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Session 1

Opal 101 (Level 1)
Assessment Theories and Methodologies
Session Chair: Evangelos Liaras

10:25 – A Collaborative Assessment Tool for Special Education Teachers: Fostering a Multi-Faceted Understanding of Students (101626)
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10:50 – Development and Validation of an APOS-Based Mathematics Mental Structure Scale (96496)
Ms Ella Tricia Aquino is currently at Saint Mary's University in Philippines
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11:15 – Oral Examination as an Alternative to Pen-and-paper for University Survey Courses: A Comparison Using Original Data (103732)
Evan Liaras is a faculty member of the School of Politics, Economics and Global Affairs at IE University in Spain. His interests include history, ethnicity, nationalism, minorities, conflict and conflict resolution.
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Opal 103 (Level 1)
Teaching and Learning
Session Chair: Raphaela Tkotzyk

10:00 – Bridging Business and Academic Approaches to Skills Validation (103741)
Olga Gavrilova, PhD, CPTD, is Senior Talent Development Manager for APAC at EPAM Systems, a global digital business service provider.
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10:25 – Critical Reflection: Enhancing the Drama Studies and Digital Production Learning Experience (103651)
Siti Masitoh, currently serves as a civil servant lecturer in the Indonesian Language and Literature Education Study Program, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education. Specializes in the fields of linguistic and language teaching.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/siti-masitoh-7357053a1
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=-677wdoAAAAJ&hl=id

Kurnia Dewi Nurfadilah currently works as a lecturer in the Indonesian Language and Literature Education Study Program, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education. She specializes in literary language literacy and literacy learning.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kurnia-dewi-nurfadilah-6754932a3/
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kurnia-Nurfadilah

Dr. Een Nurhasanah is lecterur of Indonesia Language and Literature Education. Research and publication related to culture, oral tradition, drama, literature and learning.
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10:50 – Instruction, Observation, Reflection, Application: A Replicable Cycle for Teaching Multimodal Aspects in Academic Oral Presentations (101658)
Dr Tetyana Smotrova is a University Assistant Professor/Lecturer at National University of Singapore in Singapore
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11:15 – Economics and Entrepreneurship in Education: Narratives, Teachers Beliefs and the Shaping of Futures Literacy (101577)
Dr. phil. Gudrun Marci-Boehncke is currently holding a full Professorship in German Literature at the TU Dortmund University. Her projects cover Politics, Journalism and Media Competence (PoJoMEc) and Digital Literacy in Teachers Education.
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Opal 104 (Level 1)
Curriculum Design and Development
Session Chair: Dalun Zhang

10:00 – The Relationship Between Junior College Students’ Career Barriers and Career Adaptability: The Moderating Effect of Positive Psychological Capital (103757)
My name is Jeongwon Shin, and I am currently a doctoral student majoring in Counseling Psychology in the Department of Education at Pusan National University Graduate School.
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10:25 – The Effectiveness of Game-Based Learning in Enhancing Retail Management Skill: A Comparative Study of Board Game vs Traditional Lecture (102113)
Asst. Prof. Dr. Tanya Supornpraditchai, Faculty of Business Administration, Panyapiwat Institute of Management. She is an expert in retail management, marketing, and educational innovation, with a focus on developing active learning tools like the My
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10:50 – Integrating Community Engagement into the Medical Sciences: A Reflective Pilot Initiative to Foster Purpose-Driven Learning at the University of Pretoria (103357)
Dr Yvette Nkondo Hlophe, currently a Senior Lecturer and Academic coordinator, Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences.
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11:15 – A Multi-Tier & Multi-Partner Collaboration Model for Improving Employment Outcomes (101923)
Dr. Dalun Zhang is Professor of Special Education, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, and Director of the Center on Disability and Development at Texas A&M University, United States of America.
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Opal 105 (Level 1)
Counselling, Guidance and Adjustment in Education
Session Chair: Li Ju Chen

