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Date: October 13-15, 2022 (Taipei Time GMT+8)

Venue: online (Webex) and onsite (Conference Room 1, Education Building)

Join the workshop online (applies to all three days)

IWALS 2022 conference manual (pdf)

Day One: Thursday, October 13, 2022

TimeActivity
10:00~10:30 (30mins) Registration
10:30~11:00 (30mins) Opening Ceremony
11:00~12:00 (60mins)

Keynote Speech #1: Online

Massive Distance Education in Formal Schooling: Barriers, Challenges and Potential

Speaker: Chin-Chung Tsai (National Chair Professor, Dean, School of Learning Informatics, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan)

Chair: Hsueh-Chih Chen (Professor, Department of Education Psychology and Counseling, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan)

12:00~13:00 (60mins) Lunch Break
13:00~14:00 (60mins)

Keynote Speech #2: Physical

The Literate Brain: An Update on Neuroimaging Studies of Language Development, Reading, and Reading Disability

Speaker: Kenneth Pugh (President and Director of Research, Senior Scientist, Yale University / Haskins Labs)

Chair: Ovid J.L. Tzeng (Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica)

14:00~14:30 (30mins)

Invited Talk #1: Online

Developing STEM Education Competencies for Science Teachers in Vietnam

Speaker: Nguyen Van Hien (Vice President, Hanoi National University of Education)

Chair: Fang-Ying Yang (Research Chair Professor, Graduate Institute of Science Education, National Taiwan Normal University)

14:30~15:00 (30mins)

Invited Talk #2: Online

STEM Education and Student's Sustainable Lifestyle

Speaker: Ari Widodo (Faculty of Mathematics and Science Education, Indonesia University of Education)

Chair: Lee, Jun Ren (Associate Professor, Department of Education Psychology and Counseling, National Taiwan Normal University)

15:00~ 15:30 (30mins) Refreshment Break
15:30~16:00 (30mins)

Invited Talk #3: Physical

Linguistic Typology and the Acquisition of Chinese: Insights from Learner Corpora

Speaker: Keiko Mochizuki (Professor of Linguistics, Graduate School of Global Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)

Chair: Jia-Fei Hong (Professor, Department of Chinese as a Second Language, National Taiwan Normal University)

16:00~16:30 (30mins)

Invited Talk #4: Physical

Developing a New Chatbot for ESL Learners Based on OpenAI

Speaker: Chen, Hao-Jan Howard (Distinguished Professor, Department of English, National Taiwan Normal University)

Chair: Keiko Mochizuki (Professor of Linguistics, Graduate School of Global Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)

16:30~17:30 (60mins)

Keynote Speech #3: Online

Where is Reading Research Going? A-35-years Perspective.

Speaker: Ram Frost (Professor of Psychology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel / Haskins Labs)

Chair: Lee, Jun Ren (Associate Professor, Department of Education Psychology and Counseling, National Taiwan Normal University)

17:30~18:30 (60mins) Welcome Reception



Day Two: Friday, October 14, 2022

TimeActivity
08:30~09:00 (30mins) Registration
09:00~10:00 (60mins)

Keynote Speech #4: Online

How Much Does a Learner’s First Language or Writing System Matter in Reading a Second Language?

Speaker: Charles Perfetti (Distinguished University Professor, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Psychology Co-Director, Pittsburgh Science of Learning Center)

Chair: Li-Yun Chang (Associate Professor, Department of Chinese as a Second Language, National Taiwan Normal University)

10:00~10:30 (30mins) Refreshment Break
10:30~12:00 (90mins)

Symposium #1: Physical

Sport Science Research for Improving Health and Sport Performance

Speaker:

  • Tsung-Min Hung (Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, National Taiwan Normal University)
  • Tzyy-Yuang Shiang (Department of Athletic Performance, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan)
  • Shao-Hsi Chang (Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan)
  • Wen-Bin Lin (Physical Education Center, Taipei National University of the Arts, Taiwan)
  • Yu-Kai Chang (Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan)

Chair: Tsung-Min Hung (Research Chair Professor, Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, National Taiwan Normal University)

12:00~13:00 (60mins) Lunch Break
12:30~13:15 (45mins)

Poster Session #1: Online

13:15~14:00 (45mins)

Poster Session #2: Online

14:00~15:30 (90mins)

Symposium #2: Physical

The Road not Taken: IRELS at NTNU

Speaker:

  • Chin-Chung Tsai (National Chair Professor, Dean, School of Learning Informatics, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan)
  • Fang-Ying Yang (Graduate Institute of Science Education, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan)
  • Hsien-Sheng Hsiao (Department of Technology Application and Human Resource Development, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan)
  • Po-Hsi Chen (Department of Education Psychology and Counseling, National Taiwan Normal University)
  • Yi-Fang Hsu (Department of Education Psychology and Counseling, National Taiwan Normal University)

Chair: Chun-Yen Chang (Chair Professor and Director of the Science Education Center, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan)

15:30~ 16:00 (30mins) Refreshment Break
16:00~16:30 (30mins)

Invited Talk #5: Physical

Bilingual education – distinctions of terms and latest developments

Speaker: Jim McKinley (Applied Linguistics, University College London)

Chair: Chun-Yen Chang (Chair Professor and Director of the Science Education Center, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan)

16:30~17:30 (60mins)

Keynote Speech #5: Physical

Solving the Grand Challenges through Interdisciplinary Contextualization

Speaker: Chun-Yen Chang (Chair Professor and Director of the Science Education Center, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan)

Chair: Chin-Chung Tsai (National Chair Professor, Dean, School of Learning Informatics, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan)




Day Three: Saturday, October 15, 2022

TimeActivity
08:30~09:00 (30mins) Registration
09:00~09:30 (30mins)

Invited Talk #6: Online

Addressing Diversity and Cultural Awareness in the Teacher Workforce -- The Case of Pennsylvania, USA

Speaker: David Monk (Professor Emeritus of Education, The Pennsylvania State University)

Chair: Pei-Ying Chen (Professor, Department of Education, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan)

09:30~10:00 (30mins)

Invited Talk #7: Physical

Supporting Students Digital Learning of Key STEM Concepts: The Cornerstone Maths and ScratchMaths Approaches

Speaker: Alison Clark-Wilson (UCL Institute of Education, University College London)

Chair: Chun-Yen Changn (Chair Professor and Director of the Science Education Center, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan)

10:00~10:30 (30mins) Refreshment Break
10:30~11:30 (60mins)

Keynote Speech #6: Physical

Moving Attention to the Prevention of Learning Difficulties.

Speaker: Heikki Lyytinen (Emeritus professor of Psychology, UNESCO Chair on Inclusive Literacy for All, University of Jyväskylä)

Chair: Yao-Ting Sung (Chair Professor, and Executive Vice President, National Taiwan Normal University)

11:30~12:00 (30mins) Closing Ceremony