{"id":36435,"date":"2024-05-03T09:15:49","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T01:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/sol\/?p=36435"},"modified":"2024-06-11T17:14:32","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T09:14:32","slug":"2024-international-conference-beijing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/sol\/2024\/05\/03\/2024-international-conference-beijing\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 International Conference on Building a Learning Society through Digitalization of Open Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"36435\" class=\"elementor elementor-36435\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider wavo-column-gap-default elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3dd1a381 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3dd1a381\" 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class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-289eefc9\" data-id=\"289eefc9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-471d7a3 wavo-transform transform-type-translate elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"471d7a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About the Conference<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<header class=\"has_eae_slider wavo-column-gap-wide elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e8e361c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wavo-section-fixed-no\" data-id=\"e8e361c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4385c5e\" data-id=\"4385c5e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1745bf7 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1745bf7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:500}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The\u00a0<em>2024 International Conference on Building a Learning Society through Digitalization of Open Education <\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">aims to address key issues in educatinoal development to the theme of the relevant event. This important event is organized by the<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Open University of China <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">and <\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Hong Kong Metropolitan University <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(through its School of Open Learning). It will be held on<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> 12 &#8211; 13\u00a0 June 2024 (Wednesday &#8211; Thursday) at the headquarters of the Open University of China (Beijing, China).<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p>The key topics of the Conference include the following:<\/p><ul><li><strong>Construction of world-class open universities and life-long learning societies<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Digitalization of education and teaching, educational reform and innovation<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p>The target audience are mainly senior academic and administrative staff of open universities in mainland China, Korea, Japan, Hong Kong SAR, etc.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ccb2485 wavo-transform transform-type-translate elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ccb2485\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Conference Programme<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9818659 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"9818659\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9388f0d elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-table\" data-id=\"9388f0d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-table.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-jet-table jet-elements\">\n\t\t<div class=\"jet-table-wrapper jet-table-responsive-mobile\">\n\t\t\t<table class=\"jet-table jet-table--fa5-compat\">\n\t\t\t\t<thead class=\"jet-table__head\"><tr class=\"jet-table__head-row\"><th class=\"jet-table__cell elementor-repeater-item-ffcbf8b jet-table__head-cell\" colspan=\"2\" scope=\"col\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-inner\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-content\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-text\">12 June<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tbody class=\"jet-table__body\"><tr class=\"jet-table__body-row elementor-repeater-item-e92d593\"><\/tr><tr class=\"jet-table__body-row elementor-repeater-item-d9f2698\"><td class=\"jet-table__cell elementor-repeater-item-70dc11c jet-table__body-cell\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-inner\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-content\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-text\">Whole Day<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/td><td class=\"jet-table__cell elementor-repeater-item-8ecd542 jet-table__body-cell\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-inner\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-content\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-text\">Registration<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr class=\"jet-table__body-row elementor-repeater-item-a019873\"><td class=\"jet-table__cell elementor-repeater-item-4e3bb2c jet-table__body-cell\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-inner\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-content\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-text\">14:00-17:00<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/td><td class=\"jet-table__cell elementor-repeater-item-f70d2a7 jet-table__body-cell\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-inner\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-content\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-text\">Visiting the Open University of China<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr class=\"jet-table__body-row elementor-repeater-item-6d2d8b9\"><\/tr><\/tbody>\n\t\t\t<\/table>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-811dba2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"811dba2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-611184b elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-table\" data-id=\"611184b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-table.