Programme

Hong Kong Time (GMT+8)

Day 1	2 July 2020 (Thursday)
13:30–13:45	Join Opening Ceremony Welcoming Remarks Prof. Yuk-Shan Wong President The Open University of Hong Kong Welcoming Remarks Dr Degang Jing Secretary of the Party Committee and President The Open University of China Opening Address Dr Kam Cheong Li Chair, Organizing Committee
13:45–14:45	Join Keynote Session I Intelligent Systems meet Humans-in-the-Loop: The Case of Blended Learning Speaker Prof. Manolis Mavrikis Reader in Learning Technologies University College London Knowledge Lab University College London
14:45–14:55	Break
14:55–15:55	Join Forum The Impact of Covid-19 on the Future of Online Learning Forum Facilitator Prof. Reggie Kwan Provost The Open University of Hong Kong Speakers Prof. Kandarpa Das Vice Chancellor, Krishna Kanta Handiqui State Open University Prof. Dragan Gasevic Distinguished Professor of Learning Analytics, Faculty of Information Technology; Director and Founder, Centre for Learning Analytics, Monash University Prof. Manolis Mavrikis Reader in Learning Technologies, University College London Knowledge Lab, University College London Dr Eva Tsang Director of Educational Technology and Development, The Open University of Hong Kong
15:55–16:05	Break
16:05–17:05	Join Keynote Session II Artificial Intelligence in Online Higher Education — Practice and Experience of Mainland China Speaker Prof. Shunping Wei Professor and Deputy Director of IT Department The Open University of China Deputy Director of Engineering Research Center for Integration and Application of E-Learning Technologies Ministry of Education, China
17:05–17:15	Break
17:15–18:00	Parallel Paper Presentation Session I

Day 2	3 July 2020 (Friday)
09:30–10:30	Join Keynote Session III How will it Blend? Key Aspects of Blended Learning in Higher Education Speaker Prof. Pedro Isaias Information Systems & Technology Management School The University of New South Wales
10:30–10:40	Break
10:40–11:40	Parallel Paper Presentation Session II
11:40–11:50	Break
11:50–12:50	Parallel Paper Presentation Session III
12:50–13:30	Break
13:30–14:00			Briefing on STEAM Education
14:00–15:00	Parallel Paper Presentation Session IV	Join Workshop Online Learner Personas in a Big Data Environment Speaker Prof. Jun Xiao Professor, Shanghai Engineering Research Center for Open Distance Education Shanghai Open University	Join Presentations of Best Practices^#	Vendor Exhibition
15:00-15:10	Break
15:10–16:10	Parallel Paper Presentation Session V		Join Presentations of Best Practices^#	Vendor Exhibition
16:10–16:20	Break
16:20–17:20	Join Keynote Session IV STEM Diversity in 21st Century and a Case Study of Home-Based STEM Platform Using Portable Learning Technologies in Macao Speaker Prof. Ken Kam-Weng Tam Associate Dean (Research and Graduate Studies), Faculty of Science and Technology; Director, Centre for Science and Engineering Promotion, University of Macau

Day 3	4 July 2020 (Saturday)
09:30–10:50	Parallel Paper Presentation Session VI		Join Presentations of Best Practices^#	Vendor Exhibition
10:50–11:00	Break
11:00–12:00	Join Keynote Session V Universal Design for Learning and the Modern Age of STEAM Education Speaker Prof. James Basham Professor, Department of Special Education University of Kansas
12:00–12:15	Join Closing Ceremony with Award Presentation Dr Kam Cheong Li Chair, Organizing Committee Closing Address Dr Eva Tsang Vice-chair, Organizing Committee

		Highlighted sessions are events of STEAM Symposium taking place in parallel.
^#		Presentations should normally be delivered in English but may also be given in Cantonese (the local dialect).