10:00 – Analysis on the Types of Coping Style of Child-rearing Conflicts by Mothers of Adolescent Children Using Q-Methodology (103679)
My name is Choi Eunyoung. I am currently a post-course researcher with the BK21 FOUR Education for Social Responsibility Research Group in the Department of Education at Pusan National University. My research interests include middle-aged women, self-awareness, counselor training, multicultural-oriented framework.
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10:25 – Perceptions of School Environment and Social-emotional Functions of Among Early Adolescent Bully-Victims: A Comparison with Pure Bullies and Victims (103737)
InHye Beak is a Ph.D. student in Educational and Counseling Psychology at Pusan National University. Her research focuses on school violence and bullying, examining the unique characteristics of bully–victim groups in early adolescence.
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10:50 – The Appropriate Treatment of Law-Violating Behavior for Adolescent Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Taiwan (103874)
Dr. Li-Ju Chen was born in Taiwan. She has ever been a junior high school teacher for 5years.
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Opal 106 (Level 1)
Education, Sustainability and Society
Session Chair: Rochelle Kaaloa

10:00 – Facebook as Digital Tool for Promoting Environmental Education and Awareness of Sustainable Development Goal 13 Climate Action Among Cambodian University Students (102599)
I am Polin Chhay, a master’s student in Educational Technology and Communications at Chulalongkorn University. I am in my third semester and currently developing research on ICT in Cambodian education.
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10:25 – From Believers to Disbelievers: Understanding Student Diversity in Sustainability Education (101047)
Dr Hester Chow Yuk-ting is currently a lecturer in College of Professional and Continuing Education, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
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10:50 – Weaving Code and Culture: Empowering Micronesian Educators to Teach Computer Science Through Culturally Relevant Computing (103246)
Rochelle Piʻilani Kaaloa, Interim Associate Dean of Graduate Division and Faculty at the University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa. Research experience in storytelling, Indigenous education, online learning, instructional design to enhance teaching and learning.
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Opal 107 (Level 1)
Science, Environment and the Humanities
Session Chair: Jodi Thiele

10:00 – Adaptive Strategies and Terrain Interactions: Explaining Household Vulnerability to Climate Change in Sikkim, India (103491)
Tenzin Lachungpa is a first year doctoral student at the Graduate school of agricultural sciences, Tohoku University.
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10:25 – Climate Adaptation in the Classroom from the Teachers’ Narratives (103115)
Dr. Bustos is an Associate Professor V at Cebu Technological University and an Accreditor for the Accrediting Agency of Chartered Colleges and Universities in the Philippines (AACCUP).
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10:50 – A Community Arts Imperative for the Development of Regenerative Cultural Policy (102203)
Jodi Thiele holds a Master of Arts and Cultural Leadership from LASALLE College of the Arts and is an arts practitioner and strategic consultant specialising in using art for community development and social change.
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Tourmaline 207 (Level 2)
Literature, Technology and Ethics
Session Chair: Ser Hui Seah

10:00 – Embodiment and Disembodiment of AI in Her and How Alike Are We?: A Comparative Analysis Through Phenomenology and Cyborg Theory (101669)
Dr Minjeon Go is currently a research professor in the Institute of Humanities at Dankook University in the Republic of Korea
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10:25 – From NAO to Super Pepper: Backward-looking Responsibility for Bad Outcomes and Care Robots (101764)
Dr. Mario Kropf is currently a University Assistant for medical ethics at the Karl-Franzens-University of Graz. He is an employee at the professorship for Health Care Ethics and works at the Institute of moral theology.
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10:50 – Value Alignment and Transparency of Artificial Intelligence in Science Fiction (100261)
Dr. Ammar A. Aqeeli currently works as an associate professor at Jazan University in Saudi Arabia where he teaches Literature to undergraduate and graduate students.
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11:15 – Exploring Arts-based Assessments to Enrich Students Understanding of Literature (103558)
Amitha Pagolu is the Subject Head for Literature at the School of the Arts, Singapore (SOTA).
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Tourmaline 208 (Level 2)
Media Arts Practices
Session Chair: Anosh Gill

