Keynote Speakers
Prof. Sean (Shuying) Li
City University of Macau, China
Professor Sean (Shuying) Li is
Pro-rector of City University of Macau,
concurrent Dean of School of Education
and Director of the Institute of Macau
Education Development. Dr. Sean Li has
over 30 years' work experience in
domestic and foreign universities, and
rich experience in interdisciplinary,
transcultural and trans-regional
teaching, research, and university
administrative management. He has won
numerous teaching awards. For example,
he won “First Prize for High Quality
Teaching” in a domestic university for
several times in succession, got the
title of "Excellent Student Supervisor"
for three years in succession, and the
“Award for Outstanding Teaching
Performance” in Hong Kong. With respect
to educational research, Dr. Sean Li has
presided and participated in many
important domestic and foreign research
projects with funding over 3 million US
dollars and published tens of research
papers and books.
Sean is Editor for International Journal
of Education Research (SSCI), Senior
Editor for Cogent Education (ESCI). He
also sits in the Editorial Boards of
Journal of Phenomenology and Practice
and International Journal of Learning
and Lesson Studies. The book 《教育的情调》(The
Tone of Teaching: The Language of
Pedagogy) co-authored by him and Max van
Manen and translated by him was
published in 2019 and is a best seller.
The book was ranked No. 1 of “the TOP 10
of 100 Books That Have Deep Impact on
Teachers in 2019” by the China Education
Daily. The book has also been included
in the “120 New Book Recommendation List
2019” and is ranked No. 2 of its
category strictly selected by the Expert
Panel throughout the country by New
Capital Newspaper Group.
Assoc. Prof. Eric C.K. Cheng
The Education University of Hong Kong, China
Dr. Eric Cheng is a specialist in knowledge management, educational management and Lesson Study. He is currently associate professor of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction of the Education University of Hong Kong. Eric earned his Doctor of Education in education management from the University of Leicester. He has been publishing locally and internationally, with over 50 articles in various media covering the areas of knowledge management, school management and Lesson Study. He is the author of an academic book entitled Knowledge Management for School Education published in 2015 by Springer. Eric has been successful in launching more than 10 research and development projects with external and competitive funds in the capacity of Principal Investigator (PI). He received the Knowledge Transfer Project Award from EDUHK in 2014-15, Scholarship of Teaching Award in 2013-14 and Knowledge Transfer publication Awards in 2012-13 form Faculty of Human Development of EDUHK.
Assoc. Prof. Yang Chen
Harbin Institute Of Technology
(Shenzhen), China
Yang Chen is currently an associate professor in the college of humanity and social sciences of Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), China. She received her bachelor’s degree in mass communication from Communication University of China, master’s degree in digital media from Harbin Institute of Technology, China, and doctoral degree in computer graphics technology with a concentration in human-computer interaction from Purdue University, USA. Her research interests include social media, user experience, environmental communication, and educational gamification. As principal investigator, she has undertaken funded research projects on gamified pro-environmental communication, gamification in second language acquisition, and big data and education resources, which were funded by national/provincial social science foundations. She has publications in international journals including International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, sustainability, and International Journal of Language, Literature and Linguistics. She also published in international conferences such as ICBDE, ICESS, ICIET, WCEEE, and ELEARN. In addition, she serves as a reviewer for several prestigious international journals (such as Information, Communication & Society, Information Processing and Management, Social Media and Society, Behaviour & information Technology, and Interacting with Computers) and international conferences in the fields of social media, technology, and education.