AI and STEAM for a More Active Learning
We are getting ready for our VII International Conference on Education and Technology ICPATME 2025 with Curtin University (Perth, Australia) as the leading organisation.
Following a booming trend of exploring AI and its implementation in education at all levels, the special topic of ICPATME 2025 is AI in Education and Learning.
With these plans and visions in mind, the Conference Organising Committee invited the speakers and researchers who are working in the field of educational technologies, developing new learning methodologies and approaches, and namely those who are focussing on AI.
In this respect, it is our pleasure to highlight the speech of Prof. Dr. Piet Kommers, UNESCO Professor on Learning Technologies (Emeritus University of Twente, The Netherlands) who is going to present at the conference and share his visions on AI and STEAM education as an innovative methodology in school education and a breakthrough in integrative learning and education.
Prof. Dr. Piet Kommers
UNESCO Professor on Learning Technologies
Emeritus University of Twente
The Netherlands
A brief synopsis of the speech is presented below:
AI and STEAM for a More Active Learning
Since the late eighties, education has confronted the meandering derivatives of ICT: social media, online simulations and games, 3D fictitious worlds, and, more recently, the rapidly expanding family of AI applications.
Fortunately, a recent didactic/pedagogical innovation framework has been announced: STEAM, which integrates curricular disciplines like science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics.
Its goal is to provide explicit stimuli to learners and students to undertake problem-solving challenges that require creative thinking and, most importantly, the courage to combine knowledge, skills, and intuition in ways not covered in direct instruction.
This keynote provides you with tools and methods for conceptual thinking, further articulation of various metacognition, activation of your prior knowledge, and awareness of its structure.
Especially when AI tools enter the study room, learners need a heightened awareness of epistemology and ontologies in open problem-solving tasks.
Examples of urban planning tasks designed in the EduSimsteam project can be found here: https://edusimsteam.eba.gov.tr/edusimsteam/.
The integral overview of how good teachers can develop into even better teachers can be found in the recent book “Sources for a Better Education” https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-88903-6.
Welcome to join the upcoming online lecture at ICPATME 2025,
Prof. Dr. Piet Kommers
UNESCO Professor on Learning Technologies
Emeritus University of Twente
The Netherlands
To greet Prof. Dr. Piet Kommers at ICPATME 2025 is our special pleasure as it goes along with our long-lasting collaboration for organising international academic events, training programs, research and educational projects.
With his first participation and expert contribution to organising our first ICLTE Conference on Language Studies, Translation and Education in Istanbul in 2018, Prof. Dr. Piet Kommers is a valuable member of IATELS Board, an academic advisor, thoughtful leader and a pioneering researcher who inspires students and academicians from all over the world with new ideas, determination to pursue academic goals, explore new topics, tools and resources for innovating education and boosting the quality of teaching and learning internationally.
To join the conference online and follow the conference presentations and speeches, please contact us at patme.iatels@gmail.com.
We are looking forward to our upcoming meetings of ICPATME 2025 and more perspectives for collaboration, international research and education.
IATELS Committee Board
IATELS International Association for Technology, Education and Language Studies