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-jet-table jet-elements\">\n\t\t<div class=\"jet-table-wrapper jet-table-responsive-mobile\">\n\t\t\t<table class=\"jet-table jet-table--fa5-compat\">\n\t\t\t\t<thead class=\"jet-table__head\"><tr class=\"jet-table__head-row\"><th class=\"jet-table__cell elementor-repeater-item-ffcbf8b jet-table__head-cell\" colspan=\"2\" scope=\"col\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-inner\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-content\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-text\">13 June <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tbody class=\"jet-table__body\"><td class=\"jet-table__cell elementor-repeater-item-70dc11c jet-table__body-cell\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-inner\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-content\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-text\">8:45 &#8211; 9:00<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/td><td class=\"jet-table__cell elementor-repeater-item-8ecd542 jet-table__body-cell\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-inner\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-content\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-text\"><b style= color:blue;;>Registration<\/b><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/td><tr class=\"jet-table__body-row elementor-repeater-item-a019873\"><td class=\"jet-table__cell elementor-repeater-item-4e3bb2c jet-table__body-cell\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-inner\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-content\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-text\"> 9:00 &#8211; 9:25<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/td><td class=\"jet-table__cell elementor-repeater-item-f70d2a7 jet-table__body-cell\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-inner\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-content\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-text\"><b style= color:blue;;>Opening ceremony<\/b>\n<br>\nOpening remarks: <br>\n\u25cf Wang Qiming, President of the OUC <br>  \n\u25cf Reggie Kwan, Provost of HKMU\n<br> \nSession Chair: Fan Xianrui, Vice President of the OUC\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr class=\"jet-table__body-row elementor-repeater-item-6d2d8b9\"><td class=\"jet-table__cell elementor-repeater-item-0e43540 jet-table__body-cell\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-inner\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-content\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-text\">9:25 &#8211; 9:35<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/td><td class=\"jet-table__cell elementor-repeater-item-82710d5 jet-table__body-cell\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-inner\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-content\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-text\"><b style= color:blue;;>Group photos of VIP guests and organizer representatives<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr class=\"jet-table__body-row elementor-repeater-item-9aee05f\"><td class=\"jet-table__cell elementor-repeater-item-53a6144 jet-table__body-cell\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-inner\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-content\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-text\">9:35 &#8211; 10:35<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/td><td class=\"jet-table__cell elementor-repeater-item-42f263c jet-table__body-cell\" colspan=\"1\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-inner\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-content\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-text\"><b style= color:blue;;>Keynote 1: Strategy and Trends<\/b><br>\n\u25cf Keynote Speaker 1: Masaya Iwanaga, President of OUJ <br>\n\u25cf Keynote Speaker 2: Asha Kanwar, Former President and Chief Executive Officer of the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) \n\n<br> Session Chair: Fan Xianrui, Vice President of the OUC\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr class=\"jet-table__body-row elementor-repeater-item-9d29015\"><td class=\"jet-table__cell elementor-repeater-item-f3123ac jet-table__body-cell\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-inner\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-content\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-text\">10:35 \u2013 11:00<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/td><td class=\"jet-table__cell elementor-repeater-item-c8a8aaa jet-table__body-cell\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-inner\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-content\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-text\"><b style= color:blue;;>Break<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr class=\"jet-table__body-row elementor-repeater-item-1ba8846\"><td class=\"jet-table__cell elementor-repeater-item-b3b2ded jet-table__body-cell\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-inner\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-content\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-text\">11:00-12:15<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/td><td class=\"jet-table__cell elementor-repeater-item-b3f43ce jet-table__body-cell\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-inner\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-content\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-text\">\u25cf Keynote Speaker 3: Li Song, Vice President of the OUC <br>\n\u25cf Keynote Speaker 4: \nKam-cheong Li, Dean, School of Open Learning, HKMU <br>\nQ&#038;A <br>\n         \nSession Chair: Fan Xianrui, Vice President of the  OUC\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr class=\"jet-table__body-row elementor-repeater-item-88c90a7\"><td class=\"jet-table__cell elementor-repeater-item-49562d5 jet-table__body-cell\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-inner\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-content\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-text\">12:15-14:00<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/td><td class=\"jet-table__cell elementor-repeater-item-12fac31 jet-table__body-cell\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-inner\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-content\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-text\"><b style= color:blue;;>Lunch<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr class=\"jet-table__body-row elementor-repeater-item-ebd1e72\"><td class=\"jet-table__cell elementor-repeater-item-9f8dc5e jet-table__body-cell\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-inner\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-content\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-text\">14:00-16:15<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/td><td class=\"jet-table__cell elementor-repeater-item-43f4574 jet-table__body-cell\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-inner\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-content\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-text\"><b style= color:blue;;>Keynote 2 : Practice and Innovation <\/b><br>\n\u25cf Keynote Speaker 5: Mark Nichols, President of ICDE\n<br>\n\u25cf Keynote Speaker 6: Olaf Zawacki-Richter, \nDirector of Center for Lifelong Learning\\Center for Open Education Research, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg \n<br>\n\u25cf Keynote