Date: | 22 February 2024 (Thursday) |
Time: | 02:30 pm – 04:00 pm |
Venue: | C-1/F-01F (Creative Arts Room), MMW Library |
Speaker: | Professor SO Hyo-Jeong Professor, Department of Educational Technology, Ewha Womans University, South Korea |
Moderator: | Dr. CHENG Kwok Shing Gary Executive Co-Director, Centre for Learning, Teaching and Technology, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics & Information Technology, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
Target: | Staff and postgraduate students |
Language: | English |
Abstract
The emergence of Generative AI (GenAI) has brought about a significant turning point, reshaping the landscape of AI’s role in education. Simultaneously, concerns have arisen regarding the integration of GenAI in education, raising issues related to the originality of student work and potential declines in critical problem-solving abilities. The ongoing discourse on GenAI underscores the concept of ‘digital dissonance’ or ‘digital disconnect’—a situation where a new technology introduces conflicting tensions due to an incomplete understanding of its potential positive and negative impacts. In this presentation, I will discuss how we can transition from digital dissonance to digital transformation by exploring three areas where learner data and intelligent tools can be meaningfully integrated: creative problem-solving, socio-emotional learning, and AI ethics and dilemmas. Drawing cases from my own research work I will also address the inevitable challenges that educators and researchers may encounter when integrating learner data and AI tools for pedagogical decisions.
Speaker
Professor SO Hyo-Jeong
Professor,
Department of Educational Technology,
Ewha Womans University, South Korea
Dr. Hyo-Jeong So is a professor in the Department of Educational Technology, Ewha Womans University in Korea. Previously, she was with the department of Creative IT Engineering, Pohang University of Science & Technology (POSTECH), Korea and the Learning Sciences & Technologies Academic Group, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. She received her Ph.D. degree in Instructional Systems Technology, Indiana University. Her main research interests include mobile learning, computer-supported collaborative learning, and informal learning. She is interested in examining how to integrate emerging technologies for teaching and learning from collaborative knowledge building perspectives. She has conducted several research projects on emerging technologies in education funded by Google, Microsoft, and Korean National Research Foundation. She was recognized as one of the top 2% of the world’s researchers, by the Stanford/Elsevier ranking, based on her scholarly publication.