Hosted by COMP, IEEE TALE 2022 was successfully held between 4 to 7 December 2022 under the theme “Transforming Educational Technologies and Pedagogies for the Next Decade”. This hybrid conference received 200 registrations from local and overseas. On 5 December, Prof. WONG Kwok-yin, Vice President (Education) delivered a welcome speech in the Opening Ceremony of the conference. Dr Edmundo TOVAR, President of IEEE Education Society also virtually greeted the participants. Prof. LI Qing, and Dr Henry CHAN, General Co-Chair and Technical Programme Co-Chair respectively, then addressed the participants on behalf of the organising committee. A series of keynote presentations and parallel sessions were arranged throughout the conference period, and it was delightful to meet and interact with international peers face-to-face at PolyU.The keynote presentations were given by Prof. Harry LEWIS (Harvard University), Prof. Barbara OAKLEY (Oakland University) and Dr Jonathon RICHTER (Immersive Learning Research Network). The conference also included three workshops, two panels and an interdisciplinary postgraduate student forum.
TALE is one of the flagship Asia-Pacific conferences of the IEEE Education Society, one of the major education societies in the world. Celebrating IEEE TALE’s 10 anniversary, the conference was sponsorsed by the Croucher Foundation and co-organised with the IEEE Education Society.The conference caters to researchers and practitioners with an interest in engineering, technology, and integrated STEM education as well as those interested in the innovative use of digital technologies for learning, teaching, and assessment in any discipline. The organisation committee comprises colleagues from COMP and other universities (see the acknowledgement below).
Selected papers were presented by international conference participants through the following sessions:
1. Community Engagement, Service Learning and Learning for the Future
2. Computing & IT Education
3. Education Metaverse and Immersive Learning
4. Engineering Education
5. Hyflex and Online Teaching
6. Learning Analytics
7. Next-Stage Virtual Teaching
8. Open, Flexible & Distance Learning
9. Reform of Industrial Design Specialty for New Engineering Education
10. STEM Education
11. Technology-Enhanced Learning
Acknowledgement
TALE Organising Committee:
- General Co-Chairs: Prof. Qing LI, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Prof. Susan LORD, University of San Diego
- Technical Programme Co-Chairs: Dr Henry CHAN, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Dr Leon LEI, University of Hong Kong and Prof. Minjuan WANG, San Diego State University
- Publication Chair: Dr Jeff TANG, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Publicity Co-Chairs: Dr KP MARK, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Dr Gary Wong, University of Hong Kong
- Local Arrangement Co-Chairs: Dr Kevin YUEN, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Dr Walter FUNG, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Postgraduate Student Forum Chair and Sponsorship Chair: Dr Amelia LI, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Webmaster: Dr Peter NG and Dr Godfrey HO, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Virtual Arrangement Chair: Ms Crystal LUO, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
- Secretary: Ms Christy AU, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Treasurer: Ms Angie FAN, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
- Technical Manager: Mr Grandy FU, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
