Digital Education Odyssey 2.0: Crossing Dimensions - 28 July 2021 | PROGRAMME - |
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Time | Presentation | |
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Opening Ceremony | ||
9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. | Speeches by: Welcome Address - by Keith Thong Group Managing Director of University Book Store Malaysia Opening Speech - by Datuk Dr. Habibah Abdul Rahim Former Director General of Education Malaysia, Adjunct Professor at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Senior Fellow at Institut Masa Depan Negara (Malaysia) | |
Keynote | ||
9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. | Optimising Hybrid Classroom: Leveraging Smart Technology for effective physical and virtual learning - by Khoo Hung Chuan Director, Education Transform and Development, Lenovo Central Asia Pacific (Malaysia) - by Victor Lam Business Development Lead, Google for Education, South East Asia (Malaysia) | Moderator: Programme Manager, PEMIMPIN GSL (Malaysia) |
Databases | ||
10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. | Stepping Out of the Echo Chamber: Utilizing Databases to Teach Critical Thinking and Empathy by Masaki Morisawa Senior Product Manager, Gale Asia (Japan) | |
10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. | Connected Learning by Hannah Creelman Training and Development, Britannica Digital Learning (Australia) | |
Hardware | ||
11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. | From School Work to Team Work, From Team Work to Dream Work by Ethan Tan Co-Founder, Imago (USA) Technology, Learning, and Impact by Giancarlo Brotto Global Education Catalyst, SMART Technologies (Canada) | Moderator: Steven Loh Country Manager, Lenovo (Malaysia) |
Learning Platforms | ||
11.30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Hybrid-Learning: How Digitization is Shaping the Future of Schools by Cecilia Cheng Country Manager Malaysia, Classin (Singapore) Using Technology for Optimal Teaching and Learning in the New Normal by Bing Chen CEO and Co-Founder, 2BeLive (USA) | Moderator: Dato' Bruce Lim Aun Chong Managing Director, Technoriant Sdn. Bhd. (Malaysia) |
Education for Industry Relevance | ||
12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Pivot Towards Industry Relevance by Lance Cheang CEO, VLan Asia (Malaysia) Entrepreneurship Reimagined by Dash Dhakshinamoorthy Founder, Startup Malaysia (Malaysia) | Moderator: Tan Tuan Khai President, Internet Alliance (Malaysia) |
12:30 p.m. - 1.15 p.m. | LUNCH | |
Innovations in ELT | ||
1:15 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. | Steering Towards Thinking by Shoba Nair (Editor in Chief) and Nikson Low (Founder) ilovereading.sg (Singapore) | |
Reading Comprehension | ||
1:45 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. | Helping Struggling Readers with New Edtech Solutions by Dr. Duriya Aziz Senior Vice President, Scholastic International (Singapore) | |
CEFR | ||
2:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. | A Postsecondary Syllabus for English in Malaysia: Mending a Broken Link by Dr. Ramesh Nair President, Malaysia English Language Teaching Association (Malaysia) | |
Newspaper in Education | ||
2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. | The Future of Academic Libraries by Matthew Hedrick Senior Area Manager, Libraries Asia Pacific, PressReader (Australia) Providing Worthwhile Content for Today's Young and Hungry Minds by Stephen Keane Founder and Chief Editor, News Bites Media (Ireland) | Moderator: Abdul Rashid Yusof Former Group Editor, New Straits Times (Malaysia) |
3:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | TEA BREAK | |
Taking English Classes Online | ||
3:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. | Making Digital Learning Easy for Teachers by Hani Malouf Founder, Velawoods (UK) | |
Inspirational ELT Classroom | ||
3:45 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. | Fun, Engagement and Motivation in the ELT Classroom Despite the Teaching Situation by Harry Cullinane ELT Pedagogical Consultant, ELI Publishing (Italy) | |
FORUM: Long Live Literature! | ||
4:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Literature and Life-long Enjoyment of Reading by Dr. Malachi Edwin Vethamani Emeritus Professor, The University of Nottingham (Malaysia) The Living Text by Anthony Partington Principal, GEMS International School, Metropark Tropicana (Malaysia) Literature Research and Life Skills by Masaki Morisawa Senior Product Manager, Gale Asia (Japan) | Moderator: Dr. Chithra Krishnan Adiyodi Vice President, Education, Welfare and Research Foundation (EWRF) (Malaysia) |
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