The Future of Education
| Adult Education | |||
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| AI Tools and the Risk to Critical Thinking Skills in Undergraduate Courses PDF | New York University of Tirana (Albania) |
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| Toward Ubiquitous Learning for Adults: Opportunities Enabled by Artificial Intelligence PDF | Ministry of Instruction (Italy) |
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| Curriculum Development | |||
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| Are Functional and Critical Digital Skills Distinct? Evidence from Set Bifactor‑ESEM Using the yDSI Among Students PDF | Fan S. Noli University of Korca (Albania) |
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| Cultivating AI-Ready Graduates: Curriculum Coherence and Tiered Competency Development in Business Education PDF | UMass Global (United States) Andrea Munro UMass Global (United States) UMass Global (United States) |
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| Enhancing Employability and Workplace Readiness through the International Career Coaching Programme (ICCP) in South African TVET Colleges PDF | University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg Business School (South Africa) Akanimo Odon Envirofly Consulting Group (United Kingdom) Nellie Kangwa Flexylearn International (Zambia) Tinashe Muteto University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg Business School (South Africa) |
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| Mandatory AI Use as a Catalyst for Reflective Practice in Graphic Design Education PDF | University of Aveiro (Portugal) |
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| Scalability by Design: Leveraging DACUM and AI to Standardize Implementation Fidelity in Global Educational Interventions PDF | Universidad del Valle de Guatemala (Guatemala) |
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| Shaping Future Learning Through Digital Skills Profiling PDF | Fan S. Noli University of Korça (Albania) |
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| Understanding Student Preference for Universities Over TVET Colleges: A Conceptual Analysis of Perceptions and Institutional Factors PDF | University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg Business School (South Africa) University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg Business School (South Africa) |
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| E-Learning | |||
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| AI-Powered Chatbot Assessments in Online Anatomy & Physiology: An Exploratory Mixed-Methods Pilot Study PDF | Austin Community College (United States) |
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| Digital Transformation and Student Engagement in Higher Education: An ICT and E-Learning Perspective PDF | University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg Business School (South Africa) |
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| Operationalizing the Metaverse in South African Higher Education: A Readiness Assessment and Strategic Framework PDF | University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg Business School (South Africa) |
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| The Use of AI in Higher Education: The Example of the UX Design Course for eHealth PDF | University of Applied Sciences – Technikum Wien (Austria) University of Applied Sciences – FH JOANNEUM Graz (Austria) |
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| Education and Society | |||
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| Cross-country Analysis of Women’s Participation in the Labor Force and Political Representation in Middle East Countries PDF | Fort Hays State University (United States) |
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| Epistemic Asymmetry in Adolescent Democratic Deliberation: Teacher Facilitation, Participatory System Design, and Initial Role Reconfiguration Insights from the SAUFEX Interdemocracy Pilot PDF | DROG group (The Netherlands) Fundacja Citizen Project (Poland) |
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| Exploring Barriers to the Implementation of Inclusive Teaching Practices in the Moroccan Context PDF | Abdelmalek Essaadi University (Morocco) Asmae Ourdi Moulay Ismail University (Morocco) |
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| Opening Speech at the 16th International Conference "The Future of Education" on 19 June 2026 PDF | Communication Specialist - Erasmus+ Italian National Agency INDIRE (Italy) |
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| Promoting Knowledge Cross-fertilization between Academic Roles through Third Mission PDF | University of Turin (Italy) |
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| Scenario-Based Teaching of Water-Stress Communication in Business Education: A Quasi-Experimental Study in Bulgaria PDF | Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (Bulgaria) Neviana Krasteva Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (Bulgaria) Aleksey Potebnya Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (Bulgaria) |
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| Supporting Learning in Contexts of Disruption by Natural Disaster, War, and Communal Violence: A Comparative Case Study of Scalable Strategies from Four Settings PDF | Universal Learning Systems (Ireland) |
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| The Blueprint: A Self-Sustaining Model for Educating Every Child in the Developing World PDF | No Forgotten Kids (United States) |
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| Enhancing Student Engagement | |||
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| Dancing with DNA: A Gamified Learning Approach for Enhanced Educational Experience PDF | Institute of Translational Pharmacology - National Research Council (Ift-Cnr), Rome, Italy (Italy) Jacopo Condo' Istituto Nazionale di Documentazione, Innovazione e Ricerca Educativa, Florence (Italy) Institute of Translational Pharmacology - National Research Council (Ift-Cnr) (Italy) |
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| Enhancing Project Outcomes in First-Year PBL Courses through Increased Teaching Sessions PDF | Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Norway) Livinus Obiora Nweke Noroff University College (Norway) |
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| Learning through Lived Roles: Personas as Pedagogical Anchors in Online Higher Education PDF | Auburn University (United States) Auburn University (United States) Sydney Basset Auburn University (United States) Megan Slatton Auburn University (United States) Amanda Wilcox Auburn University (United States) |
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| Modeling and Analysis of Interventions Directed by Race and Gender of Students in the Mitigation of School Dropout in Brazil PDF | Federal University of Bahia (Brazil) Leogildo Freires Federal University of Alagoas (Brazil) Federal University of Minas Gerais (Brazil) Universidade Federal de Alagoas (Brazil) Gabriel Macedo Federal University of Alagoas (Brazil) Federal University of Alagoas Center for Excellence in Social Technologies (NEES) (Brazil) |
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| Games and Media in Education | |||
