Applied Degree Education and the Shape of Things to Come

這本編輯過的書旨在建立一個全球實踐社群，分享案例研究，進行批判性討論，並引領思想領導，以應對下一代教育實踐的範式轉變。本書展示了各種形式的新穎研究，並促進了跨學科的對話和交流，涉及創新、技術以及應用教育在未來職場中的角色。它還為讀者提供了關於應用學位教育最新發展和新教育未來思維的全球觀點。

Prof. Dr. Christina Hong Ph.D., Hon. DA., is the Deputy Vice President, Education and Quality, Central Queensland University (CQU), based at the CQU Brisbane Campus, Brisbane, Australia. Christina is the immediate past-President, of the Technological and Higher Education Institute of HongKong (THEi).Christina has a strong background in educational management and leadership with an emphasis on organizational change management, curriculum transformation, technology-enhanced learning, and teacher praxis across the school, VET and higher education sectors. Christina's prior roles include senior executive roles in the TAFE and university sectors in Australia as well as national educational reform and tertiary education leadership roles in New Zealand. Christina is particularly interested in how tertiary institutions foster C21st employability skills, the dynamic of innovation ecosystems and collaboration through internationalization, industry linkages and applied research activities. She is highly sought after as an international consultant and speaker, including, Hong Kong SAR and Greater Bay Area (China) technology innovation Ed-Tech start-up panels, UNESCO global projects, and APAC education forums. Christina initiated the International Conference on Applied Education, Technology and Innovation (AETI) in 2019, and with Dr. Will Ma has co-edited two thematic publications: Applied degree education and the future of work (2020) and Applied degree education and the future of learning (2022).

Prof. Dr. Will W. K. Ma Ph.D. is currently a Professor of Teaching and Learning, at Tung Wah College. Prior to this, he was the Head of the Learning Commons and Digital Innovation at the Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong (THEi), where he was responsible for providing physical learning space, information technology services, and physical and online learning resources to staff and students in order to promote applied research and enhance learning. He was also the Chairman of THEi's Learning and Teaching Committee, where he assisted the President with digital transformation and staff development, particularly in technologyenhanced learning. Prior to the work at THEi, Dr. Ma was an associate professor at Hong Kong Shue Yan University's Department of Journalism and Communication for more than thirteen years. Dr. Ma's research focuses on the use of information systems for communication, knowledge sharing and knowledge creation. He has publications in Computers and Education, Computers in Human Behavior, Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, International Journal of Communications, Law and Policy, and Information and Management. He is co-editor of the Journal of Communication and Education (2015-Present), and was editor of Cogent Social Sciences, Taylor and Francis Online (2017-2019). He is the Editor of Springer'sEducational Communications and Technology Yearbook series.

Prof. Dr. Christina Hong博士，榮譽博士，是昆士蘭中央昆士蘭大學（CQU）教育與質量副校長，位於澳大利亞布里斯班的CQU布里斯班校區。Christina是香港科技及高等教育學院（THEi）的前任主席。Christina在教育管理和領導方面具有豐富的背景，尤其注重組織變革管理、課程轉型、技術增強學習以及學校、職業教育和高等教育領域的教師實踐。Christina之前在澳大利亞的TAFE和大學部門擔任高級行政職位，並在新西蘭擔任國家教育改革和高等教育領導職位。Christina對高等教育機構如何培養21世紀的就業能力、創新生態系統的動態以及通過國際化、產業聯繫和應用研究活動進行合作特別感興趣。她作為國際顧問和演講者廣受追捧，包括香港特區和大灣區（中國）的技術創新教育科技初創公司、聯合國教科文組織全球項目和亞太教育論壇。Christina於2019年發起了應用教育、技術和創新國際會議（AETI），並與Will Ma博士共同編輯了兩本主題出版物：應用學位教育與未來工作（2020年）和應用學位教育與未來學習（2022年）。

Prof. Dr. Will W. K. Ma博士目前是東華學院的教學與學習教授。在此之前，他曾擔任香港科技及高等教育學院（THEi）的學習共享中心和數字創新主任，負責為教職員工和學生提供實體學習空間、信息技術服務以及實體和線上學習資源，以促進應用研究和增強學習。他還擔任THEi的學習和教學委員會主席，協助校長進行數字轉型和教職員工發展，特別是在技術增強學習方面。在THEi工作之前，Ma博士在香港樹仁大學新聞與傳播學系擔任副教授超過十三年。Ma博士的研究重點是信息系統在溝通、知識共享和知識創造方面的應用。他在《計算機與教育》、《人類行為中的計算機》、《計算機輔助學習期刊》、《國際通訊、法律和政策期刊》和《信息與管理》等期刊上發表了論文。他是《傳播與教育期刊》（2015年至今）的共同編輯，並曾擔任Cogent Social Sciences, Taylor and Francis Online（2017-2019）的編輯。他是Springer的《教育通訊與技術年鑒》系列的編輯。