northumbria University London
• Noble LO, College of Professional and Continuing Education, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• Steven K. K. NG, Ming-Ai (London) Institute
• Chenwei ZHANG, The University of Hong Kong

International Program Committee

• Rik BAIR, University of Miami 
• Alex Chi-Keung CHAN, Tung Wah College 
• Venus CHAN, Metropolitan University of Hong Kong 
• April Kwan King CHEUNG, The Education University of Hong Kong 
• Thomas CHIU, The Chinese University of Hong Kong 
• Eric CHUI, HKU Space Po Leung Kuk Stanley Ho Community College
• Helen GENG, Lingnan University
• Frankie HAR, Hong Kong Polytechnic University 
• Chor-Kiu LEE, HKU SPACE Community College
• Kacey LIU, Hong Kong Shue Yan University 
• Ken LI, Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education 
• Miriam LAU, Hong Kong Baptist University
• Chung Kwan LO, The Education University of Hong Kong 
• Scott MCLEOD, University of Colorado Denver 
• Annie NG, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
• Hauman NG, Hong Kong Chu Hai College
• Patricia NG, The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong 
• Tuyen NGUYEN, The University of Newcastle 
• Jae PARK, The Education University of Hong Kong
• Howard SONG, The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong 
• Yun Yi TAN, Universiti Sains Malaysia 
• Margaret TSAU, The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong
• Benson TONG, Metropolitan University of Hong Kong 
• Chi Hung WONG, Metropolitan University of Hong Kong 
• Korix WONG, The Education University of Hong Kong 
• Clio Jing WU, The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong 
• Simin XU, The Education University of Hong Kong 

Publication

Accepted manuscripts will be included in a new volume under the Educational Communications and Technology Yearbook series to be published by Springer and indexed by Scopus. For details, please see: https://www.springer.com/series/16077 

Venue

The hybrid conference will be held online and at the The University of Hong Kong.

Conference Registration Fee

The conference is HKD 800 per person and HKD 400 per student (including the post-conference lunch on 14 June 2025). The fee can be paid through Paypal:

https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/FK5D99GVXMQRE

Payment is non-refundable and registration is not transferable to other parties. If you have any problems regarding the payment, please contact the Conference Organizing Committee at: hkaectconference@gmail.com

Contact

For questions about the submission, please contact: hkaectconference@gmail.com