10:00 – Cyber-Shanzhai: Aesthetics and Web-Related Media Art Practice (102690)
Tu Lang is a PhD candidate at AVA, Hong Kong Baptist University. Her media art practice and research examine the Internet's omnipresence and its effects on cultural phenomena. Her PhD investigates "Cyber-Shanzhai" through post-internet art.
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10:25 – Identity of Creatives: Participatory Designers for Social Change in Singapore (96491)
Cheng is a 3rd year Singaporean Ph.D. candidate in Cultural Studies at NUS, focusing on cultural studies, participatory design, and community-building. He also teaches Design Thinking at the College of Design and Engineering, NUS
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10:50 – Navigating the Algorithm: AI Integration, Human Judgment, and Ethical Leadership in Mumbai Newsrooms (100775)
Name: P J MATHEW MARTIN PhD, Senior Visiting Faculty Department of Communication and Journalism, University of Mumbai, India and Guru Nanak College, Mumbai, India. Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at CCD-HumES, Orebro University, Sweden, V Joint Secretary, Indian Sign Language Interpreter Association, India.
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11:15 – Integrating Diverse Language Scripts Through a Unified Typographic Framework for Global Branding (103134)
Mr Anosh Gill is a University Assistant Professor/Lecturer at Florida A & M University in United States
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Tourmaline 209 (Level 2)
Political Science/Politics
Session Chair: Cyril Hovorun

10:00 – Community Immersion in Experiential Political Science Education: Insights and Prospects from a Philippine State University Towards Curriculum, Pedagogical, and Learning Approach (103452)
Mr. Denmark Butic is currently affiliated with Mountain Province State Polytechnic College (MPSPC) in Mountain Province, Philippines.
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10:25 – Tales from the Terrain: Lived Experience of Care Providers in a Youth Formation Center (97828)
I am Dr. Shinette Pestaňo, from the University of St. La Salle, Bacolod City, Philippines. My field of interest is psychology and guidance and counseling.
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10:50 – Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Conventional Warfare: An Offense–Defense Theory Case Study of the Russia-Ukraine War (102736)
My name is Kai-Yuan Liu. I currently study International Relations in Graduate Institute of Internaional Politics (GIOIP), National Chung Hsing University (NCHU), Taiwan.
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11:15 – Ethics, Justice, and Sustainable Peace, in Aristotelian Terms (100866)
Professor Cyril Hovorun is a University Assistant Professor/Lecturer at University College Stockholm in Sweden
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Session 2

Opal 101 (Level 1)
Innovative Technologies in Education
Session Chair: Daniel Hoffman

12:55 – Implications of Virtual-Based Technologies on STEM Education in Australia: A Systematic Bibliometric and Literature Study (101788)
Nina Fajriyah Citra is currently a student in Master of Education in Digital Learning at Monash University, Australia
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13:20 – A Study of Faculty Attitudes Toward the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Education at a US University (98585)
Dr. Esther Smidt is a Professor of TESOL at West Chester University, USA. Her research interests include online learning, Generative AI, and TESOL.
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13:45 – Grounds for Engagement: Brewing Competencies in a Virtual Coffee Shop Escape Room (101291)
Dr Mari van Wyk is a Senior Learning designer and Research Associate at the Faculty of Education, University of Pretoria, South Africa.
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14:10 – Teaching K-12 Data and Analysis Concepts Using a Replayable Online Simulation (103870)
Dan Hoffman is an Associate Professor of Learning Design & Technology at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. A former classroom teacher, his research focuses broadly on the complex relationships between education and technology.
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Opal 103 (Level 1)
Teaching Experiences, Pedagogy, Practice and Praxis
Session Chair: Ansurie Pillay

12:55 – ‘Clumsy’ Methodology for Wicked Educator Management: A Predictive Tool to Uncover Blindspots from Conflicting Teaching Preferences (103570)
RJ Zheng [Renjie] is a Module Lead (Associate Faculty) of University Design Modules at Singapore Institute of Technology teaching interdisciplinary design innovation, with a research interest in 'wicked' design and education issues.
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13:20 – Academics’ Notions of Pastoral Care: Re-imaging a Caring Pedagogy in Promoting Students’ Learning, Well-rounded Development and Global Citizenship (101592)
Jiaying Wang, Research Officer at Lingnan University, will pursue a doctoral degree in education at Durham University. She is an emerging researcher passionate about teacher care, self-care in higher education.

