Samira Hosseini & Brian Beitzel 
Technological Advancements and Innovations in Future of Education [PDF ebook] 
Select Proceedings of FOE 2023

Samira Hosseini obtained her B.Sc. degree in Applied Physics from the University of North Tehran, Iran, her M.Sc. degree in Polymer Chemistry, and a Ph.D. degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She served as a postdoctoral associate at Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico, and as a postdoctoral fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA. Currently, she is the director of the Writing Lab in the Center for Educational Innovation at Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico. She also holds the position of research professor at the School of Engineering and Sciences, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico. Samira is a certified goal-mapping and leadership coach. She is the author/co-author of more than 150 scientific publications and the inventor/co-inventor of 8 intellectual properties. She is a member of the Mexican National Academy of Researchers (level one) and is on the Editorial Board of different international journals. 
 
Brian Beitzel is a Professor of educational psychology at SUNY Oneonta and holds an appointment as Senior Director of Education Accreditation and Assessment there. After completing his Ph.D. at UW-Madison, he received the Paul R. Pintrich Dissertation Award from the American Psychological Association’s Division 15 (Educational Psychology). In 2009,  he received the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. He has chaired the Department of Educational Psychology, Counseling, and Special Education, teaching courses in child development, learning and motivation, assessment, and college study skills. His research, funded in part by the Spencer Foundation, has focused on the risks and benefits of incorporating diagrams into mathematics instruction. He serves as Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Teaching and Learning and provides support to other journal offices as Editorial Board Member and Consulting Editor. He has led many site visit teams for AAQEP.
 
Marcel Köhler is a Professor of Vocational Education at the Faculty of Nursing and Health Sciences at the Nord University, Norway. From 2019 to 2022, he was a Professor of Nursing and Health at the University of Applied Sciences Dresden (FHD), Germany. From 2010 to 2019, he was a Research Associate at the Chair of Vocational Education/TU Dresden, Germany. His research focus is on teaching and learning processes in national/international vocational education and university didactics. He is a Senior Teacher for vocational schools in the fields of Nursing/Health Care and Philosophy/Ethics. He obtained his Ph.D. in Vocational Education in 2017, MBA in 2021, and International Engineering Educator in 2022.
 
Fida Sanjakdar is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. Her research interests lie in the areas of critical sexuality education, critical pedagogies, the intersections between religion, culture, and sexuality education, teaching, and learning about controversial and real-world ethical issues. Her work is widely published in leading journals that span disciplinary fields such as sexuality studies, critical pedagogies, culture, religion, psychology,  educational philosophy, sociology, youth studies, and health. She is the Author of Living West, Facing East: The (de)construction of Muslim Youth Sexual Identities (2011, Peter Lang, NY), Co-editor of Critical Pedagogy, Sexuality Education and Young People: Issues about Democracy and active citizenry with Andrew Yip (2018, Peter Lang, NY), and Lead Author of Re-searching Margins: Ethics, Social Justice and Education (2022, Routledge). She is a Recipient of an Australian Research Council Discovery Award and a two-time recipient of the Advancing Women in Research Success Grant (Monash University).