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| Stamp-Based Gamification for Enhancing Museum Engagement and Informal Learning PDF | Neviana Krasteva Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (Bulgaria) Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (Bulgaria) Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (Bulgaria) |
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| ICT in Education | |||
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| A Case Study of EFL Learners’ Experiences of Using Interactive Fiction with ChatGPT: A Sociocultural Perspective PDF | American University of Armenia (Armenia) American University of Armenia (Armenia) |
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| A Three-Pillar Framework for Responsible, Fluent, and Inclusive Generative AI Integration in Higher Education PDF | University of Malta (Malta) |
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| The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Promoting Accessibility for Students with Disabilities: The Landscape of Inclusion in Vocational and Higher Education PDF | Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (Portugal) Leila Araújo-Santos Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (Brazil) |
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| Language Teaching and Learning | |||
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| Embodied Language Learning in the Age of AI: Insights from Five Years of Scaffolded Language Emergence PDF | University of West Bohemia in Pilsen (Czech Republic) |
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| First Evidence of Reliability and Validity of SARD: An Exploratory Pilot Study in UAE Primary-Grade Native Arabic Readers PDF | Ahmad Nazzal ZAI Arabic Language Research Center, Zayed University, Dubai (United Arab Emirates) ZAI Arabic Language Research Center, Zayed University, Dubai (United Arab Emirates) Haitham Taha ZAI Arabic Language Research Center, Zayed University, Dubai (United Arab Emirates) Rana Nazzal The Sharjah Private Education Authority (SPEA), Sharjah (United Arab Emirates) Rabab Saleh ZAI Arabic Language Research Center, Zayed University, Dubai (United Arab Emirates) |
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| Honoring Human Variation at Scale: Reimagining School through Facilitated Interdependent Learning PDF | National Council of State Supervisors for Foreign Languages (United States) Ryan Allen Delmar High School, Delmar (United States) |
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| Implementing Discussion-Based Pedagogy in the EFL Classroom: Frameworks, Practices, and Emerging Challenges PDF | Hilda Terlemezyan Plovdiv University 'Paisii Hilendarski' (Bulgaria) |
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| Linguistic Immersion and its Role in Teaching Arabic to Non-Native Speakers: Middlebury College in the United States as a Model PDF | Mohamed bin Zayed University for Humanities – Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) Hassan Al Hosani Mohamed bin Zayed University for Humanities – Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) |
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| The Impact of Bilingual Education: Students’ Plurilingual Competence, Language Accreditation and Mobility PDF | University of Córdoba (Spain) University of Córdoba (Spain) |
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| University Teachers’ Challenges and Expectations in Bi/Multilingual Disciplinary Literacy Instruction: A Qualitative Cross-disciplinary Study PDF | Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Education, Masaryk University (Czech Republic) Enriketa Sogutlu Department of Education and English Language, Faculty of Humanities and Law University College Beder (Albania) Saime Kara Duman Department of Modern Languages, School of Foreign Languages, Istanbul Yildiz Technical University (Turkey) Özlem Çukurlu-Aydin Giresun Bilim ve Sanat Merkezi, Turkish Ministry of National Education, Giresun (Turkey) Zeynep Bütün Ikwuegbu Department of Translation and Interpretation in English, Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University 46050, Kahramanmaras (Turkey) |
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| AI Driven Prediction of Student Success in Engineering Mathematics: Integrating Course Performance, Academic Progression, and Mathematical Misconceptions PDF | Jinendrika Weliwita Higher Colleges of Technology (United Arab Emirates) Higher Colleges of Technology (United Arab Emirates) |
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| Multiculturalism and Social Inclusion | |||
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| The Perception of Social Science Students on the Importance and Application of Intercultural Competencies in Education and Professional Life PDF | Ines Hocenski Department of Information Sciences, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, J.J.Strossmayer University of Osijek (Croatia) |
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| Special Needs | |||
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| The use of Generative Artificial Intelligence in the Planning of Teaching Practices in Inclusive Special Education PDF | Denise Flora Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (Brazil) Simone Mafaciolli Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (Brazil) Walquíria Mendonça Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (Brazil) Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (Brazil) Universidade Federal do Paraná (Brazil) Polytechnic Institute of Bragança (Portugal) |
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| Assessing Graduate Students in Age of AI PDF | Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School , Baltimore, MD (United States) |
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| Teacher Professional Development | |||
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| ‘I Feel Nervous about Teaching This…’ Exploring the Experiences of Beginning Teachers with ‘Difficult Histories’ such as the Holocaust. PDF | University of Manchester (United Kingdom) |
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| Educators’ Experiences of Skills Development in a Funded Technology-Enhanced Learning Initiative: A Case Study of Three TVET Colleges PDF | University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg Business School (South Africa) Varaidzo Denhere University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg Business School, College of Business and Economics (South Africa) Tinashe Muteto University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg Business School, College of Business and Economics (South Africa) |
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| From Individual Innovation to Institutional Strategy: A Competency-Based Model for Strategic AI Integration in Faculty Development PDF | Universidad del Valle de Guatemala (Guatemala) |
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| Pre-service Teachers’ Solution Strategies in Addition and Subtraction Tasks PDF | Nord university, Faculty of Education and Arts, Mathematics (Norway) Nord University (Norway) |
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| Prospective Teachers’ Knowledge of Multiplication PDF | Stein Arnold Berggren Østfold University College, The Faculty of Teacher Education and Languages, Mathematics (Norway) Nord university, Faculty of Education and Arts, Mathematics (Norway) |
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