Anne Tang's research interests include teacher care, ethics of care, pastoral care, relational pedagogy, higher education,
Vygotsky’s social constructivism, and Confucian heritage culture (CHC).
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13:45 – Determinants of Doctoral Students’ International Academic Mobility: Evidence from Taiwan (101738)
Dr. Shujun Liou is an education researcher with a doctoral degree, currently focusing on empirical and applied studies in the field of education.
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14:10 – Supporting Teachers’ Journeys Towards Leadership and Agency Through Participatory Action Research (101554)
Prof. Ansurie Pillay is currently an Associate Professor of English Education in the School of Education, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
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Opal 104 (Level 1)
Curriculum Design and Development
Session Chair: Carina Peter

12:55 – Sparking Curiosity: What Physics Teachers Think About Students’ Experimental Skills (100782)
Alya Malek Alshehhi, Academic Vice Principal and Ph.D. candidate in Science Education. Interested in curriculum development and science literacy. Currently researching the representation of the history of science in UAE science textbooks.
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13:20 – Assessment of Grade 10 Interdisciplinary Projects Towards a Framework for Interdisciplinary Assessment (100986)
Dr. Joan C. Alejo is the Principal of the Junior High School Department at University of Sto. Tomas - Legazpi.
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13:45 – Using TEDed Videos as ESP Supplementary Materials to Enhance Occupational Knowledge and Communication Skills of Undergraduate Level Learners in India (103220)
Dr. Nagalakshmi Balasubramanian is currently employed as Assistant Professor in the Department of English at SDNB Vaishnav College for women, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. (India). She completed her MA and MPhil in English from Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, Tamilnadu, India. She started her career at PKN Arts and Science College located in a small town in Tamilnadu and later upgraded herself to work in topnotch Engineering College in the City. She pursued Full-time PhD (2014-2017) in ELT from Hindustan University, Chennai. Has done PG Diploma in Teaching of English (2018-2020) from English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad (India). Her research interests include ELT, activity/ technology-based teaching, translation studies, reflective teaching, ethnography, multilingual/cultural studies. She is actively engaged in publishing articles in journals and magazine. She is serving as Executive member of ELTIF (English Language Teachers’ Interaction Forum) which was initiated by her Professor Dr. P. Bhaskaran Nair and had been transforming the rural villages with the motto ‘India lives in villages’,
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14:10 – Digitalization and Data Literacy in Geography Curricula: Current Status and Future Directions (101765)
Dr Carina Peter is a professor for Geography Education at the Department of Geography, University of Marburg, Germany.
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Opal 105 (Level 1)
Primary and Secondary Education
Session Chair: Joan Mae Tabla

12:55 – Developing and Implementing a Classroom English Proficiency-Comprehensive Assessment Scale for Elementary Teachers in Japan (103720)
Akiko Kano is currently a professor of Sophia University Junior College Division, Department of English Language, Japan.
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13:20 – Pre-service Teachers’ Understanding of the ‘Rounding and Adjusting’ Strategy (103742)
Dr Lise Westaway is an Assistant Professor at the United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates. Her research interest is early years mathematics, particularly early number sense, mental mathematics and place value.
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13:45 – Elemetal Quest: Development and Evaluation of a Boardgame in Teaching Periodic Trends and Properties (100236)
Ms. Joan Mae Tabla is currently teaching at Cagayan de Oro National High School Junior High as a Science teacher.
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Opal 106 (Level 1)
Education, Sustainability and Society
Session Chair: Ahmad Al-Issa

12:55 – Integrating Social Emotional Learning (SEL) into Elementary Education: A Meta-Analysis (103339)
WU,HUI-LING now is Doctoral student, Institute of Educational Administration and Evaluation, UniInstitute of Educational Administration and Evaluation, University of Taipei Taiwan, Principal of Taipei Sunriseschool Experimental Educational Institution. President of the Dalcroze Music Education Association in Taiwan.
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13:20 – Teaching Literary and Cultural Studies for Healing, Moral Regeneration and Social Cohesion: Insights from IsiXhosa Classical and Contemporary Literary Works (101996)
Dr S Mokapela is a Senior Lecturer in African Language Studies Dept at the University of Western Cape, a Mellon Inclusive Professoriate Program and IMPACT (Interdisciplinary Mentorship Program for Advancement of Collaborative Partnerships) recipient
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13:45 – Arabic at Heart, English in Hand: Navigating Language, Culture and Communication in the UAE (98352)
Dr Ahmad Al-Issa is a University Professor/Principal Lecturer at American University of Sharjah in United Arab Emirates
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Opal 107 (Level 1)
Development Issues and Concerns in Education
Session Chair: Choukang Chiu

