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Welcome to TILE-TEC 2026 @ Chengdu, China

The 4th UK-China Teaching, Learning, and Educational Technology (TILE-TEC 2026) Conference will be held in Chengdu, China on May 22-24, 2026. It aims to bring together scholars, researchers, educators, students, and professionals from the UK and China to discuss the evolving role of Generative AI in higher education, with a focus on transnational education (TNE). With the rapid development of AI technologies, particularly Generative AI, the higher education sector faces unique challenges and unprecedented opportunities. This conference provides a platform for participants to exchange insights, share innovative practices, and explore the implications of AI-driven tools in transforming teaching, learning, and educational technologies.

This conference is jointly organised by the University of Glasgow (UofG) and the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC) and will be an in-person event with some online elements.

Conference Topics

1. Generative AI in Teaching, Learning, and Curriculum Design:
  • Innovative uses of GenAI to enhance instructional design, adaptive learning, content creation, and discipline-specific pedagogy.
2. AI-Enabled Assessment, Feedback, and Academic Integrity:
  • AI applications in formative and summative assessment, feedback automation, and addressing challenges related to plagiarism, authorship, and originality.
3. Student Engagement, Personalisation, and Learning Analytics:
  • Leveraging AI to improve student participation, personalise learning pathways, and support data-informed decision-making in education.
4. Ethics, Trust, and Data Privacy in AI-Powered Education:
  • Ethical frameworks, governance, data protection, algorithmic bias, transparency, and equitable access in AI-driven educational systems.
5. Human-Centred and Sustainable Education in the AI Era:
  • Embedding sustainability principles, social responsibility, and human values into AI-enhanced engineering and higher education curricula.
6. Student Support, Wellbeing, and Employability in AI-Driven TNE:
  • AI-supported approaches to academic advising, career planning, counselling, cross-cultural communication, leadership development, and lifelong learning.
7. Redefining the Role of Educators and Academic Leadership:
  • Faculty development, changing teaching roles, professional identity, and leadership in AI-enabled and digitally transformed learning environments.
8. Industry 5.0, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship Education:
  • Preparing students for human-centric, AI-integrated workplaces through entrepreneurship, innovation, and future-ready skill development.
9. Blended, Hybrid, and Immersive Learning Technologies:
  • Design and evaluation of flexible, immersive, and technology-enhanced learning environments, including virtual labs, simulations, and extended reality.

Important Dates

March 20, 2026
Paper Submission Deadline
April 20, 2026
Notification Deadline
May 15, 2026
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Conference Publication

The accepted papers passed through the peer-reviewed process after proper registration and presentation will be published into conference proceedings, which will be submitted to be indexed by EI Compendex and Scopus.