Speaker 7:\nXiao Junhong, Shantou Open University<br> \n\u25cf Keynote Speaker 8: Wang Li, The Open University of China <br>\nQ&#038;A\n<br>\nSession Chair: Du Ruo, Director, Lifelong Education Institution of the OUC\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr class=\"jet-table__body-row elementor-repeater-item-f2206b1\"><td class=\"jet-table__cell elementor-repeater-item-7557798 jet-table__body-cell\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-inner\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-content\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-text\">16:15-16:45<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/td><td class=\"jet-table__cell elementor-repeater-item-d1e953b jet-table__body-cell\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-inner\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-content\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-text\"><b style= color:blue;;>Break<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr class=\"jet-table__body-row elementor-repeater-item-873961c\"><td class=\"jet-table__cell elementor-repeater-item-965ba07 jet-table__body-cell\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-inner\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-content\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-text\">16:45-17:45<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/td><td class=\"jet-table__cell elementor-repeater-item-1d2a7d7 jet-table__body-cell\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-inner\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-content\"><div class=\"jet-table__cell-text\"><b style= color:blue;;>Forum <\/b><br>\nPanelists: \nAsha Kanwar, Mark Nichols, Kam-cheong Li, Olaf Zawacki-Richter,  Wang Li <br>\nModerator: Xiao Junhong\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/td><\/tr><tr class=\"jet-table__body-row elementor-repeater-item-84d3d41\"><\/tr><\/tbody>\n\t\t\t<\/table>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e5cdf7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"3e5cdf7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd9e6fb wavo-transform transform-type-translate elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dd9e6fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Keynote Speakers<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider wavo-column-gap-default elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-c44de89 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c44de89\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b995ae2\" data-id=\"b995ae2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3409766 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3409766\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"473\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/sol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/05\/wang_qiming-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/sol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/05\/wang_qiming-1.jpg 473w, https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/sol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/05\/wang_qiming-1-272x300.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1c08abb\" data-id=\"1c08abb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-baac589 wavo-transform transform-type-translate elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"baac589\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Wang Qiming<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebf7e41 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ebf7e41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dr. Wang Qiming is the President of the Open University of China (OUC). He has been engaged in higher education reform and management for more than 30 years. Prior to his appointment as the President of the OUC, he served as Deputy Director of the Department of Higher Education of the Ministry of Education of China from February 2017 to August 2023. His main research areas include higher education, open education, older adult education, education digitization, and education internationalization. He has presided over the implementation of more than ten major reforms in China's higher education.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider wavo-column-gap-default elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-d72d2ba elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d72d2ba\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a3c815c\" data-id=\"a3c815c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7d6578 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b7d6578\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"600\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/sol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/05\/Reggie-Kwan.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/sol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/05\/Reggie-Kwan.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/sol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/05\/Reggie-Kwan-257x300.jpg 257w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3b8dd25\" data-id=\"3b8dd25\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d95d8ea wavo-transform transform-type-translate elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d95d8ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Kwan Ching-ping<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-041121c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"041121c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"style9_content\">Professor Reggie Kwan is currently the\u00a0Provost of Hong Kong Metropolitan University.<\/p><p class=\"style9_content\">Professor Kwan was born and raised in Hong Kong and he received his BS in Computer Science, MS in Computer Science and Doctor of Education from Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, USA. Prof. Kwan started his teaching career in Montana in the mid-80's and reaching the rank of full professor in the late 90's before returning to Hong Kong. He was also the Chair of Computer Science from 1990 to 1998 at Montana Technological University. He worked for HKMU for almost eight years until 2006, initially led the Computing Team and later also the Mathematics team. He joined Caritas Francis Hsu College as the President and later also became the President of Caritas Bianchi College of Careers in 2007. In 2011, Caritas Francis Hsu College became a degree granting institute and changed its name to Caritas Institute of Higher Education. Professor Kwan returned to HKMU in 2016 as the VP(Academic) and became the Provost in June 2019. Professor Kwan&#8217;s academic interest was Data Compression and later he became fascinated by e-learning and open and distance learning after he joined HKMU in the late 90&#8217;s. His recent publications are mostly in the area of e-learning.