Associate Professor Chen Wenli speaks at the International Society of the Learning Science Annual Meeting 2024

On 11 June 2024, Associate Professor Chen Wenli, Head of the Learning Sciences and Assessment Department (LSA), was invited to deliver a keynote speech titled “Techno-Pedagogical Design to Prepare Future-Ready Collaborative Learners in Authentic Classrooms” at the International Society of the Learning Science (ISLS) Annual Meeting 2024 in Buffalo, United States. Assoc Prof Chen shared her insights on working with school teachers to integrate computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) theories, pedagogical know-how and educational technologies to design and implement computer-supported collaborative argumentation to foster problem solving, critical, adaptive and inventive thinking, conflict resolution and empathy among learners. She also discussed more on the technological and pedagogical scaffolds, particularly the Spiral Model of Collaborative Knowledge Improvement, that facilitate both small group and larger class collaborative learning within a limited curriculum time frame.