DOCTORAL STUDENT FORUM (DSF)
This Doctoral Student Forum (DSF) is one of the important sessions in GCCCE 2024, which provides a platform for outstanding doctoral students to present, discuss and receive feedback from expert panels on their research idea, designs, and results in computer education and related areas. All accepted submissions will be published in the GCCCE 2024 Doctoral Student Forum proceedings.
The DSF consists of three parts: short lecture, presentation and discussion, and private mentoring. The first two parts are open to all registrants of GCCCE 2024, and the third part is only limited to the DSF chairs, invited experts and student authors who have their DSF papers accepted to participate.
Short lecture: Topics that are related to research paper preparation and presentation tips on creating an elevator speech, choosing right journals and preparing high-quality journal papers, etc. would be delivered for students upon availability and time limitation.
Presentation and discussion: Students are required to present their research progress in the DSF and answer questions from the audience. They will then receive immediate feedback and recommendations from the experts.
Private mentoring: At the end, each student will be paired up with an expert according to their common research areas. The paired experts will become the mentors to provide expertise advice. Students will have the opportunity to discuss their research in more detail including the objectives, contributions, potential changes and improvements, selections of publication, and even their career planning with their mentors in the one-to-one private mentoring sessions.
The DSF also encourages and looks forward to further collaborations between the students and mentors on follow-up research to publish papers or other forms of dissemination, so that their relationship can be continued for years!
This year, the topics of the DSF are listed as follows:
Learning Sciences & Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning
Mobile, Ubiquitous & Contextual Learning
Joyful Learning, Educational Games & Digital Toys
Technology in Higher Education & Adult Learning, and Teachers’ Professional Development
Technology-Enhanced Language and Humanities Learning
Artificial Intelligence in Education & Smart Learning Environments
Learning Analytics & Assessments
STEM & Maker Education
Educational Technology: Innovations, Policies & Practice
Each student author should only submit the work in which he or she is the principal/main investigator or contributor. The work can be in any stage of a research, such as conceptual idea and plan, theoretical model, development of app/ system/ tool/ instrument development, evaluation/ assessment/ experiment design, data collection, findings and results, discussions and analysis and academic publication preparation. Students should not submit any work that has already been published in other conferences, journals, book chapters, etc.
Depending on the research topic, stage and result of each accepted DSF paper, the student author may be invited to submit an extended and/or a more completed research paper to the other publications, for example, International Journal of Distance Education Technologies (indexed in Elsevier Engineering Index, INSPEC, PsycINFO®, SCOPUS, ESCI) and Bulletin of Technical Committee on Learning Technology (indexed in Emerging Sources Citation Index).
Submission Requirements and Method
Welcome all interested doctoral students to submit their work related to the above themes to us!
Requirements:
Cover, including the proposed thesis title, the selected research topic (refer to the list above), the names and contact information of the student author, as well as the supervisor).
Thesis proposal (within 5 pages and follow the GCCCE paper format), including the following elements:
Research aims/ objectives
Research background
Research methodology
Current stage of the research or the preliminary results attained so far
Upcoming work
Submission method:
Both the cover and thesis proposal should be saved in ONE PDF file for submission. All submissions should be done on the EasyChair homepage：https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=gccce2024.
Important Dates
Forum Paper Submission Deadline: 30 Oct, 2023 – 25 Jan 2024 31 Mar,2024
Forum Paper Acceptance Notification: 10 Mar, 2024
Forum Paper’s Camera-Ready Copy Due: 10 April, 2024
Forum Authors Registration Due: 30 April, 2024 (Early Bird Registration Due: 10 April, 2024 23 April, 2024 )
Program Committee
Executive Chair:
SUN Daner, The Education University of Hong Kong
Co-Chairs:
Shu-Yun Chien, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
YANG Yuqin, Central China Normal University
ZHAN Ying, The Education University of Hong Kong
PC members:
BAI Shurui The Education University of Hong Kong
DENG Feng South China Normal University
CHANG Shao-Chen Yuan Ze University
FENG Xueqi South University of Science and Technology
HSIA Lu-Ho National Chin-Yi University of Technology
HUANG Lingyun The Education University of Hong Kong
LI Xiuhan Central China Normal University
ZHANG Di Zhejiang Normal University
ZHU Jinxin The Education University of Hong Kong
ZHU Liying Zhejiang Normal University
ZHAI Junqing Zhejiang University
YANG Qifan Fujian Normal University
YANG Weipeng The Education University of Hong Kong
CAI Huiying Jiangnan University