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider wavo-column-gap-default elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-772b442 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"772b442\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-96eeb12\" data-id=\"96eeb12\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a7fe6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2a7fe6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"843\" height=\"846\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/sol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/05\/fan_xianrui-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/sol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/05\/fan_xianrui-1.jpg 843w, https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/sol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/05\/fan_xianrui-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/sol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/05\/fan_xianrui-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/sol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/05\/fan_xianrui-1-768x771.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 843px) 100vw, 843px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5aa875c\" data-id=\"5aa875c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90204bc wavo-transform transform-type-translate elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"90204bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Fan Xianrui<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-198bd5a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"198bd5a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ms. Fan Xianrui is the Vice President of the Open University of China (OUC). She graduated from Peking University with a master's degree. Prior to her appointment as the Vice President of the OUC, she served in the Ministry of Education of China for many years. Her main research areas include digital education, international and comparative education, older adult education. She has published three books, and more than twenty articles, papers, and reports.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider wavo-column-gap-default elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-1a0b286 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1a0b286\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7a922d0\" data-id=\"7a922d0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7dcc8cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7dcc8cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"797\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/sol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/05\/OUJ.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/sol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/05\/OUJ.jpg 797w, https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/sol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/05\/OUJ-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/sol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/05\/OUJ-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/sol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/05\/OUJ-768x771.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 797px) 100vw, 797px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5220f8a\" data-id=\"5220f8a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e9c32a wavo-transform transform-type-translate elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7e9c32a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Masaya Iwanaga<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e32e439 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e32e439\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dr. Masaya Iwanaga is the President of the Open University of Japan (OUJ). He has been involved in OUJ&#8217;s education and administration for almost 40 years. His main research areas include distance higher education, lifelong learning, social research methods, and gifted education. His recent works in English on distance higher education include \u201cThe Open University of Japan\u201d, <em>Open and Distance Education in Asia (2022) <\/em>and \u201cPredictions and Strategies of Open and\u3000Distance Higher Education in Japan\u201d, <em>Beyond Distance Education: Cutting-Edge Perspectives on the Future of Global Open Universities<\/em> <em>(2021)<\/em>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider wavo-column-gap-default elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-802a67a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"802a67a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-33ad752\" data-id=\"33ad752\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a7267d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5a7267d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"705\" height=\"701\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/sol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/05\/Mark-Nichols-Large-2-002.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/sol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/05\/Mark-Nichols-Large-2-002.png 705w, https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/sol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/05\/Mark-Nichols-Large-2-002-300x298.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/sol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/05\/Mark-Nichols-Large-2-002-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 705px) 100vw, 705px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-cb7c954\" data-id=\"cb7c954\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f167f9 wavo-transform transform-type-translate elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5f167f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mark Nichols<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11be670 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"11be670\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dr Mark Nichols is President of the International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE), a responsibility he has alongside his work as Executive Director, Learning Design &amp; Development with Open Polytechnic, New Zealand. Mark&#8217;s research includes advocacy for open and distance learning (ODL), operating model design for ODL, delivery models, learning design, and improving ODL outcomes. He hosts the podcast <em>Leaders &amp; Legends of Online Learning<\/em>\u00a0and is on serval international journal editorial boards. Mark is also co-host for the 2025 ICDE Global Conference being held in Wellington, New Zealand in November 2025. More about Mark can be learned from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mbnichols\/\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mbnichols\/<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider wavo-column-gap-default elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-5a0b858 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5a0b858\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e6b93c4\" data-id=\"e6b93c4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2cbd49 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f2cbd49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"490\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/sol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/05\/Photo-Prof.