12:55 – Amidst Uncertainty: Navigating Quarter-Life Crisis Challenges and Implications for Counseling Interventions (96268)
Raven C. Shea-Moriño began her career in public service in 2017 and currently works at LGU Calabanga. In addition, she works as a Psychologist at Kinaiya Psychological Center and Beyond Abilities Therapy Center.
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13:20 – Impact of Remittances on Education: Some Evidence from the BIMSTEC Countries (98360)
Dr. Preety Sharma, Assistant Professor, University School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Main Campus, Dwarka, Delhi, India.
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13:45 – A Moderated Approach to Learning Flexibility and Learning Self-efficacy (100913)
Chou-Kang Chiu is a Professor in the Institute of Labir Research at National Chengchi University , Taiwan. His research interests focus on human resource development, organisational behaviour and so on. His work has been published in a variety o
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14:10 – Key Learner Attributes of Global Citizenship Education and Philippine Teacher Education: Insights of Teacher Education Students Towards Policy Development (100244)
Mr. Frankie A. Fran is currently a Ph.D. in Mathematics Education student in the Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines, and an Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education at Romblon State University, Philippines.
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Tourmaline 207 (Level 2)
Media and Communication
Session Chair: Chin-Hui Chen

13:20 – Fluent in Memes: How Vietnamese Gen Z Engage in Gender Stereotypes Discourse Through Visual Rhetoric (103435)
Nam-Phuong (Wendy) Nguyen is an Associate Lecturer in Communication at RMIT University Vietnam, with research interests in media relations, news consumption and online misinformation.
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13:45 – Negotiating Desire Through Profiles: A Multimodal Analysis of Taiwanese Gay Men’s Self-presentation on Grindr (97654)
Dr Chin-Hui Chen is a University Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer at National Pingtung University of Science and Technology in Taiwan
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Tourmaline 208 (Level 2)
Media and Literature Studies
Session Chair: Elyssa Y. Cheng

12:55 – Genre Analysis of Overseas Imagination in Chinese Cinema-Detective Chinatown Franchise (103842)
I am currently enrolled in a post-graduate degree at the School of English Language and Culture at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, specialising in Comparative Cultural Studies under the supervision of Professor Yang Jing. My research focus lies in film culture
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13:20 – Imagining Thailand as Criminal Space: Comparative Study of Hollywood and Chinese Cinema (103843)
Ms Liang Zhuoshu is currently an postgraduate student of Guangdong University of Foreign Language, China.
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13:45 – Don DeLillo’s Evolving World War III Narratives (101644)
Lijun Wang is a lecturer at Otemon Gakuin University, Japan. Before joining Otemon, she was a doctoral student at Osaka University. She is currently working on her dissertation on representations of war and the Other in Don DeLillo's novels.
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14:10 – Paradoxically Reframed: Roman Polanski’s Postwar Lady Macbeth (97704)
Dr. Elyssa Y. Cheng is a Professor in the Department of Western Languages and Literature at the National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
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Tourmaline 209 (Level 2)
Science, Environment, Politics and the Humanities
Session Chair: Joselito Gutierrez

