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Junhong Xiao

@junhong-xiao.bsky.social
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Emeritus Professor at the Open University of Shantou. Editor of SpringerBriefs in Open and Distance Education (www.springer.com/series/15238). Co-Chief Editor of JODDE (ojs.uni-oldenburg.de/journals/ojs2/…)

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Junhong Xiao @junhong-xiao.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
inspired.oum.edu.my/towards-an-e...
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Towards an Embedded Systems Approach to Transforming ODDE in a Post-Digital Age: The Case of OUM
If Not Us, Then Who? Critical ODDE Scholarship in an AI-Enabled World Feature By Paul Prinsloo Professor Extraordinaire, University of South Africa Senior Fellow, Open University Malaysia
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Junhong Xiao @junhong-xiao.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Newly released ojs.uni-oldenburg.de/ojs02/jodde/...
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Vol. 3 No. 1 (2026) | Journal of Open, Distance, and Digital Education
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Junhong Xiao @junhong-xiao.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
New book chapter link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
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Humanising Digital Education or Digitalising Human Education: That Is the Question
This chapter argues that, although technology is indispensable to contemporary education, educational leaders must not surrender human agency to digital systems. It first re-asserts the centrality of ...
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Junhong Xiao @junhong-xiao.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Honored to be an International Member of the Editorial Board of Pedagogical Sciences pedsciences.com.ua/en/editorial...
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Junhong Xiao @junhong-xiao.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
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Book Review: Mega-Universities and Opening Education by Design, edited by Mark Nichols (ICDE, 2025) | The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning
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Junhong Xiao @junhong-xiao.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Hot off the press! This Open Access book examines digitalisation, artificial intelligence (AI), and automation in education, with a particular focus on their implications for human agency, equity, and institutional futures. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Critical Perspectives on AI, Digitalisation, and Human-Centred Learning
This open access book examines digitalisation, AI, and automation in education, with a particular focus on their implications for human agency
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Junhong Xiao @junhong-xiao.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
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Junhong Xiao @junhong-xiao.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
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Don’t Encourage People to Run Before They Can Walk: Rethinking Some GenAI Paradoxes
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Junhong Xiao @junhong-xiao.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
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Is AI the solution to the problems that make higher education “ill” in the first place? Towards a technology-agnostic, future-proof approach | Journal of Applied Learning and Teaching
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Helen Crompton @hcrompton.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
New article published in the Journal of Research on Technology in Education: “A Framework for Generative AI Policy and Guidelines in K-12 Education.” doi.org/10.1080/1539... An international collaboration with experts from 20 countries. #AIinEducation #GenAI #EdTech
Front page of the article.
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Junhong Xiao @junhong-xiao.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Newly published jalt.open-publishing.org/jalt/index.p...
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Is AI the solution to the problems that make higher education “ill” in the first place? Towards a technology-agnostic, future-proof approach | Journal of Applied Learning and Teaching
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Junhong Xiao @junhong-xiao.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Newly published www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
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Critiquing research published in SSCI and ESCI CALL journals between 2023 and 2024: a research design perspective
CALL publications are not short of systematic literature reviews. The majority of these reviews aim to identify publication trends, research themes, types of technology used, factors influencing techn...
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Junhong Xiao @junhong-xiao.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Hot off the press! A comprehensive review of the contribution of open and distance education to higher education in China。 doi.org/10.55982/ope...
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The Contribution of Open and Distance Education to Higher Education in China | Open Praxis
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Junhong Xiao @junhong-xiao.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Hot off the press! A new addition to the SpringerBriefs in Open and Distance Education. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Digital Transformation and Innovation in Chinese Higher Education
This study could be used to as a reference for digital transformation and innovation in higher education institutions in Asia and beyond
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Junhong Xiao @junhong-xiao.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
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Revisiting the Theory of Transactional Distance: Implications for Open, Distance, and Digital Education in the 21st Century
The Theory of Transactional Distance (TDT) can be traced back to the early 1970s when Michael Grahame Moore was conceiving a theory for the emerging field of distance education. It was ground-break...
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Junhong Xiao @junhong-xiao.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Hot off the press! "unless we can ask the right questions now, we may find that, in the pursuit of greater efficiency, we have lost the very essence of what it means to educate and learn." link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Venturing into the Unknown: Critical Insights into Grey Areas and Pioneering Future Directions in Educational Generative AI Research - TechTrends
Advocates of AI in Education (AIEd) assert that the current generation of technologies, collectively dubbed artificial intelligence, including generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), promise resul...
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Junhong Xiao @junhong-xiao.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
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View of Prophets of progress: How do leading global agencies naturalize enchanted determinism surrounding artificial intelligence for education? | Journal of Applied Learning and Teaching ...
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Junhong Xiao @junhong-xiao.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Newly published! technologies which are more cutting-edge and more expensive are not necessarily better suited for (open and distance) education. inspired.oum.edu.my/issues/24/pa...
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INSPIRED OUM
Devoted to Education
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Aras Bozkurt @arasbozkurt.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Asian Journal of Distance Education is also flying in the blue sky. Follow us to be informed about developments. 👇 bsky.app/profile/asia...
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Junhong Xiao @junhong-xiao.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Forthcoming...Call for proposals is ongoing... link.springer.com/book/9789819...
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Digital Transformation and Innovation in Chinese Higher Education
This study could be used to as a reference for digital transformation and innovation in higher education institutions in Asia and beyond
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Aras Bozkurt @arasbozkurt.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
The Manifesto for Teaching and Learning in a Time of Generative AI: A Critical Collective Stance to Better Navigate the Future 🤖 GenAI is revolutionizing education—but at what cost? Read more: openpraxis.org/articles/10....
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Junhong Xiao @junhong-xiao.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
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The Manifesto for Teaching and Learning in a Time of Generative AI: A Critical Collective Stance to Better Navigate the Future | Open Praxis
Open Praxis is a peer-reviewed open access scholarly journal focusing on research and innovation in open, distance, and flexible education. It is published by International Council for Open and Distan...
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