MSU-IIT commits to the month of academic growth and intellectual exchange as it hosts this year's 7th International Conference and Annual Meeting on STEM Education, IAMSTEM 2024, with the theme 'Reimagining STEM Education in the Digital Transformation Era'.
This two-day conference is a collaborative work by academic institutions around the world. A co-host selection includes the Phnom Penh Teacher Education College, the Science Education Association of Thailand (SEAT), and ASEAN Comparative Educational Research Network (ACER-N) together with several universities from Thailand like Khon Kaen University (KKU), Surindra Rajabhat University, and Valaya Alongkorn Rajabhat University. Other collaborative institutions are Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Indonesia's State University of Malang, National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU), Thailand's Maha Sarakham Rajabhat University, Indonesia's IAIN KUDUS, Universitas Muhammadiyah Semarang (UNIMUS), MSU Tawi-Tawi, and Curtin University of Australia. The conference discussed avenue scholars, educators, and researchers looked into and brought out new intervention strategies in learning STEM areas against the backdrop of rapid and growing digital.
This year’s keynote speaker, Prof. Dr. Karen Murcia from Curtin University, Australia, gave a discussion on the need to foster digital competencies in STEM education. Among the steps she was able to talk about in her presentation were promoting interdisciplinary and project-based learning, emphasizing computational and creative thinking in problem-solving, integrating emerging technologies and artificial intelligence (AI) across STEM curricula, focusing on equity and inclusivity in STEM access, and providing professional development and support for educators. Following this were plenary talks by speakers whose topics heavily revolved around current trends and future directions in STEM education.
