Boulus Shehata

Beijing Normal University | bnu · Smart Learning Institute

The Metaverse has been the centre of attraction for educationists for quite some time. This field got renewed interest with the announcement of social media giant Facebook as it rebranding and positioning it as Meta. While several studies conducted literature reviews to summarize the findings related to the Metaverse in general, no study to the bes...

The design of future classrooms has become a topic of great priority as technology and pedagogy continue to evolve. However, there is a lack of consensus on the different designs of future classrooms that can support diverse learning needs and styles. Therefore, this rapid review explores the various learning space designs and learning methods, aim...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies have been progressing constantly and being more visible in different aspects of our lives. One recent phenomenon is ChatGPT, a chatbot with a conversational artificial intelligence interface that was developed by OpenAI. As one of the most advanced artificial intelligence applications, ChatGPT has drawn muc...

Biomimicry, the practice of imitating nature to solve complex human problems, holds significant potential for sustainable education in the face of global challenges, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change impacts. Advocates called for the integration of smart educational technologies to reduce the carbon footprint associated with traditio...

Despite the importance of Student-Centered Learning (SCL), limited information exists in the literature on how SCL can be facilitated by various educational technologies. This study, therefore, explores the literature to investigate the role of educational technology in supporting SCL. Particularly, it builds on the American Psychological Associati...

There is a knowledge gap in tracing and analyzing historical records (e.g., annual or bi-annual) of educational technology, particularly, exploring emerging technology trends and their uptake in education. This study addresses this gap by reviewing technology adoption in education, based on bibliometric and content analyses of EDUCAUSE Horizon repo...

As a concrete response to UNESCO and UNICEF’s “Global Gateway to Public Learning Platforms”, the international version of China National Smart Education Platform (referred to as “the Platform International Version”) embodies the concepts of “digital sharing” and “digital public goods”, serving as a pivotal component in establishing China’s internat...

Textbooks have a crucial role in shaping students' knowledge, behaviors, and attitudes in different school subjects. This study compares the structure and content of science textbooks of grade nine in Egypt and China to reveal the common and different features in the textbook design. It opts for a horizontal analysis of four science textbooks in th...

This book identifies the educational problems and issues that could be solved by design and discusses how to overcome these challenges by adopting a design thinking approach. The chapters cover topics such as opportunities and challenges for the futures of education, the emerging models of design thinking for education, learning activity design, ed...

It is widely acknowledged that the relationship between education, security, and stability is bidirectional. In times of war, access to quality education becomes compromised, and conversely, the absence of proper education constrains individuals to a life under constant threat, disrupting education provision. War, viewed as a “lifetime and life-wid...

Novel artificial intelligence (AI) technologies have the capability to reinvent education and enhance the immersive experience of learners. The education industry is continually embracing advanced AI tools to harness their functionalities for optimal teaching and learning. When the metaverse was released, its interactive features were leveraged to...

By increasing technology trend awareness, individuals can leverage novel and groundbreaking technologies to complete mundane activities and buy time to focus on other projects. This article presents an overview of why there is a slow pace of digital transformation in education in Ghana using ChatGPT (an advanced chatbot) as a case scenario. In this...

The rise of short video applications such as TikTok has brought new opportunities to maximize student learning experiences in online learning environments. Meanwhile, literature that explores its potential to foster student engagement is scarce. To understand the effect of short video applications on students' learning engagement, we take Douyin (t...

Textbooks use images, in addition to text, for delivering knowledge, thereby convey attitudes and values of students including those on gender bias. The gender bias presented in textbook images affects in subtle ways the students’ learning outcomes, career choices, and how they perceive science. However, prior research has relied on explicit inform...

Design Thinking (DT) has the potential to enhance products, services, and processes as a human-centered approach and has been recently used in education. While most of the literature on design thinking is dominated by English-published papers, and has a 'Western' perspective, it does not identify the state of research in other cultures. This system...

To solve the existential educational crisis and adapt to the learning needs in the new era, it is imperative for researchers, educators, and policymakers in education to devise more practical and effective innovations and reforms to safeguard the futures of education—seek new breakthroughs in educational design. Motivated by these challenges, we ar...

I presented a proposal on designing an app to use the Blockchain Technology to save credentials of course completion as well as NFTs to serve Higher Education universities/collages/and institutes. It involved highlighting the benefits of Blockchain in providing increased transparency, accountability through using smart contracts, and an incentives...

History of education in Egypt in the 21st century including background of reform and development, basic structure of the education system, and pioneers in the innovations and educational throughs that shaped Egypt today.

This paper analyzes the proceedings of 13 international conferences on Artificial General Intelligence AGI, that are part of the lecture notes in artificial intelligence. The motivation for this study is to explore the publication networks and areas where AGI could be useful to Information & Communication Technology ICT in education. SPSS and Micro...

During the pandemic of 2020 brought about by Covid-19, many teachers, students and pupils found their learning environment had to move on-line at very short notice. This proved harder than some people might have expected and involved changing some practices, most importantly increasing the importance of pupils and students doing more work on their...