12:55 – Technologies of Care: Hygiene, Gender, and Governance in Colonial Singapore and India (103286)
Danni Tan is an M.A. student at the University of Chicago studying science and technology in Asia. Her current work examines Japanese and Indian cybernetic imaginaries and how technologies of care, surveillance, and governance are represented and contested in contemporary media.
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13:20 – Beyond Consultation: Power, Communication, and Inequality in Malaysia’s Housing Governance (103783)
Saiful Azhar Shaharun, Doctoral Researcher at the University of Nottingham Malaysia, explores participatory communication, power, and inequality in housing policy. His public service background informs his critical approach to inclusive governance.
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13:45 – ‘Clumsy’ Solutions for Wicked Urban Problems: Lessons from Singapore’s Atypical Experience of Low Resistance to Urban Resettlement (103572)
RJ Zheng [Renjie] is a Module Lead (Associate Faculty) of University Design Modules at Singapore Institute of Technology teaching interdisciplinary design innovation, with a research interest in 'wicked' design and education issues.
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14:10 – The Threat of a ‘Throw-away Culture’ in the Context of the Philippines’ Increasing Preference for Live-in Relationships (98715)
Joselito G. Gutierrez, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Institute of Religion, University of Santo Tomas, Manila. He is also a Research Associate in the UST Center for Theology, Religious Studies, and Ethics. His research interests include fatherhood, parenting, gerontology, pastoral theology, and marriage and family, among others. Dr. Gutierrez has presented research papers at various conferences and published several articles in prestigious international journals.
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Session 3

Opal 101 (Level 1)
Innovative Technologies in Education
Session Chair: Erdem Aksoy

15:05 – Capturing Students’ Voices in GenAI-Assisted Artmaking: A Sequential Exploratory Mixed-Methods Approach (103744)
Huang Yalan is a textile artist and art educator, currently a PhD candidate at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Her current research explores how text-to-image AI tools influence students’ creative thinking and artistic confidence.
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15:30 – From Calculator to Signpost? Assessing Human-AI Collaborative Feedback in Political Science Writing (103519)
Dr. Shaoshuang Wen is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Wenzhou-Kean University in China.
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15:55 – ChatGPT in the Classroom: Disruption or Opportunity? (101884)
Dr Joanna Kepka is a University Assistant Professor/Lecturer at University of Nevada in United States
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16:20 – Artificial Intelligence in Educational Assessment: a Bibliometric Analysis of Emerging Trends, Ethical Considerations, and Future Prospects (98272)
Dr ERDEM AKSOY is a University Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer at TED University in Turkey
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Opal 103 (Level 1)
Teaching Experiences, Pedagogy, Practice and Praxis
Session Chair: Sabina Lissitsa

15:05 – Fostering the Diffusion of AI-Integrated Teaching Through Teacher-Led Professional Learning Communities: Patterns and Meanings of Practice (103337)
Ha-Eun Kim is a doctoral candidate in Educational Technology at Pusan National University, Busan, Republic of Korea. Her research focuses on teacher re-education programs to enhance teachers’ competencies in AI and digital convergence education.
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15:30 – Professional Development in Enhancing Teachers’ Cybersecurity Awareness in Hong Kong: Current Status and Future Directions of Media Literacy (100980)
Ms. Suzanne Leung serves as a Lecturer in the School of Education and Languages at Hong Kong Metropolitan University in Hong Kong.
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15:55 – How PUMPed Are Students About Generative AI? (101973)
Dr Layla Shelmerdine is a University Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer at Duke Kunshan University in China
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16:20 – Lifelong Learning and Generational Adaptation: AI Competence and Employability in the Age of Digital Labor Ruptures (102028)
Prof. Sabina Lissitsa is a Full Professor and Chair of the School of Communication at Ariel University. Her research lies at the intersection of media studies, digital inequality, and social integration.
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Opal 104 (Level 1)
Curriculum Design and Development
Session Chair: Reinhold Schodl

15:05 – A New Educational Theory for the Young Generation in the Nuclear Era: Controlled Nuclear Education (CNE) (100869)
Khuong Vinh NGUYEN is currently a Doctoral Student in Electrical Power Engineering at VSB – Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic.
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15:30 – Level of Knowledge, Skills, and Values of Grade 7 Teachers in Relation to the Matatag Curriculum (101267)
Si Dr. Vasil A. Victoria ay full time faculty sa Gradwadong Paaralan ng Ateneo de Naga University at nakatuon ang kaniyang ekspertis sa pananaliksik, ortograpiya, gramatika, pedagohiya, pagsasalin, pagtataya, estratehiya, at panitikan.
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15:55 – Accelerating Curriculum Development in Contract Management and Innovation Policy: A Design Sprint Approach (100862)
Dr. Dolores Kuchina-Musina is the Chief Disruptor at REXOTA Solutions, LLC, a company in the DC-Metro area focusing on strategy, planning, pursuit, capture, management, and administration of Federal Contract/Agreement Awards.
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16:20 – Understanding Study Motives for Student-Centred Curriculum Design in Logistics (103664)
Dr. Reinhold Schodl is the director of the Logistics and Transport Management study program at the University of Applied Sciences BFI Vienna in Austria.
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Opal 105 (Level 1)
Learning Experiences, Student Learning and Learner Diversity
Session Chair: Emily Yee Fun Woo

