Introduction
Teacher education is experiencing unprecedented transformation driven by artificial intelligence (AI), digital technologies, learning analytics, immersive environments, and evolving societal expectations. These developments are reshaping how teachers learn, teach, assess, create knowledge, and engage with learners in increasingly complex educational ecosystems. At the same time, emerging technologies raise important questions concerning educational epistemologies, pedagogical practices, professional identities, assessment approaches, ethics, equity, and sustainability. Teacher education institutions must therefore prepare future educators not only to use digital technologies effectively but also to critically evaluate their implications for teaching, learning, and knowledge production.
Objectives
This Special Session aims to explore how digital transformation and emerging technologies are influencing teacher education and professional practice. The session aims to bridge perspectives from teacher education, educational technology, learning sciences, artificial intelligence, policy studies, and digital pedagogy. It welcomes theoretical, empirical, practice-based, and interdisciplinary contributions that advance our understanding of the opportunities and challenges presented by rapidly evolving educational technologies.
Topics of Interest
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
• Teacher Education and Professional Development - developing future-ready educators through literacy, competencies, identity, and practice.
• Pedagogy and Learning Design - advancing innovative, personalised, and technology-enhanced teaching and learning approaches.
• Assessment and Academic Practice - rethinking assessment, feedback, integrity, and evaluation in digital environments.
• Epistemologies and Knowledge Production - exploring technology's influence on knowledge creation, validation, and educational research.
• Ethics, Equity, and Inclusion - promoting responsible, inclusive, equitable, and ethical technology-enhanced education.
• Policy and Governance - supporting strategic, sustainable, and responsible educational transformation.
• Future Directions - shaping future educator roles within evolving digital and sociotechnical landscapes.
Chairmans
Prof. Dr. Kelum Gamage, University of Glasgow, UK
Submission Guidelines
Official language in ICAITE 2026 conference is
English in paper writing and presentation. Please format your paper
according to the template. And the submitted papers should be no less
than 5 pages. The submission without enough content may lead to
direct paper rejection in the preliminary review. Only accepted full
papers will be published and invited to present at the conference.
Abstracts will be invited to present at the conference without
publication.
Please send the full paper or abstract to
Special Session 3 Link.
The submission will be confirmed immediately by the system and by
conference secretary in three working days. If you have any question or
suggestion, please feel free to contact with Ms. Susan Ma via
icaite@academic.net.