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MDPI International Day of Education 2025 | Session 2

Name: MDPI International Day of Education 2025 | Session 2
Start: 2025-01-24T15:00:00
End: 2025-01-24T17:00:00

24 January 2025

15:00 (CET)

Online

Welcome from
the chair

In celebration of the International Day of Education 2025, MDPI is delighted to announce a special webinar dedicated to fostering dialogue and collaboration among researchers, educators, and students. This event will explore inclusive, equitable, and innovative education strategies to ensure lifelong learning opportunities for all.

Education is a fundamental human right, a public good, and a shared responsibility. This webinar will provide a platform to discuss critical global educational challenges, advancements, and strategies. It also reinforces MDPI’s commitment to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4 (Quality Education).

Through this initiative, we aim to connect members of the international open access community, encouraging them to share research findings, insights, and best practices. Together, we can contribute to building a more inclusive and sustainable future.

We warmly invite you to join us at the MDPI International Day of Education Webinar 2025. Let us come together to shape the future of education!

Meet the Event Chair

Ms. Regine Chia

MDPI

Important Dates

Registration end dateJan 24, 2025

Meet Our Speakers

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Dr. Heng Luo

Department of Education Technology, Huazhong Normal University, Wuhan, China;
Heng Luo is currently a professor of educational technology and Associate Dean in the Faculty of Artificial Intelligence in Education, Central China Normal University. He received his Ph.D. degree in Instructional Design, Development, and Evaluation from Syracuse University in 2015, and worked briefly as a Research Associate at John A. Dutton e-Education Institute in Pennsylvania State University. His research work focuses on the effective integration of learning sciences, instructional design, and AI technologies to promote quality and equity of education in diverse contexts, which has led to over 50 publications in SCI/SSCI journals. His academic contribution has been recognized with scholarly awards such as TICL Outstanding International Research Collaboration Award of AERA’2022 and D&D Outstanding Practice Award in the annual conference of AECT’2019.

Dr. Garry Hornby

Institute of Education, University of Plymouth, UK;
Garry worked as a mainstream and special education teacher and as an educational psychologist before lecturing in special education at two teachers’ colleges and four universities. He established post-graduate training programs for teachers of children with special needs in England, Barbados and New Zealand. He has published over 200 journal articles and sixteen books including: Parental Involvement in Childhood Education (2011); Inclusive Special Education (2014); Essential Evidence-Based Teaching Strategies (2022) and Inclusive Education at the Crossroads (2023).

Prof. Dr. V. Scott. Solberg

Counseling Psychology & Applied Human Development Department, BU Wheelock College of Education & Human Development, Boston University, USA.;
Dr. V. Scott H. Solberg Ph.D, is Professor at the Boston University Wheelock College of Education and Human Development. Dr. Solberg is working internationally and nationally on the design, implementation, and evaluation of effective career development programs and services for especially high-need youth populations, including youth with disabilities. Currently he is co-leading a multi-country country effort to build educators’ capacity to engage in social emotional learning. This SEL effort has been recognized by World Educational Research Association as an International Research Network and culminated in a forthcoming edited volume titled “Social and Emotional Learning as Foundation for Future Readiness: Translating Research to Practice” will be released by Springer in 2025. His publications, reports, and curriculum translate career development research into practice and policy strategies that are being used by states and districts throughout the United States. He is author of the book “Making School Relevant with Individualized Learning Plans: Helping Students Create Their Own Career and Life Goals” from Harvard Education Press., co-editor of the “Handbook of Career and Workforce Development: Research, Practice and Policy” from Routledge and “Careers for Students with Special Educational Needs: Perspectives on Development and Transitions from the Asia-Pacific Region” from Springer.

Prof. Dr. Jerrell Cassady

Department of Educational Psychology, Ball State University, USA.;
Jerrell Cassady is Professor of Psychology in the Department of Educational Psychology at Ball State University, USA. Over the last 25 years, Dr. Cassady has been engaged in research focused on identifying the presence and the impact of academic anxieties (particularly cognitive test anxiety). He is the author of two measures in the field that have been translated and used around the globe. He currently is turning his attention to building school- and community-based support systems to help educational professional identify and support those learners who struggle with anxiety in academic contexts. He is the Director of the Academic Anxiety Resource Center (https://sites.bsu.edu/aarc) and the Research Design Studio (https://sites.bsu.edu/rds). He also serves as Editor in Chief of the journal Behavioral Sciences.

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Webinar Recording

In this section, you will find the recordings of this webinar to watch, re-watch and share with your colleagues!

Relevant Special Issues

Sustainability
“Sustainability in Higher Education: Curriculum Design and Materials Development”
Guest Editor: Prof. Dr. Ajda Fošner
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 2 April 2025

MTI
“Innovative Theories and Practices for Designing and Evaluating Inclusive Educational Technology and Online Learning”
Guest Editor: Dr. Julius Nganji
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2025

Social Sciences
“Gender Equity in K-12 Education, Academia and Higher Education: A Global Perspective”
Guest Editors: Prof. Dr. James Etim
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2025

Societies
“Sustainability Education Across the Lifespan”
Guest Editor: Prof. Dr. Naomi T. Krogman and Prof. Dr. Susan A. O’Neill
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 May 2025

Education Sciences
“Agency in Teaching and Learning with Digital Technology: Opportunities and Challenges”
Guest Editors: Prof. Dr. Irina Engeness and Prof. Dr. Siv M. Gamlem
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2025

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Topic Editors: Dr. Guanfeng Liu, Dr. Karina Luzia, Dr. Luke Bozzetto, Dr. Tommy Yuan and Prof. Dr. Pengpeng Zhao
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2025

“Generative Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education”
Topic Editors: Dr. Xin Zhao, Prof. Dr. Minna Rollins and Dr. Marco Carratù
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025

IME
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Guest Editors: Dr. Douglas McHugh and Dr. Anthony Payne
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 26 January 2026