15:05 – Developing Employability Skills Through Human Service Work-integrated Learning Course at HKMU: A Case Study (103574)
Mr. Tony Chow is an Assistant Lecturer of Psychology from the Department of Social Sciences, Hong Kong Metropolitan Univesrity. His research focused on interpersonal relationships and socio-emotional competencies among emerging adults.
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15:30 – Designing for Connection: Practical and Theoretical Insights from the Open Networked Learning (ONL) Course (103199)
Olga Novikova is a PhD researcher at Hanken School of Economics, Department of Management and Organization, in Helsinki, Finland.
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15:55 – Preparedness of STEM and Non-STEM Students for Success in Engineering Programs: A Comprehensive Analysis of Academic Foundations and Skill Proficiency (103516)
Dr Victor Sherwin Galamgam is a University Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer at Pangasinan State University in Philippines
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16:20 – Building Resilience for the Real World: Lessons from Hospitality Internships (103169)
Dr Lee Keng Ng is a University Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer at Singapore Institute of Technology in Singapore
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Opal 106 (Level 1)
Education, Sustainability and Society
Session Chair: Esra Ayse Kaskaloglu Almulla

15:05 – Educating for GNH and the Three Poisons: Redefining the Purpose of Education in Bhutan (102837)
17 Years of Professional experience in the field of Education as a teacher for English Language and History, and Curriculum/Training Developer for History Education in Bhutan. Presently, a 4th Year Ph.D student at UNB, Fredericton, Canada.
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15:30 – Chapter by Chapter, Prayer by Prayer: An Indonesian Muslim Woman’s Autoethnography of Faith, Labour, and Learning in Australian Higher Education (102613)
Ana Surjanto is an Indonesian Muslim woman PhD Candidate at Monash University, Australia. Her research is at intersectionality of education, sociology, religion, and policy, focuses on Indonesian Muslim women’s experiences in Western academia.
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15:55 – Enhanced Program in Christian Living Education for Grade 10 (102205)
Dr. Owen del Castillo is currently a professional teacher of CLE and Philosophy at St. Agnes’ Academy, Inc.
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16:20 – Gifted Education Beyond Disciplinary Boundaries: an Interdisciplinary Exploration of Human Potential Through Islamic Educational Philosophy (103429)
Dr Esra Kaskaloglu-Almulla is a University Assistant Professor/Lecturer at University of Bahrain in Bahrain
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Opal 107 (Level 1)
Education and Difference
Session Chair: Ohoud Alhajeri

15:05 – Same Tools, Different Needs: Online Learning Support for Neurodivergent Students in Indonesian Universities (101518)
Shofia Mawaddah is a PhD student at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), Department of Psychology at King’s College London, United Kingdom.
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15:30 – Navigating the Educator-Interpreter Dual Role in Higher Education Classroom with Deaf Students (101758)
Mariche Llanto is an Assistant Professor at the University of Southeastern Philippines and a sign language interpreter. She researches the challenges of achieving equity and accessibility for these students in higher education.
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15:55 – The Effectiveness of Play-Based Learning Strategy for Students with Learning Difficulties (103727)
Badreyya Alkhanbooli is an Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics and TESOL in the Department of Learning & Edu. Leadership (CEDU), College of Education, United Arab Emirates University.
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16:20 – Experiences and Challenges of Implementing the Individualized Education Plan (IEP) for Students with Learning and Intellectual Disabilities in Kuwait (102126)
Dr. Ohoud Alhajeri is currently an Assistant Professor of Special Education at College of Education, Kuwait University, Kuwait
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Tourmaline 207 (Level 2)
Literature, Media and Communication
Session Chair: Jasdeep Kaur Chandi

