The 15th Higher Education International Conference 
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND PEDAGOGICAL TRANSFORMATION:
IMPLICATIONS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION QUALITY ASSURANCE

11 - 13 December 2023
Macao Polytechnic University
Macao, China

Since 2009, the Macao Polytechnic University (MPU) has been hosting a series of international conferences centred on different aspects of higher education. Topics covered include the development of a modern university system, advancements in teaching and learning, quality assurance in higher education, and innovation in education during and after the pandemic. This year, MPU is collaborating with the Asia-Pacific Quality Network (APQN) once again to organise this conference in December 2023.

The fast development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) becomes a most important issue facing education. It is bringing revolution to various aspects of teaching, learning and outcome assessment. Higher education institutions have to transform rapidly to adapt a new era of AI, as well as understand the challenges, opportunities and threats when applying AI technologies to education.

The theme of this year’s conference is “Artificial Intelligence and Pedagogical Transformation: Implications for Higher Education Quality Assurance”. The conference seeks to bring together researchers and practitioners from both AI and Teaching and Learning Quality Assurance (QA) to explore the latest developments, challenges, and opportunities in this area. 

Conference Theme and Topics

The conference theme is “Artificial Intelligence and Pedagogical Transformation: Implications for Higher Education Quality Assurance”. The following topics are of particular interest:

  • Application of AI in Higher Education

  • AI-based assessment and feedback

  • Quality assurance of AI-based learning

  • Personalized learning through AI 

  • AI and teacher professional development

  • AI and curriculum innovation

  • Opportunities and challenges of AI in education

  • Ethical considerations of AI in education

  • AI and the future of education

Keynote Speakers

Prof. João António de Sampaio Rodrigues Queiroz


Executive Member of the Management Board, Agency for Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Education (A3ES)

Prof. Ir. Dr. Khairul Salleh bin Mohamed Sahari


Deputy Chief Executive Officer (Quality Assurance), Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA)

Prof. Sonny Lo Shiu Hing



Deputy Director / Acting Community College Principal, HKU School of Professional and Continuing Education (HKU SPACE)

Mr. Johnson Ong Chee Bin



AUN-QA Expert, ASEAN University Network



Conference Programme

Day 1: 11 December 2023 (Monday)
Venue: Lobby, Meng Tak Building, MPU

15:00 - 18:00  Conference Registration
Day 2: 12 December 2023 (Tuesday)
Venue: Lecture Theatre 1, Wui Chi Building, MPU

09:00 - 09:45  Conference Registration
10:00 - 12:45  Opening Ceremony & Keynote Sessions
13:00 - 14:40  Conference Lunch
15:00 - 16:20  Paper Session 1
16:20 - 16:40  Tea Break & Networking
16:40 - 18:00  Paper Session 2
Day 3: 13 December 2023 (Wednesday)
Venue: Lecture Theatre 1, Wui Chi Building, MPU

09:30 - 10:50  Paper Session 3
10:50 - 11:20  Tea Break & Networking
11:20 - 12:40  Paper Session 4

For more details, please visit here.

Publication Opportunities

Selected papers will be recommended to be published by the Scopus-indexed journal Asian Education and Development Studies (AEDS) (ISSN 2046-3162), which is a supporting journal for the upcoming conference. Please see details in the link below if you would like to be considered for the issue of AEDS.

https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/issn/2046-3162


In addition, please kindly refer to AEDS's Instructions for Authors for publications, particularly about the formatting that should be in line with AEDS’s requirements. Information is available at:

https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/journal/aeds

Enquiries

Email

heconf@mpu.edu.mo

Telephone

(853) 8599 6531 / 6193

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