PKU 2016 “Frontier of Educational Technology” Summer School Held

On July 22, the two-week 2016 “Frontier of Educational Technology” Summer School of Peking University was completed successfully. The 2016 summer school was hosted by the Graduate School of Peking University, and co-undertaken by the Department of Educational Technology and the Learning Science Laboratory, Graduate School of Education, Peking University (PGSE). This was the eighth time that the Department of Educational Technology of PGSE had held the summer school since July, 2009. 

Students were awarded certificates of the summer school

The 2016 “Frontier of Educational Technology” Summer School was concentrated on the topic of “Learning Science and Future Education”, focused on the basic theory, research methods, and advanced technology of the frontier of educational technology, mainly involved the problems about brain and cognition, deep learning, artificial intelligence, learning technology and so on, and invited a number of well-known experts and scholars home and abroad to give lectures. More than 130 students from across the country got the chance to attend the lectures in Peking University, and more than 500 students studied online at the same time.

Students listening intently

Many distinguished experts and scholars gave wonderful lectures to students, including Prof. Brendan Weekes, Chair Professor of Faculty of Education of The University of Hong Kong, Prof. Zhou Xinlin of School of Brain and Cognitive Sciences of Beijing Normal University, Prof. Fang Fang, Dean of School of Psychology and Cognitive Science of Peking University, Prof. Ren Youqun, Vice President of East China Normal University, as well as several scholars from Peking University such as Prof. Wang Qiong, Prof. Jia Jiyou, Dr. Guo Wenge (associate professor), Dr. Wu Feng, Dr. Shang Junjie, and Dr. Li Ge.

 

Dean Prof. Fang Fang of School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, PKU giving a keynote speech

During the PKU 2016 “Frontier of Educational Technology” Summer School, students also participated in “International Conference on Blended Learning and International Symposium on Educational Technology” co-organized by PGSE and City University of Hong Kong.