In addition to the Special Focus, the 2025 conference will include various sub-themes.
THEME 1: CONSIDERING DIGITAL PEDAGOGIES
Sub-theme 1-1: Adoption and Integration of AI Intro Pedagogy
- Development of AI-assisted e-learning environments
- Utilization of AI for differentiated and adaptive instruction
- Integration of virtual assistants, intelligent tutoring, or simulations for enhancing learners’ achievement and motivation
- Harnessing the potential of ChatGPT and generative AI applications for productive academic purposes
- Leveraging AI for efficient and effective teaching and learning
Sub-theme 1-2: Emerging Innovative and Transformative e-learning Pedagogies
- Impacts on the advancement of e-learning and mobile-assisted learning approaches
- AIoT (artificial intelligence of things) and advances in human-technology interfaces
- AI, robotics, and machine learning programming designs and applications
- Instruction on programming languages for AI applications (e.g., Python)
- Creating immersive and inclusive experiences for digital landscapes (metaverse)
THEME 2: NEW DIGITAL INSTITUTIONS AND SPACES
Sub-theme 2-1: Critical Stances Towards AI in the Classroom
- Ethical and transparent use of AI by teachers and students
- Addressing the impact of clones, deepfakes, and humanization of AI
- Mitigating the risks of artificial general intelligence (AGI)
- Confronting bias and unreliability in AI-generated results
- Development and implementation of AI detection and its consequences
Sub-theme 2-2: Teacher Training in the Era of e-learning
- Issues of professional development and planning for technology-enabled pedagogies
- Pre-service and in-service teacher perspectives and beliefs about AI and e-learning
- Maintaining a caring pedagogy, community of practice, and teacher presence
- The role of teachers’ technological, pedagogical, and content knowledge (TPACK)
- Enhancing teacher training through experiential learning models
THEME 3: TECHNOLOGIES OF MEDIATION
Sub-theme 3-1: Impacts of e-learning on Teacher and Student Psychology
- The impacts on technostress, including overload, insecurity, and uncertainty
- The addictive, isolating, and stigmatizing effects of digital use
- The potential therapeutic value of AI in providing counseling, companionship, and coping strategies
- Satisfaction and thwarting of psychological needs (autonomy, competence, and relatedness)
- Effects on exhaustion and burnout among teachers and students
Sub-theme 3-2: Impact of AI on Applied Linguistic Applications
- AI applications for comparative and historical linguistics and language preservation
- The present and future role of AI in translation and transcription
- Applications for corpus analysis, computational linguistics, and qualitative data analysis
- AI innovations for language teaching and learning and student engagement
- Implications for language analysis (e.g., semantics, syntax, and pragmatics)
THEME 4: DESIGNING SOCIAL TRANSFORMATIONS
Sub-theme 4-1: A Social and Humanistic Perspective Towards AI
- The role of humans in the development and training of AI
- Promoting human experiences, emotions, and aesthetics
- Conceptualizing AI in the context of diversity, equity, and inclusion
- The potential of AI in narrowing digital divides and combating inequalities
- A human-centered approach to the ethical development and application of AI
Sub-theme 4-2: Fostering Interdisciplinary and Communities of Practice
- The universality of technology and implications for interdisciplinary teaching and learning
- A multiple stakeholder approach for harnessing the advantages of e-learning
- Assessing innovative applications among the sciences, social sciences, and humanities
- Sustainability in student and teacher training, employability, and diversification
- AI-enabled internationalization, globalization, and cross-cultural collaboration
Sub-theme 4-3: Digital Humanities and the Changing Role of Literature
- AI-assisted literature teaching and learning
- Assessment and evaluation of AI-assisted content in the study of literature
- AI-generated content literacy (AI literacy)
- Innovative uses of AI in literature
- Big Data, computational intelligence, and literary studies