-Asha-S.-Kanwar.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/sol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/05\/Photo-Prof.-Asha-S.-Kanwar.png 490w, https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/sol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/05\/Photo-Prof.-Asha-S.-Kanwar-294x300.png 294w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-581d2c9\" data-id=\"581d2c9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f182bc wavo-transform transform-type-translate elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4f182bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Asha Singh Kanwar<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f373f1c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f373f1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Professor Asha Singh Kanwar, currently Chair Professor at Beijing Normal University, is one of the world's leading advocates of learning for sustainable development. Professor Kanwar was the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Commonwealth of Learning for over 11 years. Throughout a career spanning over 35 years, she has made outstanding contributions in the areas of teaching, research and international development. Currently, she serves on the boards of several organizations, including as Chair of the Governing Board of the UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies and Education (IITE) and Chair of the Advisory Committee of the WHO Academy.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider wavo-column-gap-default elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-5b91bc9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5b91bc9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-80c52b5\" data-id=\"80c52b5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61889da elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"61889da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"576\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/sol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/05\/dr.-li-photo.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/sol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/05\/dr.-li-photo.png 576w, https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/sol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/05\/dr.-li-photo-240x300.png 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5e70a7a\" data-id=\"5e70a7a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd2d10b wavo-transform transform-type-translate elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fd2d10b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Kam-Cheong Li <\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6627b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c6627b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Kam-Cheong Li is the Dean of the School of Open Learning, Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU). He founded HKMU&#8217;s Institute for Research in Open and Innovative Education in 2016 and is now leading the research of the institute as its Director. He has devoted to higher education and teaching development for 30 years. He has also been appointed Visiting Professor and Advisor of Doctorate of Professional Studies Programme of Middlesex University in the United Kingdom, and a number of institutions in China, such as Hebei Academy of Social Sciences and Hebei University of Economics and Business. He has earned three bachelor&#8217;s degrees, four master&#8217;s degrees and a PhD from renowned institutions, including the University of Hong Kong, Peking University and the University of London. He has also been awarded many professional qualifications such as Diploma in Education, Advanced Diploma in Translation, as well as Chartered Linguist and Fellowship of the Chartered Institute of Linguists. His research interests lie in technology in education, pedagogical approaches, and educational innovation. Now, he is also the Editor-in-chief of <em>Asian Association of Open Universities Journal<\/em> and Guest Editor of several academic journals, such as <em>Interactive Technology and Smart Education<\/em> and <em>International Journal of Mobile Learning and Organisation<\/em>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider wavo-column-gap-default elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-cfa9406 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cfa9406\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0a60942\" data-id=\"0a60942\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eeb31f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"eeb31f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"441\" height=\"445\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/sol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/04\/SPEAKER1_original-1.png\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/sol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/04\/SPEAKER1_original-1.png 441w, https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/sol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/04\/SPEAKER1_original-1-297x300.png 297w, https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/sol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/04\/SPEAKER1_original-1-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 441px) 100vw, 441px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c3e9449\" data-id=\"c3e9449\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d4f120f wavo-transform transform-type-translate elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d4f120f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Olaf Zawacki-Richter<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b84dd0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1b84dd0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Olaf Zawacki-Richter is a professor of educational technology at the University of Oldenburg in Germany, and serves as the Dean of the Faculty of Education and Social Sciences. He is also the Director of the Center for Open Education Research (COER). With over 25 years of professional experience in the field of open, distance, and digital education, Dr. Zawacki-Richter has contributed extensively as a consultant and advisor, including roles for the United Nations' International Labour Organization, the Office of Technology Assessment at the German Bundestag, and the German Science and Humanities Council (Wissenschaftsrat). He has authored approximately 200 journal articles and book chapters and edited several books, such as the <em>Handbook of Open, Distance, and Digital Education<\/em>, <em>Online Distance Education \u2013 Towards a Research Agenda<\/em>, and <em>Systematic Reviews in Educational Research \u2013 <\/em>all published open access. Dr. Zawacki-Richter is the Executive Chief-Editor of the newly founded <em>Journal of Open, Distance, and Digital Education (JODDE)<\/em>, He is also Associate Editor of the <em>Online Learning Journal (OLJ),<\/em> and a member of the editorial board of the <em>International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning (IRRODL)<\/em>, <em>Open Learning<\/em>, and the <em>Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education (TOJDE)<\/em>. His publications are accessible on <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.de\/citations?user=-yWppRsAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\">GoogleScholar.