Prof. Elliot Soloway
University of Michigan, USA
Biography
Elliot Soloway, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, CSE Division, College of Engineering, School of Education, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. In 2001, undergraduates selected him to receive the “Golden Apple Award” as the Outstanding Teacher of the Year at UMich. In 2019 Soloway co-founded the Center for Digital Curricula, whose mission is to provide deeply-digital, OER curricula to K-12 teachers and students. Since 2019-20, 10,000+ K-5, children have used the Center’s curricula – and demonstrated increased scores on standardized tests.
Prof. Cathleen Norris
(Co-speaker)
University of North Texas, USA
Biography
Cathie Norris, Regents Professor Emerita, College of Information, the University of North Texas, Denton, TX. From 1995-2001, Norris was President of the National Educational Computing Association, and led its merger with ISTE, the International Society for Technology in Education, creating the largest, international organization for technology-minded educators in the world. Norris was Co-President of ISTE from 2001-2004. Norris taught high school for 14 years – receiving a Golden Apple Award from Dallas ISD along the way. Norris is the co-founder and Co-Director of the UMich. Center for Digital Curricula.
Prof. Anne Tapp Jaksa
(Co-speaker)
Saginaw Valley State University, USA
Biography
Dr. Anne Tapp Jaksa is a Professor of Teacher Education at Saginaw Valley State University for graduate and undergraduate programs within the College of Education. She serves as the Professional Development Director for the University of Michigan Center for Digital Curricula. She is Chair of the American Association for Colleges of Teacher Education (AACTE) Board of Directors and is Past-chair of the AACTE Advisory Council of State Representatives (ACSR) Executive Committee. Dr. Tapp Jaksa serves NASA JPL Education as their Educator in Residence and serves on the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) Board of Directors.
Prof. Ting-Ting Wu
Yunlin University of Science and Technology
Biography
Prof. Ting Ting Wu is currently a Distinguished Chair Professor and Director in Graduate School of Technological and Vocational Education at National Yunlin University of Science and Technology. She received her Ph.D. degree from the Department of Engineering Science at National Cheng Kung University in 2011. She received the MS degree in Information and Learning Technology from National University of Tainan in 2008. The academic research was focused on learning portfolio analysis, mobile and ubiquitous learning, information technology assisted instruction, and implementation and development of intelligent learning system in five years. She has published many international journal papers and conference papers. One of the journal papers (ET&S) was selected as 2013 & 2014 ISI Highly-Cited paper, and a total of fourteen conference paper won the best paper award. For now, she served as Director for Educational Technologies Research Center of Humanities and Applied Science and Secretary-General in Association of Taiwan Engineering Education and Management. She has won the Ta-You Wu Memorial Award, Outstanding Youth Award, Academic Research Prestige Award, and Outstanding Research Award of National Science and Technology Council. She got Top 2% Scientists Worldwide 2022, 2023, and 2024 by Stanford University. In addition, Prof. Wu has also been invited to speak at several international seminars and conferences. So far, Prof. Wu has international cooperative research with Norway, China, Indonesia, the United States, and Slovenia.
Assoc. Prof. Xuewang Geng
Kyushu University, Japan
Biography
Xuewang Geng is a Project Associate Professor at the Data-Driven Innovation Initiative, Kyushu University. He earned a B.A. from Hebei Normal University (2015) and an M.S. (2020) and Ph.D. (2024) from Kyushu University. His work focuses on designing, developing, and evaluating technology-enhanced learning environments, with emphasis on learning analytics and XR-based systems. He serves on the JSET Research Committee (2025– ) and the program and local organizing committees for ICLEA 2025. He has served on program committees for international conferences LAK (CORE A), IEEE ICALT (CORE B), and IEEE TALE. He is also a reviewer for journals such as Computers & Education and Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching. Geng is a member of IEEE, the Japan Society for Educational Technology (JSET), the Japanese Society for Information and Systems in Education (JSiSE), and the Society for Learning Analytics Research (SoLAR).