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Prof. Minjuan Wang
Editor-in-Chief, IEEE
Transactions on Learning Technologies
Associate Editor, Nature-HSSC
San Diego State University, USA
Minjuan Wang is Professor and Program Head of Learning Design
and Technology (LDT) in the School of Journalism and Media
Studies at San Diego State University and Editor-in-Chief of the
IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies (TLT). She is also a
new associate Editor with Nature-HSSC (Humanities and Social
Science Communications).
Dr. Wang teaches Methods of Inquiry, Designing and Developing
Learning for the Global Audience, and Mobile Learning Solutions
Development. Her research specialties are multidisciplinary,
focusing on learning across the Metaverse, Cross-Reality (XR)
and Immersive Learning, AI in education, and the sociocultural
aspects of learning design and the use of technology.
She has been collaborating with scholars worldwide on research
and development projects. She is a high-impact author, an
internationally recognized scholar, and has keynoted more than
40 international conferences. She is recognized as a high-impact
author, with more than 8000 citations on her English
publications and a H index of 42.
Speech Title: Metaverse and Generative AI: Will They
Revolutionize Education?
Abstract: Metaverse attracted worldwide attention since
2022. The Metaverse is considered the third wave of the Internet
revolution, able to support persistent interconnected online 3D
virtual environments (3DVE) and promising to bring new levels of
social connection and collaboration. How to effectively design
and use Metaverse in teaching and learning remains crucial for
the development of effective learning experiences. Meanwhile,
Generative AI such as ChatGPT, Bing, Bard, and Gemini entered
the spotlight in 2023 and stirred conversations around the world
on their usage and “threats” to education and training. How to
effectively use Generative AI in various disciplines remains a
popular research topic.
In this presentation, Dr. Wang will attempt to answer this
burning question from many-- Will Metaverse and Generative AI
Revolutionize Education in the years to come? She will approach
this topic from both a research and development perspective, by
taking you on an exciting tour of exemplary metaverse platforms
and also some of the popular AI tools for teaching and learning.
You will see firsthand the video of a 3D pedagogical framework
(an ecosystem) she created with her graduate students. In
addition, she will discuss the current research trends on both
topics from and explore how to ethically make the best use of
Generative AI tools in different educational settings.
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Maiga Chang is a Full Professor in the School of Computing and
Information Systems at Athabasca University, Canada and Honorary
Chair Professor, Multidisciplinary Academic Research Center,
National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan. He is IEEE Senior Member.
Dr. Chang has been appointed as an IEEE Computer Society
Distinguished Visitor for 2023 to 2025
(https://www.computer.org/profiles/maiga-chang) and also
recently received Distinguished Researcher Award from Asia
Pacific Society on Computers in Education (APSCE) in 2022
(https://new.apsce.net/apsce-award-winners/).
Dr Chang's research mainly focus on artificial intelligence;
natural language processing; intelligent agent and chatbot
technology; game-based learning, training and assessment;
learning behaviour analysis; learning analytics and academic
analytics; health informatics; data mining; computational
intelligence; museum education mobile learning and ubiquitous
learning; healthcare technology, etc.
Dr. Chang is now Vice President (2022~) of International
Association of Smart Learning Environments (IASLE,
http://iasle.net/). He is also IEEE Computer Society Technical &
Conference Activities Board (2022-2024,
https://www.computer.org/volunteering/boards-and-committees/technical-activities),
Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education (2017~2024,
APSCE, https://www.apsce.net/) and Global Chinese Society for
Computing in Education (2016~2025, GCSCE, http://gcsce.org/),
and Chair (2021~) of Educational Activities Committee, IEEE
Northern Canada Section
(https://northerncanada.ieee.ca/ncs-executives/). Dr. Chang is
also a Steering Committee member (2020~) for International
Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS,
https://iis-international.org/its/).
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