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Prof. Mario Barajas Frutos
University of Barcelona, Spain
He is a Doctor in Education from the University of Barcelona and Master’s Degree in Educational Technology
from San Francisco State University in the USA. He holds degrees in Engineering and in Philosophy and previously taught
Mathematics in secondary education. He teaches about Digital Learning Environments, and in the doctoral program
‘Education and Society’ at the Faculty of Education of the University of Barcelona. He is a founder of the new
Institute of Educational Research of the same University. He is a member of different Research Committees, Journals and
Conferences at an international level. During the last two decades, Dr. Barajas has coordinated and participated in a large
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Prof. Joy Kutaka-Kennedy
School of Education, National University, USA
Prior to entering higher education, Dr. Joy
Kutaka-Kennedy had extensive experience in teaching students
from pre-school through high school in regular education, gifted
education, at-risk education, and special education. She has
taught in higher education for the past eleven years, with her
current focus emphasizing innovation in online pedagogy. She has
given numerous national and international presentations on group
collaboration with individual accountability with the recent
addition of creativity in the online venue. As an award winning
course designer, she presented some of her course innovations at
last year’s Quality Matters conference in Louisville, KY, USA.
Recent 2012 publications addressed issues involving the use of
iPads with self-directed adult learners and with students who
have Autism. Dr. Kutaka-Kennedy has just accepted an invitation
to join a consortium led by the University of Kansas to research
differences in perception of online visual elements among
culturally diverse groups. She recently completed a successful
multiyear grant from the United States Department of Education,
Office of Special Education which prepared paraprofessionals to
teach in special education. Her current responsibilities include
course design and oversight, field work supervision, and
mentoring new faculty in higher education. Dr. Joy
Kutaka-Kennedy serves as an officer of the California
Association of Professors of Special Education, mentors
prospective grant writers, completes program reviews for
national accreditation and performs editorial reviews for
professional publications.
New Possibilities in Higher Education at
the Nexus of Generational Change and Technological Innovation |
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Prof. Shuliang Li
University of Westminster,
United Kingdom
Dr Shuliang Li is a Reader in Business
Information Management at Westminster Business School,
University of Westminster. He acted as BIM&O departmental
Research Leader from January 2010 to July 2013.
Dr Li is also Sichuan 100-Talent Scheme
Visiting Professor at SWJTU in China for research collaboration
purposes. He is a life Fellow of the British Computer Society
(FBCS).
Quantum strategies,
quantum knowledge management, hybrid density analysis with
interaction equilibrium dynamics and quantum evolution, big
data, deshopping simulation, and hybrid intelligent marketing &
digital marketing strategy support systems for training,
teaching & learning in education |
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Dr. Fang Lou
University of
Hertfordshire, UK
Dr. Fang Lou was born in 1963
in Hangzhou, China. She obtained a BSc in Biology from the
University of Science and Technology of China (1986), and a PhD
in Medical Sciences from the Lund University, Sweden (1994). She
did post doctorial research at the Imperial College, London,
United Kingdom, in muscle physiology.
Dr. Fang Lou joined the University of Hertfordshire, United
Kingdom, in 2002 as a lecturer in Physiology. She is interested
in pedagogy with the application of blended learning,
particularly in peer assessment and group work. She has been
seconded to the Learning and Teaching Institute between
September 2009 to August 2014 as a principal lecturer. She has
been involved in the management and staff training of the online
teaching tool Elluminate/Collaborate and Adobe Connect across
the university. She works with many colleagues in the university
on assessment for learning and flexible learning. She is the
Departmental Lead in Learning and Teaching.
Dr. Fang Lou is a Senior Fellow of the UK Higher Education
Academy, and member of the Physiological Society. Her
publications cover both the physiology and learning and teaching
fields. |