15:05 – Revival and Resonance of Oppari: A Portrayal of the Lament in Tamil Cinema (101809)
Kethan Preethi. B, research scholar, BITS Pilani, Rajasthan, India. My personal interests include reading novels, swimming, singing, and hiking. My current research project is on analysing the media representation of Oppari: A Tamil lament tradition.
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15:30 – Profanity as a Tool of Female Sex Workers’ Emancipation in Contemporary Bollywood Movies: A Feminist Critical Discourse Analytic Study (100461)
Shubham Pathak, PhD research scholar, films, gender and discourse analysis, representation of female sex workers in contemporary Bollywood films
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15:55 – Spectacles of Violence in Toofan: Kitsch and the Aesthetics of Recent Bangla Blockbusters (101722)
Israt Jahan teaches at the Department of English, East West University, Bangladesh, as an Assistant Professor. She is a PhD researcher, and her research area is Bengal Partition Films.
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16:20 – The Local in the Global Pop Music Scene: A Case Study of Punjabi Singer Diljit Dosanjh (101821)
Dr. Chandi is a fellow at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla, India. She is working on a project that explores the relationship between sacred scriptures and well-being in the specific contexts of different knowledge systems.
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Tourmaline 208 (Level 2)
Social, Political and Community Agendas in the Arts
Session Chair: Quyet Tien Ly

15:05 – Performance and Performitivty of Indian Classical Dances: A Case Study of Bharatanatyam (101830)
Ms. Subiksha Sundararaman, PhD scholar at the Department of Dance, University of Hyderabad, India and a Bharatanatyam artiste working on the Sound-Movement analysis of Bharatanayam. Key interests include Indian Dance & culture, Movement Cognition.
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15:30 – Insider/Outsider Dynamics and Audience Expectations for Classical Music Engagement in China (101630)
Dr Yafei Wang recently completed her PhD at the School of Music, University of Leeds, UK, and currently teaches music industries modules at the University of Leeds. Her research interests span audience development, music psychology, popular music and fan cultures in East Asia. She has published in Frontiers in Psychology and Current Psychology, and has presented at several international conferences on East Asian popular music and fandom studies. Her PhD research examined audience development for classical music in China, drawing on K-pop engagement strategies. Her current project explores affective economies in Chinese idol culture and comparative fan practices across Chinese and Korean popular music, informing her broader interest in transnational cultural consumption and engagement.
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15:55 – Virtual Ethnography of Chinese Jazz Culture Across Major Platforms: Memes, Posts, and Participation (103840)
Liu Yufei is currently a doctoral student of music at Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong.
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16:20 – War and the Vietnam Destiny Through Nguyen Van Dong Music in 1960s and 1970s (102229)
Dr TIEN LY QUYET is a University Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer at Eastern International University in Vietnam
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Tourmaline 209 (Level 2)
Ethnicity, Gender, Identity
Session Chair: Osnat Roth-Cohen

15:05 – Breaking Boundaries: An Intersectional Analysis of Iranian Bahá’í Women’s Activism (101401)
Raha Sabet Sarvestany, postdoctoral researcher and lecturer at Åbo Akademi, my interdisciplinary work explores gender, religion, culture, and minority studies. My current project examines minority women's representation in international media.
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15:30 – Negotiating Rights, Enabling Voices: Disability Inclusion and Governance Participation Among Marginalized Women in Nepal (98040)
Dr Kiran Chalise is a University Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer at Mid-west University in Nepal
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15:55 – Intersections of Globalization and Indian Art & Craft Traditions: A Case Study of Maheshwar Sarees (101876)
Sachin Bhatnagar is an assistant professor with the department of Fashion Management Studies at National Institute of fashion Technology (NIFT) Mumbai.
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16:20 – Shaping the Narrative: Advertising Professionals’ Engagement with Diversity and Inclusion (101118)
Dr. Osnat Roth-Cohen is a senior lecturer in the School of Communication at Ariel University in Israel.
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