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider wavo-column-gap-default elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-5e28ae8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5e28ae8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4c36596\" data-id=\"4c36596\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-484400b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"484400b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"976\" height=\"937\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/sol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/05\/xiao_junhong-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/sol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/05\/xiao_junhong-1.jpg 976w, https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/sol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/05\/xiao_junhong-1-300x288.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/sol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/05\/xiao_junhong-1-768x737.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 976px) 100vw, 976px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-eb6789d\" data-id=\"eb6789d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c44b5f wavo-transform transform-type-translate elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5c44b5f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Junhong Xiao<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d14679 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7d14679\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Junhong Xiao is Emeritus Professor at the Open University of Shantou, a local branch of the Open University of China and a founding member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/uol.de\/coer\">Center for Open Education Research<\/a>, the University of Oldenburg. He is Editor of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.springer.com\/series\/15238\"><em>SpringerBriefs in Open and Distance Education<\/em><\/a> series, co-founding Editor of the <a href=\"https:\/\/ojs.uni-oldenburg.de\/journals\/ojs2\/ojs\/index.php\/jodde\/index\"><em>Journal of Open, Distance, and Digital Education<\/em><\/a>, and columnist for <a href=\"https:\/\/inspired.oum.edu.my\/\"><em>inspired<\/em><\/a>, the newsletter of Open University Malaysia. He is on the editorial boards of various international journals, serves as peer reviewer for numerous high-impact journals (both English and Chinese), and provides consultancy in the areas of his expertise. His main research interest has been in various aspects of open, distance, and digital learning. He has published widely in both Chinese and English with around 300 research outputs. He is featured in Episode 095 of <a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelearninglegends.com\/podcast\/095-emeritus-professor-junhong-xiao\/\"><em>Leaders &amp; Legends of Online Learning<\/em><\/a>. For a complete list of his journal publications, please access his <a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5316-2957\">ORCID profile<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider wavo-column-gap-default elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-7984c45 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7984c45\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-172ebad\" data-id=\"172ebad\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6084ba1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6084ba1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"865\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/sol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/05\/\u738b\u7acb-e1717376475541.png\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/sol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/05\/\u738b\u7acb-e1717376475541.png 865w, https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/sol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/05\/\u738b\u7acb-e1717376475541-300x266.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/sol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/05\/\u738b\u7acb-e1717376475541-768x682.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 865px) 100vw, 865px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-50095a4\" data-id=\"50095a4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec98c1b wavo-transform transform-type-translate elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ec98c1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Wang Li<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cac646 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8cac646\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Professor, Faculty of Computer Science, Department of Science and Technology, The Open University of China. He has long been engaged in research in the fields of distributed computing, computer network and education technology.<\/p><p>The online course &#8220;Android Smart Phone Programming&#8221; he was responsible for won the 2018 National high-quality Open Online course. In 2019, the online course team he was responsible for was selected as the high-level teaching team of Continuing Education in Beijing Universities; In 2020, the teaching achievement &#8220;Research and Practice of Online Open Course Hierarchical Collaborative Teaching Mode for Computer Majors of Open University&#8221; won the &#8220;Second Prize of the 9th Guangdong Provincial Education and Teaching Achievement (Higher Education)&#8221;; In 2023, the &#8220;Android Smartphone Programming&#8221; course was awarded the &#8220;2023 Beijing High Quality Undergraduate Course&#8221;.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/header>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About the Conference The\u00a02024 International Conference on Building a Learning Society through Digitalization of Open Education aims to address key issues in educatinoal development to the theme of the relevant event. 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