The 2021 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Big Data in Education, "AI+Education: Together for Shared Prosperity", was held in Beijing on December 16-18 2021.
The conference, jointly organised by Beijing Normal University, The National Center for Educational Technology, China, China Education Association for International Exchange and iFlytek, was the fifth consecutive annual gathering of scholars, practitioners and policy makers in education, psychology, neuroscience and computer science.
The event took a blended approach comprising one main session and 17 parallel tracks over the three days. The topics covered the state of the art in brain development research, educational evaluation, mental health assessment, AI in regional governance, AI in language education, AI in innovative education, etc.
The Psychometrics Centre, as a long-term collaborator with Beijing Normal University, co-organised one of the forums. Additionally, Academic Director Prof David Stillwell presented his research on personality prediction from automated video interviews. The Concerto testing platform was also featured in one of the invited talks by Dr Jan Stochl, who discussed the benefits of computerised adaptive testing in mental health screening in schools.
The conference was streamed online and viewed over 28 million times. The success of the conference was covered by major press in China (e.g. https://cn.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202112/17/WS61bc082ea3107be4979fd8c2.html, https://news.sciencenet.cn/htmlnews/2021/12/471071.shtm, https://www.163.com/dy/article/GRDVJA10051288MF.html).
For those interested in more details of the conference, please visit the website https://aide.changyan.cn/web/web.html. Specifically, information about the talks delivered in English can be found below:
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(hh:mm:ss) | Presenter | Institute | Talk Title |
| 00:44:00 | Shahbaz KHAN | UNESCO | N/A |
| 03:17:35 | Andreas Schleicher | OECD | Beyond Academic Learning: First Results from the OECD Survey of Social and Emotional Skills |
| 02:10:20 | Kit-Tai Hau | Chinese University of Hong Kong | Large Scale International Educational Monitoring Assessment: Uses, Limitations and Counter-Intuitive Findings |
| 02:41:55 | Kwok Cheung CHEUNG | University of Macao | Education Monitoring and Practice in the Context of Evaluation Reform: The Macao-PISA Experience |
| 03:12:17 | Manos Antoninis | UNESCO | Monitoring SDG 4: progress and challenges |
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| 00:48:02 | Barbara Lockee | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), USA | Innovative Approaches to Conducting Faculty Performance Evaluation |
| 02:35:43 | Ying Cui | University of Alberta, Canada | Data Literacy: An Essential Skill for the 21st Century |
| 03:01:40 | Mingyu Feng | WestEd, USA | Supporting Scientific Learning and Teaching with Educational Technology |
| 02:15:33 | George K. Georgiou | University of Alberta, Canada | Dream big: Translating Reading Research into Practice for Schools in Canada |
| 01:55:50 | Yue Gao | University of Surrey, UK | Connected Learning Connected Intelligence with 5G and 6G for Smart Education |
| 02:09:37 | Tore Hoel | Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway | AI Governance & Ethics for the Educational Domain |
| 01:52:25 | Barry O' Sullivan | British Council, UK | Peering into the Black Box: A New Way to Explore the Appropriate Use of AI Technology in Language Assessment |
| Trevor Breakspear |
| William Bayliss |
| 00:01:23 | Dragan Gasevic | Monash University, Australia | Embracing AI in learning analytics–Opportunities and challenges |
| 00:27:16 | George Siemens | University of Texas, Arlington, USA | Human and Machine Teaming |
| 00:48:12 | Xiangen Hu | The University of Memphis, USA | Self-Improving Adaptive Instructional Systems: A Proposed Framework |
| 01:18:00 | Ryan Baker | University of Pennsylvania, USA | Algorithmic Bias in Education |
| 01:46:30 | Maren Scheffel | Ruhr University Bochum, Germany | Designing for and with Learning Analytic |
| 01:33:40 | Jan Stochl | University of Cambridge | Mental health screening in schools: benefits of computerized adaptive testing |
| 00:02:05 | Todd Lubart | Université de Paris, France | Social Robots and Creativity: The role of AI in 21st century education |
| 00:25:45 | Bernard Veldkamp | University of Twente, Netherlands | Edutech for Educational Measurement |
| 00:55:21 | Heinz Holling | University of Muenster, Germany | Meta-analysis in Education |
| 01:23:44 | Alberto Maydeu-Olivares | University of South Carolina, USA | An Introduction to Forced Choice Measurement |
| 01:59:31 | David Stillwell | University of Cambridge | Personality Predictions from Automated Video Interviews |
| 02:31:24 | Guodong Guo | West Virginia University, USA | Artificial Intelligence based on Visual Analytics |
| 02:57:10 | Zheng Yuan | University of Cambridge | Natural Language Processing for Personalised Education |
| 00:04:50 | Cynthia Breazeal | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Preparing the Creative, Empathetic and Ethical AI Designers of Tomorrow |
| 00:35:16 | David Touretzky | Carnegie Mellon University | Show Don't Tell: Designing Effective AI Demos for K-12 Students |
| 01:05:19 | Todd Neller | Gettysburg College, USA | Resources and Recommendations for K-12 AI Education |
| 01:35:21 | Chee Wei Tan | City University of Hong Kong | Teaching AI Education by AI Chatbot Programming |
| Note: No English Talk in Sub-2, Sub-3, Sub-9, Sub-10, Sub-11, Sub-12, Sub-15 |
