23–24 July 2026
Hong Kong Metropolitan University
Hong Kong SAR, China
(Hybrid conference)
School of Open Learning,
Hong Kong Metropolitan University
Hong Kong Pei Hua Education Foundation
香港培華教育基金會
Openness and innovation are major trends in contemporary education, influencing the whole spectrum of education institutions across the globe. Technological advancement and breakthroughs are bringing about a paradigm shift in contemporary education. Modes of learning and teaching are becoming more open and innovative in terms of time, space, curriculum contents, organization, pedagogical methods, infrastructure, and requirements. These changes take place virtually in all institutions (offering conventional, online, and/or open courses). With this background, Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU) organizes annual conferences on open and innovative education with the following aims:
Building on the successes of the conference series in eleven previous years, the 2026 International Conference on Open and Innovative Education (ICOIE 2026) will be held at the campus of Hong Kong Metropolitan University in Hong Kong. The conference will take place as a hybrid conference on 23–24 July 2026. All participants may choose to attend the conference and present their papers at the conference venue in Hong Kong or through our video conferencing system.
| General Chair: | William G S Yeoh | Lee Shau Kee School of Business and Administration, HKMU |
| Co-chairs: | Matthew C H Yeung | School of Open Learning, HKMU |
| Eva Y M TSANG | Office for Advancement of Learning and Teaching, HKMU | |
| Members: | Venus W M CHAN | School of Arts and Social Sciences, HKMU |
| Kathleen H M CHIM | Li Ka Shing School of Professional and Continuing Education, HKMU | |
| Larry K W CHING | Li Ka Shing School of Professional and Continuing Education, HKMU | |
| Samuel P M CHOI | Lee Shau Kee School of Business and Administration, HKMU | |
| Doris Y K CHONG | School of Nursing and Health Sciences, HKMU | |
| Dan C G DUAN | School of Open Learning, HKMU | |
| Jimmy X D KANG | School of Science and Technology, HKMU | |
| Cindy M F LAM | School of Education and Languages, HKMU | |
| Patrick C W LEE | School of Arts and Social Sciences, HKMU | |
| William K W TANG | School of Education and Languages, HKMU | |
| Billy T M WONG | Institute for Research in Open and Innovative Education, HKMU | |
| Manfred M F WU | Institute for Research in Open and Innovative Education, HKMU |
| Program Chair: | Graham Kendall | MILA University, Malaysia |
| Co-chairs: | Matthew C H Yeung | Hong Kong Metropolitan University |
| Eva Y M TSANG | Hong Kong Metropolitan University | |
| Members: | Mohamed ALLY | Athabasca University |
| Melinda BANDALARIA | University of the Philippines Open University | |
| Rahmat BUDIMAN | Universitas Terbuka | |
| Venus W M CHAN | Hong Kong Metropolitan University | |
| Kathleen H M CHIM | Hong Kong Metropolitan University | |
| Larry K W CHING | Hong Kong Metropolitan University | |
| Samuel P M CHOI | Hong Kong Metropolitan University | |
| Doris Y K CHONG | Hong Kong Metropolitan University | |
| Daryono DARYONO | Universitas Terbuka | |
| Kandarpa DAS | Girijananda Chowdhury University | |
| Dan C G DUAN | Hong Kong Metropolitan University | |
| Dragan GAŠEVIĆ | Monash University | |
| Juvy Lizette GERVACIO | University of the Philippines Open University | |
| Gwo-Jen HWANG | Taichung University of Education | |
| Pedro ISAIAS | The University of New South Wales | |
| Sanna JÄRVELÄ | University of Oulu | |
| Jimmy X D KANG | Hong Kong Metropolitan University | |
| Asha S KANWAR | Beijing Normal University | |
| Siu Cheung KONG | The Education University of Hong Kong | |
| Cindy M F LAM | Hong Kong Metropolitan University | |
| Queenie P S LAW | Hong Kong Metropolitan University | |
| Patrick C W LEE | Hong Kong Metropolitan University | |
| Mei Kuen LI | Hong Kong Metropolitan University | |
| Yosuke MORIMOTO | The Open University of Japan | |
| Kiyoshi NAKABAYASHI | Chiba Institute of Technology | |
| Kristanti PUSPITASARI | Universitas Terbuka | |
| Rizwan SALEEM | Virtual University of Pakistan | |
| Jean SALUDADEZ | University of the Philippines Open University | |
| Michele Y S TANG | Hong Kong Metropolitan University | |
| William K W TANG | Hong Kong Metropolitan University | |
| Denise WHITELOCK | The Open University | |
| Billy T M WONG | Hong Kong Metropolitan University | |
| Feng WU | Peking University | |
| Manfred M F WU | Hong Kong Metropolitan University | |
| Muhammad ZAHEER | Virtual University of Pakistan | |
| Denise WHITELOCK | The Open University |
Accepted full papers will be included in the conference proceedings (with an ISBN). Special issues of the following journals will be devoted to selected papers of the Conference. The journals include Interactive Technology and Smart Education (ESCI and Scopus listed) and “Innovation and Technology in Education” Section of SN Computer Science (Scopus listed). Extended versions of conference papers will be invited for review and publication in the journals.
Financial support for publication fees will be provided to awardees of Best/Excellent Paper Awards / Student Paper Awards to support their publication in relevant journals (subject to the fulfillment of relevant publication requirements).
