CityU Macau hosts 20th International Conference on Web-based Learning to discuss Technology Research
The City University of Macau (CityU Macau) hosted the 20th International Conference on Web-based Learning (ICWL 2021) last week. The event was held both online and on-site in the Taipa Campus, which attracted about 100 students and scholars to participate. Vice-Rector Zhou Wanlei, Dean of the Faculty of Data Science and Prof. Mu Yi, Associate Dean of the Faculty of Data Science, officiated the conference.
The event welcomed representatives from renowned universities at home and abroad to take part. They are from Peking University; University of Technology Sydney; Swinburne University of Technology in Australia; Complutense University of Madrid in Spain; Hong Kong Polytechnic University; and Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University United International College.
ICWL 2021, themed at “Technology Enhanced and Web-Based Learning”, featured a presentation session for contributors of technology research papers selected by the International Program Committee to elaborate their findings. The conference also invited eminent scholars to deliver keynote addresses on the research articles. All accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings published by academic journal publisher Springer Publishing.
This year, the research paper of our students: Wan Wennan, Zhu Linkai, Wang Baoping, stood out from the review session and won the Best Paper Award under the guidance of Prof. Cai Zhiming, Professor of the Faculty of Data Science. The award is sponsored by Springer Publishing.
ICWL is an international conference on web-based learning founded by the Hong Kong Web Society in 2002. The annual conference aims to facilitate in-depth research on technology, teaching and management of online education. ICWL creates an exchange platform for esteemed professors, scholars, technical experts, and industrial practitioners worldwide to discuss the latest developments in the fields of e-learning. The previous editions had been held successfully in different countries and regions across the globe, namely in mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Australia, Malaysia, United Kingdom, Germany, Romania, Estonia, Italy, South Africa, Thailand, and Germany.
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